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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 ...
Free State (province) / 28°S 27°E / -28; 27. The Free State ( Sotho: Freistata; Afrikaans: Vrystaat [ˈfrɛistɑːt]; Xhosa: iFreyistata; Tswana: Foreistata; Zulu: iFuleyisitata ), formerly known as the Orange Free State, is a province of South Africa. Its capital is Bloemfontein, which is also South Africa 's judicial capital.
This is a list of the heritage sites in Free State in South Africa as recognized by the South African Heritage Resource Agency . / 28.311748°S 28.703842°E / -28.311748; 28.703842 ( SAHRA identifier 2/0/BEH/6 - 1 Olivier Street, Kestell, Bethlehem District) Type of site: Farmstead.
Bloemfontein City Hall. / 29.1140611°S 26.2167139°E / -29.1140611; 26.2167139. Bloemfontein City Hall ( Afrikaans: Stadhuis van Bloemfontein or Bloemfontein-stadsaal) is a historic building in Bloemfontein which houses the local city council. The building was completed in 1936 and burned by protestors in 2017.
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. It is located opposite the Supreme Court of Appeal in President Brand Street.
The city lies at an altitude of 1,700 metres (5,600 ft) and this contributes to its cool climate with frosty winters and mild summers. The average annual temperature is around 14 °C (57 °F). Bethlehem is situated approximately 240 kilometres (150 mi) north-east of Bloemfontein , 140 kilometres (87 mi) east of Kroonstad and 90 kilometres (56 ...
Website. Official website. Welkom ( Afrikaans pronunciation: [ˈvɛlkɔm]) is the second-largest city in the Free State province of South Africa, located about 140 kilometres (90 mi) northeast of Bloemfontein, the provincial capital. Welkom is also known as Circle City, City Within A Garden, Mvela and Matjhabeng.
160.2 km 2 (61.9 sq mi) Population. • Total. 900,712 (2,023) Area code. 051. Botshabelo, meaning "a place of refuge", is a large township set up in 1979. It is located east of Bloemfontein in the present-day Free State province of South Africa. Botshabelo is now the largest township in Free State.