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/xh/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/xh/ref/P-0125228 (Accessed: 24 July 2026).
South African History Online, Mbombela Orion Hotel, 'Promenade', Nelspruit [website], https://sahistory.org.za/xh/ref/P-0125228, (accessed 24 July 2026).
"Mbombela Orion Hotel, 'Promenade', Nelspruit." South African History Online, 7 Aug. 2018, https://sahistory.org.za/xh/ref/P-0125228. Accessed 24 July 2026.
South African History Online. "Mbombela Orion Hotel, 'Promenade', Nelspruit." South African History Online. August 7, 2018. https://sahistory.org.za/xh/ref/P-0125228.
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