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  2. Free State (province) - Wikipedia

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    The Free State provincial government is based in Bloemfontein, the provincial capital. The Free State Division of the High Court of South Africa also sits in Bleomfontein. Like South Africa's other provinces, the Free State has a parliamentary system of government, with the provincial premier elected by the Free State Provincial Legislature .

  3. National Afrikaans Literary Museum and Research Centre

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    The document archive developed into the Literary Museum of Bloemfontein. On October 9, 1972, the lawyer Gabriel Francois van Lingen Froneman, the Administrator of Free State, announced the establishment of the NALN. On March 24, 1973, the NALN was officially opened by Johannes Petrus van der Spuy, at the time Minister of National Education.

  4. Bloemfontein - Wikipedia

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    The Bloemfontein municipality channelled off all black urbanisation to Thaba Nchu and Botshabelo, which were developed as a source of cheap labour for the city of Bloemfontein. A subsidised bus service was established, and Botshabelo was declared a decentralisation point, meaning it was designated to become an industrial development point to ...

  5. Fourth Raadsaal - Wikipedia

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    The building in December 2011 Historic photo of the building The legislative chamber in December 2011. The Fourth Raadsaal (Afrikaans: "Vierde Raadsaal") is a historic building in Bloemfontein, South Africa, which serves as the meeting place of the Free State Provincial Legislature, the legislature of the Free State.

  6. Volksraad (Orange Free State) - Wikipedia

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    [2] [3] The districts represented by members of Volksraad were Bloemfontein, Fauresmith, Caledon River, Winburg, Harrismith, Kroonstad, Boshof, Bethulie, Philippolis and Jacobsdal. [4] The members were elected for four years, half of them retiring every second year. [2] Burghers were able to vote.

  7. Orange River Convention - Wikipedia

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    The Orange River Convention (sometimes also called the Bloemfontein Convention; Afrikaans: Bloemfontein-konvensie) was a convention whereby the British formally recognised the independence of the Boers in the area between the Orange and Vaal rivers, which had previously been known as the Orange River Sovereignty.

  8. Category:Bloemfontein - Wikipedia

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    This is a category of articles pertaining to the city of Bloemfontein, the judicial capital of South Africa. Subcategories. This category has the following 9 ...

  9. Anglo-Boer War Museum - Wikipedia

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    The Anglo-Boer War Museum (also known as The War Museum of the Boer Republics) in Bloemfontein is the only museum in the world dedicated solely to the Anglo-Boer Wars of 1899 to 1902. The museum has a unique art collection, dioramas and exhibits but also brings the visitor closer to understanding the background against which the war took place ...