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| Coordinates | 28 ° 42 '4 " S , 26 ° 27' 28" O | ||
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| Country | South Africa | ||
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| District | Lejweleputswa | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | ZA-FS | ||
| local community | Masilonyana | ||
| height | 1400 m | ||
| surface | 27.1 km² | ||
| Residents | 3134 (2011) | ||
| density | 115.7 Ew. / km² | ||
| founding | 1875 | ||
 Angel statuette in front of the Dutch Reformed Church near the concentration camp
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Brandfort is a city in the South African province of Free State . It is located in the Masilonyana municipality in the Lejweleputswa district .
geography
According to the 2011 census, Brandfort had 3,134 inhabitants. The northern township of Majemasweu had 9,765 inhabitants. The environment is relatively flat. Brandfort is around 55 kilometers north of Bloemfontein .
history
In 1866 the Voortrekker Jacobus van Zijl had a church built on his farm; Brandfort was founded there in 1875. The place was named after Johannes Henricus Brand , the then Prime Minister of the Orange Free State . During the Second Boer War , the British authorities set up a concentration camp for Boer women and children near Brandfort .
From 1977, Winnie Mandela , the then wife of the imprisoned Nelson Mandela , lived in Brandfort for several years due to a ban by the apartheid authorities. She lived in house no. 802 in Majemasweu.
Economy and Transport
Brandfort is an agricultural center.
The place is on the R30 trunk road , which connects Brandfort with Bloemfontein and Virginia , among others , and the R703. Brandfort is on the Johannesburg – Bloemfontein railway line and is used for freight traffic.
Others
Near the city is Florisbad, where the fossil human skull Florisbad 1 was found in 1932 .
Personalities
- Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd (1901–1966), South African Prime Minister, went to school in Brandfort from 1917 to 1919
- Kagisho Dikgacoi (* 1984), South African soccer player, born in Brandfort
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Brandfort , accessed July 7, 2017
- ↑ Majemasweu , accessed on July 7, 2017
- ↑ report at sahistory.org.za (English), accessed on 29 March 2013
- ^ South Africa Touring Atlas. Map Studio, Johannesburg 1988, ISBN 1-86809-089-2