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Brakpan

[ brak-pan ]

noun

  1. a city in the NE Republic of South Africa, near Johannesburg.


Brakpan

/ ˈæˌæ /

noun

  1. a city in E South Africa: gold-mining centre. Pop: 62 116 (2001)
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John Briscoe was born on July 30, 1948, in Brakpan, South Africa, and grew up in Johannesburg.

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Brakpan, the largest colliery in South Africa, lies midway between the places named.

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During that time Veld-Kornet Meyer, with his small troop of Germans, blew up the electric factory at Brakpan.

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