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Burgersdorp is a medium-sized town in Walter Sisulu in the Joe Gqabi District Municipality of the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.. In 1869 a Theological Seminary was established here by the Gereformeerde Kerk, but in 1905 it was moved to Potchefstroom, acting as an instrument in the formation of the PUK in 1919, then becoming the Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education ...
The Afrikaans Language Monument (Afrikaans: Afrikaanse Taalmonument) is located on a hill overlooking Paarl, Western Cape Province, South Africa. Officially opened on 10 October 1975, [ 1 ] it commemorates the semicentenary of Afrikaans being declared an official language of South Africa separate from Dutch .
In Burgersdorp there is not only a monument to commemorate the struggle for the recognition of Dutch, but also another brings to mind the three-year-long Anglo Boer War. By this we do not refer to the Burger Monument, but to a blockhouse. Type of site: Blockhouse: 9/2/004/0011 Old Reformed Church Theological Seminary, Burgersdorp
Sentinel Blockhouse in Burgersdorp. This is a list of blockhouses built by the British Empire in South Africa during the Second Anglo-Boer War from 1899–1901. Of the fortifications constructed during the war, around 441 were solid masonry blockhouses, [1] many of which stand today. Different designs were used in the construction, but most ...
The unit was renamed from the Burgersdorp Commando to the Stormberg Commando around 1972. The local gaol, which is also a national monument in Piet Retief street was the headquarters of the commando. The unit resorted under the command of the SADF's Group 22.
The Burgersdorp Reformed Church is the oldest congregation of the Reformed Churches in South Africa, formerly the Cape Province. It was founded on 21 January 1860, [ 1 ] about 11 months after the Church's foundation in Rustenburg on 11 February 1859.
With the founding of the Zuid-Afrikaansche language bond in 1890, she became a member of the executive board. Before the Language Monument was unveiled in Burgersdorp in 1893, she embroidered on a banner the words "Long live our language" and sent a gold medal with the words "De Hollandsche taal in Zuid-Afrika, 1806–1893. Ik worstel maar ...
Paardekraal Monument, Paardekraal Drive, Krugersdorp Krugersdorp lies about 32 kilometres west of Johannesburg. Not far from the centre of the town, beside the road to Pretoria, is the Paardekraal monument, one of the most important monuments in South Africa. This monument marks the focal point of the First Type of site: Memorial Krugersdorp