Bushbuckridge
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Country | South Africa |
Province | Mpumalanga |
District | Ehlanzeni |
Municipality | Bushbuckridge |
Bushbuckridge (Mapulaneng) is the main town in Bushbuckridge Local Municipality, Ehlanzeni District, Mpumalanga, South Africa.[1] The name Bushbuck Ridge was given because of the large herds of bushbuck found here in the 1880s, and the prominent WNW-ESE ridge in the southeastern part of the municipality.[2] The town of Bushbuckridge grew around a trading store that opened in 1884.
The suburbs and rural areas to the south of Bushbuckridge constitute a "sub place", called Bushbuckridge NU with a 2011 population of 1070, covering 1,587.56 square kilometres (613 sq mi).[3]
Notable people[]
- Themba Godi - politician, former member of the Parliament of South Africa
- Letago Madiba - South Africa women's national football team player
- Jeff Maluleke - musician
- Sasekani Manzini - Mpumalanga MEC for Health
- Katlego Mashego - South Africa national football team player
- Ronald Lamola - Minister of Justice and Correctional Services
- Mzilikazi wa Afrika - investigative journalist
- Hungani Ndlovu - actor
- Brighton Ngoma - actor
- David Nyathi - former South Africa national football team player, coach
- Sam Nzima - photographer, who took what became the well known image of Hector Pieterson for the Soweto uprising
- Trevor Nyakane - Rugby player for the Bulls and the South Africa national rugby team
Notes and references[]
- ^ "Main Place Bushbuckridge". Census 2011.
- ^ South African Languages - Place names
- ^ "Bushbuckridge NU Sub Place from Census 2011". Adrian Frith. Archived from the original on 20 August 2015.
Categories:
- Populated places in the Bushbuckridge Local Municipality
- Populated places established in 1884
- 1884 establishments in the South African Republic
- Mpumalanga geography stubs