Free State (province)

The Free State (Vrystaat, Foreistata; before 1995, the Orange Free State) is a province of South Africa. ^[1]

Ace Magashule

Elias Sekgobelo "Ace" Magashule (born 1959 at Tumahole, Parys) is a South African politician who served as the Premier of the Free State Province from 2009 until 2018.

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African buffalo

The African buffalo or Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer) is a large African bovine.

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African National Congress

The African National Congress (ANC) is the Republic of South Africa's governing political party.

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African Warriors F.C.

African Warriors are a South African football club based in Phuthaditjhaba, Free State that participates in the ABC Motsepe League.

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Afrikaans

Afrikaans is a West Germanic language spoken in South Africa, Namibia and, to a lesser extent, Botswana and Zimbabwe.

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Asian South Africans

Asian South Africans are South Africans of Asian descent.

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A Bantustan (also known as Bantu homeland, black homeland, black state or simply homeland) was a territory set aside for black inhabitants of South Africa and South West Africa (now Namibia), as part of the policy of apartheid.

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Basalt

Basalt is a common extrusive igneous (volcanic) rock formed from the rapid cooling of basaltic lava exposed at or very near the surface of a planet or moon.

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Berea District

Berea is a district of Lesotho.

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Bethlehem

Bethlehem (بيت لحم, "House of Meat"; בֵּית לֶחֶם,, "House of Bread";; Bethleem; initially named after Canaanite fertility god Lehem) is a Palestinian city located in the central West Bank, Palestine, about south of Jerusalem.

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Bethlehem, Free State

Bethlehem is a large town in the eastern Free State province of South Africa that is situated on the Liebenbergs river (also called Liebenbergs Vlei) along a fertile valley just north of the Rooiberg Mountains on the N5 road.It is the fastest growing town in the Free state province, with its target of being the Fourth largest city after Kroonstad in balance.

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Black people

Black people is a term used in certain countries, often in socially based systems of racial classification or of ethnicity, to describe persons who are perceived to be dark-skinned compared to other populations.

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Black wildebeest

The black wildebeest or white-tailed gnu (Connochaetes gnou) is one of the two closely related wildebeest species.

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Bloemfontein

Bloemfontein (Afrikaans and Dutch "fountain of flowers" or "blooming fountain"; also known as Bloem) is the capital city of the province of Free State of South Africa; and, as the judicial capital of the nation, one of South Africa's three national capitals (the other two being Cape Town, the legislative capital, and Pretoria, the administrative capital) and is the seventh largest city in South Africa.

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Bloemfontein Celtic F.C.

Bloemfontein Celtic is a South African football club based in Bloemfontein that plays in the Premier Soccer League.

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Bloemfontein Young Tigers

Bloemfontein Young Tigers are a South African football (soccer) club based in Bloemfontein that participates in the Vodacom League.

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Boer Republics

The Boer Republics (sometimes also referred to as Boer states) were independent, self-governed republics in the last half of the nineteenth century, created by the Dutch-speaking inhabitants of the Cape Colony and their descendants, variously named Trekboers, Boers and Voortrekkers in mainly the middle, northern and north eastern and eastern parts of what is now the country of South Africa.

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Botshabelo

Botshabelo, meaning "a place of refuge", is a large township set up in 1979 by the then apartheid government 45 km east of Bloemfontein in the present-day Free State province of South Africa.

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Breadbasket

The breadbasket of a country is a region which, because of richness of soil and/or advantageous climate, produces large quantities of wheat or other grain.

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Butha-Buthe District

Butha-Buthe is a district of Lesotho.

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Cape wild dog

The Cape wild dog (Lycaon pictus pictus), also known as South African wild dog or Cape hunting dog, is the nominate subspecies of African wild dog native to Southern Africa.

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Carara Kicks F.C.

Carara Kicks are a South African football (soccer) club based in Welkom, Free State that participates in the National First Division.

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Central University of Technology

Central University of Technology, Free State or Central University of Technology is a University of Technology in Bloemfontein in the Free State province of South Africa.

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Cheetahs (rugby union)

The Cheetahs, known for sponsorship reasons as the Toyota Cheetahs, is a South African rugby union team that played Super Rugby between 2006 and 2017, before joining the Pro14 competition prior to the 2017–18 season.

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Clarens, Free State

Clarens is a small town situated in the foothills of the Maluti Mountains in the Free State province of South Africa and nicknamed the "Jewel of the Eastern Free State".

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Coloureds

Coloureds (Kleurlinge) are a multiracial ethnic group native to Southern Africa who have ancestry from various populations inhabiting the region, including Khoisan, Bantu speakers, Afrikaners, and sometimes also Austronesians and South Asians.

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Common eland

The common eland (Taurotragus oryx), also known as the southern eland or eland antelope, is a savannah and plains antelope found in East and Southern Africa.

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Continental climate

Continental climates are defined in the Köppen climate classification as having the coldest month with the temperature never rising above 0.0° C (32°F) all month long.

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Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players each on a cricket field, at the centre of which is a rectangular pitch with a target at each end called the wicket (a set of three wooden stumps upon which two bails sit).

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Currie Cup

The Currie Cup tournament is South Africa's premier domestic rugby union competition, played each winter and spring (June to October), featuring teams representing either entire provinces or substantial regions within provinces.

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Diamond

Diamond is a solid form of carbon with a diamond cubic crystal structure.

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Dihlabeng Local Municipality

Dihlabeng Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Thabo Mofutsanyane District of the Free State in South Africa.

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Districts of Lesotho

The Kingdom of Lesotho is divided into ten districts, each headed by a district administrator.

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Districts of South Africa

The nine provinces of South Africa are divided into 52 districts (sing. district, kgaolo; setereke; selete; distrikte; isifunda; isiyingi; isithili; isigodzi; tshiṱiriki; xifundza), which are either metropolitan or district municipalities.

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Drakensberg

The Drakensberg (Afrikaans: Drakensberge, Zulu: uKhahlamba, Sotho: Maluti) is the name given to the eastern portion of the Great Escarpment, which encloses the central Southern African plateau.

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Eastern Cape

The Eastern Cape is a province of South Africa.

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Eunice High School (Bloemfontein)

Eunice High School is a girls' boarding school/day school in Bloemfontein, South Africa.

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Europe

Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.

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Fezile Dabi District Municipality

Fezile Dabi District Municipality, formerly known as Northern Free State District Municipality, is one of the 5 districts of Free State province of South Africa.

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Ficksburg

Ficksburg is a town situated at the foot of the 1,750 meter high Imperani Mountain in Free State province, South Africa.

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Flavius Mareka FET College

Flavius Mareka FET College is situated in the Fezile Dabi District of the Free State Province, South Africa.

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Free State Cheetahs

The Free State Cheetahs (formerly the Orange Free State), currently named the Toyota Free State Cheetahs, for sponsorship reasons, are a South African rugby union team that participates in the annual Currie Cup tournament.

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Free State Provincial Legislature

The Free State Provincial Legislature is the primary legislative body of the South African province of Free State.

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Free State Stars F.C.

Free State Stars is a South African football club based in Bethlehem, Free State that plays in the Premier Soccer League.

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Gauteng

Gauteng, which means "place of gold", is one of the nine provinces of South Africa.

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Golden Gate Highlands National Park

Golden Gate Highlands National Park is located in Free State, South Africa, near the Lesotho border.

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Grey College, Bloemfontein

Grey College is a public school for boys located in Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa, one of the 23 Milner Schools.

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Griffons (rugby team)

The Northern Free State Griffons (known as the Down Touch Griffons for sponsorship reasons) are a South African rugby union team that participates in the annual Currie Cup and Rugby Challenge tournaments.

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Harrismith

Harrismith is a large town in the Free State province of South Africa.

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Indian South Africans

Indian South Africans are citizens and residents of South Africa of Indian descent.

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Inselberg

An inselberg or monadnock is an isolated rock hill, knob, ridge, or small mountain that rises abruptly from a gently sloping or virtually level surrounding plain.

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Karoo

The Karoo (from a Khoikhoi word, possibly garo "desert") is a semidesert natural region of South Africa.

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Knights (cricket team)

The VKB Knights are a franchise cricket team composed of the Free State and Griqualand West first class cricket areas in South Africa.

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Koffiefontein

Koffiefontein is a small farming town in the Free State province of South Africa.

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Kopanong Local Municipality

Kopanong Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Xhariep District of the Free State in South Africa.

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Koppies

Koppies is a small town (railway station) situated near the Renoster River in the Free State province of South Africa.

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Kroonstad

Kroonstad (Afrikaans for "Crown City") is the third-largest city in the Free State (after Bloemfontein and Welkom) and lies two hours drive from Gauteng.

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Kudu

The kudus are two species of antelope of the genus Tragelaphus.

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KwaZulu-Natal

KwaZulu-Natal (also referred to as KZN and known as "the garden province") is a province of South Africa that was created in 1994 when the Zulu bantustan of KwaZulu ("Place of the Zulu" in Zulu) and Natal Province were merged.

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Ladybrand

Ladybrand is a small agricultural town in the Free State province of South Africa, situated 18 km from Maseru, the capital of Lesotho.

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Laohu Valley Reserve

The Laohu Valley Reserve (LVR) is a nature reserve located near Philippolis in the Free State and near Vanderkloof Dam in the Northern Cape of South Africa.

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Lejweleputswa District Municipality

Lejweleputswa (Sesotho word meaning "Grey rock" in English) is one of the 5 districts of Free State province of South Africa.

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Leribe District

Leribè is a district of Lesotho.

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Lesotho

Lesotho officially the Kingdom of Lesotho ('Muso oa Lesotho), is an enclaved country in southern Africa.

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Letsemeng Local Municipality

Letsemeng Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Xhariep District of the Free State in South Africa.

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List of cities and towns in the Free State

This is a list of cities and towns in Free State Province, South Africa.

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List of South African provinces by area

Since the election of 27 April 1994, South Africa has been divided into nine provinces.

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List of South African provinces by population

Since the election of 27 April 1994, South Africa has been divided into nine provinces.

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List of South African provinces by population density

Since the election of 27 April 1994, South Africa has been divided into nine provinces.

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Local municipality (South Africa)

In South Africa, a local municipality (mmasepalaselegae; masepala wa lehae; mmasepala wa selegae; plaaslike munisipaliteit; umasipala wendawo; umasipaladi wendawo; umasipala wengingqi; masipaladi wasekhaya; masipalawapo; masipala wa muganga) or Category B municipality is a type of municipality that serves as the third, and most local, tier of local government.

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Mafeteng District

Mafeteng is a district of Lesotho.

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Mafube Local Municipality

Mafube Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Fezile Dabi District of the Free State in South Africa.

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Maize

Maize (Zea mays subsp. mays, from maíz after Taíno mahiz), also known as corn, is a cereal grain first domesticated by indigenous peoples in southern Mexico about 10,000 years ago.

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Maloti Mountains

The Maloti Mountains, also spelled Maluti, are a mountain range of the highlands of the Kingdom of Lesotho.

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Maluti-a-Phofung Local Municipality

Maluti-a-Phofung Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Thabo Mofutsanyane District of the Free State in South Africa.

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Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality

Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality is a metropolitan municipality which governs Bloemfontein and surrounding towns in the Free State province of South Africa.

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Mantsopa Local Municipality

Mantsopa Local Municipality is a local municipality in the Thabo Mofutsanyana District of the Free State in South Africa.

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Maseru District

Maseru is a district of Lesotho.

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Masilonyana Local Municipality

Masilonyana Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Lejweleputswa District of the Free State in South Africa.

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Matjhabeng Local Municipality

Matjhabeng Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Lejweleputswa District of the Free State in South Africa, that includes the city of Welkom.

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Media24

Media24 is the print media arm of the South African media company Naspers.

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Metropolitan municipality (South Africa)

In South Africa, a metropolitan municipality or Category A municipality is a municipality which executes all the functions of local government for a city or conurbation.

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Metsimaholo Local Municipality

Metsimaholo Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Fezile Dabi District of the Free State in South Africa.

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Mohale's Hoek District

Mohale's Hoek is a district of Lesotho.

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Mohokare Local Municipality

Mohokare Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Xhariep District of the Free State in South Africa.

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Mokhotlong District

Mokhotlong district (in Sesotho language "the place of the bald ibis") is a district of Lesotho.

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Moqhaka Local Municipality

Moqhaka is a municipality in the Fezile Dabi District, Free State Province, South Africa.

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Motheo District Municipality

Motheo (Sesotho, meaning "foundation" or "cornerstone") was, until the municipal elections of 18 May 2011, a district of the Free State province of South Africa.

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Mpumalanga

Mpumalanga is a province of South Africa.

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Mudstone

Mudstone, a type of mudrock, is a fine-grained sedimentary rock whose original constituents were clays or muds.

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Nala Local Municipality

Nala Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Lejweleputswa District of the Free State in South Africa.

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Naledi Local Municipality, Free State

Naledi Local Municipality was a local municipality in the Free State province in South Africa.

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Ngwathe Local Municipality

Ngwathe Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Fezile Dabi District of the Free State in South Africa.

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Nketoana Local Municipality

Nketoana Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Thabo Mofutsanyane District of the Free State in South Africa.

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North West (South African province)

North West is a province of South Africa.

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Northern Cape

The Northern Cape (Noord-Kaap; Kapa Bokone) is the largest and most sparsely populated province of South Africa.

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Odendaalsrus

Odendaalsrus is the oldest gold mining town in the Lejweleputswa District Municipality in the goldfields of the Free State province in South Africa.

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Orange Free State

The Orange Free State (Oranje-Vrijstaat, Oranje-Vrystaat, abbreviated as OVS) was an independent Boer sovereign republic in southern Africa during the second half of the 19th century, which later became a British colony and a province of the Union of South Africa.

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Orange Free State (province)

The Province of the Orange Free State (Provinsie van die Oranje-Vrystaat), commonly referred to as the Orange Free State (Oranje-Vrystaat), Free State (Vrystaat) or by its abbreviation OFS, was one of the four provinces of South Africa from 1910 to 1994.

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Parliamentary system

A parliamentary system is a system of democratic governance of a state where the executive branch derives its democratic legitimacy from its ability to command the confidence of the legislative branch, typically a parliament, and is also held accountable to that parliament.

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Parys

Parys (pronounced) is a town situated on the banks of the Vaal River in the Free State province of South Africa.

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Philippolis

Philippolis is a small town in the Free State province of South Africa.

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Phumelela Local Municipality

Phumelela Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Thabo Mofutsanyane District of the Free State in South Africa.

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Phuthaditjhaba

Phuthaditjhaba (formerly Witsieshoek or Qwaqwa) is a town in the Free State province of South Africa.

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Poland

Poland (Polska), officially the Republic of Poland (Rzeczpospolita Polska), is a country located in Central Europe.

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Precipitation

In meteorology, precipitation is any product of the condensation of atmospheric water vapor that falls under gravity.

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Premier of the Free State

The Premier of the Free State is the head of government of the Free State province of South Africa.

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Pro14

The PRO14 (known as the Guinness PRO14 for sponsorship reasons) is an annual rugby union competition involving professional sides from Ireland, Italy, Scotland, South Africa and Wales.

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Provinces of South Africa

South Africa is divided into nine provinces.

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QwaQwa

QwaQwa was a bantustan ("homeland") in the central eastern part of South Africa.

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Red hartebeest

The red hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus caama or A. caama) is a species of even-toed ungulate in the family Bovidae found in Southern Africa.

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Roses United F.C.

Roses United is a South African football club based in Bloemfontein, Free State province that plays in the National First Division.

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Rugby union

Rugby union, commonly known in most of the world as rugby, is a contact team sport which originated in England in the first half of the 19th century.

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Russia

Russia (rɐˈsʲijə), officially the Russian Federation (p), is a country in Eurasia. At, Russia is the largest country in the world by area, covering more than one-eighth of the Earth's inhabited land area, and the ninth most populous, with over 144 million people as of December 2017, excluding Crimea. About 77% of the population live in the western, European part of the country. Russia's capital Moscow is one of the largest cities in the world; other major cities include Saint Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg and Nizhny Novgorod. Extending across the entirety of Northern Asia and much of Eastern Europe, Russia spans eleven time zones and incorporates a wide range of environments and landforms. From northwest to southeast, Russia shares land borders with Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland (both with Kaliningrad Oblast), Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia and North Korea. It shares maritime borders with Japan by the Sea of Okhotsk and the U.S. state of Alaska across the Bering Strait. The East Slavs emerged as a recognizable group in Europe between the 3rd and 8th centuries AD. Founded and ruled by a Varangian warrior elite and their descendants, the medieval state of Rus arose in the 9th century. In 988 it adopted Orthodox Christianity from the Byzantine Empire, beginning the synthesis of Byzantine and Slavic cultures that defined Russian culture for the next millennium. Rus' ultimately disintegrated into a number of smaller states; most of the Rus' lands were overrun by the Mongol invasion and became tributaries of the nomadic Golden Horde in the 13th century. The Grand Duchy of Moscow gradually reunified the surrounding Russian principalities, achieved independence from the Golden Horde. By the 18th century, the nation had greatly expanded through conquest, annexation, and exploration to become the Russian Empire, which was the third largest empire in history, stretching from Poland on the west to Alaska on the east. Following the Russian Revolution, the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic became the largest and leading constituent of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the world's first constitutionally socialist state. The Soviet Union played a decisive role in the Allied victory in World War II, and emerged as a recognized superpower and rival to the United States during the Cold War. The Soviet era saw some of the most significant technological achievements of the 20th century, including the world's first human-made satellite and the launching of the first humans in space. By the end of 1990, the Soviet Union had the world's second largest economy, largest standing military in the world and the largest stockpile of weapons of mass destruction. Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, twelve independent republics emerged from the USSR: Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and the Baltic states regained independence: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania; the Russian SFSR reconstituted itself as the Russian Federation and is recognized as the continuing legal personality and a successor of the Soviet Union. It is governed as a federal semi-presidential republic. The Russian economy ranks as the twelfth largest by nominal GDP and sixth largest by purchasing power parity in 2015. Russia's extensive mineral and energy resources are the largest such reserves in the world, making it one of the leading producers of oil and natural gas globally. The country is one of the five recognized nuclear weapons states and possesses the largest stockpile of weapons of mass destruction. Russia is a great power as well as a regional power and has been characterised as a potential superpower. It is a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council and an active global partner of ASEAN, as well as a member of the G20, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), the Council of Europe, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), and the World Trade Organization (WTO), as well as being the leading member of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) and one of the five members of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), along with Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.

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Sandstone

Sandstone is a clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) mineral particles or rock fragments.

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Sasol

Sasol Limited is an integrated energy and chemical company based in Sandton, South Africa.

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Sasolburg

Sasolburg is a large industrial town within the Metsimaholo Local Municipality in the far north of the Free State province of South Africa.

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Setsoto Local Municipality

Setsoto Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Thabo Mofutsanyane District of the Free State in South Africa.

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Shale

Shale is a fine-grained, clastic sedimentary rock composed of mud that is a mix of flakes of clay minerals and tiny fragments (silt-sized particles) of other minerals, especially quartz and calcite.

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Sisi Ntombela

Sefora Sonia (Sisi) Ntombela (born 1957) is a South African politician.

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Soetdoring Nature Reserve

Soetdoring Nature Reserve is a nature reserve in Free State, South Africa.

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Sotho language

Sotho (Sesotho; also known as Southern Sotho, or Southern Sesotho, Historically also Suto, or Suthu, Souto, Sisutho, Sutu, or Sesutu, according to the pronunciation of the name.) is a Southern Bantu language of the Sotho-Tswana (S.30) group, spoken primarily in South Africa, where it is one of the 11 official languages, and in Lesotho, where it is the national language.

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Sotho people

The Basotho are a Bantu ethnic group whose ancestors have lived in southern Africa since around the fifth century.

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South Africa

South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.

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South African English

South African English (SAfrE, SAfrEng, SAE, en-ZA) is the set of English dialects native to South Africans.

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South African Standard Time

South African Standard Time (SAST) is the time zone used by all of South Africa, Botswana as well as Swaziland and Lesotho.

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Southern African cheetah

The South African cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus jubatus), also known as the Namibian cheetah, is the most numerous and the nominate cheetah subspecies native to Southern Africa.

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Southern African wildcat

The Southern African wildcat (Felis lybica cafra) is one of three subspecies of the African wildcat.

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Southern white rhinoceros

The southern white rhinoceros or southern square-lipped rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum), is one of the two subspecies of the white rhinoceros (the other being the Northern white rhinoceros).

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Springbok

The springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis) is a medium-sized antelope found mainly in southern and southwestern Africa.

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Thaba 'Nchu

Thaba 'Nchu is a town in Free State, South Africa, located 60 km east of Bloemfontein and 17 km east of Botshabelo.

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Thabo Mofutsanyana District Municipality

Thabo Mofutsanyana is one of the 5 districts of the Free State province of South Africa.

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Thabong

Thabong (meaning 'place of happiness' in Southern Sotho) is a large township on the goldfields of the Free State province in South Africa.

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Thunderstorm

A thunderstorm, also known as an electrical storm, lightning storm, or thundershower, is a storm characterized by the presence of lightning and its acoustic effect on the Earth's atmosphere, known as thunder.

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Tokologo Local Municipality

Tokologo Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Lejweleputswa District of the Free State in South Africa.

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Tswana language

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Tswelopele Local Municipality

Tswelopele Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Lejweleputswa District of the Free State in South Africa.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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University of the Free State

The University of the Free State is a multi campus public university in Bloemfontein, the capital of the Free State and the judicial capital of South Africa.

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Virginia, Free State

Virginia is a gold mining town located in the Lejweleputswa District Municipality and on goldfields of the Free State province in South Africa about 140 km (90 mi) northeast of Bloemfontein the provincial capital.

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Welkom

Welkom is the second-largest city in the Free State province of South Africa, located about northeast of Bloemfontein, the provincial capital.

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Wepener

Wepener is a village in the Free State, South Africa, located near the border with Lesotho.

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White South Africans

White South Africans are South Africans descended from any of the white racial groups of Europe and the Levant who regard themselves, or are not regarded as, not being part of another racial group (for example, as Coloureds).

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Winburg

Winburg is a small mixed farming town in the Free State province of South Africa.

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Xhariep District Municipality

Xhariep is one of the 5 districts of Free State province of South Africa.

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Xhosa language

Xhosa (Xhosa: isiXhosa) is a Nguni Bantu language with click consonants ("Xhosa" begins with a click) and one of the official languages of South Africa.

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Zebra

Zebras are several species of African equids (horse family) united by their distinctive black and white striped coats.

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Zulu language

Zulu (Zulu: isiZulu) is the language of the Zulu people, with about 10 million speakers, the vast majority (over 95%) of whom live in South Africa.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_State_(province)

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