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… father worked as a coach painter for the railways in Salt River, Cape Town until he was transferred to …

… State lies in the heart of South Africa, between the Vaal River in the north and the Orange River in the south. The area is characterised by flat, … Cape is the largest province in South Africa. Its mighty Orange River feeds the agriculture and diamond industries in …

… differences among the Afrikaners. The governments of the Orange Free State and the Cape Colony were moderating … at the Transvaal border be withdrawn, the Transvaal and Orange Free State Boers eventually went to war with the …

… was known, was born on 14 March 1914 in Jaggersfontein, Orange Free State (now Free State). She was the second eldest …

… ox-wagons and leave the colony forever. After crossing the Orange River the trekkers were still not totally out of reach of the … his party joined these trekkers in Transorangia (later the Orange Free State) and in January 1837, with the help of a …

… an area near what is today known as Willowvale or Qhagqiwa River. Makhanda’s father, Gwala, was Xhosa and part of the … [46] This land lies between Port Elizabeth and the Fish River. In 1777, the Dutch Governor Joachim van Plettenberg … to make a treaty with Xhosa chiefs agreeing that the Fish River would be a boundary between them and the colony, but he …

… in 1998 for his essay of images entitled: Congo River - journey from Kinsangani to Kinshasa. His work has … 1998 Mondi Award for photojournalism, South Africa (Congo River: journey from Kisangani to Kinshasa) Collections Centre …

… accompanied Andries Pretorius to the signing of the Sand River Convention in 1852, where the Transvaal was granted its …

… in the 1830s) [vii] and also led the Battle of Blood River against Dingane and the Zulu kingdom [viii] . In 1852, Andries Pretorius led the negotiations of the Sand River Convention . These negotiations were fruitful for the … the Transvaal (today largely occupied by Gauteng ) and the Orange Free State surrounded to the British [xiv] . The city …

… taking steps to annex the Boer republic across the Vaal River because it was a necessary component in the … overturn his earlier attitude towards the disputed Blood River Territory, and side with the Boers against him. … Hill, overlooking the west bank of the Ncome (Blood) River. Cetshwayo's wealthy prime minister, Mnyamana ka …

… taking steps to annex the Boer republic across the Vaal River because it was a necessary component in the … overturn his earlier attitude towards the disputed Blood River Territory, and side with the Boers against him. … Hill, overlooking the west bank of the Ncome (Blood) River. Cetshwayo's wealthy prime minister, Mnyamana ka …

… up in the working class districts of old Cape Town – Salt River, Woodstock and District Six. His family were poor … been born to a free slave woman circa 1830 from the Kat River settlement in the Eastern Cape. Tariq’s grandfather … the Goringhaicona settlement on the banks of the Camissa River flowing through Cape Town, where the Khoena serviced …

… territory. In 1820 the settlement of the area north of the Orange River began in earnest, which laid the ground for later …

… Hill some 13 km North-West of the confluence of the Annis River with the Orange River. Near the hill is the joining of the Orange River and the Annis River which is known for its …

… The Orange River Convention (sometimes also called the Bloemfontein … the independence of the Boers in the area between the Orange and Vaal rivers, which had previously been known as the Orange River Sovereignty. This resulted in the formation of the … ry.org.za/dated-event/bloemfontein-convention-establishment-orange-free-state-signed-green-lodge …

… In 1851, the British controlled the area between the Orange and Vaal Rivers (the Orange River Sovereignty). Due to border disputes with the …

… the tribe should be resettled in Ledig,between Elands River and Pilansberg. The dispute began in 1965 when the …

… first stop was at Kasane, on the banks of the Zambezi River. They were forced to spend the night in the police …

… Britain annexed the South African Republic and the Orange Free State, two hitherto independent Afrikaner … These new territories, renamed the Transvaal and the Orange River Colony respectively, were added to Britain's existing …

… ran through the Transvaal once it had crossed the Vaal River. In answer to this, goods were taken to the Vaal River by train, and then taken further by wagon to avoid … people became worse than ever in the colony. The Orange Free State co-operated more closely with the …

… the Zulu army led by Dingaan at the ‘Battle of Blood River’. It became a powerful instrument in the arsenal of the … viewed as a 'victory' over Zulu warriors near the Ncome River in KwaZulu Natal. On that day an estimated 10 000-20 …  and the two Afrikaner Republics of the Transvaal and Orange Free State, an act was passed by parliament in 1910 …

… defeat forced the Voortrekkers to flee north of the Vaal River and into the Transvaal. The Battle of Boomplaats was a … who, on 3 February 1848, declared the district between the Orange and the Vaal rivers, the Orange River Sovereignty. The White burghers of the area had …

… High Commissioner in SA and Governor of the Transvaal and Orange River Colony, dies at the age of 82. His predecessor was Lord Milner. He first retired in June 1907 when the Orange River Colony was granted self-government. He retained …

… Town on the banks of the Orange River, some 195 km from Bloemfontein, on the road to to East … springs and a good fording place ('drift') across the Orange River, just below its confluence with the Kraai River. …

… Hertzog, and C.H. Olivier, acting as the GOVERNMENT of the ORANGE FREE STATE, on behalf of their respective BURGHERS … in the field outside the limits of the TRANSVAAL and ORANGE RIVER COLONY, and all Prisoners of War at present outside …

… in Lithuania, and settled in Luckhoff, a small town in the Orange Free State. In South Africa Solomon Braun met and …

… Land and Game Farms. The Farm 'Aberfeldy', in the Orange Free State had a Post Office known as … when the Railway reached the Farm in 1902, the new Orange River Colony Administration preferred Aberfeldy. Which …

… Hertzog, and C.H. Olivier, acting as the government of the orange free state, on behalf of their respective burghers … in the field outside the limits of the transvaal and orange river colony, and all Prisoners of War at present outside …

… Policy resolved to settle Yusuf at the mouth of the Eerste River at False Bay. The name Macassar  Beach refers to Sheik …

… about seven miles from home.  He had to cross the Umbilo River about three times, to get to school in Stella Hill.  …