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At least 31 people are suspected to have died in a methane gas explosion at a disused gold mine in South Africa around the third week of May in 2023. [3] [2] [4] [5] [6] The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) reported late on 22 June 2023 that the miners had died in a mining shaft at the abandoned Virginia mine in Welkom, Free ...
Welkom (Afrikaans pronunciation:) is the second-largest city in the Free State province of South Africa, located about 140 kilometres (90 mi) northeast of Bloemfontein, the provincial capital. Welkom is also known as Circle City , City Within A Garden , Mvela and Matjhabeng .
Oryx gold mine, near Welkom, South Africa. The Free State Gold Rush was a gold rush in Free State, South Africa. It began after the end of World War II, even though gold had been discovered in the area around the year 1934. It drove major development in the region until the mid–to–late 1980s as part of the mineral revolution in South Africa.
This is a list of cities and towns in Free State Province, South Africa. In the case of settlements that have had their official names changed the traditional name is listed first followed by the new name.
History. It is named after Jan van Riebeeck and was established as an upper-class [citation needed] suburb, void of mine shafts, for people working in Welkom or on the Free State goldfields. The suburb is the largest in the city of Welkom and has a significant white population. Afrikaans is most spoken language in the suburb followed by Sesotho ...
Name Code Seat Area (km²) [1] Population (2016) [2] Pop. density (per km²) Fezile Dabi District Municipality: DC20 Sasolburg: 20,668 494,777 23.9 Lejweleputswa District Municipality
Donna Kelce, Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid, and several players will appear in Hallmark's upcoming movie, "Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story." What you need to know about the movie.
The Orange Free State (Dutch: Oranje Vrijstaat; [a] Afrikaans: Oranje-Vrystaat [b]) was an independent Boer sovereign republic under British suzerainty in Southern Africa during the second half of the 19th century, which ceased to exist after it was defeated and surrendered to the British Empire at the end of the Second Boer War in 1902.