Reddersburg

Reddersburg
Old Reformed church in Boshoff Street, Reddersburg
Reddersburg  Reddersburg shown within Free State
Coordinates: 29°39′S 26°10′E / 29.650°S 26.167°ECoordinates: 29°39′S 26°10′E / 29.650°S 26.167°E
Country	South Africa
Province	Free State
District	Xhariep
Municipality	Kopanong
Established	1861[1]
Government
• Type	Municipality
• Mayor	Xolile Mathwa[2] (ANC)
Area[3]
• Total	20.1 km^2 (7.8 sq mi)
Population (2011)[3]
• Total	4,886
• Density	240/km^2 (630/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[3]
• Black African	85.7%
• Coloured	2.8%
• Indian/Asian	0.3%
• White	10.9%
• Other	0.3%
First languages (2011)[3]
• Sotho	65.7%
• Xhosa	15.7%
• Afrikaans	14.0%
• Sign language	1.7%
• Other	2.8%
Postal code (street)	9904
PO box	9904
Area code	051

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

History

The town was established around the Reformed Church Reddersburg, which was established on the farm Thorbeck on 7 May 1859. The church counsel bought the farm Vlakfontein to establish the town. The name is Afrikaans and means "Saviour's Town", from "God is our Saviour". The town was managed by the church until 1894 when it was handed over to the municipality on agreement that a hereditary tenure of 33 pounds sterling must be paid by the municipality to the church on an annual basis.

During the Second Boer War, Reddersburg was the site of one of the last victories for the Boer forces over the British. Troops led by General Christiaan de Wet attacked a convoy of 600 of the Royal Irish Rifles on April 4, 1900, and obtained their surrender the next day.^[4]

The Sarie Marais Hotel is one of the landmarks in the town.

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  Old CNO school

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  21 Boshof street

References

1. "Chronological order of town establishment in South Africa based on Floyd (1960:20-26)" (PDF). pp. xlv–lii.
2. Free State Tourism.org
3. Sum of the Main Places Matoporong and Reddersburg from Census 2011.
4. Thomas Pankenham, The Boer War (Random House, 1979) p417