The people of Orange in Bloemfontein are easy to talk to, but that doesn't mean the rural Orange people are the same as those in the city.
Due to the economic similarities between the Orange Free State and the original Transvaal Republic, most people in the Orange Free State live in the countryside.
And the rural Orange people are mostly dependent on large landlords, so managing them is not easier than in the cities. Moreover, the sudden influx of Transvaal people last time further strengthened the power of the Transvaal countryside.
Meanwhile, the Transvaal provisional government had its sights set on the Orange countryside, sending its henchmen, the Transvaal Rebel Army, to start a "go-to-the-countryside" movement.
In towns like Bloemfontein, the Transvaal Rebel Army found it relatively easy to succeed, but once out of the city, they hit a hard wall.
Bosland Village, west of Bloemfontein.
