Brandfort (E11)

December 2015

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Historic fact:


S
OURCES WHERE BY THE BLOW-BY- BLOW EVENTS OF EACH BATTLE AND EVERY SKIRMISH OF THE ANGLO-BOER WAR CAN BE TRACED.

19000325 - 19000325 BRANDFORT BRON 5, BL.177-178

This comprehensive list is supplied by Bloemfontein War Museum and is the result of intensive research done by this museum about each and every battle. This list is invaluable when consulting the below mentioned books and should be of great benefit to historians doing research of their own area.
http://www.icon.co.za/~dup42/oorlog.htm




The Anglo Boer War Cemeteries at Brandfort, including different sites of Boer, African and British graveyards.

https://www.facebook.com/Herdenkingsritte/photos/pcb.965862726814872/965861713481640/?type=3&theater
The Winburg Voortrekker Monument.
The 1956 Women's Pass Resistance Site next to the old Magistrate Court in Winburg.
The Winnie Mandela Museum Lodge.
http://www.bulletinonline.co.za/archives/specfeat/1sep2006.php
Other interesting info:

During her trial for kidnapping and assaulting Stompie, Mrs Madikizela-Mandela claimed she had left Johannesburg for Brandfort on December 29 after Mr Cebekhulu had been examined by Dr Asvat. She said she had returned on December 31, giving her an alibi for the assault on Stompie.

http://www.dispatch.co.za/1997/12/02/page%201.htm



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