| Badplaas | |
| Other Name: | eManzana |
| Native Name: | eBhadini |
| Pushpin Map: | South Africa Mpumalanga#South Africa |
| Coordinates: | -25.9539°N 30.5667°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | South Africa |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Mpumalanga |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Gert Sibande |
| Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name3: | Albert Luthuli |
| Subdivision Type4: | Main Place |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Leader Party: | ANC |
| Leader Title: | Councillor |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 37.97 |
| Elevation M: | 1110 |
| Population Total: | 582 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Racial makeup (2011) |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Black African |
| Demographics1 Info1: | 62.5% |
| Demographics1 Title2: | Coloured |
| Demographics1 Info2: | 2.1% |
| Demographics1 Title3: | Indian/Asian |
| Demographics1 Info3: | 3.3% |
| Demographics1 Title4: | White |
| Demographics1 Info4: | 31.1% |
| Demographics1 Title5: | Other |
| Demographics1 Info5: | 1.0% |
| Demographics Type2: | First languages (2011) |
| Demographics2 Title1: | Swazi |
| Demographics2 Info1: | 40.0% |
| Demographics2 Title2: | Afrikaans |
| Demographics2 Info2: | 31.7% |
| Demographics2 Title3: | English |
| Demographics2 Info3: | 12.8% |
| Demographics2 Title4: | Zulu |
| Demographics2 Info4: | 5.3% |
| Demographics2 Title5: | Other |
| Demographics2 Info5: | 10.2% |
| Timezone1: | SAST |
| Utc Offset1: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code (street) |
| Postal Code: | 1190 |
| Postal2 Code Type: | PO box |
| Postal2 Code: | 1190 |
| Area Code Type: | Area code |
| Area Code: | 017 |
Badplaas, current officially named eManzana, is a small town on the R38 road in eastern Mpumalanga, South Africa. The town covers a total area of 14.66 square metres per miles which is equal 37.96 KM squared of land. It was established in 1876 on the Seekoeispruit, in the foothills of the Dlomodlomo Mountains (meaning "place of much thunder"),[2] at the site of a sulphur spring that delivers ±30,000 litres of hot water (at ±50 °C) per hour. Multiple sulphur springs are found around the area, including the one situated at Mkhingoma on the Mkhomazana river.
Swazi tribesmen were the first to discover the spring and called it "eManzana", which means "healing waters".[3] It has been said that in about 1876 the Swazi chief presented this spring, in gratitude, to a hunter, Jacob de Clerq, who subsequently built a store nearby and developed the spring to allow for visitors’ use due to its believed medicinal properties.
The spring became very popular when gold was discovered in the De Kaap Valley (near Barberton). Prospectors would visit there on weekends to get away from their strenuous work of digging for gold. On 6 November 1893, the government claimed the springs to develop a health resort for public use in perpetuity.[3] It was proclaimed in December 1947.[3] The Protea Group managed this Aventura Resort for a time, but the resort has now been purchased by the Forever Resorts Group.[4]