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Academic city in North West, South Africa
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Potchefstroom is a city of 43,000 people (2011) that is part of JB Marks Local Municipality in North West Province. It is a university town with several museums and historical sites.
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relates the history of the town through four important men who shaped Potchefstroom, Pretoria, and the surrounding area; as well as the Great Trek, the story of the Boers migration through the lands that eventually became South Africa. Also here is the Goetz/Fleischack Museum.
A Cape-style home, believed to have been built in 1868 by Marthinus Wessel Pretorius, president of the South African Republic and founder of Pretoria.
Plants and art featured on this site with the North-West University. Also on campus is the NWU Gallery and Totius House Museum.
Guided tours of cheetahs in their sanctuary habitat.
An earthwork quadrilateral, c. 1881, west of the Potch–Klerksdorp rail line and south of the main Potch–Klerksdorp road. British soldiers built the fort during the Anglo-Boer War in 1880, and were besieged by the Boers for 95 days. A number of soldiers and civilians who died during the siege are buried in the adjoining cemetery.
The national memorial site, on Ventersdorp Road in Kanonierspark, for all artillery soldiers who died in combat during World War II.
A marsh where you can look for birds and perhaps otter.
Isak Taljaard
This restored guest house, built a century ago, features six spacious rooms with en-suite bathrooms, small fridges, PC with internet & printer (extra fee), and private entrances for all rooms. Coffee, tea and rusks are available each day as part of the price. Parking, barbeque facilities, and a pool table are also provided.
Pool, free breakfast, wifi, a/c. Very private.
A modern day mall.
It is 120 km (75 mi) west-southwest of Johannesburg and 45 km (28 mi) east-northeast of Klerksdorp.
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