Maletswai Local Municipality
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Maletswai Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Joe Gqabi District of the Eastern Cape
in South Africa
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Maletswai is a Sesotho
name that means “a place of salt”. The Aliwal Spa located within the municipal area produces salty water from underground.
Eastern Cape
The Eastern Cape is a province of South Africa. Its capital is Bhisho, but its two largest cities are Port Elizabeth and East London. It was formed in 1994 out of the "independent" Xhosa homelands of Transkei and Ciskei, together with the eastern portion of the Cape Province...
in South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
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Maletswai is a Sesotho
Sesotho language
The Sotho language, also known as Sesotho, Southern Sotho, or Southern Sesotho, is a Bantu language spoken primarily in South Africa, where it is one of the 11 official languages, and in Lesotho, where it is the national language...
name that means “a place of salt”. The Aliwal Spa located within the municipal area produces salty water from underground.