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Vryburg| Town in Northwest province, South Africa, 160 km/99 mi southwest of Mmabatho; population (district, 1991) 98,500. The centre of a livestock-producing area, it has a creamery, canning factory, and cold storage plant. Vryburg is on the railway line that runs through Botswana and Zimbabwe into Zambia. |
| Vryburg was the capital of the short-lived Stellaland Republic (1882–1884), founded by Boers from Transvaal. |
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No references found | He had attended the premier schools for Africans in South Africa: Adam College, a mission school near Durban; the missionary-run Lovedale College in Alice in the Eastern Cape; and Tiger Kloof in Vryburg, which was not very far from the Bechuanaland border and was run by the London Missionary Society. COV PLAYER PROFILE Hendry Rheeders Birthplace: Vryburg, South Africa Position: back row and second row Weight: 110 kg Height: 197cm Previous clubs: SWD Eagles, Bulls, Pumas, Cheetahs Representative honours: Bulls Supers 12s Favourite team-mate: Ruben Kruger Other sports: golf, darts Hobbies: TV Favourite food: steak Favourite drink: Castle lager Favourite Film: Rudy Favourite TV: Smallville and any sports programme. But on his return journey six hours later between Vryburg and Warrenton in South Africa he stopped and found the baby waving her arms. |
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