Leslie is a town in
Gert Sibande District Municipality in the
Mpumalanga
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province of
South Africa
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. It is part of
Leandra. The village is 63 km west of
Bethal, Mpumalanga and 56 km east-south-east of
Springs, Gauteng
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. Administered by a village council, it was laid out on the farm Brakkefontein and proclaimed in December 1939, an extension being proclaimed in December 1957. The village is thought to be named after
Leslie in Fife, Scotland.
References
Populated places in the Govan Mbeki Local Municipality
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