Category Archives: Wildlife

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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MAGALIES MEMOIR

APRIL 2020

For the next few weeks, and possibly months, South Africans will be unable to congregate in large groups and MACH has been obliged to suspend its usual talks and outings. To keep our heritage spirit alive during these difficult times, the MACH Committee will distribute a monthly snippet of information about our wonderful Magaliesberg heritage from  available literature on this region.

This is the first of what we are calling Magalies Memoirs

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