Piet Retief, officially eMkhondo, is a town situated in a timber-growing region in Mpumalanga province, South Africa. It is the seat of the Mkhondo Local...
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Cape Colony. Retief was born to Jacobus and Debora Retief in the Wagenmakersvallei, Cape Colony, today the town of Wellington, South Africa. His family...
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The Piet Retief Delegation massacre was the 1838 killing of 100 Voortrekkers by the Zulu king Dingane in what is now KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The Voortrekkers...
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during 1838 in South Africa. 4 February - The Zulu King, Dingaan signs a deed of cession to cede land to the voortrekkers led by Piet Retief 11 April - Battle...
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Retief is an Afrikaans surname. It may refer to: Piet Retief (1780–1838), prominent voortrekker Glen Retief, South African writer Johan Retief (born 1946)...
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of Piet Retief arrived in Natal over the Drakensberg mountains after trekking overland from the Cape Colony during the Great Trek. See Years in South Africa...
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Piet Retief Commando was a light infantry regiment of the South African Army. It formed part of the South African Army Infantry Formation as well as the...
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of the town centre. R33 near Piet Retief, Mpumalanga R33 near Groblersdal, Limpopo Falkner, John (May 2012). South African Numbered Route Description and...
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Pink Church (1859), the Museum (1860), the Edwardian-style house 12 Piet Retief Street (1904), the Victorian-style house at 59 Van Reenen Street (1914)...
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then President Paul Kruger and Voortrekker hero Piet Joubert. The town is 72 km south of Piet Retief and 151 km north-east of Dundee. It was established...
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