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Volksrust Tourism Info Mpumalanga Grass and Wetlands

Volksrust Mpumalanga Grass and Wetlands Information

The land near where the Battle of Majuba was fought - where the Transvaal won independence from the British - was decided suitable for a new town to be founded on the Mpumalanga / KwaZulu Natal border.

Volksrust, became a municipality in 1904, is the commercial center of a district of which the main products are maize, wool, sorghum, sunflower seed, beef and dairy. Majuba, one of Eskom’s new -generation power stations, was commissioned near Volksrust.

The town is the junction for the railway line that links the main Johannesburg-Durban line with other towns nearby. Slang River Falls are a mere 13 kilometers from the town.

Volksrust is siuated close to some of the Kwazulu Natal battle field sites. It was a retreat where the injured soldiers were treated.

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Volksrust Tourism Info Mpumalanga Grass and Wetlands

Mpumalanga Tourism
Tel:+27 (0) 13 752-7001 - Fax:+27 (0) 13 752-7012 - E-mail: zandile@mtpa.co.za - Web: www.mpumalanga.com
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