Herbs Guest House

Herbs Guest House is a quaint guest house for the budget traveller situated in central Mmabatho. Mmabatho, which is Setswana for Mother of the People, is the former capital of the North-West Province of South Africa. Situated just south of the Botswana border, the town is connected by main roads to South Africa's national capital of Pretoria in the east and to Gaborone, the capital of Botswana, in the north. A railway runs north and south from the neighbouring town of Mafikeng.

In the apartheid era, it was the capital of the former Bantustan of Bophuthatswana. Following the end of apartheid in 1994, Bophuthatswana was integrated into the newly established North West Province and Mmabatho was proclaimed the provincial capital. However, Mmabatho's status as the provincial capital was short lived. Later in 1994, the North West provincial legislature voted to rename the capital to Mafikeng, reducing Mmabatho to a suburb of Mafikeng.

Accommodation is offered in budget Twin or Single Rooms and an En-suite Family Room. The family room contains a double bed and a bunk bed and includes an en-suite with a shower, toilet and basin. The Twin Rooms include twin three-quarter-size bed and the Single Rooms contain one three-quarter-size bed. These rooms share clean ablution facilities.

Mmabatho is home to many provincial government buildings, a shopping complex called Mega City, and a Sports Stadium formerly called the Independence Stadium. The University of North-West, formerly the University of Bophuthatswana, is also located in Mmabatho.