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The Battle of Sanna's Post (a.k.a. Kroon Spruit) was an engagement fought during the Second Boer War (1899–1902) between the British Empire and the Boers of the two independent republics of the Orange Free State and the South African Republic.
Street address: Stand St, Botshabelo-BA, Botshabelo, 9781 (from Wikidata)
Grasslands is a 91% black suburb of the city of Bloemfontein in South Africa.
Onze Rus was the farm owned by President Martinus Theunis Steyn, the last State President of the Orange Free State. It is located around 22 km south of Bloemfontein, South Africa. After the Second Boer War, he tended to operate from here as a leader and adviser to the Afrikaner people.
Dr. Petrus Molemela Stadium, formerly known as Seisa Ramabodu Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium located in Bloemfontein, South Africa. It is used mostly for football matches and was utilized as a training field for teams participating in the 2010 FIFA World Cup after being renovated in 2008 and brought up to FIFA standards.
The Mangaung Prison (Afrikaans: Mangaung-gevangenis) is a maximum security prison in Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa. The prison is privately owned and managed by the company G4S as part of a consortium. The South African Department of Correctional Services signed a 25-year contract with the consortium in 2000. The prison can accommodate around 3,000 prisoners.
Bloemside is a mostly black suburb of the city of Bloemfontein in South Africa.
Ehrlich Park is a suburb of the city of Bloemfontein in South Africa.
Clive Solomons Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Bubchu United.
Die Kromspruit is 'n spruit wat in die Vrystaat vloei.
website: http://www.rosenhofhighschool.co.za/
Motheo (Sesotho, meaning "foundation" or "cornerstone") was, until the municipal elections of 18 May 2011, a district of the Free State province of South Africa. At the time of the 2011 elections it was disestablished as a consequence of Mangaung Local Municipality being upgraded to a metropolitan municipality.
website: http://www.motheo.co.za/
The 1996 African Cup of Nations was the 20th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the football championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by South Africa, who replaced original hosts Kenya. The field expanded for the first time to 16 teams, split into four groups of four; the top two teams in each group advancing to the quarterfinals. However, Nigeria withdrew from the tournament at the final moment under pressure from then-dictator Sani Abacha, reducing the field to 15. South Africa won its first championship, beating Tunisia in the final 2–0.
website: http://www.bloemfontein.co.za/
The Orange River Colony was the British colony created after Britain first occupied (1900) and then annexed (1902) the independent Orange Free State in the Second Boer War. The colony ceased to exist in 1910, when it was absorbed into the Union of South Africa as the Orange Free State Province.
The Central University of Technology, Free State (CUT) is a public technology university with campuses in Bloemfontein and Welkom, Free State province, South Africa.
website: http://www.cut.ac.za/
The Sacred Heart Cathedral is a religious building that is affiliated with the Catholic Church and is located at 1 Green in the city of Bloemfontein in the Free State province, South Africa.
Baysvalley is an 80% white suburb of the city of Bloemfontein in South Africa.
Gardenia Park is a 90% white suburb of the city of Bloemfontein in South Africa.
The Free State Division of the High Court of South Africa (previously named the Orange Free State Provincial Division and the Free State High Court, and commonly known as the Bloemfontein High Court) is a superior court of law with general jurisdiction over the Free State province of South Africa. The division sits at Bloemfontein.
1 Special Service Battalion (usually abbreviated to 1SSB) is an armoured regiment of the South African Army and only one of two such in its regular force. The Regiment is based at Tempe near Bloemfontein.
Maselspoort is a resort complex in Mangaung in the Free State province of South Africa.
Bloemfontein High School (Afrikaans: Hoërskool Bloemfontein) is a secondary school in Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa.
Brandwag is a suburb of the city of Bloemfontein in South Africa. The primary school is named Brandwag Primary.
Bain's Vlei is a settlement on the road to Kimberley, situated 8 km west of Bloemfontein. It is named after the owner, Andrew Hudson Bain, who bought it in 1849.
Mangaung Oval, previously known as Springbok Park, Chevrolet Park, Goodyear Park, and OUTsurance Oval, is a cricket oval in Bloemfontein, South Africa. It is currently used mostly for cricket matches. It is the home of the Knights cricket team. The stadium holds 20,000 people and opened in 1989.
Ramblers Cricket Club Ground is a cricket ground in Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa, on the north side of Zastron Street.
Hoërskool Sand du Plessis is a secondary school in Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa. This public high school was founded in 1970, when it split off from the lower school. Both boys and girls are taught here.
A Neo-Dutch style mansion was designed in 1935. Completed in 1941, this mansion located on Grant's Hill served as residence for the Governor General of the Union of South Africa from 1942.
St. Michael's School, established in 1874 by the Community of St Michael and All Angels, is a public school with a boarding option for girls located in Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa. It is the third oldest girls school in South Africa.: 37 Its brother school is St. Andrew's School, which is located nearby in the suburb of Westdene. Originally a private school, St. Michael's later become a government-aided school, but still retains its Anglican foundation. The current principal is Mrs. Noèline Stumpfe.
website: http://www.stms.co.za/
The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA), formerly known as the Appellate Division, is the second-highest court of appeal in South Africa below the Constitutional Court. The country's apex court from 1910 to 1994, it no longer holds that position, having been displaced in constitutional matters by the Constitutional Court in 1994, and in all matters by 2013. It is located in Bloemfontein. Bloemfontein is often, and has been traditionally referred to, as the "judicial capital" of South Africa because of the court, although the Constitutional Court is based in Johannesburg.
The National Museum in Bloemfontein dates back to the 1870s, when its collections and displays comprised mainly rarities from around the world. It was established on 20 July 1877 and opened to the public on 20 May 1878. The old Raadsaal building was made available by the then Free State Volksraad for hosting the Museum collections. A new museum building was completed in 1913 and the official opening took place in 1915. Since 1881 the museum has been subsidised mainly by government. Through donations, purchases and exchange agreements the Museum’s collections slowly got established and grew to a wide variety of natural and human science artefacts.
website: http://www.nasmus.co.za/
The Old Presidency or Ou Presidensie (Afrikaans) is a museum, art gallery and theatre in the city of Bloemfontein, South Africa, located on President Brand Street in the heart of the city. The former residence of the President of the Republic of the Orange Free State from 1886 until 1899 when the city fell to the British Empire during the Second Anglo-Boer War.
Universitas used to be a white suburb of the city of Bloemfontein during the Apartheid era. Today, the racial composition is mixed, and a significant number of the family homes in the suburb have been adapted to serve as communal student accommodation, due to the favourable location near the campuses of the Free State University as well as the Central University of Technology.
Queen's Fort Military Museum is a museum in Bloemfontein, South Africa, which depicts all major wars in the Free State from the 1800s. The building was erected in 1848 and put to use for the first time in 1849. Along the years, it has been used as military headquarters, a hospital, an asylum or mental institution, and a prison.
Langenhoven Park is a large suburb in the city of Bloemfontein in South Africa.
Wilgehof is a suburb of the city of Bloemfontein in South Africa.
The National Afrikaans Literary Museum and Research Centre (Afrikaans: Nasionale Afrikaanse Letterkundige Museum en Navorsingsentrum, NALN) is a central archive for material and information on the history, development, and scope of literature, music, and drama in the Afrikaans language. The NALN was founded in 1973 by the Free State provincial government and is based in Bloemfontein, South Africa. It operates as a nonprofit organization. The hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 - 16:00.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bloemfontein (Latin: Bloemfonteinen(sis)) is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Bloemfontein in South Africa.
website: http://mysite.mweb.co.za/residents/bfnarch/
De Schoeman Park Golf Club is een golfclub in Bloemfontein, Zuid-Afrika. De club is opgericht in 1904 en heeft een 18-holes golfbaan met een par van 72. Voor het kampioenschap is de lengte van de baan bij de heren 6436 m.
De Tempe Golf Club is een golfclub in Bloemfontein, Zuid-Afrika. De club werd opgericht in 1902 en heeft een 9-holes golfbaan met een par van 72.
Die presiese datum van die ontstaan van die Bloemfonteinse konsentrasiekamp – of “refugee camp” soos dit deur die Britte genoem is – is onbekend. Hoewel lord Roberts op 22 September 1900 aangekondig het dat ʼn vlugtelingkamp in Bloemfontein gevestig gaan word, het die kamp volgens E.B. Sargant, die waarnemende direkteur van onderwys vir Transvaal en die Oranjerivierkolonie, reeds sedert Augustus 1900 bestaan. Wat seker is, is dat die Bloemfonteinse kamp minstens teen 12 November 1900 sy beslag gekry het, aangesien maj. Holland Pryor, die assistent-adjudant-generaal van die Oranjerivierkolonie, op hierdie datum in sy verslag meld dat die departement van die hoofprovoos, kapt. Barnett-Hitchcock, verantwoordelik is vir die collection of refugees from various parts of the Colony, and the formation of a camp near Bloemfontein for their accommodation. Daar was trouens toe reeds 519 inwoners in die kamp by Bloemfontein, wat as ʼn vlugtelingkamp vir die gesinne van wapenneerlêers begin het en onder kapt. Nelson van die Imperial Yeomanry se gesag gestaan het.
Street address: East Burger Street, Bloemfontein (from Wikidata)
Oliewenhuis in Bloemfontein huisves die enigste kunsmuseum in die Vrystaat.
Street address: 16 Harry Smith Street, Bloemfontein, South Africa (from Wikidata)
website: http://www.nasmus.co.za/museum/satellite-museums/oliewenhuis-art-museum/introduction
Street address: 3 Harry Smith St, Arboretum, Bloemfontein, 9301 (from Wikidata)
website: https://oranjemeisies.co.za/
The Orange Free State (Dutch: Oranje Vrijstaat; Afrikaans: Oranje-Vrystaat) was an independent Boer sovereign republic under British suzerainty in Southern Africa during the second half of the 19th century, which ceased to exist after it was defeated and surrendered to the British Empire at the end of the Second Boer War in 1902. It is one of the three historical precursors to the present-day Free State province.
The Natalia Republic was a short-lived Boer republic founded in 1839 after a Voortrekker victory against the Zulus at the Battle of Blood River. The area was previously named Natália by Portuguese sailors, due to its discovery on Christmas ("Natal" is the Portuguese word for Christmas). The republic came to an end in 1843 when British forces annexed it to form the Colony of Natal. After the British annexation of the Natalia Republic, most local Voortrekkers trekked northwest into Transorangia, later known as the Orange Free State, and the South African Republic.
The Letsatsi Solar Park is a 75-megawatt (MW) solar photovoltaic power station in Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa. The solar park uses 277,632 conventional, multicrystalline silicon PV solar panels and went fully on line in May 2014. Its annual generation will be about 150 gigawatt-hours, enough to supply electricity for about 50,000 to 60,000 homes, while reducing the use of pollution-generating fossil fuels. The Letsatsi Solar Park cost $487 million and is operated by the Letsatsi Solar Energy Ltd., which plans to operate the solar park for at least 20 years.
website: http://www.solarreserve.com/what-we-do/pv-development/letsatsi/