Hobhouse
Hobhouse is a tiny agricultural hamlet in the Free State, between Ladybrand and Wepener, named after the famous Boer War humanitarian and activist, Emily Hobhouse. Briton Emily Hobhouse campaigned for the welfare of the hundreds of thousands of Boer women and children detained in British concentration camps during the Anglo-Boer War at the turn of the 20the century. They were held in horrific conditions, in camps where disease was rife, and death was at point taking up to 50 children a day ac...