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Vereeniging (fərē`nĭkhĭng) [Afrik.,=union], city (1991 pop. 345,000), Gauteng, NE South Africa on the Vaal River. An industrial center, its chief products are iron, steel, pipes, bricks and tiles, and processed lime and coal. Thermal power plants there supply electricity to nearby goldfields. The city, founded in 1892, owed its early growth to nearby coal mines. The Treaty of Vereeniging (1902), which ended the South African War South African War or Boer War, 1899–1902, war of the South African Republic (Transvaal) and the Orange Free State against Great Britain. ..... Click the link for more information. , was negotiated there. Vereeniging a city in E South Africa: scene of the signing (1902) of the treaty ending the Boer War. Pop.: 79 630 (2001) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The idea was already current about 1916, when Rossing used it in his De Koninklijke Vereeniging Het Nederlandsch Tooneel (Amsterdam, 1916). See Central Mining Trust Papers (Rhodes House, Oxford University, Oxford, England: henceforth CMTP) Box 19, File 3 (1906-1911 Transvaal) "Director's Quarterly Report to 30/11/08"; see also Stanley Trapido, "A History of Tenant Production on the Vereeniging Estates, 1896-1920," in William Beinart, Peter Delius, and Stanley Trapido (eds. Slicher van Bath, "Geschiedenis van de Nederzettingen in de Graafschap Zutfen," Bijdragen en Mededelingen van de Vereeniging 'Gelre' 48 (1946): 29-76. |
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