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A Short History of Mpumalanga
Mpumalanga means 'Place where the sun rises', and is bordered by Mozambique and Swaziland in the east, and Gauteng in the west. It is situated mainly on the high plateau grasslands of the Middleveld, which roll eastwards for hundreds of kilometres. In the north-east it rises towards mountain peaks and then terminates in an immense and breathtaking escarpment. In places this escarpment plunges hundreds of metres down to the low-lying area known as the Lowveld.

The Mpumalanga province is one of the nine provinces of the Republic of South Africa, established in terms of the Interim Constitution of 1993. Following the South Africa ’s first democratic elections in 1994, the Mpumalanga Province was established from the Eastern Transvaal Province.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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