KwaBhaca, formerly known as Mount Frere, is a town situated along the N2 National Route in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, between Mthatha and Kokstad.
KwaBhaca is located approximately 99 km north-east of Mthatha and 81.3 south-west of Kokstad.
KwaBhaca falls within the Umzimvubu Local Municipality and the Alfred Nzo District Municipality. KwaBhaca is the main town and administrative centre/seat of Umzimvubu Local Municipality.
The villages in the area are ruled by the Tribal chief with intermediary borders.
History
The town’s name in isiNguni is KwaBhaca, or “village of the Bhaca chiefdom”, or “place of the Bhaca people”, who settled here around the year 1825.
Mount Frere was founded in 1876 and named after Sir Henry Bartle Edward Frere. In February 2016, Mount Frere was renamed KwaBhaca.
