3-647: Grootvlei , officially Thaba-Kgwali , is a town in Dipaleseng Local Municipality in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa . An old mining town, Grootvlei is located near the N3 road and on the R51 road , 5 km from Grootvlei Power Station . The community had a booming economy in the 1970s and 1980s, when demand for coal from the power station created many jobs in the mining sector, but when
6-523: Is a local municipality within the Gert Sibande District Municipality , in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa . Balfour is the seat of the municipality. The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places : The municipal council consists of twelve members elected by mixed-member proportional representation . Six councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in six wards , while
9-479: The power plant was mothballed in the late 1980s due to overproduction of electricity, the local economy collapsed and Grootvlei became a virtual ghost town. The power plant was recommissioned in 2008, leading to a new period of growth. This Mpumalanga location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Dipaleseng Local Municipality Dipaleseng Municipality ( Zulu : UMasipala wase Dipaleseng ; Sotho : Masepala wa Dipaleseng )
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