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Magdalena Retief – memorable tragic Voortrekker woman

by Lennie | Oct 2, 2021 | Forgotten Heroes, People, Street names

Retief Street (Central) was named after, Magdalena Retief, the wife of the Voortrekker leader, Piet Retief. Retief. She resided on the north-eastern corner of Retief and Berg Streets (later Van Riebeeck, now Peter Mokaba). In 1994, shortly after a memorial in the...

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