Petrusville Tourism Information Bureau Petrusville Business Directory Petrusville is situated 48km northeast of Phillipstown and 108km from De Aar on the R48. It was named after Petrus van der Walt, owner of the farm, Rhenosterberg. The town lies in a fertile valley surrounded by cluster of high hills and the museum houses a horse-drawn, hooded …
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Phillipstown Tourism Information Bureau Phillipstown Business Directory This town is about 60 km Northeast of De Aar on the R48 and was founded in 1863 as a Church centre. The town was named after Sir Philip Wodehouse, Governor of the Cape in the late 1800’s. Khoisan Rock Art can be viewed on as many as …
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Pofadder Tourism Information Bureau Pofadder Business Directory The town is named after the Koranna leader, Klaas Pofadder, whose grave may today still be seen here. Pofadder was declared a town in 1936, but the first farms measured out in the district in 1891 was by surveyor Alistone. Sheep farming is the main infrastructure of the …
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Port Nolloth Tourism Information Bureau Port Nolloth Business Directory Port Nolloth was established as a small-vessel harbor and railway junction in 1854 for the copper-mining industry. Its narrow, shallow sea-entrance makes it unsuitable for ore carriers, but instead, it became a centre for the small-scale diamond recovery and crayfishing industries as well as a holiday …
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Prieska Tourism Information Bureau Prieska Business Directory 240 km southwest of Kimberley, is the town of Prieska, situated on the south bank of the Orange River at the foot of the Doringberg. It was originally named Prieschap, a Khoisan word meaning “Place of the lost she-goa”t The site of the town, founded in 1882 and renowned for …
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Richmond Tourism Information Bureau Richmond Business Directory This is the closest town to the half-way point between Cape Town and Johannesburg. This town was established in 1843 when the Presbytery of Graaff-Reinet formed a new congregation for that area. A portion of the farm Driefontein was bought and stands were sold on 19 April 1845 during …
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Springbok Tourism Information Bureau Springbok Business Directory Set in a narrow valley bisecting the granite domes of the Small Copper Mountains, Springbok is the capital of Namaqualand and its administrative, commercial, farming and industrial center. Situated close to the intersection of the N7 and N14 national roads, the town is about 550 km from Cape …
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Strydenburg Tourism Information Bureau Strydenburg Business Directory This town is on the verge of a large pan filled with salty water during the rainy years. Strydenburg (town of strife) received its doleful name after incessant squabbling over – of all things – the town’s name! Strydenburg was laid out by the Dutch Reformed Church on the farm …
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Sutherland Tourism Information Bureau Sutherland Business Directory This town was established in 1855 and named after a prominent Worcester cleric, Reverend Henry Sutherland. The town is situated on the Roggeveld Plateau, 1600m above sea level and known for its brilliant night skies and cold, biting winters. Trekboers settled as early as 1746 in the area, built the …
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Upington Tourism Information Bureau Upington Business Directory Upington is situated quite intimately on the banks of the Orange River. The town of Upington stretches out over an area of 471, 769 hectares and has a rich culture and history that can be traced back to the 1870’s. A chieftain from the Hottentot clan, realizing the …
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