Makwane

Makwane is a village in Thabo Mofutsanyane District Municipality in the Free State province of South Africa.

Makwane
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Coordinates: 28.549°S 28.878°E / -28.549; 28.878
Country	South Africa
Province	Free State
District	Thabo Mofutsanyane
Municipality	Maluti-a-Phofung
Area [1]
• Total	11.78 km2 (4.55 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	18,550
• Density	1,600/km2 (4,100/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	99.7%
• Coloured	0.1%
• Indian/Asian	0.1%
• White	0.1%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Sotho	90.8%
• Zulu	4.8%
• Sign language	1.5%
• Other	2.8%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)

It is the original hometown of the Free State Stars, which were established in 1977 as the Makwane Computer Stars.^[2]

In 2014, Sasol established an Integrated Energy Centre in the Makwane, to provide the community with energy services and other amenities.^[3] Makwane consists of metsimatsho, phahameng, comet, molapo sekgutlong, tebang and matshekgeng.