Batlokoa is one of the most colourful taverns in the town of Cornelia. Locals and tourists are all welcome.

]]> 28.84650039672851562,-27.23380088806152344 A café and 24-hour breakdown and repairs concern offering a valuable service to travellers in the area.

]]> 28.84449958801269531,-27.22690010070800781 This is a supermarket where you can get just about everything, from groceries to crockery and other daily needs. Cornelia Hypa offers a wide range of goods for the local community and the passer-by.

]]> 28.84449958801269531,-27.23959922790527344 The husband and wife team running the Double Happiness Sport Tavern offer customers a chance to watch sport on a large television screen while partaking of their favourite beverage.

Whether the words 'double happiness' refer to South Africans’ fondness for beer and sport, or to the fact that the duo serve up double the fun is open to the tourist’s interpretation!

]]> 28.83379936218261719,-27.23570060729980469 This fuel station with its take-away tuck shop and workshop is one of a handful of ideal refreshment stops on the Johannesburg-Durban road.

]]> 28.84740066528320312,-27.24349975585937500 A general dealer where people can purchase anything they need for their general needs on a daily basis. Like many general dealers the world over, Ikahele’s stock is eclectic, ranging from toys and animal feed to sewing needles and magazines.

]]> 28.84259986877441406,-27.24740028381347656 A typical rural trading store, K&B stocks goods for the home, the farm, the sportsman and the office.

]]> 28.83869934082031250,-27.25320053100585938 Masincedisane is a Xhosa word meaning “lets help each other”.

This is a group of women established in order to do things for themselves. Due to the lack of job opportunities in the area, the women embarked on this project to make dresses and other garments.

]]> 28.84499931335449219,-27.25580024719238281 The Mokhubo Family Gospel Band hopes to enrich its audiences spiritually with its gospel music and is available to sing at all kinds of functions.

]]> 28.84830093383789062,-27.26020050048828125 Montay Bottle Store, for those unfamiliar with the South Africa term ‘bottle store’, is a liquor and cold drink outlet; it also sells crisps and biltong (dried meat) snacks.

]]> 28.85519981384277344,-27.25709915161132812 All kinds of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages and snacks are for sale at the Ratanang Bottle Store, which is appropriate considering the name of the street in which it is located, which roughly translated means ‘Porridge and Fish Street.’

]]> 28.86009979248046875,-27.25230026245117188 A shop with something for everyone – beverages, food, toiletries, household goods, clothes, and much more.

]]> 28.84740066528320312,-27.22010040283203125 The 'Riemland' brand cheese factory is the spearhead of Cornelia’s businesses and markets dairy products mainly in Gauteng and the surrounding areas.

]]> 28.85720062255859375,-27.22890090942382812 Visitors seeking local colour and flavour might just find it in Super Tavern, a local ‘bar’ serving alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages.

Everyone is welcome at Super Tavern to come and enjoy themselves in the company of locals and those wanting to relax.

]]> 28.86210060119628906,-27.22299957275390625 This second-hand furniture shop in Cornelia offers visitors the opportunity to ferret out a bargain.

]]> 28.85910034179687500,-27.23769950866699219 An agricultural cooperative covering about seven towns, including Villiers, Frankfort, Warden, Cornelia and other places around the Free State.

Products available range from groceries to farm products, such as milk and vegetables. For more information please visit their website.

]]> 28.86890029907226562,-27.23080062866210938 This is a brick-making project in the area, which provides more affordable bricks in the area to enable locals to build their own homes.

]]> 28.87280082702636719,-27.24349975585937500 Zama-Zama is a colourful tuck shop selling beverages, snacks and trinkets.

]]> 28.86790084838867188,-27.24930000305175781 Comfortable accommodation in the area of Frankfort. The facilities consist of chalets, rondawels (round huts) and caravan sites.
The chalets have bedding while in the rondawels (round huts) visitors must bring their own bedding, which are self-catering.

There is also a restaurant within the vicinity. One can enjoy the sun at the pools and relax in the indoor hot pool and Jacuzzi on the banks of the Wilge River.

]]> 28.49830055236816406,-27.27429962158203125 The 15 en-suite bedrooms, a restaurant, bar and a bottle store make Lodge 1896 perfect for the traveller who has no time to spare and simply needs somewhere to eat and sleep before pressing on, as well as someone wanting to explore the town further.

In Afrikaans they say, “kom ervaar Vrystaatse gasvryheid” which means, “come and enjoy the Free State hospitality.”

]]> 28.50020027160644531,-27.28400039672851562 Farm-style cooking, warm hospitality and guinea fowl instead of alarm clocks – Siesta Guesthouse prides itself on its relaxed country atmosphere.

This bed & breakfast rates four stars by SA Tourism grading standards and is only 10km from Frankfort on the Tweeling/Reitz road (1½ hours from Johannesburg).

Facilities include a swimming pool and mini bar in the room. In season, the owners organise bass (flounder) safaris as well as waterfowl and blesbok hunts. There are function and conference facilities.

]]> 28.51289939880371094,-27.27919960021972656 The Mafahlaneng Poultry Project was established in August 1994 with a sponsorship from the Social Welfare Department.

Today, it owns its own chicken battery but still buys in chicks, which it fattens before selling them to the community. The project’s aims are to grow its market, expand production and employ more people.

]]> 28.53420066833496094,-27.54739952087402344 Started in 1998 with a sponsorship from the Social Welfare Department, the Mafahlaneng Silk Screening Project now sells its products in a number of towns and communities in the Mafube Municipal area. It was awarded second prize at the Youth Commission Awards in 2000 for its contribution to unemployment in the area.

]]> 28.53520011901855469,-27.55809974670410156 All kinds of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages are the order of the day at Msimanga’s Tavern and Bottle Store, which re-invests in the local community by sponsoring its sports teams.

]]> 28.53129959106445312,-27.57069969177246094 Like many projects and businesses in the region, the Phakamani Group of Volunteers is extremely concerned about the local community.

While other projects focus on creating employment opportunities, this group has three main aims: to pay home visits to people who cannot regularly visit the clinic for their chronic medication; to help educate and trace people with tuberculosis and the defaulters from treatment; and to educate the community about AIDS, hygiene, nutrition (volunteers teach members of the community to grow their own vegetables) and environmental care.

Selling traditional garments made by the elderly and disabled people generates income, such as firebricks made from waste paper, and traditional meals such as tripe and mageu. Volunteers also supervise a vegetable garden cared for by the aged and disabled, and the excess crop is sold from time-to-time.

The Phahamang Group would like to establish a day care centre with a soup kitchen for those who need to be fed and also to identify those within the community who need physical rehabilitation such as physiotherapy and access to wheelchairs.

]]> 28.51569938659667969,-27.57169914245605469 Pilgrims Inn offers visitors a place to rest quietly while sipping a cold drink. Owner ‘Rooijie’ (Red) intends extending his premises to include a coffee bar and rooms, and is also investigating the possibility of organising festivals in Tweeling.

]]> 28.50499916076660156,-27.56389999389648438 This small but conveniently located outlet, situated next to Mafahleleng’s community hall and taxi rank, provides essential services to the community.

Facilities include telephones, photocopy machine, computers and Internet access; and a Lotto Machine enables local residents to participate in the National Lottery.

]]> 28.50009918212890625,-27.55319976806640625 The Sekhetheng Shebeen will interest many visitors, particularly those who have never spent time in a local ‘bar’. Kamohelo Modise enforces the age limit law in line with the government regulation and promises a crime-free, fun experience in a clean and neat environment.

]]> 28.50209999084472656,-27.54439926147460938 Over 130 elders belong to the Thabang Old Age Project, which was started in 1990 to provide an outlet for their knowledge, experience, energy and creativity. In addition to instilling a sense of pride and self-respect, the project generates income, which is re-invested in the community.

Handwork is the main pastime but several members enjoy outdoor activities such as gardening.

]]> 28.51379966735839844,-27.54050064086914062 Simon Twala is a local tour operator with detailed knowledge of the area, who likes to tailor-make tours for his clients specific interests.

]]> 28.60009956359863281,-27.04610061645507812 Primarily selling alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages to on-premise customers, the Boss Bottle Store also caters for outside functions.

]]> 28.61669921875000000,-27.01849937438964844 All kinds of alcoholic and non-alcoholic are available at Green's Bottle Store.

]]> 28.61919975280761719,-27.02599906921386719 Members of the Ifepeng Project grow and sell fresh mielies (corn), vegetables and fruit in a bid to create wealth in their community.

]]> 28.61940002441406250,-27.01160049438476562 The Itekeng Project aims to uplift the community, particularly unemployed women and the youth, through agriculture and husbandry. Currently, those involved with the project grow vegetables and keep chickens for eggs and cows for milk and sell these locally.

]]> 28.63109970092773438,-27.02219963073730469 Situated in Qalabotjha Location Municipality offices opposite Madiba Hall, Kgatelopele Community Project provides employment opportunities for those who have been unable to find work elsewhere. It specialises in garment making, particularly traditional clothes, school tunics, tracksuits, skirts, pastors’ gowns and society uniforms.

]]> 28.61680030822753906,-27.01869964599609375 The Kopano ke matla, meaning 'meeting is power' is a knitting and printing project which was started to provide employment and fights poverty in the town. It concentrates on woollen garments, such as jerseys, and can print its designs on any garment, not only T-shirts.

A key requirement for future growth is improved skills and some of the income generated by sales is spent in improving these.

]]> 28.62459945678710938,-27.02700042724609375 Lindela restaurant was started in 1988 in order to provide food and beverages to the locals and visitors alike. The restaurant also has a bar where people can drink and relax over their meals.

The opening hours are between 08:00 and 20:00 daily.

]]> 28.60519981384277344,-27.01919937133789062 The craftsmen and women who participate in the Montsopa Project are talented traditionalists who specialise in products and garments such as soda soap sculptures, grass mats, traditional dress, and clay-pots.

The project is located at 1020 Tshabalala Street, Zonke, and one of its key objectives it to promote African Culture while striving to overcome poverty and underdevelopment.

]]> 28.62560081481933594,-27.04159927368164062 Mollo’s Taxis has several comfortable taxis and buses for hire, providing various transport options to community residents and tourists. The company supports several upliftment programmes in the area.

]]> 28.59339904785156250,-27.02589988708496094 Founded in the spirit of ‘masakhane’ (caring for and assisting others), the Qalabrik Project aims to manufacture bricks locally. The benefits include lower prices and employment opportunities.

]]> 28.60070037841796875,-27.03400039672851562 Situated in busy Gamede Street, Retswelapele Bakery prides itself on its homemade scones, buns, vetkoek (savoury deep-fried dumplings), bread and mageu, meat-pies and hamburgers.

The small business’s kitchen is also used to cater for parties, weddings, funerals, unveiling of tombstone ceremonies and other occasions. The spirit of ‘masakhane’ (caring for and assisting others) is very evident at Retswelapele Bakery, where the owner and staff contribute much to the development of the local community, especially unemployed women, and strive to regenerate African culture in the town.

]]> 28.62630081176757812,-27.03650093078613281 Built in 1911 from stone bricks, this cottage was declared a national monument by UNESCO.

Stonehouse Guesthouse is situated on the main street and meals are often served on the patio providing excellent views of the town and surrounding landscape. With three bedrooms, the Stonehouse is a convenient stop over for businessmen and tourists travelling on the N3, and its owners’ hospitality is legendary.

]]> 28.60120010375976562,-27.02960014343261719 Service comes with a sunny smile at the Sunrise Tavern, where the owner is keen to encourage tourists to visit for many an hour.

]]> 28.59690093994140625,-27.04240036010742188 Open from early in the morning until late at night, Tip-Top Take Aways offers freshly made meals and beverages at reasonable prices.

In addition to Western foods, like hamburgers and dagwoods, typical South Africa fare, such as chicken & rice and stew & pap, are prepared to order. Meals can be packed to go, or enjoyed on the premises. Catering for functions is a company speciality.

]]> 28.60720062255859375,-27.02569961547851562 Situated next to the N3 between Johannesburg and Durban on the Vaal River, the Tourist Hotel is the ideal stopover for international and local tourists travelling to attractions in KwaZulu-Natal or the Free State. It offers comfortable accommodation and caters for weddings, conferences and small team-building groups.

]]> 28.60610008239746094,-27.01420021057128906 Competitively priced, Tswaranang candles are both beautiful and functional. Designs are inspired by flora and fauna, as well as everyday objects. One of the more topical examples is the AIDS candle. Recognising that a wider distribution will assist it grow its production and enable it to employ more people, the Tswaranang Candle Project not only invites tourists to buy candles but encourages them to take samples home in the hope that they will assist in establishing new markets

]]> 28.59180068969726562,-27.03160095214843750 In the spirit of masakhane (caring for and assisting others), the Zenzeleni Sewing Project provides employment opportunities for unemployed women in the community.

Not only does it specialise in traditional clothing, it manufactures school tunics, tracksuits and skirts; pastor gowns and society uniforms and generic clothing items. The Zenzeleni Sewing Project can be found next to the Retshedisitswe Secondary School in Qalabotjha.

]]> 28.59429931640625000,-27.03960037231445312 Zoro Industries employees craft, by hand, ornaments from stone and recycled glass. While much of the output is exported, the showroom in Villiers is well stocked to tempt the tourist with an eye for beautiful and unusual glassware to purchase a memento of his or her time in the region.

]]> 28.60070037841796875,-27.01549911499023438