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Kameel-rivier B or Kameelrivier is a village in the low-veld region of
KwaNdebele KwaNdebele was a bantustan in South Africa, intended by the apartheid government as a semi-independent homeland for the Ndebele people. The homeland was created when the South African government purchased nineteen white-owned farms and install ...
, in the
Nkangala District Municipality Nkangala is one of the 3 districts of Mpumalanga province of South Africa. The seat of Nkangala is Middelburg. The Nkangala District Municipality consists of 160 towns and villages. The most spoken language of its 1,308,129 people is IsiNdebele wi ...
of the
Mpumalanga Mpumalanga () is a province of South Africa. The name means "East", or literally "The Place Where the Sun Rises" in the Swazi, Xhosa, Ndebele and Zulu languages. Mpumalanga lies in eastern South Africa, bordering Eswatini and Mozambique. It ...
province of
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Africa. The majority of the residents are from the
Ndebele Ndebele may refer to: *Southern Ndebele people, located in South Africa *Northern Ndebele people, located in Zimbabwe and Botswana Languages *Southern Ndebele language, the language of the South Ndebele *Northern Ndebele language, the language o ...
people and Sepedi-speaking people. Siyabuswa is its main town. Main family clans include Napo, Masilela, Ramushu, Mahlangu and Skhosana clans.


History

The Mzimdala were the first settlers in Kameelrivier. The village was instrumental in the struggle for the liberation of South Africa by being a place of hiding for political activists during apartheid. During 1994, the village held its first free election which led to it being held by the
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rule. The village was run by the eKhosi Kingdom before it was removed by government as the main Ndebele royal house, later overseen by the Kwamhlanga kingdom.


Education and culture

Kameelrivier has two primary schools, Sizani Primary School and Sakhe Primary School, and three secondary schools, Tholulwazi Senior Secondary School, Hlanganani Senior School and Fundukhuphuke Middle School. Morwe Middle school has its name derived from the native name for the village. Kameelrivier Stadium is located at Kameelrivier B in Mzimdala. The village is the home to artists and printmaker Lesedi Ramushu.


References

Populated places in the Dr JS Moroka Local Municipality {{Mpumalanga-geo-stub