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… Anglo-Boer War 2: Gen. Lord Roberts crosses the Vaal River and occupies the town of Vereeniging. …

… are wrecked, with the loss of ten lives, at the Buffalo River, East London. …

… at the closing by President Paul Kruger of the Vaal River drifts. …

… Andreas Theodorus Spies, founder of the short-lived Klip River Republic and Utrecht Republic, dies. …

… several Afrikaans cultural organisations, is born in Kuils River. …

… 1924 and subsequently became provincial secretary for the Orange Free State. With Clements Kadalie, he was one of the …

… is signed for the establishment of the border between the Orange Free State and Basutoland. …

… Kok (90), former rector of the University of the Orange Free State, dies in Bloemfontein. …

… Josias Phillipus Hoffman, first president of the Orange Free State (1854), is born in Stellenbosch, Western …

… Isabella Steyn, wife of  M.T. Steyn, president of the Orange Free State, is born in Philippolis. …

… Marthinus Theunis Steyn is sworn in as president of the Orange Free State for the first time. …

… Reitz opens the first session of the supreme court of the Orange Free State. …

… Jacobus Nicolaas Boshof, second president of the Orange Free State (1855-1859), is born in Swellendam, CC. …

… As a young boy Macala tended cattle on a farm in the Orange Free State and passed the time drawing on the rocks …

… The conflict culminated in the battle at the Ngome River on 16 December 1838, in which the Zulus suffered a severe defeat. The Ngome River was subsequently renamed Bloedriver or Blood River, referring to the deep red colour of the river filled …

… Hope. Dias's squadron of three ships departed from the River Tagus below Lisbon in August 1487. The name of the … who had previously accompanied Diogo Cão up the Congo River. (See Cão, D.) They also carried with them six African … Khoikhoi tending their wide-horned cattle. They named this river, Rio dos Vacqueiros (River of the Cowherds). Much worn …

… to teach at the Magwenya Higher Primary School in White River, moving to the Ngwane Higher Primary School in … was appointed Headmaster of Khumbula High School in White River. He was appointed Inspector of Education in 1972, to …

… As a trader in the Orange Free State in the 1940s, he organized for the  African …

… between 1954-1956 and vice-provincial secretary ANC (Orange Free State [OFS]), 1954-1956. …

… Jeremy Vearey was born in 1963 in Elsies River. He describes the area as a ‘different Elsies River’ than today as it was only around 50% built houses. It … mother’s side lived in that area. When a section of Elsies River was designated Indian (Cravenby Estate) Vearey had his …

… in the Witzieshoek Native Reserve, Harrismith District, Orange Free State [now Free State Province], who refused the …

… of the Northern Khumalo was located near the Black Mfolozi River, squeezed between the lands of two strong rival groups: … attacks. Mzilikazi settled for a while along the Vaal River until Korana cattle raiders became a threat. In the … his kingdom, which by then stretched from the Vaal River in the south to the confluence of the Crocodile and …

… J. S. Likhing was born at Thaba 'Nchu in the Orange Free State, he was educated in the Cape and later, …

… President of the  African National Congress  (ANC) in the Orange Free State and ex-officio member of the ANC national …

… finally receive aid from boats travelling down the Juba river. …

… Lyttelton and General Charles Warren cross the Tugela River. …

… late Marcus Gabashane, founder of the A.M.E. Church in the Orange Free State. …

… Muller, ethnologist, traveller, consul-general for the Orange Free State in the Netherlands and receive …

… Sir Harry Smith proclaims the territory between the Orange and Vaal Rivers British territory, discounting …

… The last session of the Orange Free State Volksraad in the Raadsaal in President …