Saulspoort, North West

Saulspoort, also known as Moruleng, is a village situated at the northern foot of the Pilanesberg, about 65 km north of Rustenburg in the North West Province of South Africa.

The village was named after a former baKgatla chief, Tsheole, called Saul by the early settlers.

Saulspoort falls under the Moses Kotane Local Municipality within the Bojanala Platinum District Municipality of North West Province.

The village was established when Henri Gonin, a Swiss missionary with the Dutch Reformed Church preaching to the baKgatla tribe, moved to Saulspoort farm, which was owned by the later president Paul Kruger; Kruger eventually sold the farm to Gonin in 1869. In 1895 the baKgatla purchased most of Saulspoort from Gonin.