Potchefstroom
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Potchefstroom, known colloquially as Potch, is an academic city in the North West Province of South Africa. It hosts the Potchefstroom Campus of North-West University. Potchefstroom is situated on the
Town Hall, Potgieter Street, Potchefstroom 001
Dutch Reformed Church Potchefstroom 001
Reformed Church Potchefstroom 045
Oak Avenue, one of many oak-lined streets near the university
South African Republic
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The South African Republic, also known as the Transvaal Republic, was a landlocked independent Boer republic in Southern Africa which existed from 1852 to 1902, when it was annexed into the British Em
Potchefstroom
…Under the convention, the British government granted independence to the immigrant farmers north of the Vaal River, leading to the establishment of the Transvaal. Article 17 of the republic's 1858 constitution declared Potchefstroom as the capital and Pretoria as the seat of government. In May 1860, Potchefstroom…
Coat of arms of the South African Republic displayed on Kruger's wagon
President Paul Kruger in 1898
Piet Cronjé's followers delivering up their rifles