Makwane

Makwane is a village in Thabo Mofutsanyane District Municipality in the Free State province of South Africa.

Makwane
Makwane is located in Free State (South African province)
Makwane
Makwane
Makwane is located in South Africa
Makwane
Makwane
Coordinates: 28.549°S 28.878°E / -28.549; 28.878
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceFree State
DistrictThabo Mofutsanyane
MunicipalityMaluti-a-Phofung
Area
[1]
 • Total11.78 km2 (4.55 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total18,550
 • Density1,600/km2 (4,100/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[1]
 • Black African99.7%
 • Coloured0.1%
 • Indian/Asian0.1%
 • White0.1%
First languages (2011)
[1]
 • Sotho90.8%
 • Zulu4.8%
 • Sign language1.5%
 • Other2.8%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)

It is the original hometown of the Free State Stars, which were established in 1977 as the Makwane Computer Stars.[2]

In 2014, Sasol established an Integrated Energy Centre in the Makwane, to provide the community with energy services and other amenities.[3] Makwane consists of metsimatsho, phahameng, comet, molapo sekgutlong, tebang and matshekgeng.

References
  1. "Main Place Makwane". Census 2011.
  2. "Club History". Free State Stars. Archived from the original on 24 August 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
  3. "Sasol and Government to bring affordable energy to the Makwane Village". Sasol. Retrieved 29 August 2014.


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