Tlokoeng, formerly Mount Fletcher, is a town in
Joe Gqabi District Municipality
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Before 1 February 2010, it was ...
in the
Eastern Cape
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province of
South Africa
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, 69 km north-north-east of
Maclear. It is a birthplace of both political activities
Epainette Mbeki
Nomaka Epainette Mbeki ( Moerane; 16 February 1916 – 7 June 2014), commonly known as "MaMbeki", a stalwart community activist and promoter of women's development, mother of former President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki. and widow of political ...
and
Oscar Mpetha.
Founded in 1882, Mount Fletcher takes its name from the mountain nearby. This was probably named after the Reverend
John Fletcher of
Madeley in England, a friend of
John Wesley
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, although it is stated to have been named after a Captain Fletcher who was stationed there.
In 2022, the town was officially renamed Tlokoeng, which "means place of the
Tlokoa clan" in Sesotho. The provincial hospital in Tlokoeng is named
Tayler Bequest.
[ Eastern Cape Dept of Health website]
References
Populated places in the Elundini Local Municipality
Populated places established in 1882
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