Name: Kingsley
Near Glencoe,Kranskop
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The Glencoe Stock Theft Unit, assisted by the Glencoe Dog Unit and the ... The suspects stole 88 sheep from a farm in the Kingsley area
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Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Kimberley (D 11)
Name:Kimberley
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The Blue Train arrives at Kimberley station. Guests disembark and assemble at the railway museum from where they will be ushered to the bus, which will take them to the centre of Kimberley to join an old tram for a ride down to the mine.
Guests arrive at the Open Mine Museum for a tour of the mine. Guests are first taken to the Diamond Die to try their luck to win a diamond, after which they will several interesting and historical sites as well as taken onto an enclosed ramp on the edge of the Kimberly hole.
Guests depart from the Open Mine Museum for Kimberley station, where they are greeted with a glass of sherry. The Blue Train departs Kimberley station for Cape Town. After this exciting tour, guests are welcome to refresh themselves and enjoy pre-dinner drinks served at any one of the lounges.
http://www.trainsafari.co.za/blue-train-cape-pretoria.html
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The Blue Train arrives at Kimberley station. Guests disembark and assemble at the railway museum from where they will be ushered to the bus, which will take them to the centre of Kimberley to join an old tram for a ride down to the mine.
Guests arrive at the Open Mine Museum for a tour of the mine. Guests are first taken to the Diamond Die to try their luck to win a diamond, after which they will several interesting and historical sites as well as taken onto an enclosed ramp on the edge of the Kimberly hole.
Guests depart from the Open Mine Museum for Kimberley station, where they are greeted with a glass of sherry. The Blue Train departs Kimberley station for Cape Town. After this exciting tour, guests are welcome to refresh themselves and enjoy pre-dinner drinks served at any one of the lounges.
http://www.trainsafari.co.za/blue-train-cape-pretoria.html
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Kenilworth (A 16)(A 16)
Name: Kenilworth
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An attraction which draws visitors to Kenilworth is the Kenilworth Racecourse. The oldest race course in the country, it is home to the J&B Met (held in late January each year), an event which draws more than 50,000 spectators. Numerous other national horse races are held at Kenilworth throughout the year.
Kenilworth is bordered by Wynberg to the south and Claremont to the north. Kenilworth railway station is on the main line from Cape Town to Simon's Town. Main Road (which runs from Central Cape Town through to Simon's Town) runs through Kenilworth, and the suburb can also be accessed from the M5 freeway.
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Kenilworth Racecourse Conservation Area (KRCA) is an area of approximately 52 ha and is situated in the centre of Kenilworth Racecourse.
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An attraction which draws visitors to Kenilworth is the Kenilworth Racecourse. The oldest race course in the country, it is home to the J&B Met (held in late January each year), an event which draws more than 50,000 spectators. Numerous other national horse races are held at Kenilworth throughout the year.
Kenilworth is bordered by Wynberg to the south and Claremont to the north. Kenilworth railway station is on the main line from Cape Town to Simon's Town. Main Road (which runs from Central Cape Town through to Simon's Town) runs through Kenilworth, and the suburb can also be accessed from the M5 freeway.
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Kenilworth Racecourse Conservation Area (KRCA) is an area of approximately 52 ha and is situated in the centre of Kenilworth Racecourse.
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Kentemade (B 15)
Name: Kentemade
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By Terri-Liza Fortein
Four Cape Town families have issued summonses against Metrorail, claiming about R5-million in damages after a series of tragedies.
Attorneys for Miriam Adolf, Berendina Fuller, Christopher and Renette Hellings and Mzobanzi Maci filed the summonses in the Cape High Court on Tuesday.
On June 18 2001, Adolf and Fuller's husbands - Cornelius Adolf and Marthinus Fuller - boarded a Metrorail commuter train at Bellville station intending to disembark at Unibell station.
While the two builders were travelling home a gang of armed men stormed into the carriage they were travelling in and robbed several passengers of their possessions.
Cornelius Adolf and Marthinus Fuller were beaten, stabbed and both thrown off the moving train between Pentech and Unibell Stations.
Both men died as a result of their injuries.
Miriam Adolf of Belhar is taking action against Metrorail in her personal capacity and on behalf of the couple's three children. She is claiming damages totalling R1-million.
Miriam Adolf's neighbour, Berendina Fuller, is claiming damages in the region of R800 000 for loss of support, general damages and future medical costs.
Three days before the deaths of Cornelius Adolf and Marthinus Fuller, Cape Technikon student Ross Hellings was travelling From Cape Town Station to Monte Vista.
Between Ysterplaat and Kentemade stations Hellings, 20, fell through the open doors of the Metrorail carriage he was travelling in.
He sustained serious head injuries and was airlifted to the Milnerton Medi-Clinic, where he died the next day.
Hellings's family are claiming about R700 000 in damages.
Mzobanzi Maci of Gugulethu fell from a Metrorail commuter train on June 21 while travelling from Cape Town to Heideveld station.
The Metrorail carriage Maci was travelling in when he fell was apparently overcrowded and although the train was in motion, the doors of the carriage allegedly remained open.
He contends that as a result of the extreme overcrowding, commuters in the carriage were pushing and shoving and Maci was pushed out of the open doors.
After the fall his right leg was amputated, his ribs were fractured and he also had a large cut in his back and still suffers from severe backache.
Maci uses a prosthetic limb, but he hopes to acquire a better artificial limb to help facilitate easier movement.
He is claiming about R2,6-million in damages for loss of earnings, pain and suffering, disability and disfigurement and medical costs.
•This article was originally published on page 5 of The Cape Argus on June 16, 2004
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With respect to the route alignment, current planning assessment makes
provision for a proposed initial service from the Blaauwbergsvlei area to
terminate in Cape Town Station. The proposed service will operate on the
current Atlantis rail corridor that links to the Bellville – Monte Vista/Woodstock –
Cape Town lines at a locality between Kentemade and Acacia Park Stations.
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By Terri-Liza Fortein
Four Cape Town families have issued summonses against Metrorail, claiming about R5-million in damages after a series of tragedies.
Attorneys for Miriam Adolf, Berendina Fuller, Christopher and Renette Hellings and Mzobanzi Maci filed the summonses in the Cape High Court on Tuesday.
On June 18 2001, Adolf and Fuller's husbands - Cornelius Adolf and Marthinus Fuller - boarded a Metrorail commuter train at Bellville station intending to disembark at Unibell station.
While the two builders were travelling home a gang of armed men stormed into the carriage they were travelling in and robbed several passengers of their possessions.
Cornelius Adolf and Marthinus Fuller were beaten, stabbed and both thrown off the moving train between Pentech and Unibell Stations.
Both men died as a result of their injuries.
Miriam Adolf of Belhar is taking action against Metrorail in her personal capacity and on behalf of the couple's three children. She is claiming damages totalling R1-million.
Miriam Adolf's neighbour, Berendina Fuller, is claiming damages in the region of R800 000 for loss of support, general damages and future medical costs.
Three days before the deaths of Cornelius Adolf and Marthinus Fuller, Cape Technikon student Ross Hellings was travelling From Cape Town Station to Monte Vista.
Between Ysterplaat and Kentemade stations Hellings, 20, fell through the open doors of the Metrorail carriage he was travelling in.
He sustained serious head injuries and was airlifted to the Milnerton Medi-Clinic, where he died the next day.
Hellings's family are claiming about R700 000 in damages.
Mzobanzi Maci of Gugulethu fell from a Metrorail commuter train on June 21 while travelling from Cape Town to Heideveld station.
The Metrorail carriage Maci was travelling in when he fell was apparently overcrowded and although the train was in motion, the doors of the carriage allegedly remained open.
He contends that as a result of the extreme overcrowding, commuters in the carriage were pushing and shoving and Maci was pushed out of the open doors.
After the fall his right leg was amputated, his ribs were fractured and he also had a large cut in his back and still suffers from severe backache.
Maci uses a prosthetic limb, but he hopes to acquire a better artificial limb to help facilitate easier movement.
He is claiming about R2,6-million in damages for loss of earnings, pain and suffering, disability and disfigurement and medical costs.
•This article was originally published on page 5 of The Cape Argus on June 16, 2004
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With respect to the route alignment, current planning assessment makes
provision for a proposed initial service from the Blaauwbergsvlei area to
terminate in Cape Town Station. The proposed service will operate on the
current Atlantis rail corridor that links to the Bellville – Monte Vista/Woodstock –
Cape Town lines at a locality between Kentemade and Acacia Park Stations.
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Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Kendal (H 8)
Name: Kendal
Source: http://www.eskom.co.za/live/content.php?Item_ID=170
History: Construction of Kendal began in July 1982 with its last unit coming into operation in 1993. Kendal is currently the largest coal-fired power station in the world and holds several Eskom performance records.
General: Kendal has an indirect dry-cooling system, which means that it uses significantly less water in its cooling processes than the conventional wet cooled power stations. The station's cooling towers are the largest structures of their kind in the world with a height and base diameter of 165m.
Kusile is the name for a new coal fired power station previously known by the working name of Project Bravo: This is a new coal fired power station project located to the West of the R545 between the N4 and N12 freeways near the exisitingKendal Power Station. It comprises of six units rated at approximately 4800 MW installed capacity. The first unit is planned forcommercial operation in 2012 with the last unit in operation by 2015/2016
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Source: http://www.eskom.co.za/live/content.php?Item_ID=170
History: Construction of Kendal began in July 1982 with its last unit coming into operation in 1993. Kendal is currently the largest coal-fired power station in the world and holds several Eskom performance records.
General: Kendal has an indirect dry-cooling system, which means that it uses significantly less water in its cooling processes than the conventional wet cooled power stations. The station's cooling towers are the largest structures of their kind in the world with a height and base diameter of 165m.
Kusile is the name for a new coal fired power station previously known by the working name of Project Bravo: This is a new coal fired power station project located to the West of the R545 between the N4 and N12 freeways near the exisitingKendal Power Station. It comprises of six units rated at approximately 4800 MW installed capacity. The first unit is planned forcommercial operation in 2012 with the last unit in operation by 2015/2016
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Kempton Park (G 9)
Name: Kempton Park
Source: http://www.kemptalk.com/history_of_kempton_park.htm
Prior to the Great Trek of the 1830's, the area on which Kempton Park now stands was known only to hunters and nomad cattle farmers. The first seeds of the Kempton Park story were planted when, on 25 October 1859, the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek (Z.A.R.) issued a title deed for part of the farm Zuurfontein on which Kempton Park would develop many years later.
The discovery of gold in 1886 some 50 kilometers west of Zuurfontein stimulated, amongst others, the building of a railway line, which would serve as a link between the Transvaal gold fields and the east coast. On 25 June 1890, the Z.A.R. government granted a concession for the building of a railway line from Pretoria, bypassing Johannesburg on the east and directed to the Vaal River by the shortest route. The main line cut directly through the farm Zuurfontein, thus forging another link in the destiny of the yet unborn township of Kempton Park.
One of the stations established was at Zuurfontein. Zuurfontein station soon became a gathering place for resident farmers in the area where they collected their supplies.
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Source: http://www.kemptalk.com/history_of_kempton_park.htm
Prior to the Great Trek of the 1830's, the area on which Kempton Park now stands was known only to hunters and nomad cattle farmers. The first seeds of the Kempton Park story were planted when, on 25 October 1859, the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek (Z.A.R.) issued a title deed for part of the farm Zuurfontein on which Kempton Park would develop many years later.
The discovery of gold in 1886 some 50 kilometers west of Zuurfontein stimulated, amongst others, the building of a railway line, which would serve as a link between the Transvaal gold fields and the east coast. On 25 June 1890, the Z.A.R. government granted a concession for the building of a railway line from Pretoria, bypassing Johannesburg on the east and directed to the Vaal River by the shortest route. The main line cut directly through the farm Zuurfontein, thus forging another link in the destiny of the yet unborn township of Kempton Park.
One of the stations established was at Zuurfontein. Zuurfontein station soon became a gathering place for resident farmers in the area where they collected their supplies.
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Sunday, December 6, 2009
Kemp (J 10)
Name:Kemp
On the line from Overvaal to Vryheid
Overvaal
Panbult
Kemp
Piet Retief
Paul Pietersburg
Mahulumbe
Sikame
Vryheid
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On the line from Overvaal to Vryheid
Overvaal
Panbult
Kemp
Piet Retief
Paul Pietersburg
Mahulumbe
Sikame
Vryheid
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Kelso (L 15)
Name: Kelso
Kelso, South Coast KZN South Africa.
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Sphelele Mhlongo (18) and a 16-year-old youth, both from Umlazi Township in Durban, appeared in the Scottburgh Magistrates' Court on Tuesday, 18 November 2008, on two counts of armed robbery in Pennington. Mhlongo also appeared in court for a further charge of attempted armed robbery in Kelso Railway Station. Both cases have been remanded until Tuesday, 25 November 2008, for bail applications. The accused remain in police custody.
It is alleged that on Monday, 17 November 2008, at approximately 14:30, Mr Ashton Schaper (19) of Pennington was traveling from Amanzimtoti to Kelso by train when two unknown men approached him as the train neared the Kelso Railway Station. One of the men pointed a pistol at him and demanded his cellphone. When Mr Schaper stood up to them, they realised that he was no easy target and fled.
On the same day at about 16:00, three suspects allegedly robbed Ms Jabulisile Bonita Myende (31) of a purse and cellphone and Ms Liziwe Lubelwana (37) of a cellphone and cash. They were held at gunpoint. The victims were at the Dolphin Drive bus stop in Pennington for transport to go home from work. The suspects fled when the victims reported the incident to the passengers in a taxi that had driven into the bus stop. The taxi gave chase and apprehended a young person.
Source: http://www.sapsjournalonline.gov.za/dynamic/journal_dynamic.aspx?pageid=414&jid=12603
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Kelso, South Coast KZN South Africa.
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Sphelele Mhlongo (18) and a 16-year-old youth, both from Umlazi Township in Durban, appeared in the Scottburgh Magistrates' Court on Tuesday, 18 November 2008, on two counts of armed robbery in Pennington. Mhlongo also appeared in court for a further charge of attempted armed robbery in Kelso Railway Station. Both cases have been remanded until Tuesday, 25 November 2008, for bail applications. The accused remain in police custody.
It is alleged that on Monday, 17 November 2008, at approximately 14:30, Mr Ashton Schaper (19) of Pennington was traveling from Amanzimtoti to Kelso by train when two unknown men approached him as the train neared the Kelso Railway Station. One of the men pointed a pistol at him and demanded his cellphone. When Mr Schaper stood up to them, they realised that he was no easy target and fled.
On the same day at about 16:00, three suspects allegedly robbed Ms Jabulisile Bonita Myende (31) of a purse and cellphone and Ms Liziwe Lubelwana (37) of a cellphone and cash. They were held at gunpoint. The victims were at the Dolphin Drive bus stop in Pennington for transport to go home from work. The suspects fled when the victims reported the incident to the passengers in a taxi that had driven into the bus stop. The taxi gave chase and apprehended a young person.
Source: http://www.sapsjournalonline.gov.za/dynamic/journal_dynamic.aspx?pageid=414&jid=12603
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Kei Road (H 14)
Name: Kei Road
Kei Road was founded as a stop-over to the Kei River.
Kei Road: It is a village situated 27km north-east of King William's Town
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Kei Road was founded as a stop-over to the Kei River.
Kei Road: It is a village situated 27km north-east of King William's Town
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Keimoes (B 11)
Name: Keimoes
Source : http://www.northerncape.org.za/getting_around/towns/Keimoes/
The origin of this little oasis’s name is in dispute. Legend has it that Klaas Lukas, a Koranna river-people leader, established a village on the banks of the Orange River near the Tier Mountains. He called the village Keimoes (mouse nest) after the colonies of mice living there.
A more probable origin lies in the Nama words ‘gei’ (great) and ‘mus’ (fountain or eye). Semantics aside, Keimoes is a picturesque little town often described as a lost piece of the Boland.
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Source : http://www.northerncape.org.za/getting_around/towns/Keimoes/
The origin of this little oasis’s name is in dispute. Legend has it that Klaas Lukas, a Koranna river-people leader, established a village on the banks of the Orange River near the Tier Mountains. He called the village Keimoes (mouse nest) after the colonies of mice living there.
A more probable origin lies in the Nama words ‘gei’ (great) and ‘mus’ (fountain or eye). Semantics aside, Keimoes is a picturesque little town often described as a lost piece of the Boland.
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Keetmanshoop (A 9)
Name:Keetmanshoop
Source: http://www.hunche.com/South_African_Railway_Namibia.htm
the Quiver Tree Forest, situated 14 kilometers outside Keetmanshoop, on the farm Gariganus. These prehistoric-looking trees grow up to 7 meters high and have attractive yellow flowers which appear in June and July.
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Just after the turn off from the main road look out for the original Witputs farmhouse ruins on your left. The owner, Reinier Coetzee, was apparently the last person to ever see Adolf Lüderitz alive. On the right is the police garrison that patrols the area up to the Sendelingsdrift gate. On the hill behind the building there are remnants of old South African World War One trenches and ruins. General Manie Maritz stayed at Witputs for three months to train horses for the Schutztruppe. Maritz was charged with treason in the 1920's for having joined the German forces in South-West Africa in 1914.
The Maritz Rebellion:
The Maritz Rebellion (Boer Revolt) (Five Shilling Rebellion), took place in South Africa in 1914 at the start of World War I, in which men who supported the recreation of the old Boer republics rose up against the government of the Union of South Africa. Many government members were former Boers who had fought with the Maritz rebels against the British in the Second Boer War, which had ended 11 years earlier. The rebellion failed, and the ringleaders received heavy fines and terms of imprisonment.
The outbreak of hostilities in Europe in August 1914 had long been anticipated, and the government of the Union of South Africa was well aware of the significance of the common border South Africa shared with the German colony of South-West Africa. Prime Minister Louis Botha informed London that South Africa could defend itself and that the Imperial Garrison could depart for France. When the British government asked Botha whether his forces would invade German South-West Africa, the reply was that they could and would.
South African troops were mobilised along the border between the two countries under the command of General Henry Lukin and Lt Col Manie Maritz early in September 1914. Shortly afterwards, another force occupied the German port of Lüderitz.
When the South African government offered to invade the German colonies, the commander-in-chief of the Union Defence Force, general Christiaan Beyers resigned, writing, “It is sad that the war is being waged against the ‘barbarism’ of the Germans. We have forgiven but not forgotten all the barbarities committed in our own country during the South African War,” referring to the atrocities committed by the British during the Boer War. A nominated senator, general Koos de la Rey, who had refused to support the government in parliament over this issue, visited Beyers. On September 15 they set off together to visit major JCG Kemp in Potchefstroom, who had a large armoury and a force of 2 000 newly trained men, many of whom were sympathetic to the rebels’ ideas.
Although it is not known what the purpose of their visit was, the South African government believed it to be an attempt to instigate a rebellion, as stated in the Government Blue Book which covers the historic event. According to general Beyers, it was to discuss plans for the simultaneous resignation of leading army officers in protest against the government’s actions, similar to what had happened in Britain two years earlier in the Curragh incident over the Irish Home Rule Bill. On the way to the meeting de la Rey was accidentally shot by a policeman at a road block set up to look for the Foster gang. At his funeral, however, many Nationalist Afrikaners believed and perpetuated the rumour that it was a government assassination, which added fuel to the fire, which was even further inflamed by Siener van Rensburg and his controversial prophecies.
General Maritz, who was head of a commando of Union forces on the border of German South-West Africa, allied himself with the Germans and issued a proclamation on behalf of a provisional government which stated that "the former South African Republic and Orange Free State as well as the Cape Province and Natal are proclaimed free from British control and independent, and every White inhabitant of the mentioned areas, of whatever nationality, are hereby called upon to take their weapons in their hands and realize the long-cherished ideal of a Free and Independent South Africa." It was announced that Generals Beyers, De Wet, Maritz, Kemp and Bezuidenhout were to be the first leaders of this provisional government. Maritz's forces occupied Keimoes in the Upington area. The Lydenburg commando under General De Wet took possession of the town of Heilbron, held up a train and captured government stores and ammunition. Some of the prominent citizens of the area joined him, and by the end of the week he had a force of 3000 men. Beyers also gathered a force in the Magaliesberg; in all, about 12,000 rebels rallied to the cause.
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Source: http://www.hunche.com/South_African_Railway_Namibia.htm
the Quiver Tree Forest, situated 14 kilometers outside Keetmanshoop, on the farm Gariganus. These prehistoric-looking trees grow up to 7 meters high and have attractive yellow flowers which appear in June and July.
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Just after the turn off from the main road look out for the original Witputs farmhouse ruins on your left. The owner, Reinier Coetzee, was apparently the last person to ever see Adolf Lüderitz alive. On the right is the police garrison that patrols the area up to the Sendelingsdrift gate. On the hill behind the building there are remnants of old South African World War One trenches and ruins. General Manie Maritz stayed at Witputs for three months to train horses for the Schutztruppe. Maritz was charged with treason in the 1920's for having joined the German forces in South-West Africa in 1914.
The Maritz Rebellion:
The Maritz Rebellion (Boer Revolt) (Five Shilling Rebellion), took place in South Africa in 1914 at the start of World War I, in which men who supported the recreation of the old Boer republics rose up against the government of the Union of South Africa. Many government members were former Boers who had fought with the Maritz rebels against the British in the Second Boer War, which had ended 11 years earlier. The rebellion failed, and the ringleaders received heavy fines and terms of imprisonment.
The outbreak of hostilities in Europe in August 1914 had long been anticipated, and the government of the Union of South Africa was well aware of the significance of the common border South Africa shared with the German colony of South-West Africa. Prime Minister Louis Botha informed London that South Africa could defend itself and that the Imperial Garrison could depart for France. When the British government asked Botha whether his forces would invade German South-West Africa, the reply was that they could and would.
South African troops were mobilised along the border between the two countries under the command of General Henry Lukin and Lt Col Manie Maritz early in September 1914. Shortly afterwards, another force occupied the German port of Lüderitz.
When the South African government offered to invade the German colonies, the commander-in-chief of the Union Defence Force, general Christiaan Beyers resigned, writing, “It is sad that the war is being waged against the ‘barbarism’ of the Germans. We have forgiven but not forgotten all the barbarities committed in our own country during the South African War,” referring to the atrocities committed by the British during the Boer War. A nominated senator, general Koos de la Rey, who had refused to support the government in parliament over this issue, visited Beyers. On September 15 they set off together to visit major JCG Kemp in Potchefstroom, who had a large armoury and a force of 2 000 newly trained men, many of whom were sympathetic to the rebels’ ideas.
Although it is not known what the purpose of their visit was, the South African government believed it to be an attempt to instigate a rebellion, as stated in the Government Blue Book which covers the historic event. According to general Beyers, it was to discuss plans for the simultaneous resignation of leading army officers in protest against the government’s actions, similar to what had happened in Britain two years earlier in the Curragh incident over the Irish Home Rule Bill. On the way to the meeting de la Rey was accidentally shot by a policeman at a road block set up to look for the Foster gang. At his funeral, however, many Nationalist Afrikaners believed and perpetuated the rumour that it was a government assassination, which added fuel to the fire, which was even further inflamed by Siener van Rensburg and his controversial prophecies.
General Maritz, who was head of a commando of Union forces on the border of German South-West Africa, allied himself with the Germans and issued a proclamation on behalf of a provisional government which stated that "the former South African Republic and Orange Free State as well as the Cape Province and Natal are proclaimed free from British control and independent, and every White inhabitant of the mentioned areas, of whatever nationality, are hereby called upon to take their weapons in their hands and realize the long-cherished ideal of a Free and Independent South Africa." It was announced that Generals Beyers, De Wet, Maritz, Kemp and Bezuidenhout were to be the first leaders of this provisional government. Maritz's forces occupied Keimoes in the Upington area. The Lydenburg commando under General De Wet took possession of the town of Heilbron, held up a train and captured government stores and ammunition. Some of the prominent citizens of the area joined him, and by the end of the week he had a force of 3000 men. Beyers also gathered a force in the Magaliesberg; in all, about 12,000 rebels rallied to the cause.
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Katlehong (G 10)
Name: Katlehong
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Amnesty hearings
The "whites only" bus terminus at Germiston during July
1988 – One (1) count of Malicious damage to property;
The Benoni Wimpy Restaurant on 30 July 1988 – One (1)
count of murder, sixty six (66) counts of attempted murder
and one (1) count of arson;
The South African Police (SAP) barracks, MNISI Section,
in Katlehong in September 1988 – an undetermined number
of counts of attempted murder and one (1) count of arson.
The Railway line near Katlehong during September 1988 –
One (1) count of malicious damage to property;
The Electrical Sub Station near Katlehong during
September 1988 – One (1) count of arson.
The attacks on the Railway line and the Electrical Transformer at Katlehong Railway station and the Sewer Tank at Boksburg were designed to cause damage to these structures, because they were both regarded as strategic mechanisms, the destruction of which was intended to adversely affect the apartheid machinery and cause serious embarrassment and inconvenience. More importantly, it was intended to instil fear within the public and lessen the confidence in the apartheid system. This was not disputed.
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Amnesty hearings
The "whites only" bus terminus at Germiston during July
1988 – One (1) count of Malicious damage to property;
The Benoni Wimpy Restaurant on 30 July 1988 – One (1)
count of murder, sixty six (66) counts of attempted murder
and one (1) count of arson;
The South African Police (SAP) barracks, MNISI Section,
in Katlehong in September 1988 – an undetermined number
of counts of attempted murder and one (1) count of arson.
The Railway line near Katlehong during September 1988 –
One (1) count of malicious damage to property;
The Electrical Sub Station near Katlehong during
September 1988 – One (1) count of arson.
The attacks on the Railway line and the Electrical Transformer at Katlehong Railway station and the Sewer Tank at Boksburg were designed to cause damage to these structures, because they were both regarded as strategic mechanisms, the destruction of which was intended to adversely affect the apartheid machinery and cause serious embarrassment and inconvenience. More importantly, it was intended to instil fear within the public and lessen the confidence in the apartheid system. This was not disputed.
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Kaserne (F 9)
Name: Kaserne
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"The Vickers Road shelter is being constructed on the site of an old railway station in area of Kaserne that is directly adjacent to a hostel. There were reports that hostel dwellers fired shots at the persons who were tasked with setting up the camp over the weekend," it said.
"The international standards of refugee camps are not met," Rachel Cohen, the head of mission for the MSF in South Africa, told the Mail & Guardian Online earlier on Monday.
Bishop Paul Verryn of the Central Methodist Church said: "The place [the shelter] is really next to the hostels which were probably involved in the xenophobia attacks. We also heard that shots were fired from the hostels. And third, the hostels are not being consulted."
M&G June 2008
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SA Railway Maps: http://www.sa-transport.co.za/trains/maps/railway_maps.html
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"The Vickers Road shelter is being constructed on the site of an old railway station in area of Kaserne that is directly adjacent to a hostel. There were reports that hostel dwellers fired shots at the persons who were tasked with setting up the camp over the weekend," it said.
"The international standards of refugee camps are not met," Rachel Cohen, the head of mission for the MSF in South Africa, told the Mail & Guardian Online earlier on Monday.
Bishop Paul Verryn of the Central Methodist Church said: "The place [the shelter] is really next to the hostels which were probably involved in the xenophobia attacks. We also heard that shots were fired from the hostels. And third, the hostels are not being consulted."
M&G June 2008
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Karino (K 8)
Name: Karino
karino is named after an existing train station and is situated some 15 km east of nelspruit at the crocodile river
Karino, a settlement in Mpumalanga
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karino is named after an existing train station and is situated some 15 km east of nelspruit at the crocodile river
Karino, a settlement in Mpumalanga
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Friday, December 4, 2009
Karibib (A 6)
Name: Karibib
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karibib
Early history
The earliest settlers in the Karibib district were missionary Johannes Rath and his family, who arrived in Otjimbingwe on 11 July 1849. Six years later, in 1855, rich copper deposits were found in the Khomas Highlands, and the Walwich Bay Mining Company was founded in Cape Town, with its offices in Otjimbingwe, to exploit the deposits at the Matchless Mine, which then were transported from Otjimbingwe to the port at Walvis Bay. By 1860, the copper deposits were yielding too little for further mining activities, and subsequently the mine closed down and sold its buildings in Otjimbingwe to Charles Andersson for £1500.
Originally, Karibib was nothing but an unknown waterhole belonging to the Hereros. The waterhole and the surrounding 200 square kilometres was later sold by treaty by the Herero headman of Otjimbingwe to Mr Eduard Hälbich of Otjimbingwe. In addition to the settlement of debt, Zeraua received two ox-wagons with 36 oxen and some other compensation in consumable and clothing.
In 1899 Karibib received a second waterhole to cater for increased needs. After the railway reached Jakkalswater, a military outpost of 4 soldiers was opened in Karibib in 1899 to safeguard the approaching railway. In 1900, the town's population was only 10, and further developments occurred at the expense of Otjimbingwe, as the ox-wagons which used to travel via Otjimbingwe to Swakopmund, now travelled via Karibib. By the time the railway from Swakopmund to Windhoek had reached Karibib on 30 May 1900, the government moved the district council from Otjimbingwe to Karibib.
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Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karibib
Early history
The earliest settlers in the Karibib district were missionary Johannes Rath and his family, who arrived in Otjimbingwe on 11 July 1849. Six years later, in 1855, rich copper deposits were found in the Khomas Highlands, and the Walwich Bay Mining Company was founded in Cape Town, with its offices in Otjimbingwe, to exploit the deposits at the Matchless Mine, which then were transported from Otjimbingwe to the port at Walvis Bay. By 1860, the copper deposits were yielding too little for further mining activities, and subsequently the mine closed down and sold its buildings in Otjimbingwe to Charles Andersson for £1500.
Originally, Karibib was nothing but an unknown waterhole belonging to the Hereros. The waterhole and the surrounding 200 square kilometres was later sold by treaty by the Herero headman of Otjimbingwe to Mr Eduard Hälbich of Otjimbingwe. In addition to the settlement of debt, Zeraua received two ox-wagons with 36 oxen and some other compensation in consumable and clothing.
In 1899 Karibib received a second waterhole to cater for increased needs. After the railway reached Jakkalswater, a military outpost of 4 soldiers was opened in Karibib in 1899 to safeguard the approaching railway. In 1900, the town's population was only 10, and further developments occurred at the expense of Otjimbingwe, as the ox-wagons which used to travel via Otjimbingwe to Swakopmund, now travelled via Karibib. By the time the railway from Swakopmund to Windhoek had reached Karibib on 30 May 1900, the government moved the district council from Otjimbingwe to Karibib.
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Karasburg (A 10)
Name: Karasburg
There are three main routes that lead into Karasburg. From Grünau in the West, Onseepkans in the South and the B3 main road that leads to the South African border in the East. The town lies 710km south of Windhoek, 862km North of Cape Town and 110km West of the Ariamsvlei border post. Karasburg is the only relatively large town south of Keetmanshoop in Namibia.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karasburg
via Karasburg and Grunau to Holoog
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Seeheim: A little-known fact is that during the forties and fifties Seeheim was larger and of greater prominence than Keetmanshoop. It had a railway station, several churches and shops, a school, three hotels and a flourishing residential area. Then in the late fifties, the town gradually fell into decline. The school closed down and the residents began to leave. During 1974 the B2 was re-directed and the Seeheim Hotel finally shut shop.
After standing empty for 30 years, Zirkie Kloppers renovated the building and brought it back to life. The furniture(all of which is brand new and made by Zirkie himself), the curtains and other fittings as well as the new outbuildings for additional accommodation have been styled to suite the turn-of-the-century architecture and atmosphere of the original stone building.
For visitors interested in the historical aspects of the surrounding, there are ruins to explore, while the activities of the Schutztruppe are evidenced by an evocative of rusting ammunition scattered in the surrounding foothills. Future plans include the restoration of two historical railway dwellings to accommodate groups and families, and the development of camping facilities.
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There are three main routes that lead into Karasburg. From Grünau in the West, Onseepkans in the South and the B3 main road that leads to the South African border in the East. The town lies 710km south of Windhoek, 862km North of Cape Town and 110km West of the Ariamsvlei border post. Karasburg is the only relatively large town south of Keetmanshoop in Namibia.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karasburg
via Karasburg and Grunau to Holoog
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Seeheim: A little-known fact is that during the forties and fifties Seeheim was larger and of greater prominence than Keetmanshoop. It had a railway station, several churches and shops, a school, three hotels and a flourishing residential area. Then in the late fifties, the town gradually fell into decline. The school closed down and the residents began to leave. During 1974 the B2 was re-directed and the Seeheim Hotel finally shut shop.
After standing empty for 30 years, Zirkie Kloppers renovated the building and brought it back to life. The furniture(all of which is brand new and made by Zirkie himself), the curtains and other fittings as well as the new outbuildings for additional accommodation have been styled to suite the turn-of-the-century architecture and atmosphere of the original stone building.
For visitors interested in the historical aspects of the surrounding, there are ruins to explore, while the activities of the Schutztruppe are evidenced by an evocative of rusting ammunition scattered in the surrounding foothills. Future plans include the restoration of two historical railway dwellings to accommodate groups and families, and the development of camping facilities.
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Kapiri M'poshi (F 3)
Name: Kapiri M'poshi
Kapiri Mposhi is a small town in Zambia. Located north of Lusaka, it stands on the Great North Road and is significant for the railway connection between Zambia Railways line from Kitwe to Lusaka and Livingstone and eastern terminal (New Kapiri Mposhi) of the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority from Dar-es-Salaam since 1976.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railway_stations_in_Zambia
Kapiri Mposhi on the ZR line is no station, just some tracks out in the field, but the train staff got me a taxi, and the taxi driver knew the TAZARA train would leave at 14.54, and it was only 2 km to New Kapiri Mposhi station, from where these trains leave.
The TZR train runs through a beautiful landscape, and in Tanzania I saw a lot of antelopes, buffaloes and giraffes. Already when leaving New Kapiri Mposhi the “Mukuba Express” (Copper in the Bemba language) was two hours late. We were supposed to arrive Dar-es-Salaam Thursday morning. In the afternoon the engine broke down, one station from Dar-es-Salaam. Everybody, except a young Bermudan-English couple with two small children and a lot of luggage and I, went the last 10 km or so by minibus. Finally a new engine arrived and pulled us in to Dar-es-Salaam TAZARA at 6. p.m.
http://www.africaguide.com/forums/read.php?21,18636
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Kapiri Mposhi is a small town in Zambia. Located north of Lusaka, it stands on the Great North Road and is significant for the railway connection between Zambia Railways line from Kitwe to Lusaka and Livingstone and eastern terminal (New Kapiri Mposhi) of the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority from Dar-es-Salaam since 1976.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railway_stations_in_Zambia
Kapiri Mposhi on the ZR line is no station, just some tracks out in the field, but the train staff got me a taxi, and the taxi driver knew the TAZARA train would leave at 14.54, and it was only 2 km to New Kapiri Mposhi station, from where these trains leave.
The TZR train runs through a beautiful landscape, and in Tanzania I saw a lot of antelopes, buffaloes and giraffes. Already when leaving New Kapiri Mposhi the “Mukuba Express” (Copper in the Bemba language) was two hours late. We were supposed to arrive Dar-es-Salaam Thursday morning. In the afternoon the engine broke down, one station from Dar-es-Salaam. Everybody, except a young Bermudan-English couple with two small children and a lot of luggage and I, went the last 10 km or so by minibus. Finally a new engine arrived and pulled us in to Dar-es-Salaam TAZARA at 6. p.m.
http://www.africaguide.com/forums/read.php?21,18636
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Thursday, December 3, 2009
Kameel (C 9)
Name: Kameel
Vryburg.
Kameel is situated in the north western part of the Limpopo Province, close to the Botswana border 85km north of Thabazimbi – about 2hr45mins drive from Johannesburg
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Vryburg.
Kameel is situated in the north western part of the Limpopo Province, close to the Botswana border 85km north of Thabazimbi – about 2hr45mins drive from Johannesburg
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Kalomo Junction (E 4)
Name: Kalomo Junction
Zambia
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Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Kalkrand (A 8)
Name: Kalkrand
Source: http://www.southernnamibia.com/kalkrand.htm
Kalkrand is situated between Rehoboth and Mariental on the B1 national road. In this town you will find a well equipped petrol station and mini supermarket.
It's the perfect place to spend some time meeting the local people and wandering around. A new craft centre will be functioning soon.
http://www.petermerrington.co.za/PJM-Motorcycles-Zambia.shtml
The next day, stopping for a coke at Kalkrand, I found my front engine mounting bar come loose and very nearly lost. A local lent his hydraulic lift and we eased the engine back into position and tapped the bar back. Wired up the thread where a nut had fallen off, and muttered about whoever had left the lock-washer off. Passing north of the Tropic of Capricorn the winter air is at least five degrees warmer than back in the Cape. I rendezvoused with Harvey and Rick at the due time in the light of a full moon beneath the gothic mass of the Kristus-Kirche in Windhoek, and next day found a BMW dealer and the needful special thread nuts and lock-washers.
TransNamib Transport Museum. The museum is situated in the Windhoek Railway Station and was built from 1912 to 1913. In front of the building is the narrow-gauge locomotive (vintage 1900), that used to operate between Swakopmund and Windhoek.
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Source: http://www.southernnamibia.com/kalkrand.htm
Kalkrand is situated between Rehoboth and Mariental on the B1 national road. In this town you will find a well equipped petrol station and mini supermarket.
It's the perfect place to spend some time meeting the local people and wandering around. A new craft centre will be functioning soon.
http://www.petermerrington.co.za/PJM-Motorcycles-Zambia.shtml
The next day, stopping for a coke at Kalkrand, I found my front engine mounting bar come loose and very nearly lost. A local lent his hydraulic lift and we eased the engine back into position and tapped the bar back. Wired up the thread where a nut had fallen off, and muttered about whoever had left the lock-washer off. Passing north of the Tropic of Capricorn the winter air is at least five degrees warmer than back in the Cape. I rendezvoused with Harvey and Rick at the due time in the light of a full moon beneath the gothic mass of the Kristus-Kirche in Windhoek, and next day found a BMW dealer and the needful special thread nuts and lock-washers.
TransNamib Transport Museum. The museum is situated in the Windhoek Railway Station and was built from 1912 to 1913. In front of the building is the narrow-gauge locomotive (vintage 1900), that used to operate between Swakopmund and Windhoek.
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Kalkfeld (A 6)
Name: Kalkfeld
http://www.aato.co.za/namibia/kalkfeld.html
Kalkfeld is a town, west of Otjiwarongo in the Otjozondjupa region.
In Kalkfield, an out of the way place on the railway line north, there is a cluster of small, shallow rock depressions that are footprints from another world.
These dinosaur footprints, on a farm near Kalkfield, are judged to be between 150 and 185 million years old and have been declared a national monument.
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http://www.aato.co.za/namibia/kalkfeld.html
Kalkfeld is a town, west of Otjiwarongo in the Otjozondjupa region.
In Kalkfield, an out of the way place on the railway line north, there is a cluster of small, shallow rock depressions that are footprints from another world.
These dinosaur footprints, on a farm near Kalkfield, are judged to be between 150 and 185 million years old and have been declared a national monument.
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Kalkbaai (A 17)
Name: Kalkbaai
http://www.goodcemeteryguide.com/aboutkalkbay.html
The railway station where Anthony Loxton pondered his options in THE GOOd CEMETERY GUIDE is a real railway station which stands on the edge of the Indian ocean and is very much in use. If you stand on the Kalk Bay platform and look to the left you can see the false bay coastline all the way to Muizenberg where shark monitors are posted on a hill to warn swimmers if a curious white shark comes in too close, and if you look over to the right you can see Simonstown, a picturesque historical village that is home to a naval base and Boulders Beach where you can swim alongside African penguins.
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http://www.goodcemeteryguide.com/aboutkalkbay.html
The railway station where Anthony Loxton pondered his options in THE GOOd CEMETERY GUIDE is a real railway station which stands on the edge of the Indian ocean and is very much in use. If you stand on the Kalk Bay platform and look to the left you can see the false bay coastline all the way to Muizenberg where shark monitors are posted on a hill to warn swimmers if a curious white shark comes in too close, and if you look over to the right you can see Simonstown, a picturesque historical village that is home to a naval base and Boulders Beach where you can swim alongside African penguins.
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Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Kalbaskraal (b15)
Name: Kalbaskraal
Kalbaskraal
Established during 1898 when a railway crossing was erected between Malmesbury and Cape Town on the farm Spes Bona. Kalbaskraal is a small village with an unstructured, rural appearance and a population of about 100 people. Unfortunately, Kalbaskraal is the victim of modern technology and the railway was replaced by road traffic and trucks. Kalbaskraal has a railway line running along the length of the town.
Die Kraaltjie Multi Purpose Centre has a soup kitchen and produce beautiful hammocks and biltong cutters.
Contact number: 022 481 3561.
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Kalbaskraal
Established during 1898 when a railway crossing was erected between Malmesbury and Cape Town on the farm Spes Bona. Kalbaskraal is a small village with an unstructured, rural appearance and a population of about 100 people. Unfortunately, Kalbaskraal is the victim of modern technology and the railway was replaced by road traffic and trucks. Kalbaskraal has a railway line running along the length of the town.
Die Kraaltjie Multi Purpose Centre has a soup kitchen and produce beautiful hammocks and biltong cutters.
Contact number: 022 481 3561.
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