The Voortrekkers presented Pretorius with a farm called Welverdient near Edendale, in gratitude for the victory at Blood River. The thatched double-storey house was originally built in 1846 and has had to be reconstructed.
There are statues of Gerrit Maritz and Plet Retief in the garden of the museum complex.
Geology The Drakensberg Mountains had their onqm some 200 million years. ago when a vast landmass...
The treaty under which the Voortrekkers received land from Dingane was signed on 6 February 1838....
The seat of power of Dingane from 1828 to 1839 is preserved as a site museum. The iKhanda was...
The R E Stevenson Museum was established in 1974, and is devoted to the history of the town and...
This charming sandstone building on the corner of Kerk and Loop Streets, in Utrecht is now a...
Hlobane 20km east of Vryheid was the scene of a desperate struggle against the Zulu where Boer and...
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