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… in the previous republics (the Transvaal and the Orange Free State). These governments came together with … removals' which left many homeless, especially in the Orange Free State where there were no reserves. The quote below describes the horror of a family in the Orange Free State in 1913 after they had been evicted from a …

… We live in “big sky” country – whether blue, or orange in sunset, or dark grey and rent by lightening, or … blue of a kingfisher. The miles and miles of yellow and orange daisies in Namaqualand in September, or pink and white …

… that amendments were to be made to clauses in the Orange Free State (now Free State) statute book, which …

… It is the site of the only colony, of Cape Vultures in the Orange Free State. The Aasvoelberg is famous for its 'Eye', a …

… have been recently, trading or conducting business in the Orange Free State. Respectfully inform that 1.Petitioners are …

… “Who left this behind?” And the documentary DVD “River of Secret Lives” are currently on view at Bergtheil …

… at Clovelly, and quicksands at the Sivermine and Else River mouths.     …

… Fort Klapperkop, and running water came from the Apies River in the Fountains Valley. The garrison was initially …

… 1554, on the rocks of the little island where the Msikaba River meets the sea. Only 23 people survived! "One of my …

… Graaff-Reinet lies enclosed by a bend in the Sundays River, overshadowed by the rocky Sneeuberg Mountain within …

… Cuyler, to its location at the mouth of the Great Fish River. Sixty-four one-acre lots were measured for a village …

… 5 million in one year. In 1911 he wrote ‘Saunders of the River’ based on his African adventures that made him famous …

… of all German armies from the Netherlands to the Loire River in January 1944. Despite his great efforts, the Germans …

… The School colours were also different at first with blue, orange and white making way in 1982 for blue, red and gold. …

… grant freehold farms to freeburghers along the Liesbeeck River valley. The first fort: Fort De Goede Hoop Two days … Early European Fortifications along the Liesbeeck River By the late 1650s the settlement around the Fort De … and also included free burgher farms along the Liesbeeck River to the east of the fort and Table Mountain, cutting off …

… to a nearby Khoikhoi settlement in the area around Salt River to trade for cattle and sheep. When the sailors …

… The first 12 free burghers settled along the Liesbeeck River in 1657. By the time Jan van Riebeeck left the Cape to …

… (who became the Free Burghers) to farm along the Liesbeeck River in order to deal with a wheat shortage. They were given …

… migrated from the west and north through the Zambezi River valley and then gradually into the plateau and coastal … 'Cabora Bassa') and hydroelectric facility on the Zambezi River in the Western part of Mozambique. The Cahora Bassa …

… retaliated by defeating the Zulu at the Battle of Blood River, which culminated in Dingane’s overthrow and … Pretorius defeated the Zulus at the Battle of Blood River, destroying more than 3,000 of Dingane’s army.  …

… On 1 February 1808 the territory North of the Great Berg river was annexed to the new District of Tulbagh, and … of Vanrhynsdorp. With the exception of the Olifant's River Valley , the division was sparsely populated, and most …

… of Newlands. It is situated on the banks of the Liesbeek River, and is both a museum and the only remaining water mill …

… where the Hartbeespoortdam is seen through the Crocodile River Poort in the Witwatersberg. Its lapa, stoeps, balcony …

… proximity to the South Atlantic Ocean, just over the Klein River Mountains to the South.   The place was originally …

… Benjamin d’Urban to settle on the banks of the Great Fish River in the region that later became known as the Ciskei. …

… moved to a farm in Zandvleit, near the mouth of the Eerste River in the Cape, on June 14, 1694. The Company's attempt to …

… universities (Stellenbosch, Pretoria, Potchefstroom, Orange Free State, and Rand Afrikaans Universities); four …

… decades Reijnier lived in the mountains around the Berg River as a droster, as runaway slaves were called. For all … white farmers had begun to settle north of the Gariep (Orange River). In the 1830s the number of white settlers … from the Cape Colony became known) who had founded the Orange Free State north of the Gariep. A significant part of …

… Portuguese King John II, reaches the mouth of the Congo River.  1485  Cão puts ashore at Cape Cross, north of … rounds the Cape. Da Gama reaches the mouth of the Limpopo River during the first weeks and lands 85km north of it, … the Khoi-Khoi and the Portuguese at the mouth of the Salt River in Table Bay. Thereafter, Portuguese traders tend to …

… with the kingdom of the Kongo, situated south of the Congo river in what is today northern Angola. The Kongo became … north of Sofala, and at Sena and Tete along the Zambezi River. Further south Lourenco Marques was sent to Delagoa Bay … gold and slaves with their own. They traded up the Zambezi river and interfered with the existing inland African trade. …