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Lephalale, formerly known as Ellisras, is a coal mining town in the Limpopo province of South Africa immediately east of the Waterberg Coalfield. The town was established as Ellisras in 1960 and named after Patrick Ellis and Piet Erasmus who settled on a farm there in the 1930s.
Lephalale Municipality (Northern Sotho: Mmasepala wa Lephalale; Tswana: Mmasepala wa Lephalale) is a local municipality within the Waterberg District Municipality, in the Limpopo province of South Africa.
Town Name Region Local Municipality District Remarks / New Name Mankweng: Capricorn District Municipality: Capricorn (previously Turfloop) : Maruleng Local Municipality
The Lephalale Local Municipality is a Local Municipality in Limpopo, South Africa. The council consists of twenty-nine members elected by mixed-member proportional representation . Twenty-nine councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in fifteen wards , while the remaining fourteen are chosen from party lists so that the total ...
Pages in category "Populated places in the Lephalale Local Municipality" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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The Ellisras Basin is a geological basin that spans the border between South Africa and Botswana, extending west from the town of Lephalale (formerly Ellisras) in Limpopo province. Basin fill consists of sedimentary rocks of the Karoo Supergroup, with maximum thickness of 1,500 metres (4,900 ft).
Settlement name changes especially targeted places of Afrikaans origin, such as Pietersburg (Polokwane), Nylstroom (Modimolle) and Ellisras (Lephalale), while avoiding places with Bantu or English names such as Northam, Alldays, Tzaneen and Thabazimbi. The Limpopo is the most ethnically black province in South Africa (96.7% as of 2011) and is ...