Maletswai (previously Aliwal North)[2] is a town in central South Africa on the banks of the Orange River, Eastern Cape Province.

One of the first white settlers in the area, Pieter Jacobus de Wet, built a house at the nearby Buffelsvlei around 1828.

Primary Schools are: High Schools: The settlement of the area and its development into a town probably is connected to the presence of good water, thermal springs and a good fording place ('drift') across the Orange River, just below its confluence with the Kraai River.

Maletswai has the following suburbs: • Maletswai CBD • Arbor View • Buffelsbaden • Bird's Eye View • Dukathole • Hilton • Joe Gqabi • Area13 The central business district is surrounded by the following suburbs: Dukathole, Hilton, Joe Gqabi, the Springs (where the well-known Aliwal Spa is situated) and Arborsig.

Many residents and staff of the Goedemoed Correctional Services facility (situated on the Free State side of the Orange River) use the town's many businesses, hospital, churches and schools.