Makwassie, North West

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Makwassie is a small farming town situated in North West Province of South Africa that produces maize, sorghum, groundnuts and milk. The word makwassie is a corruption of the San word for an aromatic wild spearmint.

The town claims four distinctions in Transvaal history

  • the first christian mission station north of the Vaal River - built by Wesleyans Samuel Broadbent and Thomas Hogson in 1822.
  • the first white person born - July 1823
  • the first printed matter - a Tswana spelling book and religious tracts
  • the oldest town hall - built in 1910
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Coordinates: 27°19′S 25°59′E

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