4-595: Tsolo is a town in Mhlontlo Local Municipality in OR Tambo District of the Eastern Cape province of South Africa . The town is some 42 km north-west of Mthatha and 22 km south-west of Qumbu . The name, derived from Xhosa, is said to mean ‘pointed’, referring to the shape of hills there. Tsolo has two government hospitals, St Lucy's Hospital and Dr. Malizo Mpehle Memorial Hospital. It
8-425: Is a home to many villages such as Hlangani,Goqwana,Tiki-tiki,etc.With many rivers mostly from uGriniga Dam, which is a source of water for many villages including Hlangani and Goqwana This Eastern Cape location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Mhlontlo Local Municipality Mhlontlo Municipality ( Xhosa : uMasipala wase Mhlontlo ) is a local municipality within
12-790: The OR Tambo District Municipality , in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa . The Mhlontlo Municipality is a municipality situated along the N2 national route between Mthatha and KwaBhaca. It encompasses the towns of Qumbu and Tsolo, together with the surrounding villages. There are three hospitals within the municipality; the Nessie Knight Hospital in Sulenkama village (Qumbu), the St Lucy Hospital in Ngcolosi village (Tsolo) and
16-710: The Dr Malizo Mpehle Hospital near the town of Tsolo. The municipality is the seat of the AmaMpondomise Kingdom, which seats at Lower Kroza village near Qumbu. Mhlontlo was a king of the AmaMpondomise people during the 19th century. The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places : The municipal council consists of fifty-one members elected by mixed-member proportional representation . Twenty-six councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-six wards , while
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