Tele Bridge
Telle Bridge,[1] also spelled as Tele Bridge, is a border post located between South Africa and Lesotho.
The actual steel motorbridge spans the Telle River, a tributary of the Orange River that flows across half of South Africa.
The anti-apartheid South African journalist and editor of the Daily Dispatch, Donald Woods entered Lesotho through the Telle Bridge as he was fleeing from South Africa on New Year's Eve, 1977.
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South Africa | Lesotho | |
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Region | Eastern Cape | Quthing |
Nearest town | Sterkspruit | Quthing |
Road | R393 | R393 |
GPS Coordinates | 30°25′49″S 27°33′57″E / 30.4303°S 27.5658°E / -30.4303; 27.5658 (Telle Bridge border crossing) | 30°25′57″S 27°34′05″E / 30.43256°S 27.56805°E / -30.43256; 27.56805 (Telle Bridge border crossing) |
Telephone number | +27 (0)51 611 1710 | |
Fax number | +27 (0)51 633 1099 | |
Postal address | ||
Business hours Travellers | 06:00 – 22:00 | 06:00 – 22:00 |
Business hours General | 07:30 – 16:15 |
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References
- ^ LYS VAN PLEKNAME-LIST OF PLACE NAMES Repository.nwu.ac.za (in Afrikaans) (in English)
- ^ Webpage – South African Ports of Entry Department of Home Affairs of South Africa