Tweespruit is a small
dairy
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farming town in the
Free State province of
South Africa
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. The town lies 27km east of
Thaba Nchu
Thaba 'Nchu is a town in Free State, South Africa, 63 km east of Bloemfontein and 17 km east of Botshabelo. The population is largely made up of Tswana and Sotho people. The town was settled in December 1833 and officially establishe ...
and 47km north of
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.
History
Afrikaans for "two creeks", the name refers to the town’s location at the confluence of two small rivers.
The town started as an experimental farm set up on an old
British
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Boer War
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settlement which was between two creeks, hence the name.
Notable people from Tweespruit
* Father
Frans Claerhout, artist and priest at Tweespruit mission station.
South African History Online - SA Artist, Father Frans Claerhout, is born
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* Michael Anthony (Pez) Parsonson, SAAF fighter pilot.
Gallery
Image:Tweespruit_School_Buildings.jpg, School Buildings - Tweespruit
Image:Tweespruit_Grain_Elevator.jpg, Grain Elevator in Tweespruit
Image:Tweespruit_Primary_School.jpg, Tweespruit Primary School
References
{{Thabo Mofutsanyana District Municipality
Populated places in the Mantsopa Local Municipality