For the town in Western Australia, see Harrismith, Western Australia.
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Harrismith is a large town in the Free State province of South Africa. It was named for Sir Harry Smith, a 19th-century British governor and high commissioner of the Cape Colony.[3] It is situated by the Wilge River, alongside the N3 highway, about midway between Johannesburg, about 275 km to the north-west, and Durban to the southeast. The town is located at the junction of the N5 highway, which continues westward towards the provincial capital Bloemfontein, some 340 km to the south-west. This important crossroads in South Africa's land trade routes is surrounded by mesas and buttes. It is located at the base of one of these called Platberg (i.e. "flat / flat-topped mountain" in Afrikaans).
The municipality was placed under administration in 2018 after then-mayor Vusi Tshabalala was removed from office on the basis of corruption allegations.[4] Being situated halfway between Johannesburg and Durban, the town is generally very busy, especially the N3 freeway that runs past the town.[4]
^Robson, Linda Gillian (2011). "Annexure A" (PDF). The Royal Engineers and settlement planning in the Cape Colony 1806–1872: Approach, methodology and impact (PhD thesis). University of Pretoria. pp. xlv–lii. hdl:2263/26503.
^ abcd"Main Place Harrismith". Census 2011.
^"Sir Harry Smith - An autobiography showing him to have seen warfare in four continents" (PDF). The New York Times. 1902-05-24. Retrieved 2008-10-21.
^ ab"Cosatu welcomes placing of Maluti-A-Phofung Municipality under administration".
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