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Nice video, just the right length and with the right amount of detail and history. Could be improved if the narrator received some coaching on how to pronounce Afrikaans words, I battled to recognise some of them in the video and I speak Afrikaans at home.

I have such amazing childhood memories, super sad to see how everything has deteriorated 😢

Thank you very much - I have fond memories of VDBPK and its people. This video touched my heart.

Assalamu alykum My pa worked here

Enjoyed the video. Next please do Ladysmith/eMnambithi, so we can learn about the rich history of the town. The link between Lady Maria Smith and Sir Harry Smith.

Hier waren wir im februar, traumhaft

Great people from Dundee, I grew up in Ladysmith and Vryheid,did n girl once from Dundee, she was something else

65 years later ..I'm still living in Dundee...class 1 to matric in 76. Then teaching there from 81 till 2024

My home town Miss living there

Thanks from Durban

Thank you 😊 🙏 💓 4 a great video 📹 👍.

Did history tours here in high school, thanks for the memories

Nice video

VAL, the roots of rugby and sport photographer Wessel OOSTHUZEN. SA Sports Photographer of the year 2013.

When entering Botshabelo at 3:44 on your video turn left and continue for approx. 700m to the cemetery with many graves. There are buried some of the missionaries, their wives and children. There is also buried Abraham SEROTE (1865-1930) who, assisted by the missionary Friedrich TRÜMPELMANN , translated the Bible into Sepedi (North-Sotho). Abraham died in the same year that the Bible was published. Many of the iron crosses disappeared/stolen leaving many graves unrecognisable. I made it my 'mission' to survey this part of the cemetery using reliable photos and information/data available as well as records done in 1983. This plan is available at the newspaper 'The Middelburg Observer' in Middelburg. All graves on this plan were positively identified as correct.

Refer to Google and TH-cam for the following distinguished persons from Botshabelo: 1. Dr Esther MAHLANGU, the Ndebele art woman, approached by BMW to paint a BMW525i in 1991 followed by a colour-changing BMWi5. Also the interior of a Rolls Royce Phantom, just a few of her artwork. She is known and respected world wide. 2. Harald PAKENDORF, a well known political analyst and journalist.

It's wonderful, wish you more interesting trips

At 1:14 Devon is not known as Leandra. Devon was an agriculture town. There was (still is?) a factory producing all types of agricultural implements for farm use. What an eye opener to see the extend from the Delmas side from where you entered the town. At 7:30 on the left was a huge radar station with an enormous underground complex.

Met die stigting van Leslie en Eendracht (Leandra) word bepaal dat geen drankwinkels op Eendracht mag wees. Daarom is die drie susterskerke (NG Kerk, Herv Kerk en Geref Kerk) op Eendracht en die drankverkope op Leslie!! Uit 'n publieke naamgewing kompetisie word die naam 'LEANDRA' gekies. Is dit die enigste dorp wat uit twee dele bestaan een km van mekaar? Op 13November 1952 tref 'n ramp die Leslie laerskool toe 'n ongeluk by die treinoorgang van die pad naby die treinhalte Oban plaasvind. Ongeveer 7,25km buite Leandra in rigting Kinross gebeur dit toe die trein die stilstaande skoolbus ('n Vragmotor met sitplekke aan weerskante met kappie/tent as bedekking) tref op die oorgang. Tien kinders tussen ouderdomme 8- en 14jaar en die busbestuurder sterf hier. Talle kinders is beseer, sommiges met letsels vir die res van hul lewens. 'n Monument word opgerig wat in 2007 verskuif is na die Leslie laerskool en tans daar is. Jaarliks word die gebeurtenis nog steeds deur die skool herdenk. Daar is later jare 'n brug gebou oor die treinspoor. Die kinders was woonagtig op plase en is dan ook so begrawe asook in Eendracht se begraafplaas. Behalwe een graf kon ek al die ander grafte opspoor.

Two Scottish engineers and brothers PATTISON (Basil Stuart 1871-1910) and (Henry Reginald 1868-1905) were on contract to build the "Springs Eastward Railway" during 1904/1905 from Springs to the coal mines at Breyten and Ermelo. Correct that they missed their home and named the stop overs Leslie, Devon, Oban, Kinross and Leven along the line to towns in their country. They were buried at Emma's View close to Bethal. GPS: S26 26.615 E29 25.774

The useless black politicians! The last time I have been in Sabie was in 1979, and now? I will not waste my money to come and visit South Africa again, even if I miss this beautiful country. It shows me, blacks will never learn anything positiv in their life!

At 7:50 the very first inhabitants were Lool and An Odendaal and their children Lool and Pieter.

Our special home town

Brings back so many fond memories. I completed my matric in Dundee. We would travel by bus from Dannhauser to Dundee everyday. Awsome. Please do Dannhauser.

Great work

You voice is very soothing.

My grandfathers farm Noijensboom is on the end off that road towards Utrecht, my place of birth. Just before the crossing turn of to Utrecht the old house you can see from the road. About 100m from there is his grave, Jacobus Christoffel Coetzer. FRom the 4 way crossing you go down Skurweberg into Utrecht

My home town

Thank you for this video. My late husband and I contracted to Mondi and lived on a farm on this road. I drove it everyday taking our children ti school. Great memories.

Did my senior schooling there, 1965. Guy's video clip doesn't do justice to the town...pity!

Home ❤

Very relaxing!

Great video keep up the good work

You can build entire cities on this land.

First time seing gravel travel so long nice one because it looks smooth

My hometown. Stanera

These once beautiful dorps are sadly in decay😢...they'll just be ruins for the next generation.

My town…it’s so strange was it was so desolate when y’all filmed😂 it is really more lively 😅

Really well made video, I've shared it far and wide!

My home town 🥹😩❤️. I miss it

I grew up here. This was the home of my late grandmother from my mothers side. Kerk str 73. The entrance has two small wagon wheels build into walls and it's calledEmannuele

Thank you fir sharing,

I thought the oldest town in Mpumalanga would be Jericho

I am a Ugandan and found myself enjoying this random video of a town I will probably never reach. Great history and I hope their daughters weren’t finally corrupted by the internet 😂😂😂

Very touching...I have visited twice...many years ago, the first time in 1969..

I miss south Africa,and it's life style aboti

I used to go every day from temba to nylstroom

Fantastic video. Very interesting and informative ❤❤

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ANC at its best! We'll done ANC government messing up a town and making the poorest of the poor like in squalor in Plastic City squatter camp! Keep on stealing our tax money.