Mhluzi is a
township
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Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Ca ...
just west of the large farming and industrial town
Middelburg, Mpumalanga
Middelburg is a large farming and industrial town in the South African province of Mpumalanga.
History
It was initially established as a halfway station between Lydenburg and Pretoria by the Republic of Lydenburg in 1860. That republic would merg ...
in the
South Africa
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n province of
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 ...
.
It has 8 primary schools and 6 secondary.
Background and History
The Town Councils of Middelburg and Mhluzi, as well as the Management Committees for Eastdene (Indian area) and Nasaret (Coloured area according to apartheid laws) amalgamated during 1994 to form the Transitional Local Council for Middelburg.
Middelburg was the first town in Mpumalanga to amalgamate in terms of the Local Government Transition Act, and the proclamation to establish the new TLC appeared in the Mpumalanga Provincial Gazette, No 2/1994 on 16 November 1994.
Education
Primary schools
*Manyano Primary School
*ThuĊĦanang Primary School
*Mvuzo Primary School
*Mhluzi Primary School
*Elusindisweni Primary School
*Makhathini Primary School
*Tshwenyane Combined School
*Bonginkosi primary school
Secondary schools
*Sozama Secondary School
*Sofunda Secondary School
*Mphanama comprehensive high school
*L.D Moetanalo high school
*Ekwazini secondary school
*Saint Peter Christian College
References
{{Nkangala District Municipality
Populated places in the Steve Tshwete Local Municipality
Townships in Mpumalanga