• Rietfontein is a town in ZF Mgcawu District Municipality located in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. It functions as the Rietfontein Borderpost...
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    Isandovale (part residential) Marais Steyn Park Rietfontein (part of Rietfontein 61-ir) (Rietfontein 63-ir) Industrial suburbs include: Sebenza Eastleigh...
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  • blyde riverwalk estate Colbyn Gezina Kilner Park Moregloed Queenswood Rietfontein Rietondale Riviera Villieria Waverley Wonderboom South Akasia Amandasig...
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    of South Africa that connects Kimberley with the Namibian border at Rietfontein via Kuruman and Hotazel. It is co-signed with the R360 between Askham...
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  • Elsie Vaalbooi (born c. 1901, died 7 October 2002) of Rietfontein in the Northern Cape was a South African woman who was a member of the ǂKhomani (Nǁnǂe)...
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    Zandfontein, Driefontein (Afrikaans and Dutch for Three Springs/Fountains) and Rietfontein (Afrikaans and Dutch for Reed Spring or Fountain of Reeds) encumbered...
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    (eMalahleni) in the east at the Rietfontein Interchange, which marks the end of the R21 being a freeway. The R21 becomes Rietfontein Road when it junctions with...
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    often end with "fontein", meaning "spring" in Afrikaans. Braamfontein, Rietfontein, Zevenfontein, Doornfontein, Zandfontein and Randjesfontein are some...
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    Villieria is a suburb in the northern region of Pretoria. It is bordered by Rietfontein in the north-west nd Queenswood in the south-east.[citation needed] The...
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    Rustenburg and 17 km east of Koster. Laid out on portions of the farms Rietfontein and Vlakfontein, it was named after Lord Derby, British Secretary of...
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    in 1997 by one of the language's last speakers, Ms. Elsie Vaalbooi of Rietfontein, who has since died. It was South Africa's first officially registered...
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    Botswana Gaborone Ghanzi Orapa Tshabong Tshane Namibia Gobabis Mariental South Africa Upington Noenieput Rietfontein...
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  • Mier Olifantshoek Onseepkans Postmasburg Putsonderwater Riemvasmaak Rietfontein Upington Aggeneys Alexander Bay Carolusberg Concordia Garies Hondeklip...
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    the farm Josephinesdal. Steyn was born on 2 October 1857 on the farm Rietfontein near Winburg in the Orange Free State. His father Marthinus (known as...
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    April 1901.: p. 140  The Long Tom was emplaced on a hill on the farm Rietfontein. On 16 April it fired a few shells at the advancing British column and...
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    Transfrontier Park. The main settlement in the municipality is the town of Rietfontein. According to the 2011 census Mier has a population of 7,003, which is...
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  • Lebombo Pafuri Alexander Bay, Northern Cape Gemsbok Nakop Onseepkans Rietfontein Sendelingsdrif Vioolsdrif Beit Bridge "Department of Home Affairs - South...
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  • (1 km; 0.62 mi to the north-east), Wonderkop (4 km; 2.5 mi), Ramala, Rietfontein, Rustenburg (29 km; 18 mi); Swaershoek (30 km; 19 mi); Mooinooi (31 km;...
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    life. In 1947, Tutu contracted tuberculosis and was hospitalised in Rietfontein for 18 months, during which he was regularly visited by Huddleston. In...
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    fought at the Battle of Elandslaagte on 21 October 1899, at the Battle of Rietfontein on 24 October 1899, and was part of the besieged garrison of Ladysmith...
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  • renamed Insele Commando on March 2, 1981 (43 years ago) (1981-03-02) Also Rietfontein Commando? Possibly under Group 41 Previously West Park Commando Renamed...
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    Klein Menasse R31 Rietfontein 8:00–16:30   26°45′23″S 19°59′57″E / 26.7564°S 19.9992°E / -26.7564; 19.9992 (Klein Menasse / Rietfontein border crossing)...
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    town is 85 km south-south-west of Bloemfontein. Laid out on the farm Rietfontein in 1862 with the Dutch Reformed Church built in the same year and it...
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    grasslands to be severely overgrazed. A bone meal plant was constructed near Rietfontein, and culling of zebras and wildebeests began in 1952. Official records...
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  • the North" by locals due to its proximity to green spaces such as the Rietfontein Nature Reserve. Places of interest in the suburb include: Cambridge Crossing...
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    Church and Rietfontein Kerk. Bitter feuds were fought between supporters of the two parties. The Klipkerk supporters demolished the Rietfontein Church project...
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    registered to Cornelius Johannes Beukes in March 1865 and was called Rietfontein 32 IR.: 17  After the discovery of gold in Johannesburg, 22 km southwest...
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    Afrikaans 47%; Tswana 41%; English 4%; Xhosa 3%; foreign languages 2% Rietfontein 1,594 n.a. Madibeng Afrikaans 28%; Tswana 14%; foreign languages 13%;...
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    and the trekkers continued to Rietfontein, on the border with German Southwest Africa. The group arrived in Rietfontein in January 1876, and Andries Lambert...
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    colonial-era names of suburbs of Harare, such as Borrowdale, Highlands, Rietfontein, Tynwald, and Mount Pleasant also remained unchanged. An exception was...
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