We do not know how it was named ‘hat creek’. The rev. Frans Lion Cachet of the Dutch Reformed Church is known to have held a meeting here as early as 1865 and the original farm, also called Hoedspruit, was surveyed in 1890.
The South African Air Force maintains an important base near Hoedspruit.
Although it is predominantly mining area Steelpoort is not named for the metal mined in the area....
The name is said to mean 'better here than in the south', referring to the peaceful existence...
South Africa's only emerald mine is found at Gravelotte. The Consolidated Murchison Mine is the...
'Bushbuck Ridge'. The name refers to the large herds or this antelope, which made the ridge and...
Named after the "Officers Colonial Land Company". Kiwi fruit is one of the products of the region.
Giyani, in terms of the policy of apartheid during the 1970s and 1980s, was developed as the...
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