Viljoensdrif
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viljoensdrif-301-16702326
title:
Viljoensdrif
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Viljoensdrif is a coal-mining village 8 km south of Vereeniging and part of the Fezile Dabi District Municipality in the Free State province of South Africa. It takes its name from ford which was closed to ox-wagons by President Paul Kruger in 1895 to prevent goods reaching the Witwatersrand, thus forcing people to use the Netherlands-South African Railway Company (NZASM)'s Pretoria-Delagoa Bay railroad. Named after the owner of the place, J H Viljoen, who established a ferry in 1857.
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Place in Free State, South Africa
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viljoensdrif
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date modified:
2022-04-27T08:19:31Z
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