Holly Country

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Holly Country
Coordinates: 26°55′55″S27°55′01″E / 26.932°S 27.917°E / -26.932; 27.917 Coordinates: 26°55′55″S27°55′01″E / 26.932°S 27.917°E / -26.932; 27.917
Country South Africa
Province Free State
District Fezile Dabi
Municipality Metsimaholo
Area
[1]
  Total1.39 km2 (0.54 sq mi)
Population
(2011) [1]
  Total586
  Density420/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[1]
   Black African 21.5%
   Indian/Asian 2.2%
   White 75.8%
  Other0.5%
First languages (2011)
[1]
   Afrikaans 64.5%
   English 10.5%
   Sotho 6.6%
   Northern Sotho 3.4%
  Other15.0%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)
1946

Holly Country, known as the Coalbrook Mining Village until 1996, [2] is a town in Fezile Dabi District Municipality in the Free State province of South Africa.

Fezile Dabi District Municipality District municipality in Free State, South Africa

Fezile Dabi District Municipality, formerly known as Northern Free State District Municipality, is one of the 5 districts of Free State province of South Africa. The seat of Northern Free State is Sasolburg. The majority of its 460 289 people speak Sesotho. The district code is DC20.

South Africa Republic in the southernmost part of Africa

South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by 2,798 kilometres (1,739 mi) of coastline of Southern Africa stretching along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countries of Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe; and to the east and northeast by Mozambique and Eswatini (Swaziland); and it surrounds the enclaved country of Lesotho. South Africa is the largest country in Southern Africa and the 25th-largest country in the world by land area and, with over 57 million people, is the world's 24th-most populous nation. It is the southernmost country on the mainland of the Old World or the Eastern Hemisphere. About 80 percent of South Africans are of Sub-Saharan African ancestry, divided among a variety of ethnic groups speaking different African languages, nine of which have official status. The remaining population consists of Africa's largest communities of European (White), Asian (Indian), and multiracial (Coloured) ancestry.

History

The settlement, located some 5 km from Sasolburg, is a former colliery, and was originally named Coalbrook, probably named after Coalbrookdale in England. It was the scene of the Coalbrook mining disaster on 21 January 1960; 435 workers were buried alive when the mine collapsed. [3]

Sasolburg Place in Free State, South Africa

Sasolburg is a large industrial town within the Metsimaholo Local Municipality in the far north of the Free State province of South Africa. Sasolburg is further sub-divided into three areas: Sasolburg proper, Vaalpark and Zamdela. Most white residents of Sasolburg speak Afrikaans as a first language, while most black people speak Sesotho as a first language. The Sasol corporation has sponsored infrastructural developments in Sasolburg, such as an Olympic size swimming pool.

Coalbrookdale village in Shropshire, England, United Kingdom

Coalbrookdale is a village in the Ironbridge Gorge in Shropshire, England, containing a settlement of great significance in the history of iron ore smelting. It lies within the civil parish called the Gorge.

The Coalbrook mining disaster was the worst mining disaster in South Africa. The disaster occurred in the Coalbrook coal mine of Clydesdale Colliery on 21 January 1960 at around 19:00 when approximately 900 pillars caved in, almost 180 metres underground. The mine is situated in the Northern Free State, 21 km south west of Vereeniging. About 1 000 miners were in the mine at the time and 435 died after being trapped, while the rest escaped through an incline shaft. The miners were suffocated by methane gas and crushed to death by rockfall.

Richard Hse, a Taiwanese businessman, bought out the old mine village in October 1996, renamed it and turned the place into a hub of factories including clothing, shoes, stoves, wood and paper factories and a sportsfield. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Main Place Holly Country". Census 2011.
  2. 1 2 "Monument pays tribute to miners". News24 South Africa. 2000-11-04. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  3. "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 118.