Free State - Heritage in Names

Question 1

Tell us some things about the name Orange River.

Answer 1

Longest river in South Africa.
Discovered by the Nama people who called it Nu Gariep.
Was named the Orange River by Colonel Robert Gordon, Commander of the Dutch India Company.

Question 2

Tell us some things about the name Koffiefontein.

Answer 2

A diamond was found there.

Travelers used to stop and the spring and rest and drink coffee.

Question 3

Tell us some things about the name Fauresmith.

Answer 3

Named after Revered Faure of the Dutch Reformed Church and Sir Harry Smith Governer of the Cape Colony.

Question 4

Tell us some things about the name Vredeort.

Answer 4

Largest meteor impact site in the world.

World Heritage Site.

Question 5

Tell us some things about the name Thaba Nchu.

Answer 5

Means Black Mountain.

Was a homeland to the Tswana People who were given land back by the government.

Question 6

Tell us some things about the name Gariep Dam.

Answer 6

Used to be called Hendrik Verwoerd Dam after the first Prime Minister of South Africa.
Name changed at the end of arpartheid to Gariep Dam which was the original name of the Orange River.