• The siege of Rustenburg was a siege that took place between 1880 and 1881 during the First Boer War. Boer forces of the South African Republic carried...
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    Rustenburg (/ˈrʌstənbɜːrɡ/; Afrikaans pronunciation: [ˈrœstənbœrχ], Afrikaans and Dutch: City of Rest) is a city at the foot of the Magaliesberg mountain...
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    by the Elands River, 69 km east of the town of Zeerust, 56 km west of the city of Rustenburg and 34 km north-west of Koster. It is on the N4 road. It...
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    Jacobus Philippus Snyman (category South African Republic military personnel of the Second Boer War)
    allocated to the siege at Mafeking as the burghers from Rustenburg and Marico who had remained were insufficient to continue the siege. Derdepoort was...
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    This is a timeline of the history of the area in present-day South Africa....
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    Zeerust–Rustenburg road, which crossed the river at a ford about 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) west of the farm. While the ground to the north, south and west of the...
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    Rustenburg Commando was a light infantry regiment of the South African Army. It formed part of the South African Army Infantry Formation as well as the...
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  • Harry Birkhead (category Fellows of the Royal Philatelic Society London)
    Philatelic Federation of South Africa, 2005. (With John Groenewald) ISBN 0620334916 The riddle of Rustenburg, Philatelic Federation of South Africa, 2007...
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    Gordon Chesney Wilson (category British Army personnel of the Second Boer War)
    Baden-Powell returned to Rustenburg only Wilson and one other staff officer was still with him, and they were paraded out of Pretoria with Roberts riding...
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    Elands River (North West) (category Rivers of North West (South African province))
    is Rustenburg. Sun City is located between the Elands River and the Pilanesberg mountain. This river is famous for the Battle of Elands River of the...
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  • Sasolburg and Rustenburg to be processed in the Wesselsbron factory. Tons of liquidated fertilizer is distributed to the rich cultivated fields of the Western...
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    members of the AWB beat up African-American reporter Michael Allen of The New York Times while covering an AWB mobilization in Rustenburg. Despite the...
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    Petrus Johannes Liebenberg (category People of the First Boer War)
    position on the ridge at the south bank of the Molopo River near Mafeking, while Boer burgers from Rustenburg en Marico protected the ridge on the north...
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    African Republic). In Article 17 of the Constitution of the ZAR dated 18 February 1858 (which was accepted in Rustenburg), it was stated that "Potchefstroom...
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  • 1900 in South Africa (category Years of the 19th century in South Africa)
    receiving reports of General Grobler's approach. 3 – British forces under Col. Baden-Powell evacuate Rustenburg. August 21–27 – The Battle of Bergendal between...
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    of the Potchefstroom and Rustenburg districts. On 16 December 1852, Andries died and his son, Piet Pretorius, was appointed as commandant general of the...
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    in the sweeps in the vicinity of Rustenburg, Magaliesberg and the Elands River, followed by Wittebergen. At the end of 1900, he handed over command, and...
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    Special Task Force (SAPS) (category Special forces of South Africa)
    injuries and was taken to the hospital. Marikana Miners Strike, Rustenburg. Members of the Special Task Force were deployed to the Lonmin owned mine in...
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  • pumasrugbyunion.com. Retrieved 2022-08-10. "Baraki : Le stade doté de 40 784 sièges". 10 May 2020. Retrieved 10 May 2020. New China News agency report Sept...
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    Schalk Willem Burger (category Members of the Volksraad of the South African Republic)
    battle of Spion Kop and battle of Modder River on 30 October 1899. Burger was criticized for his lack of military prowess during the siege of Ladysmith...
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    Paul Kruger (category Members of the Volksraad of the South African Republic)
    age of 16. Kruger set up his home at the farm Boekenhoutfontein, near Rustenburg in the Magaliesberg area. Kruger later became the owner of a piece of farmland...
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    coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates) This is a list of the heritage sites in the North West province of South Africa, as recognized by the South African...
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    and Jack's siding near Germiston in the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek to a siege camp 3.5 kilometres (2.2 miles) away along the Bezuidenhout Valley. Locomotives...
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    Marthinus Nikolaas Ras (category Articles with topics of unclear notability from January 2022)
    to great effect on a British fort near Rustenburg, firing 93 shots and resulting in the subsequent surrender of the fort. On 21 February 1900, during the...
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    First Boer War (category Military history of the British Empire)
    Potchefstroom and Rustenburg in the west. Boers begun to besiege Marabastad fort on 29 December 1880. The three main engagements of the war were all within...
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  • chronological list of known riots. 205–186 – BC The great revolt of Egypt against Ptolemy V Epiphanes. 48 BC – 47 BC – Riots during the Siege of Alexandria (47...
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  • Thabo Rametsi (category People from Rustenburg)
    known for his roles in The Giver, The Gamechangers and Kalushi: The Story of Solomon Mahlangu. He was born on 17 July 1988 in Umlazi, KwaZulu-Natal, South...
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  • North York Rifle Militia (category Militia of England)
    seize the wagons. One man of the Green Howard details was killed near Taungs. From Taungs the company continued through Rustenburg, arriving from Krugersdorp...
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    greatest rivals are schools in the Potchefstroom area and schools in Rustenburg. In academics it also excels.[citation needed] For the last few years[when...
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  • Political assassinations in post-apartheid South Africa (category Politics of South Africa)
    of Mineworkers, Rustenburg, North West, 2012 Thembinkosi Qumbelo, Local activist and ANC leader, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, 2013 Two unnamed members of Abahlali...
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