Wakkerstroom (Awake Stream) is the second oldest town in Mpumalanga province, South Africa. The town is on the KwaZulu-Natal border, 27 km east of Volksrust...
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their first recruits were Pieter Louis le Roux and Daniel Nkonyane of Wakkerstroom who continued to evangelize after the Zionist missionaries left in 1908...
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Wakkerstroom 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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early age, Joubert migrated to the Transvaal, where he settled in the Wakkerstroom district near Laing's Nek and the north-east corner of the Colony of...
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Acontias wakkerstroomensis (redirect from Wakkerstroom legless skink)
Acontias wakkerstroomensis, the Wakkerstroom legless skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. It is endemic to South Africa. Conradie, W...
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deed took place on 22 April 1900 at Wakkerstroom, South Africa, for which he was awarded the VC: At Wakkerstroom, on the 22nd April, 1900, No. 2 Mounted...
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Ridge): 155,881 Bethal: 77,780 Volksrust: 29,924 Amersfoort: 33,461 Wakkerstroom: 33,246 Piet Retief: 64,052 Ermelo: 111,082 Carolina: 30,438 Bronkhorstspruit:...
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Second Boer War when his actions at Wakkerstroom led to the award of the Victoria Cross. His citation reads: At Wakkerstroom, on the evening of the 20th April...
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and Harold Schwann in 1905 when they described a specimen collected at Wakkerstroom. They suggested there were four local meerkat races in the Cape and Deelfontein...
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Ministries of Africa or ZEMA. In South Africa, churches were established at Wakkerstroom and Charlestown on the Transvaal-Natal border. Zionism blends traditional...
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a range of low kopjes and the river bank at Colenso itself, and the Wakkerstroom and Standerton commandos on Hlangwane. Buller was handicapped by a shortage...
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Dingana alaedeus (redirect from Wakkerstroom widow)
Dingana alaedeus, the Wakkerstroom widow, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is only known from high altitude grassland at about 2,000 meters...
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to Natal were: Vryheid, Utrecht and such portion of the district of Wakkerstroom as was encompassed by a line drawn from the north-eastern corner of Natal...
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other five forts, with a minimum of fifty miles between any two, were at Wakkerstroom and Standerton in the south, Marabastad in the north and Potchefstroom...
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the Klip River as the dividing line, the Transvaal thus securing the Wakkerstroom and adjacent districts. The Basutoland difficulties were no sooner arranged...
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Donkerhoek (Diamond Hill, 11 – 12 June 1900), and afterwards was sent to the Wakkerstroom area. Under the command of general Chris Botha Smuts led the remaining...
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connects Vrede with the Mahamba Border Post with Eswatini via Volksrust, Wakkerstroom and Piet Retief. Its western terminus is the R34 in Vrede, Free State...
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their origin from the Swazi. They moved north to Lake Chrissie area from Wakkerstroom. After the defeat by Mzilikazi during the Mfecane they settled in the...
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600 3,750 7,550 Utrecht 1,750 1,100 2,860 Vrijheid 2,640 2,520 5,160 Wakkerstroom 6,000 6,700 11,700 Waterberg 2,600 2,300 4,900 Wolmaranstad 1,600 1,600...
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Potchefstroom Pretoria Rustenburg Standerton Swaziland Utrecht Vryheid Wakkerstroom Waterberg Wolmaransstad Zoutpansberg Zwartruggens Commando Kommando Military...
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Harry Churchill Beet (1873–1946), awarded a Victoria Cross for valour at Wakkerstroom, South Africa, in the Second Boer War on 22 April 1900, born at Brackendale...
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trace their origin from the Swazi.They moved north to Lake Chrissie from Wakkerstroom. They went from there to Mokwena River (which today is called Crocodile...
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Aloeides merces (redirect from Wakkerstroom copper)
Aloeides merces, the Wakkerstroom copper, is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is endemic to South Africa, where it is known from sour...
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movement attracted many of the early Zionists led by Pieter L. Le Roux of Wakkerstroom.: 15 Due to the segregationist impulses of the AFM's white membership...
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45%; Zulu 23%; Afrikaans 9%; Ndebele 7%; English 5%; Sotho 3%; Pedi 2% Wakkerstroom 698 375 Pixley ka Seme Zulu 86%; English 4%; Afrikaans 4%; Ndebele 2%...
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expanded rapidly among African farm workers in the Orange River Colony and Wakkerstroom, where Pentecostal beliefs in divine healing through prayer would have...
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Name Province Remarks/new name Wakkerstroom Mpumalanga Warden Free State Warner Beach KwaZulu-Natal Warrenton Northern Cape Wartburg KwaZulu-Natal Wasbank...
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Wolmaransstad district (North West) TAL Pietersburg (Limpopo) Now Polokwane. TAM Wakkerstroom (Mpumalanga) TAN Potgietersrus (Limpopo) Now Mokopane. TAO Ottosdal (North...
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emissary Daniel Bryant between 1904 and 1908 established churches at Wakkerstroom and on the Witwatersrand. After Bryant left these churches proliferated...
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skink Acontias wakkerstroomensis Conradie, Busschau, & Edwards, 2018 – Wakkerstroom legless skink Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates...
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