Kwaggafontein | |
Pushpin Map: | South Africa Mpumalanga#South Africa |
Coordinates: | -25.3075°N 28.9469°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | South Africa |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Mpumalanga |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Nkangala |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Thembisile Hani |
Subdivision Type4: | Main Place |
Established Title: | Established |
Leader Title: | Councillor |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 17.84 |
Population Total: | 45104 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Demographics Type1: | Racial makeup (2011) |
Demographics1 Title1: | Black African |
Demographics1 Info1: | 98.9% |
Demographics1 Title2: | Indian/Asian |
Demographics1 Info2: | 0.54% |
Demographics1 Title3: | Coloured |
Demographics1 Info3: | 0.32% |
Demographics1 Title4: | White |
Demographics1 Info4: | 0.09% |
Demographics1 Title5: | Other |
Demographics1 Info5: | 0.15% |
Demographics Type2: | First languages (2011) |
Demographics2 Title1: | S. Ndebele |
Demographics2 Info1: | 69.89% |
Demographics2 Title2: | Zulu |
Demographics2 Info2: | 13.4% |
Demographics2 Title3: | Northern Sotho |
Demographics2 Info3: | 4.01% |
Demographics2 Title4: | Sotho |
Demographics2 Info4: | 3.10% |
Demographics2 Title5: | Other |
Demographics2 Info5: | 9.6% |
Timezone1: | SAST |
Utc Offset1: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code (street) |
Postal Code: | 0458 |
Postal2 Code Type: | PO box |
Area Code Type: | Area code |
Kwaggafontein is a town along the Moloto Road (R573) in the Thembisile Hani Local Municipality of the Nkangala District Municipality, which is located in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. It was established in the late 1940s by the AmaNdebele tribe of South Africa. The Ndebele people who currently occupy the town came from nearby farms that are today in the Mpumalanga and Gauteng provinces. Many people came from current day Bronkhorstspruit, Delmas, Balmoral and other surrounding areas.
It is a modern, civilised area consisting of schools, Kwagga Mall (formerly Kwagga Plaza), and a market. There is also a Marble Mine nearby currently producing limestones as concrete crushed slabs currently operating around the clock.
The place gets its name from the extinct quagga animal. The area was once a farm for quaggas (zebra and donkey breeds). It is also called Mkobola by the locals.