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30. Potchefstroom traders: we please the poorest class of customers

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PotchefstroomThe name comes from the word: 'Potscherf'- (meaning broken pot), Due to the cracks that…
Boskop Village, Nature Reserve and Dam- near PotchefstroomA human fossil remnant consisting of a portion of a skull dome was unearthed in 1913, by…

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