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The Methodist Church founded Salem in the mid 1820s. It is famous for
its many fine buildings and also for the historic negotiations between
Richard Gush and approaching Xhosa during the War of Hintsa, when the
Xhosa agreed to leave the village in peace. ...
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Adelaide was founded in 1834 as a military post on the banks of the
Koonap River. It was originally called Fort Adelaide after Queen
Adelaide, the wife of King William IV. The Dutch Reformed Church
started selling plots in 1849, though very few were bought ...
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Mafube Municipality
Frankfort Library: 058 813 1051
AFTER HOURS: 072 228 9085
With the picturesque Wilge River flowing on the outskirts of the town
and the gracious, historical buildings, Frankfort is a real jewel in
this area. Sandstone ...
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Edenburg Municipality: 051 743 1658.
Edenburg was establishhed in 1862. This typical Free State town sets
its own pace alongside the N1, the country's busiest national road.
The citizens of Edenburg believe that the name of their ...
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MAFUBE MUNICIPALITY: 058 881 0364
The name of the town was derived from the two farms Tweelingspruit and
Tweelingkop on which Tweeling was established in 1920. The village was
declared a municipality in 1938. This untouched rural ...
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PETRUS STEYN MUNICIPALITY: 058 871 3351
Established on the farm Sterkfontein in 1914, Petrus Steyn is located
in a major wheat and maize producing region. Petrus Steyn is the
highest town in the Free State above sea level (1 ...
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The local Zulu population had long referred to the promontory here as
'Ntsaba'. When Alfred Eyles built a wattle-and- daub mission nearby
he anglicized it to 'The Lookout'. When he bought the area, however,
he changed the name to Southbroom, after his ...
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NOCCI 053 474 0432
This idyllic town is situated on the Cecil John Rhodes Route into
Africa. The town serves the southern section of the Vaalharts
Irrigation Scheme. It is also home to the headquarters of the
Department of Water ...
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With the discovery of diamonds at Kimberley, Victoria West was already
an important stop on the road to the north. When the railway line was
built to Kimberley during the 1860's it however bypassed Victoria West
for some reason. Hutchinson was established ...
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Rosebank is a cosmopolitan commercial and residential suburb in the
northwestern part of Johannesburg, South Africa. Rosebank has world
class restaurants, movies and cinema noveau, shopping (The Firs, The
Zone & The Mall), banks and bureaux de change, ...
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