Matjhabeng Local Municipality

Matjhabeng, “where nations meet” in Sesotho, is a local municipality in the Lejweleputswa district, Free State. The main towns and cities are Allanridge, Hennenman, Odendaalsrus, Ventersburg, Virginia and Welkom, the municipal seat for the district. Welkom is the second largest city in Free State and the hub of the province’s gold fields, attending to several gold and uranium mines and contributing a fifth of the free world’s gold sales. Welkom’s economy centres on mining and agriculture.