Kwaggafontein, officially Ekukhanyeni, is a town along the Moloto Road ( R573) in the Thembisile Hani Local Municipality of the

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, which is located in the

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province of

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. It was established in the late 1940s by the AmaNdebele tribe of South Africa. The Ndebele people who currently occupy the town came from nearby farms that are today in the

and

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provinces. Many people came from current day

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, Balmoral and other surrounding areas. It is a modern, civilised area consisting of schools, Kwagga Mall (formerly Kwagga Plaza), and a market. There is also a Marble Mine nearby currently producing limestones as concrete crushed slabs currently operating around the clock.

Nomenclature

The place gets its name from the extinct

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animal. The area was once a farm for quaggas (zebra and donkey breeds). It is also called Mkobola by the locals.

References

Populated places in the Thembisile Hani Local Municipality {{Mpumalanga-geo-stub