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We have to cross the railway line on our way to Rensburg. In the past we would have passed the Asiatic Bazaar that have since moved to Shalimar. We are greeted by Jopie Fourie Street, named after an Afrikaner martyr of the 1914 Rebellion. The...
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According to the General Plan of Heidelberg dated 1910, the first black township was located where the industrial area is today next to the Balfour/Standerton road. The only current reminder of its existence is the cemetery that remained.It was known as Magogweni or...
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Ruins of a missionary church dating back to 1897 can be seen close to Ratanda. Jomo Kenyatta once commented: “When the missionaries arrived the African had the land and the missionaries had the Bible. They taught us to pray with our eyes closed,...
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The main street in Ratanda, or as it is referred to, “the big road”, is Heidelberg Road. It takes you through Ratanda and played an interesting part in the history of Ratanda. Initially, there was a lot of conflict between the Zulu and the Sotho communities at the...
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The Indian Bazaar was previously located at the entrance to Rensburg. Rensburg was where the first Hindu temple stood, whilst Heidelberg central in Van der Westhuizen Street was home to the second oldest mosque (1903) in the old Transvaal. F M Badat was the last...
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On our tour through Heidelberg a gravel snake road takes us, up the hill to a birds eye view of the whole of Heidelberg. This is our “el camino” and when you reach the top you recall all the heritage stops and the influence it had on South African history....
