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South Africa/ Western Cape/ Central Karoo/ Matjiesfontein

Written by Otto Saayman

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Matjiesfontein Tourism Bureau
Lord Milner Hotel, Logan Street
Tel: 023 561 3011

Seemingly in the middle of nowhere right next to the N1, lies the village of Matjiesfontein. The village was founded in the 1880s by James Douglas Logan in the dry Laingsburg district of the Cape as a health resort. It attracted a large number of famous visitors, especially in the 1890s. Among them was Cecil J Rhodes, Olive Schreiner, the sultan of Zanzibar and Winston Churchill's father Lord Randolph. The historic village takes its name from a reed (matjiesgoed) used as matting that grows in the area. The entire village has been declared a National Monument in 1975.

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South Africa/ Western Cape/ Central Karoo/ Matjiesfontein

Culture and Heritage/ Historical Buildings

Culture and Heritage/ Historical Buildings

Chapel

The Swartberg Mountains provide an impressive backdrop to Matjiesfontein'ssmall chapel, where worshippers have gathered for more than a century.

Area: Matjiesfontein, Central Karoo, Western Cape, South Africa

Post Office

During the Anglo-Boer War, correspondents used the little post offices brass telegraph key to send urgent dispatches.

Area: Matjiesfontein, Central Karoo, Western Cape, South Africa

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