Mhlangeni, also known as Hertzog, is a settlement in

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in the

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province of

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. Village in the

Kat River The Kat River () is a tributary of the Great Fish River, that drains the southern slopes of the Winterberg in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. Etymology Kat, meaning "cat", is a translation of the Khoekhoen word "huncu", that apparently ...

Valley, 7 km south-west of

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and some 27 km north-east of

Fort Beaufort Fort Beaufort ( Xhosa: iBhofolo), officially renamed KwaMaqoma in March 2023, is a town in the Amatole District of South Africa's Eastern Cape Province, and had a population of 25,668 in 2011. The town was established in 1837 and became a mun ...

. Originally named Tamboekievlei, then in 1837, named after Willem Frederik Hertzog (1792–1847), Assistant Surveyor-General of the

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from 1828 and surveyor of the Kat River Settlement. It is now known as Mhlangeni.

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Populated places in the Raymond Mhlaba Local Municipality {{EasternCape-geo-stub