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One of the organisers of the 1956 Women's March, Lilian Ngoyi
The Letsemeng Local Municipality is a Category B Municipality situated in the South-Western, Free State Province within the Xhariep District. It is bordered in the North by the Lejweleputswa District, in the South by Kopanong, in the East by the Mangaung Metro, and in the West by the Northern Cape Province. It is one of three Municipalities in the District, making up almost a third of its Geographical Area. Koffiefontein is the Municipal Head Office.
The socio-economic growth of the Municipality is centered on agriculture.
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The Kopanong Local Municipality is a Category B Municipality situated within the Xhariep District of the Free State Province. It is the largest of the three Municipalities in the district, making up almost half of its geographical Area. Initially the Town of Trompsburg, was the location of the Municipal Head Office. This was known as Jagersfontein Road, before the branch Railway was built, from Springfontein to Koffiefontein via Jagersfontein. Later it was named Hamilton after Sir Hamilton J. Goold-Adams, governor of the Orange River Colony from 1902 – 1910.
Edenburg is situated 83km South-West of Bloemfontein. This typical Transgariep Town, nestled in the golden prairies alongside the Country's busiest National road, sets its own pace as a prosperous sheep and cattle farming centre. The Town was founded on 24 February 1862 when the farm Rietfontein was purchased to built a Church and an active Berliner Missionary Station, the oldest of its kind in the Free State. At the Dutch Reformed Church, there are 19th Century Voortrekker graves.
Koffiefontein became the site for a large internment camp during World War II, with up to 2,000 Italian and German prisoners of war being held there, along with around 800 South Africans who were thought to be pro-Nazi. Prominent political figure John Vorster was among the South Africans held captive at Koffiefontein.
In the 1800's, Koffiefontein was an, 'oasis' location for transport riders traveling between the coast and the diamond fields and gold Mines, to the North. "Coffee fountain" is a reference to the strong coffee brew transport riders made, during their stopover.
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The political importance of women’s food committees in Cape Town during the 1940s has been emphasised by both Cheryl Walker and Tom Lodge. According to Lodge, through the development of food committees in the Western Cape, protests over subsistence issues and food supply escalated into demands for popular suffrage. The motto of the food committees became ‘Today we fight for food, tomorrow for the vote and then for freedom for all’.