Originally the bulk of the independent LOCATION@1 , after the Anglo-Boer War of NUMBER@1 it became the ORGANIZATION@1 , and one of the founding provinces of the Union of LOCATION@2 , with its regional capital in LOCATION@3 , from NUMBER@2 until NUMBER@3 .

It is one of the original provinces of the Union of LOCATION@2 from NUMBER@2 until NUMBER@3 with capital in LOCATION@3 .
