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Saulspoort

Coordinates: 25°09′19″S 27°10′17″E / 25.15528°S 27.17139°E / -25.15528; 27.17139
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Saulspoort
Saulspoort is located in North West (South African province)
Saulspoort
Saulspoort
Saulspoort is located in South Africa
Saulspoort
Saulspoort
Coordinates: 25°09′19″S 27°10′17″E / 25.15528°S 27.17139°E / -25.15528; 27.17139
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceNorth West
DistrictBojanala
MunicipalityMoses Kotane
Area
 • Total14.76 km2 (5.70 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total11,220
 • Density760/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African99.5%
 • Coloured0.1%
 • Indian/Asian0.1%
 • Other0.3%
First languages (2011)
 • Tswana86.4%
 • English3.3%
 • Zulu2.1%
 • S. Ndebele1.5%
 • Other6.8%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)
0318
PO box
0318

Saulspoort (also known as Moruleng)[2] is a village in South Africa, 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

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  1. ^ a b c d "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 (31 March 2014). Faith, Hope and Determination. Author House. p. 68. ISBN 978-1-4918-3105-2.
  5. ^ Mbenga, Bernard; Morton, Fred (24 April 1997). "The Missionary as Land Broker". South African Historical Journal (36). Africana Periodical Literature bibliographic database: 145–167. doi:10.1080/02582479708671273. Retrieved 29 August 2014.