Schoemansdal (officially KaMatsamo) is a town in the 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 ...
(eastern
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* South African Republic (1856–1902; af, ...
) in
South Africa. It is located 23 kilometres south of
Malalane
Malalane (formerly Malelane) is a farming town in Mpumalanga, South Africa situated on the N4 national highway. The farms in the region produce sugarcane, subtropical fruit and winter vegetables. The town was proclaimed in 1949 after which it w ...
.
During the period when the policies of separate development were implemented under the apartheid regime, Schoemansdal was the capital of the
bantustan named
KaNgwane.
In November 2005 the South African government announced that the town's name had been changed to KaMatsamo. The new name is in honor of prince
Matsamo Shongwe.
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Populated places in the Nkomazi Local Municipality