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Published October 1, 2021Updated September 5, 2024

It was established on the Farm in the Free State Province, named "Keerom" (which means "Turn around"). Settlers occupied the Area in the 1830's and the Town was proclaimed in 1874. It became a Municipality in 1884. The name "Brandfort"  means "burning fort" or 'burning bean river' (in Afrikaans), after a plant which grows there! The main reason for this small Town is; agricultural and co-operatives for the Farming Community.

Published September 29, 2021Updated September 29, 2021
A Town in the Sakhisizwe Local Municipality, part of the Chris Hani District Municipality. With a population of around 15,000 inhabitants. The Village is located on the Tsomo River, 28 km South West of Elliot. The name is Xhosa for ‘adjacent to’, referring to its situation West of the Drakensberg, (it runs adjacent from North and South!). There are several Colonial Buildings and a very dilapidated, Victorian Jail.
Published September 23, 2021Updated September 27, 2021


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History Classroom Grade 11 Topic 4: Nationalism - South Africa, the Middle East, and Africa

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Note: All definitions are acquired through Google’s online English Dictionary.

Nationalism: Nationalism is the feeling of belonging to a nation. Nationalism developed over centuries, from the earliest communities (lineages, tribes, etc.) through to the establishment of kingdoms and on to people rising up against these in order to create nations in which they had rights and could own property.[1]

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