Hectorspruit

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{{Infobox settlement

| name = Hectorspruit

| official_name = Emjejane

| image_skyline = Hectorspruit.JPG

| image_caption = A street in Hectorspruit

| pushpin_map = South Africa Mpumalanga#South Africa

| coordinates = {{coord|25|26|S|31|41|E|region:ZA|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = South Africa

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Mpumalanga

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name2 = Ehlanzeni

| subdivision_type3 = Municipality

| subdivision_name3 = Nkomazi

| subdivision_type4 = Main Place

| established_title = Established

| leader_title = Councillor

| area_footnotes = {{cite web |url=http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/876006 |title = Main Place Emjejane |work=Census 2011}}

| area_total_km2 = 10.26

| population_footnotes =

| population_total = 3096

| population_as_of = 2011

| population_density_km2 = auto

| demographics_type1 = Racial makeup (2011)

| demographics1_footnotes =

| demographics1_title1 = Black African

| demographics1_info1 = 77.9%

| demographics1_title2 = Coloured

| demographics1_info2 = 0.8%

| demographics1_title3 = Indian/Asian

| demographics1_info3 = 0.4%

| demographics1_title4 = White

| demographics1_info4 = 20.8%

| demographics1_title5 = Other

| demographics1_info5 = 0.1%

| demographics_type2 = First languages (2011)

| demographics2_footnotes =

| demographics2_title1 = Swati

| demographics2_info1 = 55.0%

| demographics2_title2 = Afrikaans

| demographics2_info2 = 18.6%

| demographics2_title3 = Tsonga

| demographics2_info3 = 17.0%

| demographics2_title4 = English

| demographics2_info4 = 4.1%

| demographics2_title5 = Other

| demographics2_info5 = 5.3%

| timezone1 = SAST

| utc_offset1 = +2

| postal_code_type = Postal code (street)

| postal_code =

| postal2_code_type = PO box

| postal2_code = 1330

| area_code_type = Area code

| area_code = 013

}}

Hectorspruit, officially Emjejane, is a small farming town situated between Kaapmuiden and Komatipoort on a southern tributary of the Crocodile River in Mpumalanga, South Africa. The farms in the region produce sugarcane, subtropical fruit and vegetables. The stream is named after a dog belonging to S de Kock, chief surveyor of the Pretoria - Delagoa Bay railway line.

Hamlet some 30 km west of Komatipoort and 80 km north-east of Pigg's Peak. The hamlet is named after a tributary of the Crocodile River, the Hectorspruit, which is said to take its name from a hunting dog that died there after being bitten by a tsetse fly.{{cite web|title=Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)|url=https://archive.org/details/DictionaryOfSouthernAfricanPlaceNames|publisher=Human Science Research Council|page=202}}

The hamlet was officially renamed in 2005 to Emjejane (SiSwati) after late Chief Mjejane Ngomane.