A comprehensive picture of the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902), which claimed over 70 000 lives, including those of 20 000 Africans who were long ignored by the official statistics. The informative layout allows visitors to follow events up to the Boer ..

Bloemfontein’s historic centre has numerous buildings recalling its days as the capital of the Orange Free State. On St George Street, the Old Presidency was home to several presidents, the First Raadsaal was the seat of the first state assembly ..

It’s clear from this museum that Afrikaans is not a language easily summed up in a few words. “Cooked up in the Bush”, this language was born in the heterogeneous communities of the Cape as a Dutch Creole variant. It became a key aspect of the Boer i..

In the War Museum park, an avenue leads to the National Women’s Memorial. A place of pilgrimage for Afrikaners, this 36m-high sandstone monument remembers the 27 927 women and children who died in the 130 internment camps established by the British.

At the foot of Naval Hill, Orchid House has gathered orchids from the four corners of the world in a state-of-the-art greenhouse. Best visited during the flowering season between April and December.