Tshiame

Tshiame
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Coordinates: 28°17′53″S 29°00′32″E / 28.2981°S 29.0090°E / -28.2981; 29.0090
Country	South Africa
Province	Free State
District	Thabo Mofutsanyane
Municipality	Maluti-a-Phofung
• Councillor	(ANC)
Area [1]
• Total	26.05 km2 (10.06 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	14,856
• Density	570/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	99.4%
• Coloured	0.2%
• Indian/Asian	0.1%
• White	0.1%
• Other	0.2%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Sotho	55.9%
• Zulu	36.1%
• English	3.1%
• Sign language	1.3%
• Other	3.5%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Area code	058

Tshiame is a settlement 12 km west of Harrismith in Maluti-a-Phofung Local Municipality, Thabo Mofutsanyana District Municipality in the Free State province of South Africa. It is named after Tshiame Kenneth Mopeli, Chief Minister of the defunct QwaQwa homeland.^[2]

The census area includes the QwaQwa industrial sites. The full perimeter of the industrial area is fenced in by modern technology, creating a "see-through wall" of wire mesh standing three metres tall. The fencing-in was done as a security measure, to keep unwanted elements out as a means to curb crime perpetrated in the area.

The settlement borders the N5 national road leading to Durban and the rest of KwaZulu-Natal, and is situated just north of the Sterkfontein Dam, a major water reservoir and the second largest dam by volume in South Africa. The large town of Phuthaditjhaba in the former QwaQwa lies further south of Tshiame.