Ladybrand
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Ladybrand | ||
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PO box 9745 | ||
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Ladybrand is a small agricultural town in the
Basotho Wars, it was named after Lady (Catharina) Brand, the wife of the president of the Orange Free State, Johannes Brand.[4][5]
The settlement of Ladybrand was created by
Voortrekkers to give them control over the territories conquered and captured after the above-mentioned Basotho war. In 1900, during the Second Anglo-Boer War
, Ladybrand came under the control of the British.
Notable residents
- Kobie Coetsee - lawyer, National Party politician and administrator as well as a negotiator during the country's transition to democracy.
- Nico Diederichs - State President of South Africa from 1975 to 1978.
- Lehlohonolo Majoro - Cape Town City FC striker 1986–present
- Wagga Wagga Likoebe - Kaizer Chiefs winger 1977-82[6]
- Pule Lechesa - poet, literary critic, essayist
- Lefa Tsutsulupa - Morokwa Swallows midfielder 1975-2013
- Jurie van Vuuren (born 1993) - rugby union player for the Tel Aviv Heat
References
- hdl:2263/26503.
- ^ a b c d Main Place Ladybrand from Census 2011.
- ^ Mantsopa Local Municipality Archived 2011-07-23 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2010-09-11.
- ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 16 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 62.
- ^ "About Ladybrand". propertyladybrand.co.za. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
- ^ "Likoebe knew just how to rattle the net". SowetanLIVE. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
External links
Ladybrand travel guide from Wikivoyage
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