Saulspoort

Saulspoort
Saulspoort

 Saulspoort shown within South Africa

Coordinates: 25°09′29″S 27°09′43″E / 25.158°S 27.162°ECoordinates: 25°09′29″S 27°09′43″E / 25.158°S 27.162°E
Country South Africa
Province North West
District Bojanala
Municipality Moses Kotane
Area[1]
 • Total 14.76 km2 (5.70 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
 • Total 11,220
 • Density 760/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[1]
 • Black African 99.5%
 • Coloured 0.1%
 • Indian/Asian 0.1%
 • Other 0.3%
First languages (2011)[1]
 • Tswana 86.4%
 • English 3.3%
 • Zulu 2.1%
 • S. Ndebele 1.5%
 • Other 6.8%
Postal code (street) 0318
PO box 0318

Saulspoort (also known as Moruleng)[2] is a village 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]

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

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Main Place Saulspoort". Census 2011.
  2. ↑ "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…
  3. ↑ Raper, Peter E. (1987). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Internet Archive. p. 399. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
  4. ↑ Daniel J. Theron (2014-03-31). Faith, Hope and Determination. Author House. p. 68. ISBN 978-1-4918-3105-2.
  5. ↑ "The Missionary as Land Broker". Africana Periodical Literature bibliographic database. Retrieved 29 August 2014.