Tweespruit

Tweespruit is a small dairy farming town in the Free State province of South Africa. The town lies 27 km east of Thaba Nchu and 47 km north of Hobhouse.

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 Boer War settlement which was between two creeks, hence the name.

Education

• Unicom Agricultural Secondary School
• Tweespruit Primary School
• Unicom Primary School
• Tweespruit Combined School
• Ezekiel Christian School
• Dawiesville Primary School

Notable people from Tweespruit

• Father Frans Claerhout, artist and priest at Tweespruit mission station.
• Michael Anthony (Pez) Parsonson, SAAF fighter pilot.

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