Thaba Nchu (F11)

Name:Thaba Nchu

Thaba Nchu is a town in Free State, South Africa, located 60km east of Bloemfontein. Its population is comprised largely of Tswana and Sotho people. The town was settled in the 1830s and officially established in 1873. The town grew larger following the 1913 Natives' Land Act that stated Thaba Nchu as a homeland for Tswana people.

The Tswana people migrated to this place in the 1830s and were frequently attacked during the difaqane (tribal wars), as a result the Thaba Nchu people chose the Voortrekkers as allies. Thaba Nchu then became a safe meeting place for leaders such as Hendrik Potgieter, Piet Uys and Gerrit Maritz.

During the apartheid era it fell into the area set aside for the bantustan of Bophuthatswana, nominally ruled by the then President Lucas Mangope. It was then a trading centre. It was, and remains, one of the biggest tourist attractions in the Free State, home to various Sun International and other casinos.

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