Go Ghaap! 28°17’23.60”S 23°20’28.16”E White Farmer, Bosman, in Early 1900S
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CORE AREA MAP: The Sishen–Saldanha railway line is 861 kilometers long. It connects 28°18’14.09”S 23° 7’33.13”E Cape Colonial troops in the Langberg. KURUMAN iron ore mines at Kathu with the port at Saldanha Bay in the Western Ancient sibilo (specularite) mine, used by the Korana and Tswana. CapeEach train consists of about 342 wagons, with 5-8 large Sibilo stone was ground fine, mixed with fat, and used as a glittering Wonderwerk Cave Moffat Mission – 27°25’17.64”S 23°25’35.44”E locomotives. From arrival to departure, an ore train carrying 170 000 cosmetic. It was traded throughout Southern Africa. The Griquas called 27°50’4.42”S 23°34’25.40”E London Mission Society centre, established 1823 under Rev Robert tonnes will be in Saldanha Bay just 24 hours later. Moffat the mine “Blinkklip”. Man-made artefacts, thought to be at least 2-million years old, have been found in this historic cave. Bushman paintings on the walls have Kuruman eye – 27°27’46.48”S 23°26’12.05”E Sishen-Saldanha line Jenn-Haven village been dated back some 10 000 years. The cave was inhabited by a Historic fountain, providing around 30 million litres per day. 27°54’8.18”S 22°55’59.53”E Go Ghaap! 28°17’23.60”S 23°20’28.16”E white farmer, Bosman, in early 1900s. Archaeological excavations are Truce Tree – 27°26’22.5”S 23°26’28.1”E The Sishen–Saldanha railway line is 861 kilometers long. It connects The Jenn-haven community descends from from the Gatlhose people continuing. Open on weekdays. During the 1914 rebellion, 1200 Afrikaner rebels invaded Kuruman to iron ore mines at Kathu with the port at Saldanha Bay in the Western who lived north of Postmasburg. When the military base, Lothatla, was get supplies. A treaty was signed under this tree between the rebel Cape. It transports 60 million tons of iron ore per year. In 2015, South established, they were removed to a farm north-west of Postmasburg, Boesmansgat Cave General JC Kemp and Capt Frylinck of the South African Government African Transport Services created a world record for the longest and in 1992. It is now a serene rural village. The name Jenn-Haven derives 27°58’42.9”S 23°36’29.0”E force. heaviest train ever run - a 7.281km monster of a train! from William Jenneke, a well-loved community leader, teacher, and Boesmansgat is a natural sinkhole on the farm Mount Carmel. The clergyman. Langberg heroes monument – 27°27’48.2”S 23°26’05.8”E 100m diameter surface leads to a cave about 270m deep, making it The three chiefs who led in the Langberg rebellion in 1897. Langberg Rebellion 1897 one of the deepest freshwater caves in the world. Three expert divers 27°47’07.3”S 22°43’17.6”E Lesedi Solar Project have lost their lives here. Visit by appointment, (053) 384 0564. Old cemetery – 27°27’44.1”S 23°25’38.0”E 28°17’28.82”S 23°20’16.01”E Graves of Hajee Mohamed and Fanoo Sakoor, local Indian community Dirt road leading north from Olifantshoek leaders in non-racial Kuruman, before 1940. Site of final stand of the Tlhaping and Tlharo in 1897. Lieut-Col Edmund The Lesedi Solar Park is a 75-megawatt solar photovoltaic power plant, Ghaap dolomite with 277,632 PV solar panels. It will harness the Northern Cape’s ample Kuruman Showgrounds – -27.468663 23.413917 Dalgety led the Duke of Edinburgh’s Own Volunteer Regiment and 28° 5’9.45”S 23°34’57.72”E Kuruman Hills sunlight to supply electricity for 65,000 homes. Showgrounds: Originally called Tlhabolongoneng (seTswana, “the 27°28’39.18”S 23°22’22.36”E Cape Town Highlanders against the Tswana chiefs, Luka Jantjie, Toto White dolomitic limestone belongs to the 2.3-billion- year-old Ghaap and Gaetsewe. Jantjie was killed on 30 July; and Toto and Gaetsewe Plateau Formation. The almost perfectly flat Plateau sits some 1 130m turning point), the original camp site for explorers visiting the Eye of Route The Kuruman hills consist of mudrock and iron (“banded ironstone Kuruman. were captured. above sea level and extends 150km from east to west, between the formation”). About three billion years ago, the Ghaap Plateau was a Asbestos Hills Harts River valley and the Kuruman Hills. The bedrock of dolomite shallow shelf submerged under the sea, where valuable minerals were 28°16’0.13”S 23°25’39.31”E (calcium manganese carbonate) underground waterways. KATHU deposited. Kaapvaal Craton About three billion years ago, the Ghaap Plateau was a shallow shelf 27°56’38.89”S 22°44’10.21”E submerged under the sea. Over millions of years, deposits of micro- Camel Thorn Forest – Kathu Golf Course – 27°38’21.21”S 23° 5’0.45”E organisms and mud created the Kuruman Hills (north of Danielskuil) Turnoff to Alte Fijn Coffee Shop The Kathu Camelthorn Forest (Acacia erioloba) is about 4000 hectares and the Asbestos Hills (south of Danielskuil). The Asbestos hills have Langberg was the western edge of the Kaapvaal Craton, an in size. large deposits of blue asbestos, or crocidolite. Asbestos mining in the ancient continent, 3 billion years ago. Cratons are blocks of Ghaap was a major industry between 1930 and 1980, when it was Kathu town (mine equip) – 27°41’25.52”S 23° 4’20.99”E ancient lava crust. The other half of the Kaapvaal Craton is discontinued due to health concerns. Massive iron mining equipment – great for kids to play on! in Western Australia! It moved away due to continental drift. The Kaapvaal and Pilbara Cratons are the only remaining areas of Heritage Mall – 27°41’27.0”S 23°04’05.5”E pristine crust on earth, dating back to about 3.6 billion years ago. Kuruman Hills Site of ancient stone age tool-yards 28°16’0.13”S 23°25’39.31”E Lohatlha base About three billion years ago, the Ghaap Plateau was a shallow shelf POSTMASBURG 28° 3’52.97”S 23° 3’56.16”E submerged under the sea. Over millions of years, deposits of micro- Postmasburg – 28°19’49.12”S 23° 3’52.10”E organisms and mud created the Kuruman Hills (north of Danielskuil) Postmasburg: Originally a station of the London Missionary Society and the Asbestos Hills (south of Danielskuil). The Asbestos hills have called Sibiling. It then became a Griqua village called Blinkklip. It Mount Ga-mohana large deposits of blue asbestos, or crocidolite. Asbestos mining in the was proclaimed a town in 1892 and named after the Reverend Dirk -27.489580 23.317752 Ghaap was a major industry between 1930 and 1980, when it was Larger map: Rim area Postma (1818-1890), founder of the Dutch Reformed Church. The town discontinued due to health concerns. Mount Gamohana, one of the four main peaks of the Kuruman Hills, achieved municipal status in 1936. “Place of the crowbar” in seTswana. 1614 metres above sea level. Langberg The Groenwaterspruit flows through the town. Limestone 28°56’30.4”S 22°23’11.2”E Blinkklip Street – 28°19’49.12”S 23° 3’52.10”E 28°22’48.79”S 23°34’3.24”E Ga-Mopedi The Langberg range was laid down in a basin on the edge of an ancient The oldest street in Postmasburg. 27°13’22.1”S 23°12’51.2”E The Ghaap Plateau is about 1.6 to 2.5 km thick. This was created on continent, the Kaapvaal Craton. The Langberg is about 1 900 million www.go-ghaap.com the western side of the Kaapvaal Craton, about three billion years ago. years old and consists or pink and red quartzite, which contains iron. Rev Dirk Postma statue – 28°19’55.26”S – 23° 3’51.89”E This was the very first mission to the Tswana, in 1801. It was led by Jan At that time, the Ghaap Plateau was a shallow shelf submerged under After 1790, the Langberg was a refuge for Korana clans, as well as Kok and William Edwards, of the South African Missionary Society. Jan Rev Dirk Postma was born in the Netherlands in 1818, and was the the sea. Here various micro-fossils, dolomites, limestones, and pebbles brigands such as Jan Bloem, his son Jan Bloem II, and Jager Afrikaner. Kok was a farmer, of mixed origin, with a white father and a Khoi mother. first clergyman of the Gereformeerde Kerk, which broke away from the Lohatla army base: The SA Army Combat Training Centre is one of only were deposited, about 2.6 billion years ago. Hence many of the dirt Nederlandse Gereformeerde Kerk (“Dutch Reformed Church”) in 1859. NATIONAL LOTTERIES COMMISSION ten such institutions in the world that provide exclusive and permanent roads on the Ghaap Plateau have a white colour. LOTTO FUNDED Rietfontein Beautiful statue sculpted by Phil Minnaar. Maruping facilities for landward warfare training. Only two of these institutions 29°08’35.4”S 22°55’25.3”E 27°21’11.9”S 23°22’15.7”E are located in the Southern hemisphere. Original Gereformeerde Kerk – 28°19’58.9”S 23°03’40.6”E Ghaap se Berg Rietfontein: William Anderson and Cornelius Kramer were the first The local Gereformeerde Kerk was established in 1883, with 47 The capital town of the Thlaping, after 1817, under Chief Mothibi.