Makwassie

Makwassie
Country	South Africa
Province	North West
Time zone	SAST (UTC+2)
Postal code

Makwassie is a small farming town situated in North West Province of South Africa that produces maize, sorghum, groundnuts and milk. The word makwassie is a corruption of the San word for an aromatic wild spearmint.

The town claims four distinctions in Transvaal history

• the first Christian mission station north of the Vaal River - built by Wesleyans Samuel Broadbent and Thomas Hogson in 1822.
• the first White person born - July 1823
• the first printed matter - a Tswana spelling book and religious tracts
• the oldest town hall - built in 1910

Coordinates: 27°19′S 25°59′E / 27.317°S 25.983°E / -27.317; 25.983