Tele Bridge Explained

Telle Bridge,[1] also spelled as Tele Bridge, is a border post located between South Africa and Lesotho.

The actual steel motorbridge spans the Telle River, a tributary of the Orange River that flows across half of South Africa.

The anti-apartheid South African journalist and editor of the Daily Dispatch, Donald Woods entered Lesotho through the Telle Bridge as he was fleeing from South Africa on New Year's Eve, 1977.

Lesotho
Quthing
Nearest townQuthing
RoadR393
GPS Coordinates-30.4303°N 27.5658°W-30.4326°N 27.5681°W
Telephone number+27 (0)51 611 1710
Fax number+27 (0)51 633 1099
Postal address
Business hours Travellers06:00 – 22:0006:00 – 22:00
Business hours General07:30 – 16:15
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References

  1. https://repository.nwu.ac.za/bitstream/handle/10394/10625/Pages%20from%20Amptelike%20Plekname%20in%20die%20Republiek%20van%20Suid-Afrika%20en%20Suidwes-Afrika%20-%20Lys%20van%20plekname.pdf.txt;jsessionid=BC139E6F17914BF7E76FD41AB24CA061?sequence=45 LYS VAN PLEKNAME-LIST OF PLACE NAMES
  2. http://www.home-affairs.gov.za/index.php/immigration-services/south-african-ports-of-entry Webpage – South African Ports of Entry