Sheba, Mpumalanga

Sheba
A map produced during the gold rush
Sheba Sheba
Coordinates: 25°43′0″S 31°9′58″E
Country	South Africa
Province	Mpumalanga
District	Ehlanzeni
Municipality	Mbombela
Area
• Total	2.18 km2 (0.84 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	1,608
• Density	740/km2 (1,900/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
• Black African	99.6%
• Coloured	0.4%
First languages (2011)
• Swazi	90.6%
• Tsonga	3.8%
• English	2.5%
• Other	3.0%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Area code	013

Sheba is a rural settlement northeast of Barberton in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. It is situated in the De Kaap Valley and is fringed by the Makhonjwa Mountains. It is 35 kilometres (22 mi) south of Nelspruit and 360 kilometres (220 mi) to the east of Johannesburg. On Census 2011 maps it is marked as Bonanza Gold Mine, the name of an old worked-out mine.

Activities at Bray's Golden Quarry on the Sheba gold reef in 1887