In the article below, Jaco Mattheyse explores the history behind a well-known Krugersdorp landmark: the old Police Station on Commissioner Street. He begins by unpacking the social and political landscape of the town in the 1890s.
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The sudden passing of Ufrieda Ho on 9 March 2026, just short of her fifty-third birthday, is a profound loss to South African journalism and literature. Those who knew her work will remember a writer of warmth, curiosity, and moral clarity, someone who approached the human condition with empathy and an instinct for the telling detail.
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The graves of Voortrekkers Jan Christoffel and Maria Magdalena Esterhuysen and their descendants are to be found here. Jan and Maria settled on their farm Zandfontein in 1836 and were the first white family to settle in this area. Jan's mother, Judith, was the sister of Voortrekker leader Andries Pretorius.