Jansenville Articles
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Monday, 27th May 2019The Great Karoo: Jewish Presence In Towns
The Karoo had a sizeble Jewish community that played a major role in various towns. They also left a mark in most towns ranging from cemeteries to...![Klipplaat Town]()
Monday, 20th November 2017Klipplaat Town
Klipplaat today is like any town in drought-stricken rural Eastern Cape; where whites are poor and the coloureds and blacks even worse off. However,...![Jansenville Town]()
Monday, 20th November 2017Jansenville Town
This little town of Jansenville owes its origins to the Dutch Reformed Church which formed a parish there in 1854 named after the last Dutch Governor...![Waterford Village]()
Monday, 20th November 2017Waterford Village
The farm Waterford was owned by two Irish Immigrant brothers, John and Thomas Rafferty, who realized the potential of the erf; which although it was...![Jansenville Flora]()
Monday, 20th November 2017Jansenville Flora
Many geological ages ago, South Africa's Great Karoo region was a mighty lake. (The word Karoo is derived from the Khoi or Hottentot word "karusa"...![Jansenville - Hub of the Mohair Industry]()
Monday, 20th November 2017Jansenville - Hub of the Mohair Industry
The earliest Angora flock in the Jansenville district was established from high quality imported stock by William Cary Hobson at the farm Martyrsford...![The Sundays River]()
Monday, 20th November 2017The Sundays River
The Sundays River enters the Jansenville district on a farm called "Vaaldraai" and leaves the district on a farm called "Vaaldraai", 112km away. A...
