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Brakpan

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Brakpan , city (1991 pop. 130,463), Gauteng, NE South Africa. It is a gold- and coal-mining center and has an ironworks. There is also a technical college in the city. Author not available, BRAKPAN. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 ... Read more

Vorster, Balthazar Johannes
...committed republican, he was interned for seventeen months for his opposition to the war effort, 1942–3. He moved to Brakpan (Transvaal), but was not elected to Parliament until 1953, when he was also admitted to the Johannesburg Bar. As Deputy Minister... Read more

Balthazar Johannes Vorster
...attorney in Port Elizabeth and then in the Witwatersrand town of Brakpan. Involvement in Politics The outbreak of war in September 1939...sought to gain nomination as the Afrikaner party candidate for Brakpan in the elections of that year. Relations between the National... Read more

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	Ruthless Cheetahs in mean mood; Visitors shine as they light up the brown, brown fields of Brakpan.(Sports) ; BYLINE: Kevin McCallum Bosman Stadium, Brakpan Valke(6) 11 Try: Wannenburg; Penalties: Olivier (2) Free State...blue lines. The Cheetahs lit up the brown, brown fields of Brakpan last night to put down an early marker to the chasing pack... Read more
	College Rovers to take on Brakpan.(Sports) ; ...Jos Robson College Rovers will face the Valke champion club Brakpan in the first semi-final at the SAA National Club Rugby Championships...having notched up seven points with a try and conversion. Brakpan beat Free State Cheetahs champion club side CUT Ixias (Free... Read more
	Bulls wary of Valke in Brakpan.(Sports) ; ...preparations for their Currie Cup clash against the Valke in Brakpan tomorrow evening, the Blue Bulls have kept a low profile opting...Bulls a little more wary of the challenge that lies ahead in Brakpan tomorrow. Ludeke has almost everything going for him, from... Read more
	Police continue search for Brakpan boy presumed drowned in river.(News) ; ...from boats and the shore in the hope of finding the body of Brakpan teenager, Jason Pretorius, who is presumed to have drowned...life jacket. The teenagers, pupils of Die Anker Hoerskool in Brakpan, were conducting a team-building exercise when the accident... Read more
	Bulls up against it in Brakpan.(Sports) ; ...provision for his former team's visit to Brakpan tonight. The players may have changed...better than getting one over the boys from Brakpan. Emotions will run high in the Valke dressing-ro...seems to follow any opposition team in Brakpan. Teams Blue Bulls: Johan Roets, John Mametsa... Read more
	Quins dump Brakpan, but Police lose to Reefs.(Sports) ; ...causing something of an upset themselves by beating last year's champions Brakpan 32-25 in their own backyard. With this win, Quins also avenged their 28-24 loss to Brakpan last year. Charl Landsberg scored a try and kicked three conversions and... Read more
	Lions hoping for revival; Victory over the Valke in Brakpan could kick-start a run in the Currie Cup.(Sports) ; ...just one point. Usually, that would be good news for the Golden Lions as they contemplate their match at Bosman Stadium in Brakpan on Friday, but their record this season is far from one they would like to brag about. They are second-last in the division... Read more
	Province want to protect theball against 'hyped-up' Valke.(Sports) ; ...preventing a possible Friday Fright Night in Brakpan. Instead, they want to put pressure on...around, the ball goes on the floor in Brakpan, they will kick it through, he said. The...nightmare that you are dealing with in Brakpan on a Friday night. So we must try to hold... Read more
	Search goes on for missing pupil.(News) ; CAPE TOWN: Six Brakpan teenagers are expected back home today...vice-principal of Die Anker Hoerskool in Brakpan , Abel van der Wal, said the surviving...had accompanied them would return to Brakpan today. He said the school's principal... Read more
	Drowning horror: teens due back.(News) ; BYLINE: CARYN DOLLEY Six Brakpan teenagers are expected back home today...vice-principal of Die Anker Hoerskool in Brakpan which the teenagers attend, said the...the trip were expected to return to Brakpan today. He said the school's principal... Read more

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