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Phakisa Freeway
A rare combined oval and road course in the Free State, built in 1999 to bring MotoGP and oval racing to South Africa. The 1.5-mile banked tri-oval sits isolated in the goldfields.
34 km · about 40 min drive
Free State, South Africa · Africa
Wesselsbron sits on the route: 35 minutes from Allanridge, 34km from Phakisa Freeway.
Wesselsbron is a town located in Free State, South Africa. With a population of 42,552, it is an important destination in Africa.
On a road trip, Wesselsbron sits in South Africa, where you drive on the left. It's in the Africa/Johannesburg time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Wesselsbron to your route.
Wesselsbron is a small maize farming town 75 kilometres south of Bothaville in Free State province of South Africa.
Town 32 km east of Hoopstad and 48 km north-west of Welkom. It was laid out in 1920 and became a municipality in 1936. Named after Commandant Cornelis J Wessels who was in command of the Siege ofRead more
Kimberley from 13 October 1899
to 12 February 1900. Bron is Afrikaans for ‘source’, ‘spring’.
Wesselsbron has a vast district which stretches from the Vet River in the south to the Vaal River in the north. The main cultivation is corn, but also wheat, sunflower and peanuts are cultivated. The grain silos of Senwes are the biggest silo complex in the Southern Hemisphere and can cope with the enormous amount of 275,000 tons of grain. Escorted tours can be organized to visit the silos as well as a private milling complex next to Senwes. Because of the growing demand for liquidated fertilizer, Omnia opened a factory in Wesselsbron in 1997, one of the biggest factories in South Africa.[1] Raw material is obtained from overseas, Richards Bay, Sasolburg and Rustenburg to be processed in the Wesselsbron factory. Tons of liquidated fertilizer is distributed to the rich cultivated fields of the Western Free State, North West and North Cape. In the late 1970s due to apartheid pressure, Black people of the informal settlement of (Marantha) were removed in order to accommodate white settlers and what is now called Wesselsbron Golf Club. Black people were settled at the lower/ muddy edge of the area which was known as (Marumpenyane) now called Monyakeng.
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Wesselsbron is located in Free State, South Africa, Africa. The coordinates are -27.8549 latitude, 26.3658 longitude.
Wesselsbron has a population of approximately 42,552 people, making it a town in South Africa.
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A rare combined oval and road course in the Free State, built in 1999 to bring MotoGP and oval racing to South Africa. The 1.5-mile banked tri-oval sits isolated in the goldfields.
34 km · about 40 min drive
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