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Alexandria · MMXXVIExplicit colophon · 2026

Place · 1838 CE

Potchefstroom

Also known as

IPotchefstroom
Потчефструм
Պոչտեֆստրում
פוצ'פסטרום
بوتشيفستروم
بوتشيفستروم

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

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in countrySouth Africa1910 CE
birthplace ofAlbert John Hesse1895 CE
birthplace ofElizabeth Errington1951 CE
birthplace ofElmo de Witt1935 CE
birthplace ofFlip van der Merwe1985 CE

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Henriette Grové1922 CE

birthplace ofIsabel Hofmeyr1953 CE

birthplace ofMarius Corbett1975 CE

birthplace ofMolefi Sefularo1957 CE

birthplace of · place of death ofRex Rabanye1944 CE

birthplace ofSiener van Rensburg1864 CE

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