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Carolus and Johannes accepted the invitation, and from them we heard much news, all of it terrible enough to learn, especially the details of the massacre in that district, which, because of this fearful event is now and always will be known as Weenen, or The Place of Weeping.
Marie An Episode in The Life of the late Allan Quatermain Henry Rider Haggard 1890
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That gun, the Boer I bought it from many years ago told me, had been used by his father at the battle of the Blood River, just after Dingaan swept into Natal and slaughtered six hundred men, women, and children, so that the Boers named the place where they died 'Weenen', or the 'Place of Weeping'; and so it is called to this day, and always will be called.
Allan Quatermain Henry Rider Haggard 1890
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No Africander will ever forget names such as Weenen (Place of Weeping), Blood Rivier (Blood
In the Shadow of Death P. H. Kritzinger
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Dladla and Mchunu were killed in a drive-by shooting last week on the road between Weenen and Estcourt after they had attended a meeting of IFP councillors.
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In another incident in Weenen, where the ANC was conducting a similar campaign two IFP vehicles entered the area with loudspeakers on their rooftops and handing out t-shirts in an attempt to disrupt ANC¹s canvassing.
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Weenen on Saturday and said it was proof that the province was not holding out a begging bowl.
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The KwaZulu-Natal Agricultural Trust Fund will be officially launched in April this year with the opening of a 650 hectare flood irrigation and agricultural centre at Thukela Estate, near Weenen.
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Kranskop to Greytown to Muden (the R74) to Weenen to Estcourt
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Vannenburg, 55, and the serious wounding of her husband Pieter on their Woodford farm near Weenen.
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Nyoka was also murdered in the Greytown area last week, bringing to four the number of serious violent crimes committed in the Weenen area since November last year.
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