Tele Bridge
{{Short description|Bridge and Border Post Over the Telle River Between South Africa And Lesotho}}
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Telle Bridge,[https://repository.nwu.ac.za/bitstream/handle/10394/10625/Pages%20from%20Amptelike%20Plekname%20in%20die%20Republiek%20van%20Suid-Afrika%20en%20Suidwes-Afrika%20-%20Lys%20van%20plekname.pdf.txt;jsessionid=BC139E6F17914BF7E76FD41AB24CA061?sequence=45 LYS VAN PLEKNAME-LIST OF PLACE NAMES] Repository.nwu.ac.za {{in lang|af}} {{in lang|en}} 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.
File:PekaBridge BorderPost SouthAfrica.jpg
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South Africa | Lesotho | |
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Region | Eastern Cape | Quthing |
Nearest town | Sterkspruit | Quthing |
Road | R393 | R393 |
GPS Coordinates | {{coord | |
30.4303|27.5658|display=inline|type:landmark_scale:5000|name=Telle Bridge border crossing}} | {{coord | |
30.43256|27.56805|display=inline|type:landmark_scale:5000|name=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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