Phuthaditjhaba (formerly
Witsieshoek or
Qwaqwa) is a town in the
Free State province of
South Africa. Phuthaditjhaba is a
seSotho name that means
meeting place of the tribes. It is located on the banks of the
Elands River. It also located in a section of
Drakensberg mountains (
Maloti in the Sesotho language). it is bordered by the province of
KwaZulu-Natal to the southeast and the independent country of
Lesotho to the southwest.