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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. The municipal archives in the building were lost in the fire. [1] Following a restoration project, Bloemfontein City Hall was reopened in 2021. [2]
The 1913 Bloemfontein anti-pass campaign is seen as the inspiration behind the anti-pass campaigns such as the 1956 Women's March and the ANC's 1952 Defiance Campaign. In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the 1913 anti-pass campaign, the Free State ANC Women's League marched in Bloemfontein on 28 May 2013. [8]
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.
The city's share of the National GDP is 1.73%, with a share of national employment at 1.86% and a share of the national population at 1.67%. Bloemfontein's GDP growth, at 0.57% in 2015, stood in the lower half of the benchmark group of cities. Like other major cities in South Africa, Bloemfontein's GDP growth has slowly decreased in recent ...
This is a list of municipalities of South Africa. ... Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality: MAN Free State: Bloemfontein: 9,886 3,817 787,803 79.7 206
Dihlabeng Local Municipality: FS192 Thabo Mofutsanyana Bethlehem: 4,868 140,044 28.8 Kopanong Local Municipality: FS162 Xhariep Trompsburg: 15,645 49,999 3.2 Letsemeng Local Municipality: FS161 Xhariep Koffiefontein: 9,828 40,044 4.1 Mafube Local Municipality: FS205 Fezile Dabi Frankfort: 3,971 57,574 14.5 Maluti-a-Phofung Local Municipality: FS194
In South Africa, a metropolitan municipality or Category A municipality is a municipality which executes all the functions of local government for a city or conurbation. This is by contrast to areas which are primarily rural, where the local government is divided into district municipalities and local municipalities .
McKenzie grew up in the Heidedal neighborhood of Bloemfontein, South Africa. [7] He used his story of changing from a life of crime to attaining success as a businessman as the basis for his motivational talks. [8] He has gone on to work as a consultant in the mining industry and runs a diversified business with interests in several sectors. [9]