__NOTOC__ Tweeling (meaning

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and

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) is a small town situated 22 km from Frankfort in the Free State province of

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. The adjacent township is named Mafahlaneng, or "place of twins". This region of the

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is colloquially known as the Riemland, recalling a time when it was a favoured hunting ground of the early pioneers.

Early inhabitants

The very first people or inhabitants of this place were the San, this is evident from the rock art and paintings left on the rocks. Students from the

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Rock Art Research Institute are currently busy researching the site.

Establishment of the town

The town was established in 1920 on the two farms Tweelingspruit and Tweelingkop, their names derived from two similar looking hills just outside the town. It is situated just east of the

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which is a conduit for water from the

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Tweeling is the halfway mark of the annual Liebensbergvlei Canoe Marathon. The two day race starts near Reitz and halts 33 km downstream at Zorgvliet farm, near Tweeling. The second stage starts from Bruinswick farm north of town and ends at Frankfort.Tweeling Mafahlaneng is part of Mafube Local Municipalityhttp://www.mafube.fs.gov.za › uploads › 2012/11

Attractions

* Mafahlaneng Shelter Caves

People from Tweeling

Johan Heyns Johan Adam Heyns (1928–1994) was an Afrikaner Calvinist theologian and moderator of the general synod of the Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerk (NGK) in South Africa. He was assassinated at his home in Waterkloof Ridge, Pretoria. Early life an ...

, theologian * Sisi Ntombela, politician and sixth premier of the Free State * Pakiso Mthembu, athlete,

University of the Free State The University of the Free State (; Sotho language, Sesotho: ''Yunivesithi ya Freistata'') is a multi-campus public university in Bloemfontein, the capital of the Free State (province), Free State and the judicial capital of South Africa. It wa ...

Sportsman of The Year 2019

Gallery

Tweeling van oostekant, winter, Vrystaat, a.jpg, Winter landscape around Tweeling Refeng Thabo Hoërskool, Tweeling, Vrystaat.jpg, Refeng Thabo High School in Mafahlaneng township Liebenbergsvleirivier, Tweeling, stroomaf.jpg,

north of town San Rock art

References

External links

Liebenbergsvlei, Dabulamanzi
Populated places in the Mafube Local Municipality Populated places established in 1920 {{FreeState-geo-stub