Phuthaditjhaba

Location Name

Phuthaditjhaba

Description

Location: Seat of the Maluti-A-Phofung Local Municipality as well as the Thabo Mofutsanyana District Municipality in the Free State province. Was also the capital of the former homeland QwaQwa.

Founded: Uncertain – in the 1870s the Orange Free State government settled South Sotho clans there after reaching a peace settlement with their leaders. ‘Phuthaditjhaba’ is Sesotho for ‘Meeting place of the tribes’.

Name: Formerly named Witsieshoek.

Economy: The inhabitants mostly commute to other towns for employment. Phuthaditjhaba serves as a gateway to the rest of the rural QwaQwa area. Home to the Mofumahadi Manapo Mopeli Regional Hospital.

References

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phuthaditjhaba

https://municipalities.co.za/map/110/thabo-mofutsanyana-district-municipality

https://municipalities.co.za/overview/1051/maluti-a-phofung-local-municipality

https://www.britannica.com/place/Phuthaditjhaba

http://www.map-municipality.co.za/About_MAP_Municipality

Administrative Level

Town

Province

Free State