Situated on corner Henshall Street and Samora Machel Drive/N4, it is hard to imagine that what is today known as the Orion Hotel Promenade, used to be the town hall of Nelspruit. The town started out as a prime grazing area, for the cattle.
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Mbombela Orion Hotel, 'Promenade', Nelspruit
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- 18 Apr 2019

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Last updated · 18 Apr 2019
South African History Online. (2018, August 7). Mbombela Orion Hotel, 'Promenade', Nelspruit. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/P-0125228
South African History Online (2018) 'Mbombela Orion Hotel, 'Promenade', Nelspruit', South African History Online, 7 August. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/P-0125228 (Accessed: 8 October 2026).
South African History Online, Mbombela Orion Hotel, 'Promenade', Nelspruit [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/P-0125228, (accessed 8 October 2026).
"Mbombela Orion Hotel, 'Promenade', Nelspruit." South African History Online, 7 Aug. 2018, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/P-0125228. Accessed 8 Oct. 2026.
South African History Online. "Mbombela Orion Hotel, 'Promenade', Nelspruit." South African History Online. August 7, 2018. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/P-0125228.
Further reading
Ehlanzeni District Municipality
KaNyamazane Township, Mpumalanga
Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport, Nelspruit
Xamdeboo was called Aberdeen, Eastern Cape
Cape Town Civic Centre and the CBD of Cape Town
Paternoster, West Coast
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