Badplaas, current officially named eManzana, is a small town on the R38 road in eastern Mpumalanga, South Africa. The town covers a total area of 14.66 square metres per miles which is equal 37.96 KM squared of land. It was established in 1876 on the Seekoeispruit, in the foothills of the Dlomodlomo Mountains (meaning "place of much thunder"),
History
Swazi people tribesmen were the first to discover the spring and called it "eManzana", which means "healing waters".
It has been said that in about 1876 the Swazi chief presented this spring, in gratitude, to a hunter, Jacob de Clerq, who subsequently built a store nearby and developed the spring to allow for visitors’ use due to its believed medicinal properties.
Recreation
The spring became very popular when gold was discovered in the De Kaap Valley (near Barberton). Prospectors would visit there on weekends to get away from their strenuous work of digging for gold. On 6 November 1893, the government claimed the springs to develop a health resort for public use in perpetuity.
[ It was proclaimed in December 1947.][ The Protea Hotels managed this Aventura Resort for a time, but the resort has now been purchased by the Forever Resorts Group.]
Schools
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Sunduza Primary School
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Izithandani Primary School
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Engabezweni Secondary School
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Laerskool Badplaas
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Mountain Valley College
