Johannes Nicolaas Brits

SAG vol. 1 (A-C). p. 397

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After end of the South African War in 1902 the British government subsidised the restoration of the rural economy. Part of that process was the construction of a railway between Pretoria and Rustenburg in 1906 with numerous sidings along the way to give farming communities access to urban markets. One such siding, close to where the track crosses the Crocodile River, was on the farm 'Roode Kopjes' owned by Gert Brits. The siding was called Brits, and is thought to be a tribute to Gert's father, Johannes Nicolaas Brits (1789 – 1875), a trekboer whose home, 'Bloemfontein' in Transorangia had been expropriated in 1846 by the British for an administrative centre, later to become the capital of the Free State. Johannes Nicolaas had spent the last years of his life on 'Roode Kopjes' and was buried in the farm graveyard.

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Johannes Nicolaas Brits was die eienaar van die plaas Bloemfontein wat later aan Maj Warden verkoop is. Hy was ook die eienaar van Roodekopjes wat deur sy Pa Gerrit Brits besit is waar die dorp Brits vandag geleë is.

Geskiedenis Bloemfontein was die setel van die parlement van die Oranje-Vrystaat (1893) en 'n standbeeld van Generaal Christiaan de Wet is hier opgerig. As 'n nalatenskap van die Groot Trek is die Bloemfonteingebied reeds as plaas bewoon deur die Voortrekker, ene J. N. Brits. Die dorp is in 1850 die eerste keer as 'n woongebied verklaar, vier jaar voor die stigting van die Oranje-Vrystaat . In 1899 is die Bloemfontein Konferensie in Bloemfontein gehou, wat (sonder sukses) gepoog het om die uitbreek van die Anglo-Boereoorlog te vermy. Die behoefte aan 'n perdesiekte-vrye gebied gedurende die Anglo-Boereoorlog het meegebring dat ene Majoor H. D. Warden hier gevestig het. Op 13 Maart 1900 het Britse magte die stad oorgeneem.

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