Francis William Reitz, Jr. was a South African lawyer, politician, statesman, publicist, and poet who was a member of parliament of the Cape Colony, Chief Justice and fifth State President of the Orange Free State, State Secretary of the South African Republic at the time of the Second Boer War, and the first president of the Senate of the Union of South Africa.
Francis William Reitz
President F.W. Reitz of the Orange Free State, 1890
Statue of Francis William Reitz in Bloemfontein
Third Council Hall (Derde Raadszaal) of the Volksraad of the Orange Free State, Bloemfontein, 1893, just before it was replaced by the Vierde Raadszaal
Swellendam is the third oldest town in South Africa, a town with 17,537 inhabitants situated in the Western Cape province. The town has over 50 provincial heritage sites, most of them buildings of Cape Dutch architecture. Swellendam is situated on the N2, approximately 220 km from both Cape Town and George.
Image: Swellendam view
Image: Dutch Reformed Church Swellendam 2
Image: Schoone Oordt Country House Hotel Swellendam South Africa 1
Image: Old Drostdy, Swellendam