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The Dutch Reformed Church established the village of Riebeek East in
1830 on the farm Mooimeisiesfontein, the home of the famous
Voortrekker leader Piet Retief. Previously the local Boer farmers had
to trek to Uitenhage, about 130 kilometres away for ...
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TEL: 051 763 0002
This picturesque cattle-farming town probably has the record for
changing its name the most of any town in the country. Some of the
previous names were Groot Moordenaarspoort (1829), Caledon (1833),
Verheull ...
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EG Outdoors Tourist & Information Services.
Tel 039 747 9077
A centre for the local farming community, the Swartberg Farmers'
Association celebrated its centenary in 1996. Stock sale days see a
flurry of activity, as do sporting ...
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LUCKHOFF MUNICIPALITY: 051 206 0033
This village was established on the farm Koffiekuil in 1892. It was
named after the Dutch Reformed minister Rev. H.J. Luckhoff. An
important source of income in the Luckhoff district is merino ...
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LOXTON MUNICIPALITY
Tel 053 381 3102
Originally the farm Phizantefontein, Loxton was bought from AE Loxton
by the Dutch Reformed Church in 1899. Built to serve the sheep-farming
community, it became a municipality in 1905. In March ...
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SCHWEIZER RENEKE MUNICIPALITY
Tel 053 963 1331
The town was laid out in 1888 and named after two Boer officers
(Captain Schweizer and Field-Cornet Reneke) killed in a local
engagement against the Koranas in 1885. Despite a historic ...
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NORTH WEST PARKS & TOURISM BOARD
Tel 053 433 1706
Fax 053 433 1705
E-mail bloemhofdam@cybertrade.co.za
Website www.tourismnorthwest.co.za
[http://www.tourismnorthwest.co.za/]
Bloemhof was established on the farm Klipfontein on ...
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SPRINGFONTEIN TOURISM FORUM
TEL: 051 783 0004
This town, that derived its name from a strong artesian well on the
farm Springfontein, used to be a very important railway junction
between Gauteng and the Eastern Cape. After the ...
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Barker Street
Danielskuil, 8405
Tel: 053 384 8600
Fax: 053 384 0326
Dani?lskuil lies at the foot of the Kuruman Hills, 90km south of
Kuruman. Tswana occupied the land on which it is built before it
became home to the Griqua. Passing ...
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THE TOWN CLERK
Tel 053 343 0019
Situated 200km west of Kimberley. It was the home of a group of
Khoikhoi people whose chief, Adam Kok, followed a colourful, often
aggressive life-style. It became the first town established north ...
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