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The Coalbrook mining disaster is the worst mining accident in the history of South Africa. The disaster occurred in the Coalbrook coal mine of Clydesdale Colliery on 21 January 1960 at around 19:00 when approximately 900 pillars caved in, almost 180 metres (590 ft) underground. The mine is situated in the Northern Free State, 21 kilometres (13 mi) south west of Vereeniging. About 1,000 miners were in the mine at the time and 437 died after being trapped, while the rest escaped through an incline shaft. The miners were suffocated by methane gas and crushed to death by rockfall.
De Maccauvlei Golf Club is een golfclub in Vereeniging, Zuid-Afrika. De club werd opgericht in 1926 en heeft een 18-holes golfbaan met een par van 72.
Van Rooyen's Gate is a Border Post located between South Africa and Lesotho.
The Vaal River Barrage Reservoir is a dam on the Vaal River near Vanderbijlpark, border Gauteng and Free State, South Africa.
Zamdela Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Sasolburg, Free State, South Africa. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Free State Champs.
Flavius Mareka FET College is situated in the Fezile Dabi District of the Free State Province, South Africa. The Flavius Mareka FET College includes the following former institutions: Kroonstad - Mphohadi - and Sasolburg Campus.
website: https://flaviusmareka.net
Die Nuwejaarspruit is 'n rivier wat in die Vrystaat, Suid-Afrika vloei. Dit is 'n sytak van die Caledonrivier.
Venterskroon is a town in Tlokwe Local Municipality in the North West province of South Africa. It is an old mining town, located in a valley in the middle of the Dome Mountain Land.
De Parys Golf & Country Estate is een countryclub in Parys, Zuid-Afrika. De club is opgericht in 2007 en heeft een 18-holes golfbaan met een par van 71.
De Vaal de Grace Golf Estate is een golfclub in Zuid-Afrika. De club werd opgericht in 2008 en beschikt over een 18-holes golfbaan met een par van 72. Het clubhuis bevindt zich in Parys, Vrijstaat.
Robert's Drift (or Roberts Drift) is a farmstead located in Mpumalanga, South Africa. The estimated terrain elevation above sea level is 1,537 metres (5,043 ft).
Caledon Nature Reserve is situated 120 km south-east of Bloemfontein on the R701 road between Wepener and Smithfield in the Free State, South Africa. It is about 2,300 hectares in size.
Hierdie artikel handel oor die spruit in Vrystaat. Vir ander riviere met dieselfde naam, sien Brakspruit (dubbelsinnig)
Die Skulpspruit is 'n rivier wat in Mpumalanga, Suid-Afrika vloei.
Die Steenkoolspruit is 'n rivier wat in die Vrystaat, Suid-Afrika vloei. Dit is 'n regterhandse sytak van die Wilgerivier.
The Vredefort impact structure is the largest verified impact structure on Earth. The crater, which has since been eroded away, has been estimated at 170–300 kilometres (110–190 mi) across when it was formed. The remaining structure, comprising the deformed underlying bedrock, is located in present-day Free State province of South Africa. It is named after the town of Vredefort, which is near its centre. The structure's central uplift is known as the Vredefort Dome. The impact structure was formed during the Paleoproterozoic Era, 2.023 billion (± 4 million) years ago. It is the second-oldest known impact structure on Earth, after Yarrabubba.
World Heritage Site ID: 1162
Die Skulpspruit is 'n rivier wat in die Vrystaat, Suid-Afrika vloei.
Die Skulpspruit is 'n rivier wat in die Vrystaat, Suid-Afrika vloei.
Die Kromspruit is 'n rivier wat in die Vrystaat vloei.
Kromelmboogspruit (Afrikaans for 'crooked elbow stream') is a tributary of the Vaal River in the Free State, which is part of the Orange River drainage basin. It is found near Heilbron and flows upwards in a north-westerly direction to drain into the Vaal between Parys and Sasolburg.
Hierdie artikel handel oor die spruit in Vrystaat. Vir ander riviere met dieselfde naam, sien Brakspruit (dubbelsinnig)
Die Kromspruit is 'n rivier wat in die Vrystaat vloei.
The Battle of Vegkop, alternatively spelt as Vechtkop, took place on 16 October 1836 near the present day town of Heilbron, Free State, South Africa. After an impi of about 600 Matebele murdered 15 to 17 Afrikaner voortrekkers on the Vaal River, abducting three children, King Mzilikazi (c. 1790 – 9 September 1868; also known as Mzilikazi, Oemsiligasi or Moselekatse; Afrikaans: Silkaats) ordered another attack. The voortrekkers, under the command of Andries Potgieter, repulsed them, but at the cost of abandoning their livestock.
The Voorspoed mine is one of the largest diamond mines in South Africa and in the world. The mine is located in the center of the country in Kroonstad, Free State. The mine has estimated reserves of 10 million carats of diamonds and an annual production capacity of 800,000 carats.
Die Doringspruit is 'n spruit wat sentraal in die Vrystaat, Suid-Afrika vloei. Dit is 'n sytak van die Valsrivier.
The Battle of Bothaville (Doornkraal) on 6 November 1900 was a rare defeat of Christiaan de Wet's Boer commando at the hands of a force of British Mounted Infantry (MI).
Die Nuwejaarspruit is 'n lopie wat in die Noord-Vrystaat, Suid-Afrika vloei. Dit is 'n regterhandse sytak van die Valsrivier.
Die Karoospruit is 'n sytak van die Renosterrivier in die noorde van die Vrystaat in Suid-Afrika.
Die Elandspruit is 'n takrivier van die Valsrivier in die Vrystaat in Suid-Afrika.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kroonstad (Latin: Kroonstaden(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Kroonstad in the ecclesiastical province of Bloemfontein in South Africa. The last ordinary was Bishop Peter Holiday whose resignation for health reasons was accepted on 12 December 2022.
website: https://www.dioceseofkroonstad.org.za/
Die Serfonteindam is ’n dam in die Valsrivier, naby Kroonstad, Vrystaatprovinsie van Suid-Afrika. Die dam lê 1356 meter bo seevlak.
De Moederkerk in het Zuid-Afrikaanse Kroonstad is een kerkgebouw van de Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerk. De kerk is gelegen op een groot met gras en bomen begroeid terrein, omgeven door de Kruisstraat, de Kerkstraat, de Presidentstraat en de Murraystraat. De kerk heeft 1.200 zitplaatsen.
On 4 January 2018, a passenger train operated by Shosholoza Meyl collided with a truck at a level crossing at Geneva Station between Hennenman and Kroonstad, in the Free State, South Africa. The train derailed, and seven of the twelve carriages caught fire. Twenty-one people were killed and 254 others were injured.
Die Kroonspruit is 'n spruit wat in die Vrystaat vloei.
Sandveld Nature Reserve is a protected area, located on the border between the Free State and North West provinces in South Africa.
Hierdie artikel handel oor die spruit in Vrystaat. Vir ander riviere met dieselfde naam, sien Brakspruit (dubbelsinnig)
The Sedan Beehive stone huts are a provincial heritage site in Lindley in the Free State province of South Africa.
Leratswana is a small township in the Free State province of South Africa, adjacent to Arlington. Arlington was established as an important railway link between Lindley and Senekal.
Hierdie artikel handel oor die spruit in Vrystaat. Vir ander riviere met dieselfde naam, sien Brakspruit (dubbelsinnig)
Die Blesbokspruit is 'n rivier wat in die Vrystaat in Suid-Afrika vloei. Die Blesbokspruit is 'n sytak van die Blomspruit en lê in die opvanggebied van die Vaalrivier.
Die Kromspruit is 'n spruit wat in die Vrystaat vloei.
Harmony Gold is the largest gold mining company in South Africa. Harmony operates in South Africa and in Papua New Guinea. The company has nine underground mines, one open-pit mine and several surface operations in South Africa. In Papua New Guinea, it has Hidden Valley, an open-pit gold and silver mine and a 50% interest in the Morobe Mining Joint Venture, which includes the Wafi-Golpu project and extensive exploration tenements. Outside the joint venture, Harmony's own exploration portfolio focuses principally on highly prospective areas in Papua New Guinea.
website: http://www.harmony.co.za/
Phakisa Freeway is a motor racing circuit located between Welkom and Odendaalsrus, South Africa. It is one of the few oval speedways outside of the United States and the only one in Africa.
The 2009 Harmony Gold mine deaths occurred in late May and early June 2009 in Free State province, South Africa. At least 82 miners, many from Lesotho, Mozambique and Zimbabwe, died from inhalation of poisonous gasses created by a May 18 fire in the mineshaft.
North West Stadium (currently known as the HT Pelatona Projects Stadium for sponsorship reasons) is a sports stadium in Welkom, South Africa. It is the home ground of the Griffons who compete in the Currie Cup and Rugby Challenge rugby union competitions. The stadium is able to hold 8,500 people.
Christiana is an agricultural town of about 3,000 inhabitants on the banks of the Vaal River in North West province, South Africa. The town is located on the N12 national route between Bloemhof and Warrenton, on the way to Kimberley (Northern Cape). It is the administrative centre and seat of Lekwa-Teemane Local Municipality.
The N3 is a national route in South Africa that connects Johannesburg and Durban, respectively South Africa's largest and third-largest cities. Johannesburg is the financial and commercial heartland of South Africa, while Durban is South Africa's key port and one of the busiest ports in the Southern Hemisphere and is also a holiday destination. Durban is the port through which Johannesburg imports and exports most of its goods. As a result, the N3 is a very busy highway and has a high volume of traffic.
Tshiame is a settlement 12 km west of Harrismith in Maluti-a-Phofung Local Municipality, Thabo Mofutsanyana District Municipality in the Free State province of South Africa. It is named after Tshiame Kenneth Mopeli, Chief Minister of the defunct QwaQwa homeland.
Platberg Stadium is a multi-use stadium situated in Harrismith, Free State, South Africa. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Maluti Fet College. It is accessed via Greyling Street.
Die Elandsrivier is 'n takrivier van die Wilgerivier in die Vrystaat in Suid-Afrika.
Die Nuwejaarspruit is 'n rivier wat in die Vrystaat, Suid-Afrika vloei. Dit is 'n sytak van die Wilgerivier.
In the Battle of Groenkop (Battle of Tweefontein) on 25 December 1901, Head Commandant Christiaan de Wet's Boer commando surprised and defeated a force of Imperial Yeomanry under the command of Major Williams.
On 1 May 2003, a coach bus drove into the Saulspoort Dam near the town of Bethlehem, South Africa, killing 51 people.
Bethlehem Voortrekker High School is a public co-education dual medium High School situated in Wesweg, Bethlehem, South Africa. Voortrekker High School was founded in 1870 by the Dutch Reformed Church. It was reopened in 1902 after the Anglo Boer War under the leadership of Dr George Clark.
website: http://www.voortrekker.co.za/
Bohlokong Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Bohlokong, Free State, South Africa. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Super Eagles F.C.
Goble Park is a multi-use stadium in Bethlehem, South Africa. It is currently used mostly for football matches. It is used as home venue by both Free State Stars F.C. and Super Eagles F.C. in the Premier Soccer League and National First Division respectively. The stadium has a capacity of 5,000 people.
Bethlehem Hydro owns and operates two small hydro power plants situated in the Dihlabeng Local Municipality (Thabo Mofutsanyana District Municipality) in the Free State province of South Africa. The scheme utilizes the water supplied to South Africa by the Lesotho Highlands Water Project, which releases water into the As River via a tunnel outlet near the town of Clarens. South Africa has limited potential for hydro energy due to low average annual rainfall making projects like Bethlehem Hydro rare. The project was identified in 1999 and developed by NuPlanet Project Development. The two power stations in the scheme will cut back carbon dioxide emissions by 33,000 tons per year by reducing the demand for traditional fossil-fuel power stations.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bethlehem (Latin: Bethlehemen(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Bethlehem in the ecclesiastical province of Bloemfontein in South Africa.
Die Skulpspruit is 'n rivier wat in die Vrystaat, Suid-Afrika vloei.
Die Jordaanrivier is 'n rivier wat teen die hange van Snymanshoekberg (2 450 m) in die Rooiberge van die Oos-Vrystaat ontspring, en dan noordwaarts vloei na Loch Athlone op die suidelike buitewyke van Bethlehem. Dit vloei dan deur die Pretoriuskloof-natuurreservaat, en reg deur die dorp, voor dit Loch Lamond naby Bohlokong-woonbuurt binnevloei. Van Loch Lamond word dit met 'n kanaal gelei om 'n linkersytak van die Liebenbergsvleirivier te vorm.
The Sand River Convention (Afrikaans: Sandrivierkonvensie) of 17 January 1852 was a convention whereby the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland formally recognised the independence of the Boers north of the Vaal River.
Die Doringspruit is 'n rivier wat suid van Virginia in die Vrystaat, Suid-Afrika vloei.
The Merriespruit tailings dam disaster occurred on the night of 22 February 1994 when a tailings dam failed and flooded the suburb of Merriespruit, Virginia, Free State, South Africa. Seventeen people were killed as a result.
Die Brakspruit is 'n sytak van die Doringrivier sentraal in die Vrystaat in Suid-Afrika.
The National Intelligence Agency (NIA) was the previous name of an intelligence agency of the South African government. Currently it is known as the Domestic Branch of the State Security Agency. It is responsible for domestic and counter-intelligence within the Republic of South Africa. The branch is run by a Director, who reports to the Director-General of the State Security Agency. The Director is also a member of the National Intelligence Co-Ordinating Committee (NICOC).
Van Reenen's Pass is a pass through the Drakensberg mountains in South Africa. The N3 freeway, the main road between Durban and Johannesburg, was constructed through the pass with the northern end of the pass lying at the border of the provinces of KwaZulu-Natal and the Free State. The village of Van Reenen sits atop the pass and the two nearest towns are Ladysmith and Harrismith, situated in the respective KwaZulu-Natal and Free State provinces.
Kerkenberg is a mountain in a location in the Oliviershoek Pass Area in Free State, South Africa. Its located 32 km South of Harrismith.
Makwane is a village in Thabo Mofutsanyane District Municipality in the Free State province of South Africa.
The Tugela Vaal water Transfer Scheme is an irrigation project developed in the Drakensberg mountains at the Oliviershoek Pass in South Africa.
Die Retiefklip-erfenisterrein te Kerkenberg in die Oos-Vrystaat naby die huidige Harrismith, is op gedeelte twee van die plaas Aberdeen geleë en bestaan uit die klip waarop Deborah Retief haar vader Piet Retief se naam in 1837 geskryf het.
The QwaQwa National Park is part of the Golden Gate Highlands National Park and the Maloti-Drakensberg Park and comprises the former Bantustan (homeland) of QwaQwa. It is approximately 60 km from Harrismith on the Golden Gate Road (R712) and formed an integral part of the Highlands Treasure Route.
QwaQwa was a bantustan ("homeland") in the central eastern part of South Africa. It encompassed a very small region of 655 square kilometres (253 sq mi) in the east of the former South African province of Orange Free State, bordering Lesotho.[1] Its capital was Witsieshoek. It was the designated homeland of more than 180,000 Sesotho-speaking Basotho people.
Phahameng is 'n township buite Kestell in die Maluti-a-Phofung Plaaslike Munisipaliteit van Thabo Mofutsanyana-distriksmunisipaliteit in die Vrystaatprovinsie van Suid-Afrika.
Clarens is a small town situated in the foothills of the Maluti Mountains in the Free State province of South Africa and nicknamed the "Jewel of the Eastern Free State". It was established in 1912 and named after the town of Clarens in Switzerland where exiled Paul Kruger spent his last days. It is situated 336 km from Johannesburg, 284 km from Bloemfontein, and 389 km from Durban.
Die Rooiberge is 'n sandsteen-bergreeks in die Oos-Vrystaat. In die suidweste begin die bergreeks in die buitewyke van Fouriesburg, loop dan noordwaarts na Retiefsnek, en ooswaarts na Noupoortsnek by Clarens en die Golden Gate-Hoogland. Die berg se sandsteen dateer uit die Trias en dier- en plantfossiele word met reëlmaat ontdek.
Die Stortemelk-hidrokragstasie is 'n klein hidrokragstasie wat 4.5 MW krag lewer wat in die Asrivier geleë is. Dit is gedurende Julie 2016 in diens gestel. Dit behoort aan Renewable Energy Holdings (REH) en het R 190 miljoen gekos om te bou. Die hidrokragstasie is vertikaal gebou; daar moes 23 m onder grondvlak, waarvan 9,5 m onder water was, gebou word.
Die Kroonspruit is 'n rivier wat in die Vrystaat vloei.
Die Drie Susters is 'n bergpiek wes van Clarens in die Oos-Vrystaat, Suid-Afrika. Die bergpiek is 'n deel van die Rooiberge.
The Brandwater Basin is the drainage basin of the Brandwater River (Afrikaans: Brandwaterrivier), a tributary of the Grootspruit River in the south-east of Orange Free State, South Africa, north of Lesotho. The basin is situated south of Bethlehem and south-east of Senekal, between the Witteberg (White Mountains) to the west and north, the Rooiberge (Red Mountains) to the east, and the Drakensberg over the Caledon River to the south. It is also northwest of the Slaapkrans Basin (Afrikaans: Slaapkransbekken) and the Maloti Mountains on the northern border of Lesotho. Towns in the Brandwater Basin are Fouriesburg, founded in 1892, and Clarens, established in 1912.
Die Suikerbosrant is 'n bergpiek in die Witteberge, 'n bergreeks aan die noordelike Drakensberg van die Vrystaat. Die piek is 1 914 m bo seespieël.
Die Kolberg is 'n bergpiek suid van Bethlehem en wes van Clarens in die Oos-Vrystaat, Suid-Afrika. Die bergpiek is 'n deel van die Rooiberge.
Die Witteberge is 'n sandsteen-bergreeks wat deel uitmaak van die Drakensberge se voorheuwels in die oostelike Vrystaatprovinsie. Dit is geleë op die hoëveld in die sentrale deel van Suid-Afrika, sowat 300 km suid van Pretoria, die hoofstad. Die bergreeks vorm die westelike en noordelike rand van die Brandwaterkom, so genoem weens die Brandwaterrivier wat oos van die berg deur 'n groot bekken vloei.
Die Laaispruit is 'n rivier wat in die Vrystaat van Suid-Afrika vloei. Die dorp Marquard lê aan die oewers van die rivier, wat 'n sytak van die Vetrivier is.
Bell's Pass is a mountain pass situated in the Free State province, South Africa, on the R73 road between Winburg and Bloemfontein.
The Erfenis Dam is an earth-fill type dam located in the Free State province of South Africa, on the Vet River, near Theunissen. It was established in 1960 and its primary purpose is for irrigation use. The hazard potential of the dam has been ranked high (3).
Die Kromspruit is 'n rivier wat in die Vrystaat vloei.
Thaba Tshweu is a rural village of Maluti-a-Phofung Local Municipality, Thabo Mofutsanyana District Municipality in the Free State province of South Africa.
Thibela is a rural village of Maluti-a-Phofung Local Municipality, Thabo Mofutsanyana District Municipality in the Free State province of South Africa.
Matsieng is a rural village of Maluti-a-Phofung Local Municipality, Thabo Mofutsanyana District Municipality in the Free State province of South Africa.
Namahadipiek is ’n bergpiek in die Malutiberge aan die Vrystaat. Dit is deel van die Drakensberg wat die grens tussen Suid-Afrika en Lesotho vorm.
Joels Drift is a town in Lesotho, situated approximately 20 km northeast of Butha-Buthe and 140 km from Maseru. It is also about 80 km southwest of Lesotho's border with South Africa.
By Surrender Hill het die Vrystaatse Boeremagte in Julie 1900 een van die grootste terugslae tydens die Tweede Vryheidsoorlog beleef.
Die Ventersberg is 'n bergpiek 4 km noordoos van Fouriesburg in die Oos-Vrystaat, Suid-Afrika. Die bergpiek is 'n deel van die Rooiberge.
The K- Way 4Peaks Mountain Challenge is a rugged 24 kilometres (15 mi) mountain skyline route for trail runners, held every September since 2002 in the Witteberge 32 kilometres (20 mi) NNE of Ficksburg in South Africa's Free State province near the Lesotho border.
Die Brandwaterrivier of Grootspruit is 'n rivier wat op die hange van Snymanshoekberg (2 450 m) in die Rooiberge van die Oos-Vrystaat ontspring. Die bolope vloei weswaarts, en draai dan rigting suidwaarts tot in die Grootspruit om 'n regtersytak van die Caledonrivier te vorm. Die rivier vloei grootliks deur 'n sirkelvormige bekken bekend as die Brandwaterkom, geleë tussen die Witteberge aan die weste- en Rooiberge aan die oostekant.
The Sphinx is 'n bergpiek in die Witteberge, 'n bergreeks aan die noordelike Drakensberg van die Vrystaat. Die piek is 2 059 m bo seespieël.
Die Sinkoijellashoed is 'n bergpiek in die Witteberge, 'n bergreeks aan die noordelike Drakensberg van die Vrystaat. Die piek is 1 914 m bo seespieël.
Die Tweede Piramide is 'n bergpiek in die Witteberge, 'n bergreeks aan die noordelike Drakensberg van die Vrystaat. Die piek is 2 227 m bo seespieël.
Die Rooikrans is 'n bergpiek in die Witteberge, 'n bergreeks aan die noordelike Drakensberg van die Vrystaat. Die piek is 1 831 m bo seespieël.
Die Morkelberg is 'n bergpiek in die Witteberge, 'n bergreeks aan die noordelike Drakensberg van die Vrystaat. Die piek is 2 002 m bo seespieël.
Die Loskop is 'n bergpiek in die Witteberge, 'n bergreeks aan die noordelike Drakensberg van die Vrystaat. Die piek is 1 877 m bo seespieël.
Klein Thababosigo is 'n bergpiek in die Witteberge, 'n bergreeks aan die noordelike Drakensberg van die Vrystaat. Die piek is 1 842 m bo seespieël.
Die Jacobsberg is 'n bergpiek in die Witteberge, 'n bergreeks aan die noordelike Drakensberg van die Vrystaat. Die piek is 2 217 m bo seespieël.
Die Eerste Piramide is 'n bergpiek in die Witteberge, 'n bergreeks aan die noordelike Drakensberg van die Vrystaat. Die piek is 2 069 m bo seespieël.
Die Aardoringspruit is 'n spruit in die Vrystaat van Suid-Afrika. Dit ledig in die Rietpan en is in die opvanggebied van die Oranjerivier.
The Florisbad Skull is an important human fossil of the early Middle Stone Age, representing either late Homo heidelbergensis or early Homo sapiens. It was discovered in 1932 by T. F. Dreyer at the Florisbad site, Free State Province, South Africa.
The Florisbad archaeological and paleontological site is a provincial heritage site in Brandfort in the Free State province of South Africa. The most notable find at this site is the Florisbad Skull, the partial skull of an early human species that was discovered in 1932.
Florisbad is a health resort 45 km northwest of Bloemfontein and 47 km south-west of Brandfort (just south of Soutpan), near the Haagenstad salt-pan. Named after Floris Venter who opened up the mineral spring. Florisbad archaeological and paleontological site is now a tourist attraction.
Stafford's Hill is 'n berg aan die noordelike kant van die dorp Ficksburg in die Oos-Vrystaat, naby die grens tussen Suid-Afrika en Lesotho.Die berg lê ongeveer noord-wes tot suid-oos.
Peka Bridge is a border post located between South Africa and Lesotho.
Maselspoort is a resort complex in Mangaung in the Free State province of South Africa.
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.
Die Doringspruit is 'n rivier wat noord van Bloemfontein in die Vrystaat, Suid-Afrika vloei. Dit is 'n sytak van die Modderrivier.
The Battle of Driefontein on 10 March 1900 followed on the Battle of Poplar Grove in the Second Boer War between the British Empire and the Boer republics, in what is now South Africa. In the first half of 1900, the British made an offensive towards the two Boer republic capitals of Bloemfontein and Pretoria.
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/
The Battle of Poplar Grove (Afrikaans: Slag van Abrahamskraal) was an incident on 7 March 1900 during the Second Boer War in South Africa. It followed on from the Relief of Kimberley as the British Army moved to take the Boer capital of Bloemfontein. The Boers were demoralised following the surrender of Piet Cronjé at the Battle of Paardeberg. General Sir John French's cavalry attacked the Boer force from the rear while mounted infantry and horse artillery attacked from the right flank. The Boers abandoned their positions in panic before the cavalry. The commander-in-chief of the Free State forces, Christiaan de Wet, in his book called the chapter on the subject "Wild Flight from Poplar Grove".
Bloody Sunday of February 18, 1900, was a day of high Imperial casualties in the Second Boer War.
Modderpoort, also known as Lekhalong la Bo Tau or ‘The Pass of the Lions’, is the site in the eastern Free State, South Africa, where the Anglican Missionary Brotherhood, the Brotherhood of St Augustine of Hippo, was established by Bishop Edward Twells in the late 1860s. It is also associated with the BaSotho prophet ‘Mantsopa, while the ‘sacred landscape’ in the vicinity includes San rock painting sites.
Rose Cottage Cave (RCC) is an archaeological site in the Free State, South Africa, situated only a few kilometers away from Ladybrand, close to the Caledon River, on the northern slopes of the Platberg. RCC is an important site because of its long cultural sequence, its roots in modern human behavior, and the movement of early modern humans out of Africa. Rose Cottage is the only site from the Middle Stone Age that can tell us about the behavioral variability of hunter-gatherers during the Late Pleistocene and Holocene. Berry D. Malan excavated the site between 1943 and 1946, shortly followed by Peter B. Beaumont in the early 1960s, and the most recent excavations occurred from 1987 to 1997 by Lyn Wadley and Philip Harper in 1989 under Wadley's supervision. Humans have inhabited Rose Cottage for over 100,000 years throughout the Middle and Later Stone Ages. Site formation and sediment formation processes at Rose Cottage appear to be primarily anthropogenic. Archaeological research focuses primarily on blade technology and tool forms from the Middle Stone Age and the implications of modern human behavior. Structurally, the cave measures more than 6 meters (20 feet) deep and about 20 by 10 meters (66 feet by 33 feet). A boulder encloses the front, protecting the cave, but allowing a small opening for a skylight and narrow entrances on both the east and west sides.
Die Nuwejaarspruit is 'n rivier wat in die Vrystaat, Suid-Afrika vloei. Dit is 'n sytak van die Mohokarerivier.
Die Skulpspruit is 'n rivier wat in die Vrystaat, Suid-Afrika vloei.
Street address: Stand St, Botshabelo-BA, Botshabelo, 9781 (from Wikidata)
Grasslands is a 91% black suburb of the city of Bloemfontein in South Africa.
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.
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.
Die Kromspruit is 'n spruit wat in die Vrystaat vloei.
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 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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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/
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Ehrlich Park is a suburb of the city of Bloemfontein in South Africa.
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.
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 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/
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 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
website: http://www.rosenhofhighschool.co.za/
Street address: 3 Harry Smith St, Arboretum, Bloemfontein, 9301 (from Wikidata)
website: https://oranjemeisies.co.za/
The Saharan halophytics ecoregion (WWF ID: PA0905) covers a series of low-lying evaporite depressions and wetlands spread across North Africa. The depressions are characteristically saline, variously chotts (saline lakes fed by groundwater and some winter rains) or sabkhas (coastal, supratidal mudflats of evaporites). The plants of the areas are highly specialized to survive in the harsh environment, with many being xerophytes (drought-tolerant) and halophytes (salt-tolerant). The biodiversity of the areas has been relatively protected by their isolation, and unsuitability of alkaline soil for farming.
Hoërskool A. J. C. Jooste is 'n openbare mede-opvoedkundige gekombineerde (laer - en hoërskool) skool wat in Petrusburg, Suid-Vrystaat, Suid-Afrika geleë is. Saam met die geassosieerde primêre skool staan dit bekend as Gekombineerde Skool AJC Jooste.
Die Kromspruit is 'n rivier wat in die Vrystaat vloei.
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.
Koffiefontein Mine is a diamond mine situated in the Free State province, about 80 km from Kimberley, South Africa. It is one of the many Kimberley mines of which Kimberley mine, de Beers mine, Dutoitspan, Bultfontein and Wesselton are its more famous neighbours.
Die Kromspruit is 'n spruit wat in die Vrystaat vloei.
Die Kroonspruit is 'n spruit wat in die Vrystaat vloei.
Bethany is a former station of the Berlin Missionary Society (BMW) established in 1834 by Gebel and Kraul to serve the Korana. Hebrew for 'house of misery'. The railway station was renamed Wurasoord in 1919, after Carl Wuras, a BMS missionary who took charge of it then.
Die Fouriespruit is 'n rivier wat in die Vrystaat vloei.
The 2022 Jagersfontein Tailings Dam Collapse was a structural failure of a mine tailings dam near Jagersfontein, located in the Free State province of South Africa, resulting in a mudslide.
The Battle of Boomplaats (also referred to as the Battle of Boomplaas) was fought near Jagersfontein at 29°50′53.47″S 25°38′56.54″E on 29 August 1848 between the British and the Voortrekkers. The British were led by Sir Harry Smith, while the Boers were led by Andries Pretorius. The British were victorious after one Boer opened fire too early and betrayed their position.
The Berg River is one of seven smaller rivers that run into Vanderkloof Dam in South Africa. The other rivers are:
Goshen, officially known as the State of Goshen (Dutch: Het Land Goosen), was a short-lived Boer republic in southern Africa founded by Boers expanding west from Transvaal who opposed British advance in the region.
Die Waterkloof is 'n kloof in die Suid-Vrystaat, Suid-Afrika.
Matlakeng is 'n nedersetting in die Suid-Vrystaat, Suid-Afrika. Matlakeng is 'n deel van die dorp Zastron wat 99.4% deur swartmense bewoon word. Volgens die 2011-sensus het Matlakeng 'n bevolking van 13 714 gehad.
The Dutch Reformed Church in Bethulie is a congregation of the Dutch Reformed Church in the South Free State which was founded in 1862 as the 10th congregation of the Church in the Orange Free State and almost the 85th in the Church. It is located in the Presbytery of Smithfield, together with the parishes of Smithfield, Edenburg, Rouxville, Wepener, Dewetsdorp, Zastron, Reddersburg and Vanstadensrus. In 2015, Bethulie had 479 professing and 137 baptized members and the Presbytery 3,006 and 844 respectively.
Die Slykspruit is 'n sytak van die Caledonrivier in die verre-suide van die Vrystaat in Suid-Afrika. Dit is suidwes van Smithfield en oos van Bethulie, naby die Gariepdam.
The Laohu Valley Reserve (LVR) is a nature reserve located near Philippolis in the Free State and near Vanderkloof Dam in the Northern Cape of South Africa. It is a roughly 350-square-kilometre private reserve.
website: http://savechinastigers.org/