Mhluzi is a township just west of the large farming and industrial town Middelburg, Mpumalanga in the South African province of Mpumalanga.

Mhluzi
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Coordinates: 25°45′32″S 29°25′47″E
Country	South Africa
Province	Mpumalanga
District	Nkangala
Municipality	Steve Tshwete
Area [1]
• Total	10.29 km2 (3.97 sq mi)
Elevation	1,490 m (4,890 ft)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	76,462
• Density	7,400/km2 (19,000/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	98.5%
• Coloured	0.7%
• Indian/Asian	0.2%
• White	0.2%
• Other	0.4%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Zulu	43.0%
• S. Ndebele	18.0%
• Northern Sotho	16.7%
• Swazi	6.6%
• Other	15.7%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	1050
PO box	1055

It has 8 primary schools and 6 secondary.

Background and History

The Town Councils of Middelburg and Mhluzi, as well as the Management Committees for Eastdene (Indian area) and Nasaret (Coloured area according to apartheid laws) amalgamated during 1994 to form the Transitional Local Council for Middelburg.

Middelburg was the first town in Mpumalanga to amalgamate in terms of the Local Government Transition Act, and the proclamation to establish the new TLC appeared in the Mpumalanga Provincial Gazette, No 2/1994 on 16 November 1994.

Education

Primary schools

• Manyano Primary School
• Thušanang Primary School
• Mvuzo Primary School
• Mhluzi Primary School
• Elusindisweni Primary School
• Makhathini Primary School
• Tshwenyane Combined School
• Bonginkosi primary school

Secondary schools

• Sozama Secondary School
• Sofunda Secondary School
• Mphanama comprehensive high school
• L.D Moetanalo high school
• Ekwazini secondary school
• Saint Peter Christian College

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