Bloemfontein
is the capital of this province. Monuments and museums
that testify to a pioneering past. This town originated
at a spring which at various times was a source of water
for Bushman hunters, Sotho farmers, Voortrekkers and
enormous herds of game. Today
it has developed into a prosperous commercial and industrial
city.
Outside this judicial capital there are exquisite sites
to be visited in the Free State, for example the Golden
Gate in the Highlands National Park and the Basotho
Cultural Village, where the customs and traditions of
the South Sotho people can be seen on the way to Qwaqwa.