| Hennenman | |
| Pushpin Map: | South Africa Free State#South Africa |
| Coordinates: | -27.9667°N 29°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | South Africa |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Free State |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Lejweleputswa |
| Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name3: | Matjhabeng |
| Subdivision Type4: | Main Place |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Established Date: | 1927 |
| Government Type: | Ward 2 and Ward 3 |
| Leader Party: | Independents |
| Leader Title: | Councillors |
| Leader Name: | Motete Dance Kopela and Banks Tshabangu |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 9.8 |
| Elevation M: | 1395 |
| Population Total: | 24355 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Racial makeup (2011) |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Black African |
| Demographics1 Info1: | 87.4% |
| Demographics1 Title2: | Coloured |
| Demographics1 Info2: | 0.4% |
| Demographics1 Title3: | Indian/Asian |
| Demographics1 Info3: | 0.3% |
| Demographics1 Title4: | White |
| Demographics1 Info4: | 11.6% |
| Demographics1 Title5: | Other |
| Demographics1 Info5: | 0.3% |
| Demographics Type2: | First languages (2011) |
| Demographics2 Title1: | Sotho |
| Demographics2 Info1: | 77.3% |
| Demographics2 Title2: | Afrikaans |
| Demographics2 Info2: | 12.9% |
| Demographics2 Title3: | Xhosa |
| Demographics2 Info3: | 4.0% |
| Demographics2 Title4: | Sign language |
| Demographics2 Info4: | 1.4% |
| Demographics2 Title5: | Other |
| Demographics2 Info5: | 4.4% |
| Timezone1: | SAST |
| Utc Offset1: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code (street) |
| Postal Code: | 9445 |
| Postal2 Code Type: | PO box |
| Postal2 Code: | 9445 |
| Area Code Type: | Area code |
| Area Code: | 057 |
Hennenman is a town in the Free State Goldfields in the Lejweleputswa District Municipality of the Free State province of South Africa. The settlement is unusual for the district being supported by agriculture rather than the mining industry which is common in other towns. There are two schools in Hennenman, Hoërskool Hennenman and Hennenman Primêre Skool.
Hennenman, which was built as a single railway station, was formerly denoted as Ventersburg Road. In 1927, it was renamed after local Afrikaner P.F. Hennenman, from Swartpan Farm.
In 1944, black South Africans were confined to a segregated enclave in southern Hennenman. During apartheid, this area was cleared by order of the government and nearly all then-residents relocated to a new township some fifteen kilometres away, Vergenoeg (Afrikaans for "contentment", now Phomolong).
On 5 December 2000, Hennenman was incorporated into the Matjhabeng Local Municipality with the city of Welkom and the municipalities of Allanridge, Odendaalsrus, Ventersburg and Virginia.
Hennenman established a municipality in 1947. The council later assumed a coat of arms, and registered it with the Orange Free State Provincial Administration in January 1958.[2]
The arms were: Vert, three barrulets or between in chief a ripe mealie cob proper between two bezants and in base a cogwheel of the second, i.e. a green shield displaying a mealie cob between two golden discs at the top, three horizontal golden lines across the middle, and a golden cogwheel at the bottom.