21/10/2026
Did you know the meaning of Sections in Tembisa?
Tembisa -“Hope”
Ecaleni – ” The beginning”
Enhlanzeni – “Where the trees are”
Elidinga – “Placeof promise”
Emfihlweni – “Hiding/burial place”
Emkhathini – “The middle”
Emmangweni – “Up hill”
Emoyeni – “the windy place”
Endayeni – “a place of trade”
Endulwini – “On the Rise’
Entshonalanga – “Where the sunset”
Esangweni – ” the entrance”
Esiqongweni – “on to of the hill’
Esiziba – “where we fetch water”
Ethafeni – “in the open fields”
Gahlanso – “the junction”
Ibaxa – “a fork (in the road)”
Ibazelo -“wood cutting”
Ililiba – “where the graves are”
Igqagqa – “the winds”
Inxiweni – “ruins of a mud hut”
Isekelo – “borrowed word for circle”
Isiphetweni – “The End”
Isithame – “where we sit”
Isivana – “The Orchard”
Jiyana – Surname of the first relocated family
Khatamping – “Clay hole”
Kopanong – “the meeting place”
Leboeng – “To the North”
Lekaneng – “they are equal”
Lifateng – “where the trees are”
Makhulong – “pastures”
Maokeng – “Thorn trees”
Mashemong – “where we’ve ploughed”
Moedi – “stream”
Moriting – “by the shade”
Moteng – “downhill”
Motsu – “arrow head or sharpness”
Mpho – “gift”
Mqantsa – “On the rise”
Sedibeng – “at the fountain”
Seotlana – “fire screen wall”
Sithebe – “the eating mat”
Sethokga – “at the trees”
Temong – “Where we plough”
Thiteng – “uncultivated land”
TlamaTlama – “Tied Tightly”
Tsenelong – “revelation/view”
Tshepo -“hope/trust”
Umfuyaneng – “small stream”
Umnonjaneni – ” by the river side”
Umthambeka – “steep descent”
Vusimuzi -“home starter, (usually a first born son)”
Welamlambo – “across the river”
Xubeni – “the mix”
The size of the township is approximated to be 28.31 hectares, including its extensions and demarcated areas, the second largest township in Gauteng after Soweto.
