Ladybrand

Place in Free State, South Africa

29°11′36″S 27°27′18″E / 29.19333°S 27.45500°E / -29.19333; 27.45500CountrySouth AfricaProvinceFree StateDistrictThabo MofutsanyaneMunicipalityMantsopaEstablished1868^[1]Area

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• Total42.0 km² (16.2 sq mi)Elevation

1,578 m (5,177 ft)Population

(2011)^[2]

• Total4,218 • Density100/km² (260/sq mi)Racial makeup (2011)

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• Black African37.2% • Coloured13.1% • Indian/Asian4.7% • White37.3% • Other3.7%First languages (2011)

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• Afrikaans40.9% • Sotho31.1% • English20.4% • Tswana0.8% • Other3.16.8Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)Postal code (street)

9745

PO box

9745

Area code051

Ladybrand is a small agricultural town in the Free State province of South Africa, situated 18 km from Maseru, the capital of Lesotho. Ladybrand is one of five towns that forms the Mantsopa Local Municipality.^[3] Founded in 1867 following the Basotho Wars, it was named after Lady (Catharina) Brand, the wife of the president of the Orange Free State, Johannes Brand.^[4]^[5]

The settlement of Ladybrand was created by Voortrekkers to give them control over the territories conquered and captured after the above-mentioned Basotho war. In 1900, during the Second Anglo-Boer War, Ladybrand came under the control of the British.

Notable residents

Kobie Coetsee - lawyer, National Party politician and administrator as well as a negotiator during the country's transition to democracy.
Nico Diederichs - State President of South Africa from 1975 to 1978.
Lehlohonolo Majoro - Cape Town City FC striker 1986–present
Wagga Wagga Likoebe - Kaizer Chiefs winger 1977-82^[6]
Pule Lechesa - poet, literary critic, essayist
Lefa Tsutsulupa - Morokwa Swallows midfielder 1975-2013
Jurie van Vuuren (born 1993) - rugby union player for the Tel Aviv Heat

References

^ Robson, Linda Gillian (2011). "Annexure A" (PDF). The Royal Engineers and settlement planning in the Cape Colony 1806–1872: Approach, methodology and impact (PhD thesis). University of Pretoria. pp. xlv–lii. hdl:2263/26503.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Main Place Ladybrand from Census 2011.
^ Mantsopa Local Municipality Archived 2011-07-23 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2010-09-11.
^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Ladybrand" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 16 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 62.
^ "About Ladybrand". propertyladybrand.co.za. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
^ "Likoebe knew just how to rattle the net". SowetanLIVE. Retrieved 13 June 2021.