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Bram Fischer International Airport, Bloemfontein
27 March 2026
Bram Fischer International Airport is an important Gateway to the Free State, a Land-Locked Province. The Airport was op...
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National Women’s Monument
6 March 2026
The National Women's Monument in Bloemfontein, South Africa, was created by architect Frans Soff and sculptor Anton van ...
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Clarens, Eastern Free State
2 March 2026
Clarens, a small town situated in the Eastern Free State is today a tourist attraction and capital of everything from ad...
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Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality, Free State
6 January 2026
Mangaung is a Sesotho name meaning "place of Cheetahs". Legend has it that when the first settlers arrived, they were st...
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Botshabelo, Motheo Region near Bloemfontein
18 December 2025
Botshabelo, which means 'place of refuge', is the largest township in the Free State and, after Soweto, the largest in t...
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Free State Province
8 November 2025
The Free State Province lies in the heart of South Africa, with the Kingdom of Lesotho nestling in the hollow of its bea...
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Vredefort Dome, Free State Province
20 October 2025
The Vredefort Dome is the oldest and largest Meteorite Impact Site (Astrobleme) in the World.
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Mcgregor Museum, Kimberley
1 October 2025
Longtime museum with diverse exhibits, including paleontology, ethnography & zoology collections.
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Kroonstad
31 July 2025
It's name being symbolic of royalty (“Kroon” is Dutch for crown), Kroonstad has very humble beginnings. It was named aft...
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Senekal
28 July 2025
Senekal was established on 7 June 1877 on the farm De Puk in the district of Winburg. It is the panoramic Eastern Free S...
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Golden Gate Highlands National Park, Free State
9 July 2025
Rejuvenation is on offer at Golden Gate Highlands National Park! Spend time in the majestic Maluti Mountains, hiking, ho...
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Basotho Cultural Village
9 July 2025
The Basotho Cultural Village is a chance to experience a way of life that integrates comfort and practicality with a uni...
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Kgodumodumo Dinosaur Interpretation Centre
23 June 2025
The new centre will celebrate Africa’s ancient History, highlighting one of the World’s oldest known dinosaur embryos ev...
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Bethlehem, Free State
4 June 2025
Bethlehem is located on the N5 road to the Free State provincial capital Bloemfontein via Senekal and Winburg to the N1....
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Bloemfontein, Capital City of the Free State Province
24 April 2025
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born on January 3, 1892, in Bloemfontein, South Africa, to English parents.
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Anglo Boer War Museum, Bloemfontein
1 April 2025
One of the most significant events in the history of South Africa was the Anglo-Boer War of 1899-1902. Although the prot...
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Warden, Thabo Mofutsanyana Municipality
26 March 2025
The N3 passes right through Warden on the route between Johannesburg and Durban, just north of Harrismith. It is thus mo...
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Vaal River and Dam, Gauteng, Free State, Northern Cape and Mpumalanga
27 February 2025
Vaal Dam covers over 300 km, which is also the Country's largest Dam by Area. It is one of Gauteng's major sources of dr...
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Indian Army Memorial
11 December 2024
This memorial was erected towards the end of 1902, on the highest point in Johannesburg; Observatory Ridge. It hon...
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Jagersfontein
9 October 2024
JAGERSFONTEIN is home to one of the oldest and largest, diamond Mine holes' in the World. This Town is located South-Wes...
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Abraham Fischer Men’s Residence, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein
16 September 2024
The building was designed by Frank Taylor and was officially opened on 16 October 1909 by the then Prime Minister of the...
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Brandfort, Free State
5 September 2024
Winnie Mandela had been banished to Brandfort on the 16 of May 1977. There she was unceremoniously dumped at house 802 w...
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Vrede
17 August 2024
Vrede, 'the town of peace', lies between the North-Eastern Free State and the Mpumalanga border of Volksrust.
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Fouriesburg
15 August 2024
It is Near the Maloti Mountains and only 10 km from Caledon's Port Border Post, Which Gives Access to Lesotho.
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Raadsaal, 95 St George’s Street, Bloemfontein
28 June 2024
The first Raadsaal is probably the most important Historical Building in the Free State, dating back to 1849, it is the ...
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'Aardoringspruit', Brandfort in the Free State Province
14 June 2024
John Weston House in Brandfort, Where the First Aeroplane in Africa Was Built! During the Apartheid era, Winnie Mandela...
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Sasolburg
6 May 2024
Established in 1954, the Town was built by Sasol Ltd. The former South African Coal, Oil, and Gas Corporation Ltd. used ...
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Harrismith, Free State
8 December 2023
Harrismith is a small, charming country town, founded in 1849, but discovered by tourists only recently. Visitors remark...
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Edenburg, near Bloemfontein
13 October 2023
Edenburg is situated 83km South-West of Bloemfontein. This typical Transgariep Town, nestled in the golden prairies alon...
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Railway Administration Building, bounded by Maitland-, Hanger, St Andrew and Harvey Streets, Bloemfontein
13 October 2023
A double-storey brick building with heavily ornamented Victorian and neo-Classical architectural features. It was design...
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Welkom
2 June 2023
An Industrial and Commercial heartland, the City derived its name after the Farm; Welkom and was founded in 1948 by Sir ...
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University of the Free State, Main building, Bloemfontein
8 March 2023
The cornerstone of the building was laid on 19 December 1907 by Sir Hamilton Gould-Adams, and was officially opened on 1...
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Halvey Hotel, Bloemfontein
2 February 2023
This was intended to be a Boarding House for the Theatre Attendees in 1893. However this Building is now a Four Star Ho...
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Sterkfontein Dam, Free State
2 February 2023
The vast expanse of water which is the Sterkfontein Dam lies a few kilometers from the edge of the Drakensberg Escarpmen...
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Odendaalsrus, Free State
26 August 2022
Having been established in 1912, this is the oldest gold mining Town in the District. The Town was a group of Farms with...
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The Langman Hospital, Part of the 'The Ramblers Club' in Bloemfontein
28 March 2022
Ramblers Club is one of the most Historic Buildings in Bloemfontein. As the oldest Sports Club and former Military Hospi...
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Wagon Museum
25 March 2022
This Museum is situated on the same premises as the First 'Raadsaal' in Bloemfontein and houses a collection of historic...
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Naval Hill
13 January 2022
An extremely popular spot providing excellent views of the Town and the Franklin Game Reserve forms part of the Hill. Se...
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Steynsrus, Free State Province
25 August 2021
The Town was established in 1910. This event was used to give it a name; translated it would mean Steyn's Rest!
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Allanridge, Free State Province
14 June 2021
Allanridge is a Gold Mining Town in the Lejweleputswa District Municipality of the Free State province in South Af...
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