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Klerksdorp (/ ˈ k l ɑːr k s d ɔːr p / KLARKS-dorp) is located in the North West Province, South Africa. Klerksdorp is located 165 km (103 mi) southeast of Mahikeng, the provincial capital. [2] Klerksdorp was also the first capital of the then Transvaal Republic and used to be the home of the
Klerksdorp Commando was a light infantry regiment of the South African Army. It formed part of the South African Army Infantry Formation as well as the South African Territorial Reserve. History
The chief minerals are gold, mined at Orkney and Klerksdorp; uranium, mined at Klerksdorp; platinum, mined at Rustenburg and Brits; and diamonds, mined at Lichtenburg, Christiana, and Bloemhof. About 85% of all money-making activities take place between Klerksdorp and Potchefstroom. The economic heart of the province is Klerksdorp.
Klerksdorp: 14,671 742,821 50.6 39: Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District Municipality: DC39: North West: Vryburg: ... Parliament of the Republic of South Africa (1996) ...
Born in the Cape Colony but raised in the South African Republic, Cronjé had a distinctive appearance, being short with a black beard and was reputed to have considerable personal courage. [ citation needed ] He made his reputation in the First Boer War , besieging the British garrison at Potchefstroom . [ 1 ]
Liebenberg was born near Hoopstad in Orange Free State to Christiaan Jacobus Liebenberg and Catharina Petronella van der Westhuizen. [2] In 1874 he lived at the farm Witpoort in the district of Klerksdorp, South African Republic.
The municipalities of South Africa as of 2016. This is a list of municipalities of South Africa.The largest metropolitan areas are governed by metropolitan municipalities, while the rest of the country is divided into district municipalities, each of which consists of several local municipalities.
Potgieter was born the fourth child and fourth son of farmer Petrus Philippus Potgieter (Uitenhage, Eastern Cape, South Africa, 14 December 1820 – British concentration camp Klerksdorp, 20 December 1901) [6] and Wilhelmina Jacoba Pieterse (Cradock, Eastern Cape, 25 August 1826 – Farm Matjiesspruit, Makwassie, now North West province, 18 August 1880), among six sons and three daughters.