Saulspoort (also known as Moruleng)[2] is a village in South Africa, at the northern foot of the Pilanesberg, about 65 km north of Rustenburg. It was named after a former baKgatla chief, Tsheole, called Saul by the early settlers.[3]
Saulspoort | |
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  Saulspoort  Saulspoort | |
| Coordinates: 25°09′19″S 27°10′17″E / 25.15528°S 27.17139°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | North West |
| District | Bojanala |
| Municipality | Moses Kotane |
| Area | |
• Total | 14.76 km2 (5.70 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 11,220 |
| • Density | 760/km2 (2,000/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 99.5% |
| • Coloured | 0.1% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.1% |
| • Other | 0.3% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Tswana | 86.4% |
| • English | 3.3% |
| • Zulu | 2.1% |
| • S. Ndebele | 1.5% |
| • Other | 6.8% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 0318 |
| PO box | 0318 |
It was established when Henri Gonin, a Swiss missionary with the Dutch Reformed Church preaching to the baKgatla tribe, moved to Saulspoort farm, which was owned by the later president Paul Kruger; Kruger eventually sold the farm to Gonin in 1869.[4] In 1895 the baKgatla purchased most of Saulspoort from Gonin.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Main Place Saulspoort". Census 2011.
- ^ "Pilane and Another v Pheto and Others". Southern African Legal Information Institute.
Moruleng and Saulspoort mean the same village and the names are frequently used interchangeably…
- ^ Raper, Peter E. (1987). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Internet Archive. p. 399. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
- ^ Daniel J. Theron (31 March 2014). Faith, Hope and Determination. Author House. p. 68. ISBN 978-1-4918-3105-2.
- ^ Mbenga, Bernard; Morton, Fred (24 April 1997). "The Missionary as Land Broker". South African Historical Journal (36). Africana Periodical Literature bibliographic database: 145–167. doi:10.1080/02582479708671273. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
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