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The town of Machadodorp (as it was previously called) started as a railway station opened in 1894 and named in honour of Joachim Machado. He was a Portuguese engineer who surveyed the route for the Pretoria to Lourenza Marques railway in 1881. Before the railway station. The town was declared in 1904. This location was often used as a outspan and staging post by transport riders.
The town is home to a radioactive thermal sulfur spring which has been developed as a health resort.
The town was renamed to eNtokozweni in 2010.
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| References and Resources |
 | Discovering Southern Africa: 6th Edition
T.V. Bulpin
Discovering Southern Africa is regarded as the standard travel guide to Africa south of the Zambezi river, one of the greatest guide books published anywhere in the world, readable, informative, diverting and crammed with interesting comments. |
|  | On Route in South Africa: A Region by Region Guide to South Africa
B.P.J. Erasmus
On Route in South Africa is an invaluable guide and companion to travel in this country. The book tours the length and breadth of South Africa, recounting the stories and legends, both amusing and tragic, of every hamlet, village, town and city. ' |
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