Orange Free State (Province of South Africa 1910-1994)

Oranje Vrijstaat (Suid Afrika)

Last modified: 2000-01-28 by ole andersen
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See Also

• Old South Africa
• South Africa
• Orange Free State (1854-1877 and 1880-1904)
• first British Colony (1877-1880)
• Orange River Colony (1904-1910)
• Homelands :
  • Bophutatswana
  • Qwaqwa
• Free State (Province) (1994-)

No official flag adopted

Orange Free State / Oranje Vrystaat (named after the Orange river, so called after the dutch reigning house): In east-central South Africa; international border only with Lesotho. Included the tiny bantusthan of Qwaqwa by the Lesotho / Natal border point, and the westernmost enclave of KwaZulu. It coincides (100%?) with the new province of Free State.
Antonio Martins - 30 May 1999

No, none of the old KwaZulu homeland was in the OFS. KwaZulu was in Natal.
In addition to Qwaqwa, there was a portion of Bophuthatswana at Thaba Nchu - about 50km east of Bloemfontein.
Bruce Berry - 31 May 1999