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Kleinzee is easy to find. Take the N7 from Cape Town, travel for about 560 km and then veer left at Springbok, following the course of the Skaap River, which merges with Buffels River on its way to the sea. Set on the coast, Kleinzee (sometimes referred to as Kleinsee) was a diamond mining town, tourists visited as part of the diamond route. Until De Beers closed their mining operations. By the end of 2011 the 370 houses in Kleinzee were mostly empty and the town's population had dwindled from about 7000 to 1000. The media spoke about it as a 'ghost town'.
Koingnaas is a Town in Namakwa District Municipality in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. Established in 1970, Koingnaas was once a flourishing diamond-mining town, but after De Beers departed the population has fallen rapidly from its peak of about 1,000 inhabitants to approximately 105, according to a Census taken in 2011.
A gravel road leads to this small mining town. Koingnaas is in a restricted area and day visitors need to fill in a register and present an ID at the gate office. It is a typical mining town…small, with the bare necessities.
Set on the foothills of the magnificent Outeniqua Mountains near Mossel Bay and George in a Malaria Free area in South Africa's Garden Route, Botlierskop Private Game Reserve ensures a truly unique safari experience. Botlierskop Private Game Reserve is an exceptional place for a day visit; get away, special functions, theme evenings or even intimate and exotic weddings.
The reserve is situated on a 4200 hecter game farm and comprises of over 26 different species of animals and a wide variety of birds.
Personal Information
Thola Mosala
Died:
November 26, 1976
in Butterworth prison, Transkei
(Natural causes)
Mr Thola Mosala was detained on 31 August 1976 together with chief Neo Sibi. Mr Mosala was a leader of a Sotho minority in the Transkei who strongly opposed the' independence' of that homeland. After being held at the Butterworth prison for 87 days under Transkei proclamation R400 Mr Mosala died on 26 November 1976. According to the Transkei authorities Mr Mosala died of internal bleeding from a gastric ulcer.