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Vlakfontein is a
small settlement in the
Mpumalanga Province of
South Africa.
During the
Second Boer War it was the site of a
guerrilla action against...
- 56 km north-east of Bloemhof. It was laid out on the
farms Rooderand and
Vlakfontein in 1888, and
proclaimed a town in 1891.
Named after Jacobus M. A. Wolmarans...
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Second Boer War on 8
February 1902, at
Vlakfontein, when he was
awarded his
first VC.
During the
action at
Vlakfontein, on the 8th February, 1902, Surgeon-Captain...
- 17 km east of Koster. Laid out on
portions of the
farms Rietfontein and
Vlakfontein, it was
named after Lord Derby,
British Secretary of State. "Main Place...
- 1901 at
Vlakfontein,
South Africa, for
which he was
awarded the VC: This
Officer with five men was
holding the
right of a
position at
Vlakfontein on the...
- the farm
Thorbeck on 7 May 1859. The
church counsel bought the farm
Vlakfontein to
establish the town. The name is
Afrikaans and
means "Saviour's Town"...
- The
township was
established when 16
houses were
built on the farm
Vlakfontein in June 1953 and
later the name
changed to Mamelodi. The
Group Areas...
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sited in a coal-mining area; one of its
sources is AEMFC's coal mine at
Vlakfontein, near Ogies.
Kendal was
built between 1982 and 1993. The
first unit went...
-
Johannes "Spokes"
Mashiyane (born
Vlakfontein (Mamelodi),
Pretoria 20
January 1933; died at
Baragwanath Hospital of
cirrhosis of
liver 9
February 1972)...
- A
column of
British forces under General Cunningham were
marching to
Vlakfontein to cut off Boer
forces under De la Rey when they were
attacked by commandos...
