Wesselsbron is a small maize farming town 75 kilometres south of Bothaville

Bothaville

Bothaville is a maize farming town situated near the Vaal River in the Lejweleputswa DM of the Free State province, South Africa. It is situated 6km east of the Vaal, on the bank of its Vals River tributary...

 in Free State

Free State

The Free State is a province of South Africa. Its capital is Bloemfontein, which is also South Africa's judicial capital. Its historical origins lie in the Orange Free State Boer republic and later Orange Free State Province. The current borders of the province date from 1994 when the Bantustans...

 province of South Africa

South Africa

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. It was named after the Boer

Boer

Boer is the Dutch and Afrikaans word for farmer, which came to denote the descendants of the Dutch-speaking settlers of the eastern Cape frontier in Southern Africa during the 18th century, as well as those who left the Cape Colony during the 19th century to settle in the Orange Free State,...

 Commandant Cornelius Wessels

Cornelius Wessels

Cornelius Wessels, SJ was a Dutch Jesuit, known for his historical works on the early Catholic Missions in Central Asia, specially Tibet, and in the East Indies....

 who led the 1899 Siege of Kimberley

Siege of Kimberley

The Siege of Kimberley took place during the Second Boer War at Kimberley, Cape Colony , when Boer forces from the Orange Free State and the Transvaal besieged the diamond mining town. The Boers moved quickly to try to capture the British enclave when war broke out between the British and the two...

 during the Second Boer War

Second Boer War

The Second Boer War was fought from 11 October 1899 until 31 May 1902 between the British Empire and the Afrikaans-speaking Dutch settlers of two independent Boer republics, the South African Republic and the Orange Free State...

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Education

Up to so far there is only basic education offered in Wesselsbron and Monyakeng (township of Wesselsbron).

High Schools

Hoerskool Sandveld(which is a combination of primary and high school),Iphateleng High School, Ithabeleng High School and Monyakeng High School.

Primary Schools

Katoloso Primary school, Letsibolo Primary School, Mmabana Primary School and Tataiso Primary School.