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      Vryburg () is a large agricultural town with a population of approximately 21,182 situated in the Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District Municipality of the North West Province of South Africa. It is the seat and the industrial and agricultural heartland of the district of the Bophirima region.


      Location



      The town is situated halfway between Kimberley (the capital of the Northern Cape Province) and Mahikeng (the capital of the North West Province).
      Vryburg is on Cecil Rhodes’s great northern railway, which ran from Cape Town through the Kimberley diamond fields, Vryburg, Mafeking, and northwards beyond the Victoria Falls. It is at the intersection of the N14 National Road (which runs from Pretoria in a southwesterly direction through Vryburg, Kuruman and Upington to the town of Springbok in the Northern Cape) and the N18 national road (which runs from Warrenton in a northerly direction through Vryburg to Mahikeng and Botswana).
      The township of Huhudi (Tswana for “running water”) is situated just south of the town.


      History




      = Capital of a Republic

      =
      The name Vryburg comes from the period in 1882 when Vryburg was established as the capital of the Republic of Stellaland. The Republicans called themselves Vryburgers (“free citizens”), and since the Afrikaans word for “citizen” is burger and the word for “borough” (or “fortress”) is burg the name of the town followed. The first and only president was G.J. van Niekerk. A site for the township was selected and named Endvogelfontein.
      On 15 November the same year, the name was changed to Vryburg. In December that year, newly laid out plots were apportioned to the volunteers by means of a lottery and by February 1883 some 400 farms had been established. The and plots were earned by Afrikaners when they helped a native tribe to get back stolen cattle from another rival native tribe of the region.
      On 16 August 1883, Administrator Van Niekerk proclaimed the Republic of Stellaland with Vryburg as capital and himself as President. By 1884, the town consisted of about 20 houses.
      Stellaland split into two rival factions – those who supported annexation into the Cape Colony as mooted by Cecil Rhodes, and those who preferred independence.


      = British Bechuanaland

      =
      In February 1884, the London Convention was signed, making Stellaland a British protectorate, with the Reverend John McKenzie appointed Commissioner to British Bechuanaland.
      In 1885, the British seized the town and incorporated the area into British Bechuanaland, which in turn became part of the Cape Colony in 1895.
      Vryburg today is the industrial and agricultural capital of the Bophirima (Western) region.


      = Concentration camp

      =
      During the Second Boer War, the British built a concentration camp here to house Boer women and children.


      = London Missionary Society

      =
      The Tiger Kloof Native Institute was set up south of the town by the London Missionary Society in 1904. A cornerstone for the building of the institute was laid in 1905 by the Earl of Selborne. The stone church on the premises is a national monument.


      = Colony to Province

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      By 1910, the Cape Colony became the Cape Province, one of the four provinces of the Union of South Africa and later the Republic of South Africa. When nine provinces were established in 1994, Vryburg finally became part of the North West Province.


      = Cold War

      =
      Vryburg hosted two squadrons of Dassault Mirage F1 (36 aircraft) of the South African Air Force from 1971 to 1993, co located with a Tank Squadron of 2 Special Service Battalion, 2 Transport and Airlift Squadrons of the Douglas C-47 Skytrain (10 Aircraft), 2 Companies of 1 Parachute Battalion and 6 Companies of the 2 South African Infantry Battalion.


      Economy




      = Beef production

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      Vryburg is South Africa's largest beef-producing district, with Bonsmara cattle the most popular. It is sometimes called "the Texas of South Africa".


      = Other produce

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      Maize and peanuts are important crops produced in the district. The town hosts South Africa's third largest agricultural show.
      The town today is an industrial and agricultural hub. Its modern architecture blends naturally with its surroundings and the well-preserved old buildings are carefully maintained.


      Transport


      There are roads, rail and air connections to all the major centers in the country. Vryburg is also situated on the main railway line from Cape Town to Botswana and Zimbabwe.
      The town is served by Vryburg Airport.


      Culture


      The Theiler Museum on the farm Armoedsvlakte, 8 km west of Vryburg, holds a collection of equipment used by Sir Arnold Theiler, the veterinarian who established the Onderstepoort veterinary research institute near Pretoria.


      Fauna and flora


      The Leon Taljaard Nature Reserve is located north west of the town with the Swartfontein resort located adjacent to the reserve. The reserve has a number of animal species including Rhino, Eland, Buffalo, Black Wildebeest, Waterbuck and Springbuck. It is open daily to the public.


      Notable residents


      Jamba Ulengo (born 1990), rugby union player for the Tel Aviv Heat
      Henry Kaltenbrun (born 1897), Olympic Silver medal winner in the 100 km time trial event of the 1920 Olympic Games


      See also


      Vryburg High School


      References



      Vryburg 1882-1982 Bornman, Hans (1982). Vryburg, 1882-1982. Vryburg: Stadsraad van Vryburg. ISBN 0620059885.


      External links


      Vryburg.com Online Portal
      Tiger Kloof Educational Institute Archived 2007-11-12 at the Wayback Machine
      Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute

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