Tjakastad

Tjakastad is a village in Gert Sibande [District Municipality] in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa, east of Badplaas.

Etymology

The area was named after Shaka Maseko, one of King Sobhuza I's headmen who lived in the area in the 1800s. The Boers dubbed the area 'Tjakastad', with the Afrikaans word 'stad' meaning 'stead' or 'homestead'.