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Malelane is located in the Wild Frontier Region of the Mpumalanga province. Situated 332 m above sea level, this town is called “The Place of the Small Lala Palms” or “ Emlalani”. The town was established in 1949 and is the center of the sugar growing industry in Mpumalanga. It is only 43km from the Mocambique border as well as the Swaziland border at Matsomo. Located a couple of kilometers outside Malelane is one of the south gates to Kruger National Park, making it possible to use Malelane as base whilst exploring the southern parts of the Park.

Malalane is a farming town in Mpumalanga, South Africa situated on the N4 national highway. The farms in the region produce sugarcane, subtropical fruit and winter vegetables.

As of July 2007 the town was officially renamed from "Malelane" to "Malalane" as part of the governments renaming scheme by the South African Geographical Names Council. This peculiar move by the government has been costly to numerous businesses and was met with some confusion as many thought that the name was already a native word.