__NOTOC__ Tweeling (meaning

twin Twins are two offspring produced by the same pregnancy.MedicineNet > Definition of TwinLast Editorial Review: 19 June 2000 Twins can be either ''monozygotic'' ('identical'), meaning that they develop from one zygote, which splits and forms two em ...

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and

Afrikaans Afrikaans (, ) is a West Germanic language that evolved in the Dutch Cape Colony from the Dutch vernacular of Holland proper (i.e., the Hollandic dialect) used by Dutch, French, and German settlers and their enslaved people. Afrikaans gra ...

) is a small town situated 22 km from Frankfort in the Free State province of

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the ...

. The adjacent black township is named Mafahlaneng, or "place of twins". This region of the

highveld The Highveld (Afrikaans: ''Hoëveld'', where ''veld'' means "field") is the portion of the South African inland plateau which has an altitude above roughly 1500 m, but below 2100 m, thus excluding the Lesotho mountain regions to the south-east of ...

is colloquially known as the Riemland, recalling a time when it was a favoured hunting ground of the early pioneers. The town was established in 1920 on the two farms Tweelingspruit and Tweelingkop, their names derived from two similar looking hills just outside the town. It is situated just east of the

Liebenbergsvlei River The Liebenbergsvlei River is a tributary of the Wilge River, flowing in the Free State province of South Africa. Lesotho Highlands Water Project The Liebenbergsvlei is a conduit for water delivered by the Lesotho Highlands Water Project. Th ...

which is a conduit for water from the

Lesotho Highlands Water Project The Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP) is an ongoing water supply project with a hydropower component, developed in partnership between the governments of Lesotho and South Africa. It comprises a system of several large dams and tunnels thr ...

. Tweeling is the halfway mark of the annual Liebensbergvlei Canoe Marathon. The two day race starts near Reitz and halts 33 km downstream at Zorgvliet farm, near Tweeling. The second stage starts from Bruinswick farm north of town and ends at Frankfort.

People from Tweeling

Johan Heyns Johan Adam Heyns (1928–1994) was an Afrikaner Calvinist theologian and moderator of the general synod of the Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerk (NGK) in South Africa. He was assassinated at his home in Waterkloof Ridge, Pretoria. Early life and ...

, theologian *

Sisi Ntombela Sefora Hixsonia "Sisi" Ntombela (born 16 April 1957) is a South African politician who is the 6th Premier of the Free State and a Member of the Free State Provincial Legislature. She previously served as the Free State MEC for Cooperative Gover ...

, politician and 6th premier of the Free State * Pakiso Mthembu, athlete, University Of The Free State Sportsman of The Year 2019

Gallery

Refeng Thabo Hoërskool, Tweeling, Vrystaat.jpg, Refeng Thabo High School in Mafahlaneng township Liebenbergsvleirivier, Tweeling, stroomaf.jpg,

north of town

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Populated places in the Mafube Local Municipality Populated places established in 1920 {{FreeState-geo-stub