Bloemfontein


Bloemfontein is the capital city of the province of Free State of South Africa and, as the judicial capital of the nation, one of South Africas three national capitals the other two capitals are Cape Town, the legislative capital, and Pretoria, the administrative capital.

Warden originally chose the site largely because of its proximity to the main route to Winburg, the spacious open country, and the absence of horse sickness. Bloemfontein was the original farm of Johannes Nicolaas Brits bornFebruary 1790, owner and first inhabitant of Bloemfontein. Johann as he was known sold the farm to Maj Warden.

Source: Wikipedia