Saulspoort

Saulspoort
Saulspoort
	Saulspoort Saulspoort
	Coordinates: 25°09′19″S 27°10′17″E / 25.15528°S 27.17139°E
Country	South Africa
Province	North West
District	Bojanala
Municipality	Moses Kotane
Area
• Total	14.76 km2 (5.70 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	11,220
• Density	760/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
• Black African	99.5%
• Coloured	0.1%
• Indian/Asian	0.1%
• Other	0.3%
First languages (2011)
• Tswana	86.4%
• English	3.3%
• Zulu	2.1%
• S. Ndebele	1.5%
• Other	6.8%
Time zone	UTC+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

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Main Place Saulspoort". Census 2011.
^ "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…
^ Raper, Peter E. (1987). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Internet Archive. p. 399. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
^ Daniel J. Theron (31 March 2014). Faith, Hope and Determination. Author House. p. 68. ISBN 978-1-4918-3105-2.
^ 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.

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[census2011-1] "Main Place Saulspoort". Census 2011.

[saflii-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.

[M.A.,Th./Ph.D2014-4] Daniel J. Theron (31 March 2014). Faith, Hope and Determination. Author House. p. 68. ISBN 978-1-4918-3105-2.

[malb-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.

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