Vaalkop is known as: "an Anglers Dream", it is situated 54 km North of Britz, near Beestekraal and North-East of Rustenburg, in typical 'broken Bushveld Country'. It is renowned as both an anglers and birdwatching destination.
Borakalalo is situated 60 km North of Brits. It consists of 13 000 ha of woodland and open Bushveld – in a remote and peaceful area of unusual beauty and diversity set in Kalahari veld and woodland country, along the banks of the Moretele River and the 800 ha Klipvoor Dam. An extensive network of roads through the reserve are accessible for all vehicles and there are a number of attractive picnic and braai sites for the use of day visitors. The climate is generally mild to hot.
On 1 December 1834, slavery came to an end in the Cape Colony. The move to abolish slavery in the Colony came a year after the Slavery Abolition Bill of 1833 was passed by the British House of Commons and by the House of Lords. Although the Bill was passed in August 1833 it came into effect on 1 August 1834. On that date slavery was abolished throughout the vast British Empire, with a few exceptions. One was the Cape Colony, where it was delayed for four months until 1 December. The Act apprenticed slaves to their masters for a period of four years. This enabled them to learn trades and afforded a transition period for the owners. A certain amount was granted as compensation to the owners, which they had to collect personally in Britain and was in some cases barely enough to pay for their expenses. The abolition of slavery and the way in which it was enacted was one of the contributing factors leading to the Great Trek (starting in 1835) from the Cape Colony. Piet Retief, in his famous manifesto to the Grahamstown Journal, wrote: “We complain of the severe losses, which we have been forced to sustain by the emancipation of our slaves, and the vexatious laws, which have been enacted respecting them”. Though the abolition of slavery has been historically treated as the main cause of the Great Trek, there were other equally compelling reasons for the settlers to leave the Cape Colony. Further reading list: A history of prison labour in South Africa Indenture: A new system of slavery? Ship list of Indian Indentured Labourers Slave Resistance The Early Cape Slave Trade The First Slaves at the Cape ‘Liberated’ Slaves? by Joline Young
The Marakele National Park in the heart of the Waterberg Mountains, as its Tswana name suggests, has become a 'place of sanctuary' for an impressive variety of wildlife due to its location in the transitional zone between the dry western and moisture eastern regions of South Africa. Marakele has all major safari animals, including the Big Five. Several small herds of Buffalo have been reintroduced and there is a good chance of finding White Rhino. There are plenty of Elephant in the park as well, but they tend to stick to the inaccessible, northern area.
At Klein Roosboom the elements combine in perfect harmony to create the enviable conditions that make their wines so special. The uniqueness allows each grape variety to be grown in the locale climatic conditions that suit it best. The south-facing slopes are suited to Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Shiraz. The wines happily lodge their roots into rich Hutton, Oakleaf and Clovelly soils, extracting nourishment from the earth. As the fresh Atlantic breeze cools the vineyards, the crisp Cape air shapes the flavours of the grapes, and in turn, the quality of the wines.
Masiphumelele means “We will succeed” in Xhosa. This spirit of endurance was needed by the people for decades - and these words are still an expression of their hope of better times to come.
In the early 1980’s a group of 400-500 black people started the first informal settlement close to where Masiphumelele is today - in the bushes around that area where today the huge Longbeach shopping mall is located. Under Apartheid laws these families were repeatedly chased away by force.
The little town of Kokstad sits on the boundary between KwaZulu Natal and the Eastern Cape, nestled in the heart of East Griqualand. Kokstad lies in the shadow of Mount Currie on the outer slopes of the Drakensberg and was, until recently, best known for its cheese until Oprah Winfrey placed the town on the map, amidst much fanfare, when her charitable foundation, Oprah’s Angel Network, designed a school for Kokstad’s Shayamoya township. Kokstad lies surrounded by mountains in a predominantly stock farming area.
Sutelong is next to Sutelong and is located in Bojanala Platinum District Municipality, North-West, South Africa.
People Percentage: Black African people are 4,044 making up 99.85% of population. Indian or Asian are 5 people. White is 1 person. (This was taken from a 2011 statistics survey. The first language is Setswana spoken by 3,104, which is 76.62% of the total population.)
The Moretele Local Municipality is situated within the Bojanala Platinum District in the North West Province. The municipality is located in an area called Moretele, which is situated far north of Pretoria.
