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The Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality (Sotho: Masepala o Moholo wa Mangaung; Zulu: UMasipala weDolobhakazi laseMangawunge; Afrikaans: Mangaung Metropolitaanse Munisipaliteit; Tswana: Mmasepala wa Toropokgolo ya Mangaung; Xhosa: uMasipala oMbaxa wase Mangaung) is a metropolitan municipality which governs Bloemfontein and surrounding towns in the Free State province of South Africa.
Even after municipal government changes in 2000 and its 2011 reclassification, the local government has continued to use the town hall. On June 21, 2017, vandals set the building on fire. The fire was lit during a protest by the South African Municipal Workers' Union held at the building earlier in the day.
South Africa switched to a closed numbering system effective 16 January 2007. At that time, it became mandatory to dial the full 10-digit telephone number , including the zero in the three-digit area code , for local calls (e.g., 011 must be dialed from within Johannesburg ).
Current events; Random article; ... Download QR code; Print/export ... Bloemfontein CBD is the main Business District of the city of Bloemfontein in South Africa.
Bloemfontein was also given financial compensation. [25] On 8 January 1912, the South African Native National Congress (SANNC) was founded in Bloemfontein. The Union of South Africa had not granted rights to black South Africans, causing the organisation's creation. Its primary aim was to fight for the rights of black South Africans. [26]
Current events; Random article; ... Download QR code; Print/export ... Noordhoek is a 68% white suburb of the city of Bloemfontein in South Africa.
Uitsig is a 71% white suburb of the city of Bloemfontein in South Africa. Uitsig is a fairly new and still expanding suburb, but also has its more established parts and is located in the southern part of Bloemfontein. With the newly renovated and expanded Fauna Shopping Centre in close proximity, this is a very popular neighbourhood to live in.
Bloemfontein central railway station is a railway station located in Bloemfontein, Free State Province, South Africa. The first railway line connected Bloemfontein to Cape Town in 1890, resulting in a centrally located station site on the corner of Maitland and Harvey streets, east of Kings Park.