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Magaliesberg Kloofs & Waterfalls
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For decades the kloofs of the Magaliesberg have appealed to mountaineers and many of them are now known by names given to them by members of the Mountain Club of South Africa. Well-known mountaineer Colin Hutchinson named Castle Gorge in the Magaliesberg because of its fine buttresses; and its similarity to the "Cedarberg" mountains in the Western Cape. The Magaliesberg by Vincent Curruthers...
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The Cape Vulture in the Magaliesberg
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Breeding colonies are located in the cliffs above Skeerpoort and at "vulture restaurants" in the Magaliesberg. These scavengers enjoy the respect and support of all the inhabitants of the Magaliesberg and share their cliffs with swallows, swifts, kestrels, black storks, cape rock thrushes and many other interesting birds....
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George Harrison – “The Miner”
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Who Discovered The Main Reef? 23rd July, 1886, Mr Gerhardus Cornelis Oosthuizen (owner of section C of Langlaagte farm) writes to his friend president Paul Kruger:.. "I let you hereby know that Mr. Sors Hariezon has been to see me and has told me that the reef is payable and so I send him to you, then, Mr Kruger. You can talk to him yourself.." On 24th July, 1886, George Harrison writes in an affidavit after he got to Pretoria:.."My name is...
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