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Burgersdorp. They include the Christ Church, the Coetzee House, the De Bruin House, the Jubilee Fountain, the Old Goal, the Old Reformed Church Parsonage, the Old Reformed Church Theological Seminary as well as the three listed below in more detail.
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History of South Africa, from 1873 to 1884, twelve eventful years, with continuation of the history of
Galekaland, Tembuland, Pondoland, and Bethshuanaland until the annexation of those territories to the Cape Colony, and of Zululand until its annexation to
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Some sources claim that Lord Milner had removed the original monument not because it was damaged, but because he was opposed to Dutch (and
Afrikaans), and that the replica was built not by government but by a group of Afrikaners.
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Mzamomhle and Tembisa have populations of 4,656 and 6,094 respectively, giving the urban area a population of 15,990. Of this population 78.1% described themselves as
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The monument was damaged during the Anglo-Boer War, and Lord Milner had it removed. It was replaced with a replica in 1907. The original was later discovered in
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in South Africa was only split since 1925. But the monument is officially recognised as a monument to Dutch.
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overlooking the town, commonly known as the
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Language Monument, Middle Right:
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1255:"Old Reformed Church Parsonage Piet Retief Street Burgersdorp"
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Populated places in the Walter Sisulu Local Municipality
927:(PhD thesis). University of Pretoria. pp. xlv–lii.
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Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education
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provides passenger rail service to Burgersdorp on its
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political party was founded in Burgersdorp in 1881.
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1135:"Coetzee House 51 Piet Retief Street Burgersdorp"
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975:. New York: Dodd, Mead and Company. p. 25
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164:Show map of South Africa
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223:30.99222°S 26.32472°E
365:Racial makeup (2011)
357: • Density
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