Tshiame
Tshiame is located in Free State (South African province)
Tshiame
Tshiame
Tshiame is located in South Africa
Tshiame
Tshiame
Coordinates: 28°17′53″S 29°00′32″E / 28.2981°S 29.0090°E / -28.2981; 29.0090
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceFree State
DistrictThabo Mofutsanyane
MunicipalityMaluti-a-Phofung
 • Councillor(ANC)
Area
[1]
 • Total26.05 km2 (10.06 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total14,856
 • Density570/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[1]
 • Black African99.4%
 • Coloured0.2%
 • Indian/Asian0.1%
 • White0.1%
 • Other0.2%
First languages (2011)
[1]
 • Sotho55.9%
 • Zulu36.1%
 • English3.1%
 • Sign language1.3%
 • Other3.5%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Area code058

Tshiame is a settlement 12 km west of Harrismith in Maluti-a-Phofung Local Municipality, Thabo Mofutsanyana District Municipality in the Free State province of South Africa. It is named after Tshiame Kenneth Mopeli, Chief Minister of the defunct QwaQwa homeland.[2]

The census area includes the QwaQwa industrial sites. The full perimeter of the industrial area is fenced in by modern technology, creating a "see-through wall" of wire mesh standing three metres tall. The fencing-in was done as a security measure, to keep unwanted elements out as a means to curb crime perpetrated in the area.

The settlement borders the N5 national road leading to Durban and the rest of KwaZulu-Natal, and is situated just north of the Sterkfontein Dam, a major water reservoir and the second largest dam by volume in South Africa. The large town of Phuthaditjhaba in the former QwaQwa lies further south of Tshiame.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Main Place Tshiame". Census 2011.
  2. ↑ Raper, Peter E.; Möller, Lucie A.; du Plessis, L. Theodorus (2014). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (4th ed.). Johannesburg: Jonathan Ball. p. 505. ISBN 9781868425495.


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