Makwane is a village in
Thabo Mofutsanyane District Municipality
Thabo Mofutsanyana is one of the 5 districts of the Free State province of South Africa. The seat of Thabo Mofutsanyana is Witsieshoek. The majority of its 725 932 people speak Sesotho (2001 Census). The district code is DC19
Geography Neighbou ...
in the
Free State province of
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the ...
.
It is the original hometown of the
Free State Stars
Free State Stars Football club is a South African professional football club based in Bethlehem, Free State that plays in the National First Division. Formerly known as Makwane Computer Stars and Qwa Qwa Stars, their most significant honour ...
, which were established in 1977 as the ''Makwane Computer Stars''.
In 2014,
Sasol
Sasol Limited is an integrated energy and chemical company based in Sandton, South Africa. The company was formed in 1950 in Sasolburg, South Africa and built on processes that were first developed by German chemists and engineers in the early ...
established an Integrated Energy Centre in the Makwane, to provide the community with energy services and other amenities.
Makwane consists of metsimatsho, phahameng, comet, molapo sekgutlong, tebang and matshekgeng.
References
Populated places in the Maluti a Phofung Local Municipality
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