The Town of Dannhauser was named after Renier Dannhauser, a German settler, who purchased the Farm: 'Palmietfontein', from the Natal Government, in 1872. The Dannhauser's are an old farming family that lived in that Area. It was proclaimed a Village in 1937. Some of the largest coal-producing Mines surround it.
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Mogodi is located in Capricorn District Municipality, of Limpopo. The estimated terrain, elevation above sea level is 1030 metres. Mogodi is situated nearby to Boomplaats, and South East of Rustplaats. Only 1 hr 31 min (82,2 km) via the Orrie Baragwanath Pass to the Lekgamaleetse Nature Reserve! The Orrie Baragwanath Pass is a rough dirt road across the Wolkberg mountains in the scenically rich Lekgamaleetse Nature Reserve. The pass is best suited to 4x4 vehicles, or off-road motorbikes, as it is often unpassable after heavy rains!
Mobeni, is located in KwaZulu-Natal, Durban (formerly Port Natal). The largest City of KwaZulu-Natal Province and the chief Port of South Africa. (With the highest traffic of shipping vessels, in the entire Coast of Africa.)
Mobeni is situated nearby to Lamontville, and West of Merebank. The district Mobeni falls under the jurisdiction of the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality. The spoken languages are: 'Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, English, Tswana, Southern Sotho, Tsonga, Swati, Venda and South Ndebele'. Virginia Airport is a mere 6 minutes away and King Shaka International is only 18 minutes.
The Johanna, or Joanna, was a British East Indiaman vessel sailing from Kent, England, to Surat, India, under the command of Captain Robert Brown. She embarked on her journey on 27 February 1682, carrying a crew of 110, 36 guns, European-made trading goods and 70 chests of silver ‘pieces of eight’. A ‘piece of eight’ is silver or gold ‘coins’ that were worth eight Spanish ‘Reales’ that could be broken or cut into eight pieces and used to trade for goods and services.