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Brakpan

American  
[brak-pan] / ˈbrækˌpæn /

noun

  1. a city in the NE Republic of South Africa, near Johannesburg.

Brakpan British  
/ ˈbrækˌpæn /

noun

  1. a city in E South Africa: gold-mining centre. Pop: 62 116 (2001)

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John Briscoe was born on July 30, 1948, in Brakpan, South Africa, and grew up in Johannesburg.

From Washington Post

Brakpan, the largest colliery in South Africa, lies midway between the places named.

From Project Gutenberg

During that time Veld-Kornet Meyer, with his small troop of Germans, blew up the electric factory at Brakpan.

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