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25-814: Sterkstroom is a settlement in Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality of the Chris Hani District in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa . The village is on the Hex River , at the southern foot of the Stormberg , 272 km north-west of East London . It was founded in 1875 and became a municipality in 1878. Afrikaans for ‘strong current or stream’, the name refers to the Hex River. The former colliery village

50-642: A floodlit stadium with ablutions, borehole and water reticulation, the final deliverable was far removed from this. The facility is derelict, and has never hosted a sports event. In 2020, the Art Centre closed down. It is now a vandalised ruin. [1] In April 2021, the Chris Hani Craft Hub burned down under suspicious circumstances. [2] In October 2021, the Heritage building burned down under suspicious circumstances. [3] In January 2022,

75-464: A landscape with Hangklip mountain in the background, a landscape with a mimosa tree in the foreground, and a portrait of King Edward VII . The crest was a demi-antelope, and the motto Unity is strength . The council later assumed a new coat of arms. The new shield displayed a golden royal coronet on a red background. The crest was the same as before, but the motto was translated into Latin as Ex unitate vires . Queenstown has produced 2 Olympians and

100-535: A larger population. Queenstown has a cold semi-arid climate ( Köppen climate classification : BSk ), that borders on a subtropical highland climate ( Köppen climate classification : Cfb ), and a humid subtropical climate ( Köppen climate classification : Cfa ). The Queenstown area is in the Burgersdorp Formation of the Tarkastad subgroup, in the upper Beaufort Group Triassic in age in

125-402: A new industrial area with railway sidings was also laid out. The town later boasted a public library, a municipal market where weekly auctions were held and a clinic. The town council had made ample provision for recreational opportunities like rugby, cricket, athletics, tennis, equestrian, golf, badminton and rollerskating. There was also a caravan park and a playground for children. Sterkstroom

150-833: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality Enoch Mgijima Municipality ( Xhosa : uMasipala wase Enoch Mgijima ) is a local municipality within the Chris Hani District Municipality , in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa . It was established after the August 2016 local elections by merging the Tsolwana , Inkwanca , and Lukhanji local municipalities. The municipal council consists of sixty-eight members elected by mixed-member proportional representation . Thirty-four councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-four wards , while

175-730: Is one of a few South African towns where the congregation of the Reformed Church was established before the more common NG Kerk congregation. Sterkstroom's Reformed Church was established in 1887, well 27 years after the first church in the Cape Colony, namely the Burgersdorp Reformed Church. After Burgersdorp also came Aliwal North (1864), Dordrecht (1869), Barkly East (1871), Steynsburg (1872) and Venterstad (1874). Sterkstroom's Reformed Church by 2002 had only 16 confirmed members and 3 baptized members left and

200-506: The karoo supergroup. The lithology is red mudstone 1 to 10 m rich layers and sub-ordinate 1 to 2 m rich sandstone layers deposited by meandering rivers in the flood plain in an oxidising environment gradually filling the Karoo basin. The formation reaches a thickness of 600 m in the Komani (Queenstown) and Lady Frere area. Numerous dolerite dykes and ring structures intruded

225-598: The Auditor General of South Africa dubbed Enoch Mgijima Municipality as the "worst run municipality in the country" , citing the fact that the municipality is in debt of R1.4 billion. [6] Noble highlighted R220.5 million of expenditure was deemed fruitless and wasteful and total current liabilities exceeded total current assets by R984 million. The municipality suffers from constant power outages due to consistent substation faults. These occasionally go from ward to ward, are daily and last for weeks to months depending on

250-543: The Historic Komani Town hall mysteriously burned down under suspicious circumstances. [4] In January 2023, an unknown figure known as "Mr. Lazola" founded the movement called Komani Protest Action which roused the people of Komani to protest against the municipality's leaders. The protests lasted for at least 2 weeks and gained national attention, causing a city wide shutdown which had not been done since 1986. The municipality promised to deliver change as per

275-512: The area creating localities for groundwater exploration. The town has two newspapers, The Representative and The Express . It has a community radio station, Lukhanji FM. The Eastern Cape newspaper, Daily Dispatch , is widely read in the area. The Queenstown municipal council assumed a pseudo-heraldic coat of arms in October 1902. The shield was quartered and depicted the Union Jack ,

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300-520: The coast was begun by the Cape government of John Molteno in 1876, and the line was officially opened on 19 May 1880. The town war memorial was designed by Sir Robert Lorimer in 1922 with its sculpture by Alice Meredith Williams . The town prospered from its founding up to the worldwide depression of the 1930s, and again thereafter. In the 1960s, the majority of the Black population were moved east to

325-475: The fountain as part of the town's 150th anniversary. The hexagon still exists, with the outer road surrounding it named Robinson Road , which encircles it. Surrounding the Hexagon to the east and west lies more commercial and administrative facilities. Currently, formerly 'white suburbs' ( Sandringham , Kingsway , Windsor , Bergsig, Blue rise, Balmoral, Madeira Park and a new suburb of Komani Park ) surround

350-824: The government changed the official name for the town from "Queenstown" to "Komani". The following high schools serve the town and surrounding areas: Primary schools in the area include: Tertiary education institutions in Queenstown include The city is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Queenstown , centred at the Cathedral of Christ the King. It is also the seat of the Anglican Church 's Diocese of Ukhahlamba , whose imposing Cathedral Church of St. Michael and All Angels stands adjacent to

375-416: The hexagon to the north, east and west, however, one of the city's great townships (and squatter camps) lies to the south. It is a collection of black and coloured townships named Mlungisi , Aloevale , a new township, Victoria Park has been built to the south-east of the city. East of the town lies the much larger Ezibeleni township, which although roughly the same surface area as the main town, has by far

400-506: The remaining thirty-four are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received. In the election of 1 November 2021 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of forty-four seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election. In October 2021, a sports facility costing R20 million was opened. Originally intended as

425-472: The requests of the people of Komani, but never did. After an internal leadership dispute and legal action from the municipality and businesses in the area, the leadership of the movement split up and is now led by Mncedisi Mbengo. [5] As of January 2024, the municipality is under administration, one of 32 in the country, and three in the Eastern Cape where the provincial executive has intervened due to maladministration As of 21 February 2024,Shereen Noble of

450-489: The smaller towns of Cathcart and Sterkstroom on the N6 National Route . The town was established in 1853 and is currently the commercial, administrative, and educational centre of the surrounding farming district . Queenstown was founded in early 1853 under the direction of Sir George Cathcart , who named the settlement, and then fort, after Queen Victoria . Work on its railway connection to East London on

475-449: The town holds an art exhibition with the emphasis on paintings and sculpture. The layout of the town reflects its original objective as a defensive stronghold for the frontier area and has a most unusual design. There is a central hexagonal area where canon or rifle fire could be directed down six thoroughfares radiating from the centre. The canon sites have now been replaced with gardens and a central fountain. An abstract sculpture replaced

500-596: The town's public gardens. Churches of all faith denominations are to be found in and around the town. The town lies on the Komani River which forms part of the Great Kei system of rivers and has a plentiful water supply from the surrounding rugged mountains. The water is collected in the Bongolo Dam , set in the hills, used extensively for recreation and watersports . Each year, around the beginning of June,

525-712: The township of Ezibeleni , as part of the attempt to move African people to so-called "homelands" . The area has in the past had very severe weather problems, luckily, often only affecting the surrounding areas. In 2002, heavy snowfall around Queenstown caused a severe disaster, especially since the area was not funded or ready for such a disaster. Then, in 2004, the surrounding areas of the Eastern Cape were affected by strong winds and heavy rainfall, although Queenstown once again escaped much flooding and some wind damage, power shortages soon followed. Other natural disasters include droughts and wildfires. In February 2016,

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550-556: The ward. The municipality suffers from some of the worst roads in the country, with the R140 between Komani and Lady Frere being dubbed as "one of the most dangerous in the country". A good 70%-85% of the municipality is without functional streetlights. Queenstown, South Africa Queenstown , officially Komani , is a town in the middle of the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa , roughly halfway between

575-414: Was completed around 1976. The town was established in 1928 with electricity and in 1966 the electricity scheme was modernized in total at a cost of R280,000. Electrical power was bought in bulk from Queenstown, with Molteno again obtaining its power in bulk from Sterkstroom. By the mid-1970s, all the streets in the town was constructed and for 4.8 km thereof, surface draining was provided. At that time,

600-482: Was disbanded in that year. In 1977 Sterkstroom's population composition was 700 white, 200 coloured and 8,000 black Africans. Time being, the NG church had 155 baptized and 340 confirmed members. According to the census of 2011 the population dropped to 300 whites with a black population of around 6,600. By 2012, the NG church's baptized members fell to 27 and 135 confirmed members. This Eastern Cape location article

625-506: Was situated partly on town's land and has contributed to the town's development. The coal was of low quality and, like almost all other coal mines in the North-Eastern Cape, was closed after Unification in 1910, because the Cape Colony was then able to source coal from other provinces. Nevertheless, Sterkstroom gradually evolved and livestock farming, for which the area is perfect, continued to expand. Sterkstroom's water scheme

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