Tlokoeng, formerly known as Mount Fletcher, is a town in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, situated along the R56 Provincial Route, approximately 63 km north-east of Nqanqarhu (formerly known as Maclear).
Mount Fletcher (officially renamed Tlokoeng) falls within the Elundini Local Municipality, which is part of the Joe Gqabi District Municipality.
The town is the birthplace of political activists, Oscar Mpetha and Epainette Mbeki.
Tlokoeng town has one public hospital, the Tayler Bequest District Hospital, which is funded by the Provincial Government.
History
The town of Mount Fletcher was founded in 1882; it takes its name from the nearby mountain. This was probably named after the Reverend John Fletcher of Madeley in England, a friend of John Wesley, although it is stated to have been named after a Captain Fletcher who was stationed there.
In 2022, Mount Fletcher town was officially renamed Tlokoeng, which “means place of the Tlokoa clan” in Sesotho.
