Welkom is a mining town in the free state, its attractions include Goldfields Casino, Phakisa race track and Funtatia Fun Park amongst many others. Welkom (Afrikaans pronunciation: [ˈvɛlkɔm]) ...
Welkom is the second-largest city in the Free State province of South Africa, is also known as Circle City, City Within A Garden, Mvela and Matjhabeng. The city's Sesotho name, Matjhabeng means 'where nations meet', derived from the migrant labour system, where people of various countries such as Lesotho, Malawi and Mozambique etc. met to work in the mines of the gold fields.
Thabong ('place of happiness' in Southern Sotho) is the second largest township after botshabelo in the Free State province in South Africa. The most spoken languages in Thabong is Sesotho followed by Xhosa....The township was established during the years of segregation of black people as well as the township of Bronville for coloured people adjacent to the city of Welkom, to accommodate workers at the world's richest gold mines.
The township forms part of Matjhabeng Local Municipality in the Lejweleputswa District Municipality, that includes Welkom. The township is filled with diversity of people due to people who came from various countries like Lesotho, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, etc. to work in mines of Goldfields.
It started out in 1912 as a ramshackle collection of farms and a central church that became a town. In April 1946 gold was struck on the farm Geduld near the town....
This discovery was mentioned in Alan Paton's novel Cry, the Beloved Country. On 5 December 2000, Odendaalrus was incorporated into the Matjhabeng Local Municipality along with the city of Welkom and the towns of Allanridge, Hennenman, Ventersburg and Virginia.
Odendaalsrus celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2012, it is a town located on the Goldfields close to a couple of mines, and a large Harcos farm producing chickens and eggs.
Kutloanong Location is a township located about 10 km outside Odendaalsrus, between Welkom and Allanridge, established to house black people during the apartheid era. Kutlwanong is divided into 16 sections.
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These sections are named: k1, k2, k3, k4, k5, k6, k7, k8, k9, k10 and block 1, block 2, block 4, block 5, block 6, and block 7.First people to live there were group of Black people from Hospital Park; 2 km from Odendaalsrus.
It falls under the Municipality of Lejweleputsa. It is well known for political such as Sipho Mutsi the youth activist of all time, and producing soccer stars such as Kamohelo Mokotjo, Khotso Moleko and Abram "Wire" Nteo Vuyisile Wana as well as the musical artist, Neo Matla popularly known as Snaker Da Ray.
Allanridge established as a settlement in the Free State goldfields in 1947 and was named after Allan Roberts whose borehole's proximity to the gold bearing reef was the precursor to the mining in the area....
The town layout was designed by town planner William Backhouse, who also planned Welkom.
It became a municipality on 21 December 1956 but this changed on the 5 December 2000 when it was incorporated into the Matjhabeng Local Municipality with the city of Welkom and the towns of Hennenman, Odendaalsrus, Ventersburg and Virginia
The first part of Nyakallong was (skomplas). The Township Nyakallong of Allanridge is located in the Matjhabeng Local Municipality in the district of Lejweleputswa, Free State province (FS), South Africa....
The Phathakahle township is 3 km outside of Allanridge. It was established during the apartheid era to house the mine workers of the Loraine Gold Mining Company. It also have three primary Schools (S.A Mokhothu, Dihwai and Tshireletso ) and two high schools {LA wesi and Mosala}.
Virginia is a gold mining town located in the Lejweleputswa District Municipality and on goldfields of the Free State province in South Africa about 140 km (90 mi) northeast of Bloemfontein the provincial capital.
Meloding falls within Matjhabeng Local Municipality, Meloding Township, Free State. It boost with, guesthouses, goldfields TVET College and many other multi-purpose and recreational facilities.
Hennenman, which was built as a single railway station, was formerly denoted as Ventersburg Road. In 1927, it was renamed after local Afrikaner P.F. Hennenman, from Swartpan Farm.
Phomolong Location is a township located about 10 km outside Hennenman, between Welkom and Ventersburg, established to house black people during the apartheid era. Kutlwanong is divided into 16 sections. .
Ventersburg is a small town in the Lejweleputswa District Municipality of the Free State province in South Africa, 148 km north of Bloemfontein connected by N1 national Road.
The locality Mamahabane suburb of Ventersburg is located in the district of Lejweleputswa in the province of Free State (FS), South Africa. The town's satellite are: latitude 28°5'3"S and longitude 27°8'21"E
