Name: Crossmoor
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Chatsworth is also connected to the CBD bya surface rail system which is operated byMetrorail. There are five rail stations in thearea, namely Havenside, Bayview, Westcliff,Chatsglen and Crossmoor.Since the area is inhabited by people ofdifferent income groups, a substantial per-centage of the commuters still rely on publictransport. Surprisingly, the patronage on therail service is extremely low when comparedwith buses and minibuses and is decreasinggradually
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Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Croesus (F9)
Name:Croesus
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4 KZN women shot dead
Man killed for parking spot
Off-duty metro cop kills robber
Johannesburg - A 29-year-old woman was shot dead during a robbery at Zamimpilo informal settlement near Longdale, Johannesburg on Thursday morning, police said.
It was alleged that the woman and her 32-year old boyfriend were on their way to Croesus railway station when two armed men approached them, Sergeant Sanku Tsunke said.
He said the robbers took the woman's handbag and shot her in the head.
"The woman died at the scene because of a gunshot wound she sustained to the head," he said.
The boyfriend managed to run away from the robbers.
No arrests had been made yet. Police were investigating a murder case, Tsunke said.
He urged anyone with information to contact Crime Stop on 08600-010111.
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TRAIN COMMUTER KILLED IN JHB ON THURSDAY
JHB 22 JULY 1993
A train commuter was killed and two others injured in fighting
on a packed commuter train to Johannesburg on Thursday morning.
Witwatersrand police spokesman Maj Eugene Opperman confirmed
fighting broke out on the train and he quoted eye witnesses as
saying the clash was between Inkatha Freedom Party and African
National Congress supporters.
The fight apparently started when the early-morning train stopped
at Croesus railway station at Industria.
IFP spokesman Humphrey Ndlovu said the man killed in the clash
was a Mr Linda from Nancefield.
Maj Opperman said the man was apparently knifed to death.
Shortly before the fighting broke out the train was searched by
police at New Canada station, the station before Croesus, Maj
Opperman said.
THE DEATH TOLL FOR WEEKENDING ON TUESDAY IS 57 KILLED
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Train Violence Resurges
JOHANNESBURG Nov 4 Sapa
With security forces preparing to move into Natal to quell the
politically-motivated violence in the troubled province, the
worst bloodshed on Tuesday occurred at Witwatersrand train
stations.
According to the official SAP unrest report, seven people died
in attacks on train commuters on Tuesday. The violence continued
on Wednesday morning with a further 11 people being injured in
train attacks.
In killings unconnected with bloodshed on trains, the body of a
man was found in Sebokeng in the Vaal Triangle on Tuesday, and
on Wednesday morning, a man was shot and killed in a fracas with
two policemen near Nyanga, Cape Town.
SABC radio news reported that when two police constables tried
to arrest a man allegedly involved in an assault in a squatter
camp near Nyanga, bystanders began stoning them.
A Mr T M Mthiya grabbed a shotgun from one of the constables and
when he cocked the weapon, he was shot dead by the second
policeman.
On Tuesday at 6.15am the body of a man with several stab wounds
was found next to the railway line near the Croesus Station.
Witnesses said the man had been attacked on the train before
being thrown from the railway coach.
At 6.30am the body of man with a stab wound in the chest was
found near the Braamfontein Station in western Johannesburg.
Police suspected he had also been attacked before being thrown
off a train.
On the East Rand five people were shot dead and two injured when
gunmen inside a train opened fire with Makarov pistols at
commuters on the platforms at the Pilot, Lindela and Katlehong
stations.
The injured were admitted to the Natalspruit Hospital.
The motive for the attacks was not known and no arrests were
made.
In other incidents on Tuesday, police found the body of a man
with bullet wounds in Sebokeng near Vereeniging, police found the
body of a man with bullet wounds.
On the eve of Operation Peace -- as the joint SA Police and
Defence Force crackdown on Natal violence is called -- two people
were seriously wounded when gunmen with AK47 rifles fired on a
car in Enambewini near Wartburg outside Pietermaritzburg.
In another boost to peace, a delegation of African National
Congress leaders, including deputy president Walter Sisulu and
secretary-general Cyril Ramaphosa, were scheduled to meet members
of the organisation's three Natal regions on Wednesday to discuss
to increasing violence in the area.
More more than 70 people have died in violence in Natal during
the past two weeks.
Hundreds of policemen and soldiers are starting to arrive in
Natal following State President F W de Klerk's undertaking last
week to increase security forces in the province to help curb the
violence.
Natal's September Toll The Second Highest This Year
By Craig Doonan
DURBAN Nov 4 1992 Sapa
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4 KZN women shot dead
Man killed for parking spot
Off-duty metro cop kills robber
Johannesburg - A 29-year-old woman was shot dead during a robbery at Zamimpilo informal settlement near Longdale, Johannesburg on Thursday morning, police said.
It was alleged that the woman and her 32-year old boyfriend were on their way to Croesus railway station when two armed men approached them, Sergeant Sanku Tsunke said.
He said the robbers took the woman's handbag and shot her in the head.
"The woman died at the scene because of a gunshot wound she sustained to the head," he said.
The boyfriend managed to run away from the robbers.
No arrests had been made yet. Police were investigating a murder case, Tsunke said.
He urged anyone with information to contact Crime Stop on 08600-010111.
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TRAIN COMMUTER KILLED IN JHB ON THURSDAY
JHB 22 JULY 1993
A train commuter was killed and two others injured in fighting
on a packed commuter train to Johannesburg on Thursday morning.
Witwatersrand police spokesman Maj Eugene Opperman confirmed
fighting broke out on the train and he quoted eye witnesses as
saying the clash was between Inkatha Freedom Party and African
National Congress supporters.
The fight apparently started when the early-morning train stopped
at Croesus railway station at Industria.
IFP spokesman Humphrey Ndlovu said the man killed in the clash
was a Mr Linda from Nancefield.
Maj Opperman said the man was apparently knifed to death.
Shortly before the fighting broke out the train was searched by
police at New Canada station, the station before Croesus, Maj
Opperman said.
THE DEATH TOLL FOR WEEKENDING ON TUESDAY IS 57 KILLED
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Train Violence Resurges
JOHANNESBURG Nov 4 Sapa
With security forces preparing to move into Natal to quell the
politically-motivated violence in the troubled province, the
worst bloodshed on Tuesday occurred at Witwatersrand train
stations.
According to the official SAP unrest report, seven people died
in attacks on train commuters on Tuesday. The violence continued
on Wednesday morning with a further 11 people being injured in
train attacks.
In killings unconnected with bloodshed on trains, the body of a
man was found in Sebokeng in the Vaal Triangle on Tuesday, and
on Wednesday morning, a man was shot and killed in a fracas with
two policemen near Nyanga, Cape Town.
SABC radio news reported that when two police constables tried
to arrest a man allegedly involved in an assault in a squatter
camp near Nyanga, bystanders began stoning them.
A Mr T M Mthiya grabbed a shotgun from one of the constables and
when he cocked the weapon, he was shot dead by the second
policeman.
On Tuesday at 6.15am the body of a man with several stab wounds
was found next to the railway line near the Croesus Station.
Witnesses said the man had been attacked on the train before
being thrown from the railway coach.
At 6.30am the body of man with a stab wound in the chest was
found near the Braamfontein Station in western Johannesburg.
Police suspected he had also been attacked before being thrown
off a train.
On the East Rand five people were shot dead and two injured when
gunmen inside a train opened fire with Makarov pistols at
commuters on the platforms at the Pilot, Lindela and Katlehong
stations.
The injured were admitted to the Natalspruit Hospital.
The motive for the attacks was not known and no arrests were
made.
In other incidents on Tuesday, police found the body of a man
with bullet wounds in Sebokeng near Vereeniging, police found the
body of a man with bullet wounds.
On the eve of Operation Peace -- as the joint SA Police and
Defence Force crackdown on Natal violence is called -- two people
were seriously wounded when gunmen with AK47 rifles fired on a
car in Enambewini near Wartburg outside Pietermaritzburg.
In another boost to peace, a delegation of African National
Congress leaders, including deputy president Walter Sisulu and
secretary-general Cyril Ramaphosa, were scheduled to meet members
of the organisation's three Natal regions on Wednesday to discuss
to increasing violence in the area.
More more than 70 people have died in violence in Natal during
the past two weeks.
Hundreds of policemen and soldiers are starting to arrive in
Natal following State President F W de Klerk's undertaking last
week to increase security forces in the province to help curb the
violence.
Natal's September Toll The Second Highest This Year
By Craig Doonan
DURBAN Nov 4 1992 Sapa
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Creighton (J14)
Name:Creighton
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Date: 12 Mar 2003
Title: Full steam ahead for railway tourism in KZN
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Full steam ahead for railway tourism in KZN
By Craig Elyot
A small municipality in southern KwaZulu-Natal has solved its office accommodation problems and created a potential tourist attraction by building a new R4.6-million railway station.
The station, built in the traditional veranda style in the province's southern town of Creighton, doubles as the civic offices of the new Ingwe municipality, which has chosen railway tourism as a major avenue for economic development.
The Johannesburg-based Bushveld Safari charter train already stops regularly at the town on its way to Kokstad and Matatiele, in East Griqualand, and visits are likely to become more frequent.
Ingwe municipality has also earmarked another R4-million to buy a three-coach train that is expected to run excursions between Himeville and Underberg in the KwaSani municipality and Creighton.
KwaSani already has a strong tourism infrastructure that Ingwe plans to expand on by creating a link with its neighbouring towns.
The idea is to create economic opportunities for poor communities in an area that is largely reliant on a strong commercial farming sector.
Part of the initiative will be for mini-bus taxi operators to offer tourist trips from the station with stops every 12 km to view attractions.
These will include a viewing platform at Indodeni Falls to see a colony of bald ibis, a vulture restaurant; a craft centre at the historic Centocow Mission built in 1890 and access to school choirs and cultural experiences in traditional homesteads.
The municipality also plans to build a raised boardwalk around the Little Creighton Wetland - which is walking distance from the station - where rare bird species such as the marsh owl and the African snipe can be seen. The municipality is also the habitat of the rare Cape parrot.
Other plans include biannual steam train festivals that will be advertised internationally and will feature restored locomotives.
The old Creighton station - a wood and iron colonial building - will be refurbished and converted into a museum. The old post office - also on the station platform - will become a tourist information centre. A shaded boma and braai facilities for tourists are being constructed on the platform and the whole vicinity will be attractively landscaped with indigenous trees and shrubs.
The council chamber at the new civic offices is already being used extensively for other public business such as regional police conferences.
'We took a strategic decision,' said Ingwe Mayor, Innocent Miya. 'We saw an opportunity in railway tourism to create economic benefits for our people. We needed civic offices so it made sense to construct them right here on the railway platform and create an attraction right away.'
Meanwhile, the adjacent Ubuhlebezwe municipality (Ixopo) plans to restore an old steam train to draw the Paton Express, which is currently being drawn by a diesel train. The Paton Express operates in the hill country immortalised by Alan Paton in his novel, Cry the Beloved Country. -BuaNews
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Date: 12 Mar 2003
Title: Full steam ahead for railway tourism in KZN
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Full steam ahead for railway tourism in KZN
By Craig Elyot
A small municipality in southern KwaZulu-Natal has solved its office accommodation problems and created a potential tourist attraction by building a new R4.6-million railway station.
The station, built in the traditional veranda style in the province's southern town of Creighton, doubles as the civic offices of the new Ingwe municipality, which has chosen railway tourism as a major avenue for economic development.
The Johannesburg-based Bushveld Safari charter train already stops regularly at the town on its way to Kokstad and Matatiele, in East Griqualand, and visits are likely to become more frequent.
Ingwe municipality has also earmarked another R4-million to buy a three-coach train that is expected to run excursions between Himeville and Underberg in the KwaSani municipality and Creighton.
KwaSani already has a strong tourism infrastructure that Ingwe plans to expand on by creating a link with its neighbouring towns.
The idea is to create economic opportunities for poor communities in an area that is largely reliant on a strong commercial farming sector.
Part of the initiative will be for mini-bus taxi operators to offer tourist trips from the station with stops every 12 km to view attractions.
These will include a viewing platform at Indodeni Falls to see a colony of bald ibis, a vulture restaurant; a craft centre at the historic Centocow Mission built in 1890 and access to school choirs and cultural experiences in traditional homesteads.
The municipality also plans to build a raised boardwalk around the Little Creighton Wetland - which is walking distance from the station - where rare bird species such as the marsh owl and the African snipe can be seen. The municipality is also the habitat of the rare Cape parrot.
Other plans include biannual steam train festivals that will be advertised internationally and will feature restored locomotives.
The old Creighton station - a wood and iron colonial building - will be refurbished and converted into a museum. The old post office - also on the station platform - will become a tourist information centre. A shaded boma and braai facilities for tourists are being constructed on the platform and the whole vicinity will be attractively landscaped with indigenous trees and shrubs.
The council chamber at the new civic offices is already being used extensively for other public business such as regional police conferences.
'We took a strategic decision,' said Ingwe Mayor, Innocent Miya. 'We saw an opportunity in railway tourism to create economic benefits for our people. We needed civic offices so it made sense to construct them right here on the railway platform and create an attraction right away.'
Meanwhile, the adjacent Ubuhlebezwe municipality (Ixopo) plans to restore an old steam train to draw the Paton Express, which is currently being drawn by a diesel train. The Paton Express operates in the hill country immortalised by Alan Paton in his novel, Cry the Beloved Country. -BuaNews
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Cradock (E14)
Name: Cradock
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Cradock was found by Sir John Cradock after the Frontier War of 1812 as a stronghold to secure the Eastern area of the then Cape Province. It lies in a broad part of the upper Fish River valley. The rich soil, plentiful water and warm climate make it an ideal lucerne, fruit and dairy farming area. When necessary supplementary water is fed to the area from the Orange River via a tunnel, 82 kms long - making it one of the longest irrigation tunnels in the world!
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It was a schoolteacher called Matthew Goniwe who captured the imagination of an oppressed black population in the 1980s, when he pioneered the struggle against Apartheid upon his return from a four-year prison sentence under the old Suppression of Communism Act. He set up the Cradock Residents’ Association (Cradora) and took on the contentious issues of rent increases, which led to consumer boycotts of white businesses in the town.
On June 28, 1985, Matthew Goniwe and his comrades Fort Calata, Sparrow Mkhonto and Sicelo Mhlawuli were murdered by Special Branch members on their way to Port Elizabeth. They came to be known as the Cradock Four.
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Cradock was found by Sir John Cradock after the Frontier War of 1812 as a stronghold to secure the Eastern area of the then Cape Province. It lies in a broad part of the upper Fish River valley. The rich soil, plentiful water and warm climate make it an ideal lucerne, fruit and dairy farming area. When necessary supplementary water is fed to the area from the Orange River via a tunnel, 82 kms long - making it one of the longest irrigation tunnels in the world!
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It was a schoolteacher called Matthew Goniwe who captured the imagination of an oppressed black population in the 1980s, when he pioneered the struggle against Apartheid upon his return from a four-year prison sentence under the old Suppression of Communism Act. He set up the Cradock Residents’ Association (Cradora) and took on the contentious issues of rent increases, which led to consumer boycotts of white businesses in the town.
On June 28, 1985, Matthew Goniwe and his comrades Fort Calata, Sparrow Mkhonto and Sicelo Mhlawuli were murdered by Special Branch members on their way to Port Elizabeth. They came to be known as the Cradock Four.
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Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Cor Delfos (G8)
Name: Cor Delfos
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Copperton (B12)
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Prieska
Including Copperton
240km southwest of Kimberley on the R357
Region: Karoo
Nearby Towns: Copperton, Douglas, Marydale, Britstown, Vosburg, Hopetown
The town of Prieska is located on the banks of the Orange River at the foot of the Doringberg in the Northern Cape. Prieska is situated on the N10 Highway between De Aar and Upington and is the centre for sheep farming, mining and agriculture for the surrounding area.
History and Activities for Prieska (including Copperton)
This settlement originated as a fording place to cross the river and then became a familiar staging post. A mission and trading station were established and the town developed around these activities. The ancient Koranna people had named this place Prieskab (The place of the lost goat), which was later shortened to Prieska. The town was founded in 1882.
The following activities are available:
Aloe Garden
British Fort
Copperton
Die Bos Nature Reserve
Hiking trails
Historical significance
Khoisan Rock Art
Memorial Garden
Museums
Pistachio Nut Farm
Rock Collection
Wonderdraai Island
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Prieska
Including Copperton
240km southwest of Kimberley on the R357
Region: Karoo
Nearby Towns: Copperton, Douglas, Marydale, Britstown, Vosburg, Hopetown
The town of Prieska is located on the banks of the Orange River at the foot of the Doringberg in the Northern Cape. Prieska is situated on the N10 Highway between De Aar and Upington and is the centre for sheep farming, mining and agriculture for the surrounding area.
History and Activities for Prieska (including Copperton)
This settlement originated as a fording place to cross the river and then became a familiar staging post. A mission and trading station were established and the town developed around these activities. The ancient Koranna people had named this place Prieskab (The place of the lost goat), which was later shortened to Prieska. The town was founded in 1882.
The following activities are available:
Aloe Garden
British Fort
Copperton
Die Bos Nature Reserve
Hiking trails
Historical significance
Khoisan Rock Art
Memorial Garden
Museums
Pistachio Nut Farm
Rock Collection
Wonderdraai Island
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Sunday, March 15, 2009
Cookhouse (F14)
Name: Cookhouse
Cookhouse, a village in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Routes: N1, N10 and R63.
Bongweni (Cookhouse)District: Cacadu
History: Although the origin of the name remains uncertain, many believe Cookhouse was named after a small stone kitchen erected by garrison troops during the frontier wars. The remains of this building have all but gone, and today Cookhouse is best known as a railway junction. It was here in 1880 that part of the railway line that stretched from Port Elizabeth to the diamond fields of Kimberley was built.
Arts & Culture: About 15km south of Cookhouse, visitors can see the obelisk at Slagtersnek Memorial, which commemorates a farmers' rebellion in 1815. It was here that four leaders of the rebellion were hanged, and many claim that this was one of the reasons that led to the organised migration of white farmers from the Eastern Cape into the hinterland in the 1830s. In the town, visitors can shop at a country-style shop that sells tartan tam-o-shanters and deerstalkers, or try out the range of products at the cheese shop.
For more information visit: http://www.aatravel.co.za/staticnew/towns/cookhouse.html
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Cookhouse, a village in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Routes: N1, N10 and R63.
Bongweni (Cookhouse)District: Cacadu
History: Although the origin of the name remains uncertain, many believe Cookhouse was named after a small stone kitchen erected by garrison troops during the frontier wars. The remains of this building have all but gone, and today Cookhouse is best known as a railway junction. It was here in 1880 that part of the railway line that stretched from Port Elizabeth to the diamond fields of Kimberley was built.
Arts & Culture: About 15km south of Cookhouse, visitors can see the obelisk at Slagtersnek Memorial, which commemorates a farmers' rebellion in 1815. It was here that four leaders of the rebellion were hanged, and many claim that this was one of the reasons that led to the organised migration of white farmers from the Eastern Cape into the hinterland in the 1830s. In the town, visitors can shop at a country-style shop that sells tartan tam-o-shanters and deerstalkers, or try out the range of products at the cheese shop.
For more information visit: http://www.aatravel.co.za/staticnew/towns/cookhouse.html
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Congella (F14)
Name:Congella
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Military History Journal - Vol 5 No 3
The Battle of Congella
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Military History Journal - Vol 5 No 3
The Battle of Congella
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Friday, March 13, 2009
Grahamstown
Name: Grahamstown
Source: Wikipedia Sept 2010.
Grahamstown
Also known as:"The necklace Capital of the world" , "City of Saints"
Afrikaans: Grahamstad
Grahamstown is a city in the Eastern Cape and is the seat of the Makana municipality. The population of greater Grahamstown, as of 2003, was 124,758.[1] Since 1994, there has been a considerable influx of Black people from the former, and nearby, Ciskei homeland. The city proper has a white majority, while the neighboring townships (geographically separate, but politically together) have Black or Coloured majorities.
Located some 130 km from Port Elizabeth and 180 km from East London, Grahamstown is also the seat of Rhodes University, a diocese of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa. - and a High Court.
History
Fort Selwyn in Grahamstown was founded in 1812 as a military outpost by Lieutenant-Colonel John Graham as part of the effort to secure the eastern frontier of British influence in the then Cape Colony against the Xhosa.
Egazini, Battle of Grahamstown
On 22 April 1819 a large number of Xhosa warriors, under the leadership of Nxele (or Makana), launched an attack against the British colonial forces. The Xhosas warned Colonel Willshire, the commanding officer, beforehand of their planned attack on Grahamstown, brought about by the continued harassment of Xhosas within their own territory by the British authorities. The Xhosas came close to taking the town, but were repulsed by the heavy artillery and gunfire of the British, suffering heavy losses. Nxele surrendered, was taken captive and imprisoned on Robben Island. On Christmas Day, 1819 he tried to escape, but drowned.
Growth
Grahamstown grew during the 1820s as many 1820 Settlers and their families left farming to establish themselves in more secure trades. In 1833 Grahamstown was described as having "two or three English merchants of considerable wealth, but scarcely any society in the ordinary sense of the word. The Public Library is a wretched affair."[4] In a few decades it became the Cape Colony's largest city after Cape Town. It became a bishopric in 1852.
In 1904 Rhodes University College was established in Grahamstown through a grant from the Rhodes Trust.[5] In 1951 it became a fully-fledged University, Rhodes University. Today it provides world-class tertiary education in a wide range of disciplines to over 6,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students.
With the establishment of the Union of South Africa the Grahamstown High Court became a Local Division of the newly formed Supreme Court of South Africa (under Cape Town). However after several years the court was elevated to a Provincial Division and a Local Division was established in Port Elizabeth.
In 1994 Grahamstown became part of the newly established Eastern Cape Province, while Bhisho was chosen as the provincial capital.
Name changes
The provincial government has recently announced that it plans to rename Grahamstown along with several other towns and monuments, with African names. One possible official name for Grahamstown would be Rhini, which is the current Xhosa name for the city. This, however, has been met with opposition by the Grahamstown community.
Religion - 'The City of Saints'
Cathedral of St. Michael and St. George in Church SquareSt. Michael and St. George Cathedral is the seat of the Anglican Diocese of Grahamstown. Grahamstown also has Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Ethiopian Episcopal, Methodist, Baptist, Pinkster Protestante, Dutch Reformed (Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerk), Charismatic, Apostolic and Pentecostal churches. There are also meeting places for Hindus, Scientologists, Quakers, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Muslims.
For historic reasons, particularly the vibrancy of evangelism during Grahamstown's heyday, the City is home to more than forty religious buildings, and the nickname the "City of Saints" has become attached to Grahamstown. However, there is another story which may be the source of this nickname.
It is said that, in about 1846, there were Royal Engineers stationed in Grahamstown who were in need of building tools. They sent a message to Cape Town requesting a vice to be forwarded to them from the Ordnance Stores. A reply came back, 'Buy vice locally'. The response was, 'No vice in Grahamstown'.[6]
Education, Arts and Culture
Grahamstown is home to many schools as well as Rhodes University. It is also home to several institutes, most importantly the South African National Library for the Blind, the National English Literary Museum, the South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (formerly the JLB Smith Institute), the International Library of African Music (ILAM), and the Institute for the Study of English in Africa.
The effects of Apartheid still affect the provision of secondary education in this former frontier town, where significant discrepancies in matric pass rates and general quality of education exist. Addressing this problem is one of the city's greatest challenges.
The Observatory Museum
In 1859, Henry Carter Galpin bought a simple double-storey establishment in Bathurst Street for £300. During the next 23 years he made extensive changes. The front was elegantly decorated, and a basement and three floors added to the back. Rooftop developments included an observatory, from which the building took its name, and what was for many years the only Camera Obscura in the Southern Hemisphere.
Born in 1820 in Dorset, England, Galpin trained as an architect, surveyor and civil engineer, as well as a chronometer, clock and watchmaker. These skills, together with his keen interest in optics and astronomy, are reflected throughout The Observatory- the most unusual Victorian home and business premises in South Africa.
Galpin's thriving watchmaker and jeweller's shop was run by three of his seven sons after his death in 1886. They sold to Messrs Leader and Krummeck in 1939. Several businesses occupied the ground floor while the basement and upper floors were divided into flats and lodgings.
By the end of the 1970s the structure was dilapidated and unsound. The historic link with the identification of the Eureka diamond led to the purchase and restoration of the Observatory by De Beers Consolidated Mines Limited.
The building was subsequently proclaimed a National Monument and presented to the Albany Museum to form part of its History Division. Exhibits were arranged, and The Observatory Museum was opened by Mr. Harry F. Oppenheimer, the then Chairman of De Beers, on February 2, 1983.
Festivals
Two large festivals take place annually in Grahamstown: the National Arts Festival in June/July and SciFest Africa in the first term of the year - sometimes April but it will be in March in 2009 and will attract some 50,000 people. The National Arts Festival is the largest Arts festival in Africa and sees some of the leading talent on the South African and international art scene arriving in Grahamstown for a celebration of culture and artistic expression.[7][8][9][10] [11]
Schools
Grahamstown is the only city in South Africa whose primary commerce sector is that of education. Whilst this statistic is surely abetted by the high cost of the private schools and the relatively small population, it has a remarkable number of schools per capita. Of these, some of the schools are listed below:
St. Andrew's College 1855 Anglican English 8-12 Single sex male (integrated classes with D.S.G. from Gr.10 onwards) Private
Graeme College (known variously before 1939 as Victoria Boys' High School and the Grahamstown Public School) 1873 Non-denominational English 1-12 Single sex male Public
Diocesan School for Girls (D.S.G) 1874 Anglican English 4-12 Single sex female Private
St. Aidan's College 1876 (closed 1973) Jesuit English ?-12 Single sex male Private
St. Andrew's Preparatory School 1885 Anglican English 0-7 Single sex male (Co-ed. until Gr.4) Private
Kingswood College 1894 Methodist English 0-12 Co-educational Private
Victoria Girls' High School 1897 Non-denominational English 8-12 Single sex female Public
Victoria Girls' Primary 1945 Non-denominational English 1-7 Single sex female Public
Oatlands Preparatory 1949 Non-denominational English 0-3 Co-educational Public
P.J. Olivier 1956 Non-denominational Afrikaans 0-12 Co-educational Public
Press
Thomas Henry Grocott 1838 to 1912 - founder and original owner Grocott's Mail standing in front of the Grocott's Mail newspaper officesGrahamstown is home to the oldest surviving independent newspaper in South Africa. Named the Grocott's Mail, it was founded in 1870 by the Grocott family, and bought out a pre-existing newspaper called the Grahamstown Journal, dating from 1831.[12] It is presently a local newspaper operated by the School of Journalism and Media Studies at Rhodes University, and still retains its name. Grocott's Mail's main competitor is an independent free weekly community magazine called Makana Moon, which is owned by Grahamstown journalist Mike Loewe. As a major centre for journalism training, Grahamstown also hosts two student newspapers, Activate, established in 1947, and The Oppidan Press, a student initiative launched in 2007 that caters mainly to the student population living off-campus.
Government
Grahamstown forms part of the Makana Local Municipality in the Cacadu District. Grahamstown is a seat of the Eastern Cape High Court, as well as the Magistrate's Court for the Albany District. As a result of the presence of a High Court, several other related organs of state such as a Masters Office and a Director of Public Prosecutions are present in the city. A few other Government (mostly provincial) departments maintain branches or other offices in Grahamstown.
Trivia
Grahamstown was the only settlement outside Cape Town to host a sitting of the Cape Colony legislature (a move to defuse a call for the creation of a separate colony).
Grahamstown was the location of the testing of the first diamond find by Henry Galpin.
Grahamstown has the "tallest toilet in the world" (housed in an abandoned chimney).
Grahamstown has 52 churches of numerous denominations, gaining it the name the City of Saints.
Grahamstown had its first tornado since 1972 on 8 October 2008 injuring three people and maiming two domestic animals. Parts of Kingswood College were also damaged.
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Grahamstown
Also known as:"The necklace Capital of the world" , "City of Saints"
Afrikaans: Grahamstad
Grahamstown is a city in the Eastern Cape and is the seat of the Makana municipality. The population of greater Grahamstown, as of 2003, was 124,758.[1] Since 1994, there has been a considerable influx of Black people from the former, and nearby, Ciskei homeland. The city proper has a white majority, while the neighboring townships (geographically separate, but politically together) have Black or Coloured majorities.
Located some 130 km from Port Elizabeth and 180 km from East London, Grahamstown is also the seat of Rhodes University, a diocese of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa. - and a High Court.
History
Fort Selwyn in Grahamstown was founded in 1812 as a military outpost by Lieutenant-Colonel John Graham as part of the effort to secure the eastern frontier of British influence in the then Cape Colony against the Xhosa.
Egazini, Battle of Grahamstown
On 22 April 1819 a large number of Xhosa warriors, under the leadership of Nxele (or Makana), launched an attack against the British colonial forces. The Xhosas warned Colonel Willshire, the commanding officer, beforehand of their planned attack on Grahamstown, brought about by the continued harassment of Xhosas within their own territory by the British authorities. The Xhosas came close to taking the town, but were repulsed by the heavy artillery and gunfire of the British, suffering heavy losses. Nxele surrendered, was taken captive and imprisoned on Robben Island. On Christmas Day, 1819 he tried to escape, but drowned.
Growth
Grahamstown grew during the 1820s as many 1820 Settlers and their families left farming to establish themselves in more secure trades. In 1833 Grahamstown was described as having "two or three English merchants of considerable wealth, but scarcely any society in the ordinary sense of the word. The Public Library is a wretched affair."[4] In a few decades it became the Cape Colony's largest city after Cape Town. It became a bishopric in 1852.
In 1904 Rhodes University College was established in Grahamstown through a grant from the Rhodes Trust.[5] In 1951 it became a fully-fledged University, Rhodes University. Today it provides world-class tertiary education in a wide range of disciplines to over 6,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students.
With the establishment of the Union of South Africa the Grahamstown High Court became a Local Division of the newly formed Supreme Court of South Africa (under Cape Town). However after several years the court was elevated to a Provincial Division and a Local Division was established in Port Elizabeth.
In 1994 Grahamstown became part of the newly established Eastern Cape Province, while Bhisho was chosen as the provincial capital.
Name changes
The provincial government has recently announced that it plans to rename Grahamstown along with several other towns and monuments, with African names. One possible official name for Grahamstown would be Rhini, which is the current Xhosa name for the city. This, however, has been met with opposition by the Grahamstown community.
Religion - 'The City of Saints'
Cathedral of St. Michael and St. George in Church SquareSt. Michael and St. George Cathedral is the seat of the Anglican Diocese of Grahamstown. Grahamstown also has Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Ethiopian Episcopal, Methodist, Baptist, Pinkster Protestante, Dutch Reformed (Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerk), Charismatic, Apostolic and Pentecostal churches. There are also meeting places for Hindus, Scientologists, Quakers, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Muslims.
For historic reasons, particularly the vibrancy of evangelism during Grahamstown's heyday, the City is home to more than forty religious buildings, and the nickname the "City of Saints" has become attached to Grahamstown. However, there is another story which may be the source of this nickname.
It is said that, in about 1846, there were Royal Engineers stationed in Grahamstown who were in need of building tools. They sent a message to Cape Town requesting a vice to be forwarded to them from the Ordnance Stores. A reply came back, 'Buy vice locally'. The response was, 'No vice in Grahamstown'.[6]
Education, Arts and Culture
Grahamstown is home to many schools as well as Rhodes University. It is also home to several institutes, most importantly the South African National Library for the Blind, the National English Literary Museum, the South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (formerly the JLB Smith Institute), the International Library of African Music (ILAM), and the Institute for the Study of English in Africa.
The effects of Apartheid still affect the provision of secondary education in this former frontier town, where significant discrepancies in matric pass rates and general quality of education exist. Addressing this problem is one of the city's greatest challenges.
The Observatory Museum
In 1859, Henry Carter Galpin bought a simple double-storey establishment in Bathurst Street for £300. During the next 23 years he made extensive changes. The front was elegantly decorated, and a basement and three floors added to the back. Rooftop developments included an observatory, from which the building took its name, and what was for many years the only Camera Obscura in the Southern Hemisphere.
Born in 1820 in Dorset, England, Galpin trained as an architect, surveyor and civil engineer, as well as a chronometer, clock and watchmaker. These skills, together with his keen interest in optics and astronomy, are reflected throughout The Observatory- the most unusual Victorian home and business premises in South Africa.
Galpin's thriving watchmaker and jeweller's shop was run by three of his seven sons after his death in 1886. They sold to Messrs Leader and Krummeck in 1939. Several businesses occupied the ground floor while the basement and upper floors were divided into flats and lodgings.
By the end of the 1970s the structure was dilapidated and unsound. The historic link with the identification of the Eureka diamond led to the purchase and restoration of the Observatory by De Beers Consolidated Mines Limited.
The building was subsequently proclaimed a National Monument and presented to the Albany Museum to form part of its History Division. Exhibits were arranged, and The Observatory Museum was opened by Mr. Harry F. Oppenheimer, the then Chairman of De Beers, on February 2, 1983.
Festivals
Two large festivals take place annually in Grahamstown: the National Arts Festival in June/July and SciFest Africa in the first term of the year - sometimes April but it will be in March in 2009 and will attract some 50,000 people. The National Arts Festival is the largest Arts festival in Africa and sees some of the leading talent on the South African and international art scene arriving in Grahamstown for a celebration of culture and artistic expression.[7][8][9][10] [11]
Schools
Grahamstown is the only city in South Africa whose primary commerce sector is that of education. Whilst this statistic is surely abetted by the high cost of the private schools and the relatively small population, it has a remarkable number of schools per capita. Of these, some of the schools are listed below:
St. Andrew's College 1855 Anglican English 8-12 Single sex male (integrated classes with D.S.G. from Gr.10 onwards) Private
Graeme College (known variously before 1939 as Victoria Boys' High School and the Grahamstown Public School) 1873 Non-denominational English 1-12 Single sex male Public
Diocesan School for Girls (D.S.G) 1874 Anglican English 4-12 Single sex female Private
St. Aidan's College 1876 (closed 1973) Jesuit English ?-12 Single sex male Private
St. Andrew's Preparatory School 1885 Anglican English 0-7 Single sex male (Co-ed. until Gr.4) Private
Kingswood College 1894 Methodist English 0-12 Co-educational Private
Victoria Girls' High School 1897 Non-denominational English 8-12 Single sex female Public
Victoria Girls' Primary 1945 Non-denominational English 1-7 Single sex female Public
Oatlands Preparatory 1949 Non-denominational English 0-3 Co-educational Public
P.J. Olivier 1956 Non-denominational Afrikaans 0-12 Co-educational Public
Press
Thomas Henry Grocott 1838 to 1912 - founder and original owner Grocott's Mail standing in front of the Grocott's Mail newspaper officesGrahamstown is home to the oldest surviving independent newspaper in South Africa. Named the Grocott's Mail, it was founded in 1870 by the Grocott family, and bought out a pre-existing newspaper called the Grahamstown Journal, dating from 1831.[12] It is presently a local newspaper operated by the School of Journalism and Media Studies at Rhodes University, and still retains its name. Grocott's Mail's main competitor is an independent free weekly community magazine called Makana Moon, which is owned by Grahamstown journalist Mike Loewe. As a major centre for journalism training, Grahamstown also hosts two student newspapers, Activate, established in 1947, and The Oppidan Press, a student initiative launched in 2007 that caters mainly to the student population living off-campus.
Government
Grahamstown forms part of the Makana Local Municipality in the Cacadu District. Grahamstown is a seat of the Eastern Cape High Court, as well as the Magistrate's Court for the Albany District. As a result of the presence of a High Court, several other related organs of state such as a Masters Office and a Director of Public Prosecutions are present in the city. A few other Government (mostly provincial) departments maintain branches or other offices in Grahamstown.
Trivia
Grahamstown was the only settlement outside Cape Town to host a sitting of the Cape Colony legislature (a move to defuse a call for the creation of a separate colony).
Grahamstown was the location of the testing of the first diamond find by Henry Galpin.
Grahamstown has the "tallest toilet in the world" (housed in an abandoned chimney).
Grahamstown has 52 churches of numerous denominations, gaining it the name the City of Saints.
Grahamstown had its first tornado since 1972 on 8 October 2008 injuring three people and maiming two domestic animals. Parts of Kingswood College were also damaged.
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Sunday, March 8, 2009
Place Names Southern Africa: History of Transnet#links
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Concession (H2)
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Compensation (M12)
Name:Compensation
Shakashead started as an informal settlement of Indians, though older dwellings would appear to be farm-built. Formal houses were built after 1994. These number 457. Phase 2 of the housing development programme, which envisages a further 800 has been approved and will extend south to Compensation, adjacent to Ballito. Other housing is primarily composed of informal shacks, some sturdier and better weather-protected than others.
Shell maddens containing early Iron Age pottery fragments have been found at Umhlanga Rocks, Ballito and. Shaka’s Rock Village, dating back to roaming Bantu civilisation in the period from 400 A.D.
The site of a later iron-age village, of the Bantu, Lala people, can be visited in the Shaka Valley, near Stanger, dating back to about 1500.
ICE AGE
In the Groutville area, there ate sites of pre-historic Ice-age glacial activities like wise in the Umvoti, Tongaati and Mbozambo valleys.
SHAKA
Shaka was born in Zululand in 1787, his mother being Princess Nandi, and his father, the Zulu King, Senzangakhona. In 1816, on the death of his father, this mighty warrior leader Shaka became King of the Zulus. At this time, he was living at his royal settlement, "Bulawayo" in the heart, of Zululand. He was engaged in forming a vast and very effective Zulu army of warriors (Impi).
In the early 1800's the area was thickly wooded, with some open patches or grassland, upon which King Shaka and the Zulu peoples grazed their vast herds of cattle.
http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/places/villages/kwazuluNatal/Stanger/chronology.htm
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Shakashead started as an informal settlement of Indians, though older dwellings would appear to be farm-built. Formal houses were built after 1994. These number 457. Phase 2 of the housing development programme, which envisages a further 800 has been approved and will extend south to Compensation, adjacent to Ballito. Other housing is primarily composed of informal shacks, some sturdier and better weather-protected than others.
Shell maddens containing early Iron Age pottery fragments have been found at Umhlanga Rocks, Ballito and. Shaka’s Rock Village, dating back to roaming Bantu civilisation in the period from 400 A.D.
The site of a later iron-age village, of the Bantu, Lala people, can be visited in the Shaka Valley, near Stanger, dating back to about 1500.
ICE AGE
In the Groutville area, there ate sites of pre-historic Ice-age glacial activities like wise in the Umvoti, Tongaati and Mbozambo valleys.
SHAKA
Shaka was born in Zululand in 1787, his mother being Princess Nandi, and his father, the Zulu King, Senzangakhona. In 1816, on the death of his father, this mighty warrior leader Shaka became King of the Zulus. At this time, he was living at his royal settlement, "Bulawayo" in the heart, of Zululand. He was engaged in forming a vast and very effective Zulu army of warriors (Impi).
In the early 1800's the area was thickly wooded, with some open patches or grassland, upon which King Shaka and the Zulu peoples grazed their vast herds of cattle.
http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/places/villages/kwazuluNatal/Stanger/chronology.htm
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Saturday, February 21, 2009
Commondale (J 10)
Name:Commondale
Commondale - Mpumalanga
Explore the quaint village of Lüneburg, then turn left on the road to Piet Retief/Commondale. Take the left fork, six kilometers further, and then turn right to Commondale after five kilometers. Look carefully for the battle site of Ntombe Drift on the way. Follow the mountains to Commondale village. Turn right on the R33, and left to Commondale. The road from Commondale winds through green plantations passing Double H Game Ranch at the Honingkloof turnoff, Wagendrift Game Ranch shortly after crossing White River.
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Commondale - Mpumalanga
Explore the quaint village of Lüneburg, then turn left on the road to Piet Retief/Commondale. Take the left fork, six kilometers further, and then turn right to Commondale after five kilometers. Look carefully for the battle site of Ntombe Drift on the way. Follow the mountains to Commondale village. Turn right on the R33, and left to Commondale. The road from Commondale winds through green plantations passing Double H Game Ranch at the Honingkloof turnoff, Wagendrift Game Ranch shortly after crossing White River.
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Friday, February 20, 2009
Conbomune (K5)
Name:Conbomune
(on the Maputo Rutenga line).
Siding (?) in Mocambique next to Hoyo Hoyo
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(on the Maputo Rutenga line).
Siding (?) in Mocambique next to Hoyo Hoyo
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Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Colleen Bawn (G5)
Name:Colleen Bawn
Colleen Bawn: a town in Zimbabwe
Eppel describes his first book, which is also semi-biographical, as his most vicious attack on the white community where he grew up in Colleen Bawn, a cement plant in southern Zimbabwe.
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Colleen Bawn: a town in Zimbabwe
Eppel describes his first book, which is also semi-biographical, as his most vicious attack on the white community where he grew up in Colleen Bawn, a cement plant in southern Zimbabwe.
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Friday, February 13, 2009
Coligny (D9)
Name: Coligny
Originally named Treurfontein (well of sadness), the name was changed to honour Admiral Gaspard de Coligny, a staunch French Huguenot who was killed in the Massacre of Saint Bartholomew's Day (24 August 1572) in Paris
At first sight, Coligny gives the impression of being just another dusty, windswept village - forgotten in the mists of time and bypassed by modern life. In a way it has retained its "olde worlde" character, but it hides a wealth of history and fascinating character.
Read more: http://www.tourismnorthwest.co.za/central/coligny.html
http://www.routes.co.za/nw/coligny/index.html
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Originally named Treurfontein (well of sadness), the name was changed to honour Admiral Gaspard de Coligny, a staunch French Huguenot who was killed in the Massacre of Saint Bartholomew's Day (24 August 1572) in Paris
At first sight, Coligny gives the impression of being just another dusty, windswept village - forgotten in the mists of time and bypassed by modern life. In a way it has retained its "olde worlde" character, but it hides a wealth of history and fascinating character.
Read more: http://www.tourismnorthwest.co.za/central/coligny.html
http://www.routes.co.za/nw/coligny/index.html
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Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Colesberg (E13)
Name:Colesberg (E13)
The town lies in typical Karoo veld and is surrounded by koppies (little hills). The most famous is Coleskop, which can be seen from a distance of over 40km. Early travellers called it "Towerberg" ("Magic Mountain"). The curious thing about this koppie is that as you travel towards it, it never seems to get nearer.
http://www.places.co.za/html/colesberg.html
Colesberg can trace its origins to a London Missionary Society station.
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Colesberg was founded in 1830 and named after Governor Sir G. Lowry Cole. There is a wonderful museum, the Colesberg Kemper Museum.
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The town lies in typical Karoo veld and is surrounded by koppies (little hills). The most famous is Coleskop, which can be seen from a distance of over 40km. Early travellers called it "Towerberg" ("Magic Mountain"). The curious thing about this koppie is that as you travel towards it, it never seems to get nearer.
http://www.places.co.za/html/colesberg.html
Colesberg can trace its origins to a London Missionary Society station.
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Saturday, February 7, 2009
Colenso (J12)
Name:Colenso
The town of Colenso in South Africa is situated on the banks of the Tugela River and surrounded by the Drakensberg foothills, Colenso was known as Commando Drift before being renamed in honour of the first Bishop of Natal. John William Colenso was a missionary who translated the New Testament into Zulu...earning the title Sobantu - Father of the People. African life can be observed here in an undisturbed natural state, unspoiled by any form of commercialization.
http://www.drakensberg-tourism.com/colenso.html
Colenso (known in Zulu as eSkipeni - Place of the Boat). The original settlement was contained within a loop on the river, but it subsequently expanded southwards and eastwards. It lies on the main Durban - Johannesburg railway line some 190 km north-west of Durban.
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Many of the men who fell in the Battle of Colenso, during the Anglo- Boer War, particularly the Irish regiments, are buried here.Take the Weenen/ Colenso off ramp from the R103 (approaching from Estcourt) and turn left to Winterton. Follow the signs to the cemetery. Open daily.
Armoured Train Cemetery: It was near this site that Winston Churchill was captured by Boer forces, who derailed the armoured observation train which he was travelling. A plaque just off the road records the event and the cemetery set among trees. Off the R103 near Frere. Signposted
Chieveley Military Cemetery:
Here Lt. Freddy Roberts, the son of Lord Roberts, lies buried. He was posthumously awarded the VC. Follow the dirt road past the railway station to the cemetery set among trees. Off the R103 from Estcourt to Colenso. Open daily
Clouston Garden of Remembrance:
Many of the Memorials and graves from the Battle of Colenso have been moved to the Clouston Garden of Rembrance. This site was General Bullers headquarters during the Battle of Colenso. There were a number of brigade hospitals here during the battle to which the wounded were brought. The graves of many of the men killed on the 15 December and Thukela Heights battles are found in this garden.
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The town of Colenso in South Africa is situated on the banks of the Tugela River and surrounded by the Drakensberg foothills, Colenso was known as Commando Drift before being renamed in honour of the first Bishop of Natal. John William Colenso was a missionary who translated the New Testament into Zulu...earning the title Sobantu - Father of the People. African life can be observed here in an undisturbed natural state, unspoiled by any form of commercialization.
http://www.drakensberg-tourism.com/colenso.html
Colenso (known in Zulu as eSkipeni - Place of the Boat). The original settlement was contained within a loop on the river, but it subsequently expanded southwards and eastwards. It lies on the main Durban - Johannesburg railway line some 190 km north-west of Durban.
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Ambleside Military Cemetery:
Many of the men who fell in the Battle of Colenso, during the Anglo- Boer War, particularly the Irish regiments, are buried here.Take the Weenen/ Colenso off ramp from the R103 (approaching from Estcourt) and turn left to Winterton. Follow the signs to the cemetery. Open daily.
Armoured Train Cemetery: It was near this site that Winston Churchill was captured by Boer forces, who derailed the armoured observation train which he was travelling. A plaque just off the road records the event and the cemetery set among trees. Off the R103 near Frere. Signposted
Chieveley Military Cemetery:
Here Lt. Freddy Roberts, the son of Lord Roberts, lies buried. He was posthumously awarded the VC. Follow the dirt road past the railway station to the cemetery set among trees. Off the R103 from Estcourt to Colenso. Open daily
Clouston Garden of Remembrance:
Many of the Memorials and graves from the Battle of Colenso have been moved to the Clouston Garden of Rembrance. This site was General Bullers headquarters during the Battle of Colenso. There were a number of brigade hospitals here during the battle to which the wounded were brought. The graves of many of the men killed on the 15 December and Thukela Heights battles are found in this garden.
http://www.countryroads.co.za/content/colenso.html
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