Hennenman
Hennenman is located in Free State (South African province)
Hennenman
Hennenman
Hennenman is located in South Africa
Hennenman
Hennenman
Coordinates: 27°58′S 27°2′E / 27.967°S 27.033°E / -27.967; 27.033
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceFree State
DistrictLejweleputswa
MunicipalityMatjhabeng
Established1927
Government
 • TypeWard 2 and Ward 3
 • CouncillorsMotete Dance Kopela and Banks Tshabangu (Independents)
Area
[1]
 • Total9.8 km2 (3.8 sq mi)
Elevation
1,395 m (4,577 ft)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total24,355
 • Density2,500/km2 (6,400/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[1]
 • Black African87.4%
 • Coloured0.4%
 • Indian/Asian0.3%
 • White11.6%
 • Other0.3%
First languages (2011)
[1]
 • Sotho77.3%
 • Afrikaans12.9%
 • Xhosa4.0%
 • Sign language1.4%
 • Other4.4%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)
9445
PO box
9445
Area code057

Hennenman is a town in the Free State goldfields in the Lejweleputswa District Municipality of the Free State province of South Africa. The settlement is unusual for the district as being supported by agriculture rather than the mining industry which is common in other towns.

History

Hennenman, which was built as a single railway station, was formerly denoted as Ventersburg Road. In 1927, it was renamed after local Afrikaner P.F. Hennenman, from Swartpan Farm.

In 1944, black South Africans were confined to a segregated enclave in southern Hennenman. During apartheid, this area was cleared by order of the government and nearly all then-residents relocated to a new township some fifteen kilometres away, Vergenoeg (Afrikaans for "Far enough", now Phomolong).

Law and government

Government

On 5 December 2000, Hennenman was incorporated into the Matjhabeng Local Municipality with the city of Welkom and the municipalities of Allanridge, Odendaalsrus, Ventersburg and Virginia.

Coat of arms

Hennenman established a municipality in 1947. The council later assumed a coat of arms, and registered it with the Orange Free State Provincial Administration in January 1958.[2]

The arms were: Vert, three barrulets or between in chief a ripe mealie cob proper between two bezants and in base a cogwheel of the second, i.e. a green shield displaying a mealie cob between two golden discs at the top, three horizontal golden lines across the middle, and a golden cogwheel at the bottom.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Sum of the Main Places Hennenman and Phomolong from Census 2011.
  2. ↑ Orange Free State Official Gazette 5 (24 January 1958).


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