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They established their own republic here, and another in the Transvaal northern part of South Africa , only to lose their freedom again to the British during the Anglo-Boer War which ended in But not before 40, Boer fighters fiercely resisted the mighty ,strong British Army over three years of bloody fighting.
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Three years later Afrikaner nationalists formed the National Party in the same city, and launched a political struggle that would eventually see them regain their freedom as the rulers of South Africa, first in the union and later in the republic. But it was at the expense of South Africans of other races, which led to the ANC launching its own liberation struggle, and eventually gaining freedom and equality for black South Africans in under Nelson Mandela, now all united in democratic South Africa. Evidence and testimony to this fascinating political history can today be found all over the province in battlefield sites, monuments, museums, and various historical sites.
Visiting these make, on their own, for a captivating tour of the province. The provincial capital is Bloemfontein, located in the Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality, right in the centre of the kidney. It is a bustling city rich in history, as its many museums, monuments and preserved old buildings attest.
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One could call Bloemfontein the city of monuments. But the old shares space with the new, and there are also many modern buildings, developments, malls and avenues that house shops, restaurants, offices, hotels, pubs, art galleries, book shops and government offices. A fascinating way of spending a day or two in the city is to go on your own or with a guide on a historical tour or city walk. Among the many places of interest you will be visiting is the National Afrikaans Literary Museum and Research Centre in a Cape Dutch-style building that originally accommodated the government structures of the Boer Republic of the Orange Free State in the s.
The museum houses the largest collection of Afrikaans literature and manuscripts, as well as artefacts belonging to well-known Afrikaans writers. Also accommodated here is the National Sotho Library.
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A visit to the Old Presidency will introduce you to the world of the old Boer presidents from Josias Philip Hoffman in the mids, to the last president, Marthinus Steyn, who left office in May after the Boer republics were defeated by the British in the Anglo-Boer War. In it became one of the four provinces of the Republic of South Africa, and in became one of the nine provinces of the post-apartheid South Africa.
Remaining in the era of Boer rule, you can next visit the Fourth Raadsaal Fourth National Assembly , an impressive and well-designed classical building dating back to the s. Next we take a step forward in history, visiting Maphikela House, the house and now national monument of Thomas Maphikela, who was one of the founder members of the ANC in Bloemfontein in Many important and historic meetings of the ANC, which today governs South Africa, were held in this double-storey house. The church is now a national heritage site and has been nominated for recognition as a UN World Heritage Site.
Fischer, a lawyer from a prominent Free State Afrikaner family, spent months on the run from security police, heavily disguises, before his arrest and imprisonment. Naval Hill is also home to the very first digital planetarium in Sub-Saharan Africa. For culture and entertainment buffs the annual Mangaung African Cultural Festival, known as Macufe, has become one of the biggest cultural festivals on the African continent. For sports enthusiasts, apart from the Macufe Cup, the city has a number of outstanding golf courses. The Lion Route is in the northern part of the province close to Gauteng and Johannesburg.
In he obtained a PhD from the University of Cape Town where his research included dietary, biochemical, haematological and other studies on population groups affected by disorders and diseases associated with malnutrition and prosperity. His contributions to research in nutrition led to him being awarded a DSc by the University of Cape Town. He published over articles, letters and editorials, with at least of these were published after he turned Born in Johannesburg, Warren matriculated from Jeppe Boys High and studied medicine at Wits, where he was president of the Students Representative Council, the Students Medical Council and a founding member of the squash club.
It was while working as a GP in South West Africa Namibia that he became interested in the emotional problems encountered in general practice. He returned to Johannesburg to specialise in psychiatry and spent his final thirty years as a psychoanalytical psychotherapist, working from rooms at his home in Parkmore. Warren also held diplomas in public health and industrial medicine. Dodson s lifelong love affair with type and typography began just before the Second World War at the Kingston College of Art, where as an architectural student he discovered letterpress printing, and devoted the rest of his life to its practice and history.
In , on the recommendation of Francis Meynell, he succeeded Harry Carter as Head of Layout at Her Majesty's Stationery Office, which at that time was setting worldwide standards for the design and printing of government publications.
Five years later he went to live in South Africa, where he taught typography at Wits and later at Johannesburg Technical College. In he returned to England. Alan died in Malvern, Worcestershire on 10 January Dr Avraham Eidelman qualified as a doctor at the University of the Witwatersrand in Born in Kovno in , Avraham aged five arrived with his parents in South Africa and grew up in Mayfair, Johannesburg.
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Starting as a young doctor in Assaf Harofeh, Israel, he specialized as a surgeon in urology and eventually worked his way up to be head of the Urology Department. He held this position for 21 years. After his retirement, he served as Assaf Harofeh for almost the next 10 years as a part-time surgeon and consultant. Apart from his medical talents he had interests in other fields.
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Avraham died on the 15th April after a long illness. Cora Erasmus was born and educated in Johannesburg. In she was appointed as the Chief Medical Officer of Health of the City of Germiston, a leadership position that was unusual for women of her generation. Simultaneously she served as Professor of Social and Preventive Medicine at Wits, a position she held from In she returned to her position as MOH of Germiston, and she served in that capacity until she retired in Eybers's poetry was mainly in Afrikaans, although she translated some of her own work and those of others into English.
After completing her high school studies at the age of 16, she enrolled at the University of the Witwatersrand for a Bachelor of Arts degree, which she achieved cum laude. After her graduation she became a journalist. In Eybers married the businessman Albert Wessels, with whom she had three daughters and a son.
Counted among the so-called Dertigers, she became the first Afrikaans woman to win the Hertzog Prize for poetry in She won the prize again in Her work received many other awards in both South Africa and the Netherlands, including the Constantijn Huygens prize in and the P.
Hooft Award in Eybers first collection of poems Belydenis in die Skemering Confession in the twilight was published in Her second collection, entitled Die Stil Avontuur The silent adventure was published in Die Vrou en ander verse The woman and other poems was published in while her fourth poetry collection, Die Ander Dors The other thirst was published in Imraan Sayed, a recent graduate of Wits University, was tragically killed in a motor vehicle accident that occurred on 22 December Imraan enrolled at Wits University in and completed his BA undergraduate in , majoring in Geography and Archaeology.
In he did his Postgraduate studies in Human Geography and would have graduated on 17 May Imraan was passionate about cricket and by the age of 18 was already playing Premier and President's League cricket for the Lenasia Cricket Club. This passion began at age 5 when he could be seen playing cricket in Lenasia's Pegasus Street. He never missed a Saturday morning for Baker's mini cricket. He represented Lenasia's under 13 in various cricket weeks and captained the under 15 teams.