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Place · 1886 CE

Polokwane

Also known as

City of stars
Pietersburg
Pietersburg
Pietersburg
Pietersburg
Pietersburg

Image illustrating Polokwane — archival plate · Wikimedia Commons · Polokwanesee Wikimedia Commons

This entry is a stub. The Library is awakening — a longer account is being written.

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in countrySouth Africa1910 CE
birthplace ofBally Smart1989 CE
birthplace ofCaster Semenya1991 CE
birthplace ofDésirée van der Walt1956 CE
birthplace ofHendrick Ramaala1972 CE
birthplace ofJackson Mabokgwane1988 CE
birthplace ofMarthinus van Schalkwyk1959 CE
birthplace ofPhaswane Mpe1970 CE
birthplace ofShere Lekgothoane1979 CE
birthplace ofTumi Masekela1987 CE

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