The town was established in 1864 on the farm Klipfontein, on the banks of the Vaal River. A certain John Barclay was so impressed by the flowers in the…
In 1870, the discovery of diamonds on the banks of the Vaal River prompted the Transvaal Government to allocate claims in the area. A town soon developed…
A town, later to be called Fochville, was proclaimed in 1920 on the Kraalkop and Leeuwspruit farms. The Wulfsohn brothers established the town during the…
The Voortrekkers (Cape Dutch Pioneers) founded the town in 1837 and it quickly expanded because of the rich gold seam in the area. The first magistrate of…
The town owes its name to the Leeudoring (“lion thorn”) bush that was once characteristic of the farm Rietkuil, upon which the village was laid…
The name of the town is a corruption of the San word for the aromatic herb, wild spearmint. This herb grows along the banks of the nearby stream and was…
This mining town was established in 1940 on Simon Fraser’s farm, Witkoppen. Fraser originally came from the Orkney Islands, off the coast of Scotland. After…
The fertile land and pleasant climate of this area on the banks of the Mooi River (Fair River) convinced the Voortrekker leader Andries Potgieter and his…
Stilfontein, 130 km from Johannesburg and 180 km from Mafikeng, was established in 1949and forms part of the greater KOSH area (Klerksdorp, Orkney,…
Ventersdorp started out in 1866 as a Dutch Reformed Community on the farm Roodepoort and was named after the farm’s owner, Johannes Venter. The town…
