This is a traditional cache. You will search
for a small micro film container. From here you will a view
over Volksrust. No need to climb through the fence - just walk
pass the entrance and around. If you follow this road you will end
at the Mahawane Holiday Resort.
Volksrust is a town in the Mpumalanga
Province. The main industries are beef, diary, maize, wool,
and sunflower seed industries. One Escom Power Station operates
close to this town. This town was established near the site of The
Battle of Amajuba. Dorothea de Jager, daughter of Dirk Uys, named
the town Volksrust
(People's Rest). Literally the
people were resting again after the British were defeated at
Amajuba.Volksrust is situated some 1 675 m above sea level and is
surrounded by mountains and hills that witnessed many historical
happenings. The town was established in 1885 on a farm that was
used by the Boers to recuperate after the battle of Amajuba (1881),
during the Anglo-Transvaal War of Independence
The Amajuba battle site
features a memorial to British casualties on the spot where Gen
Colley fell. The British suffered catastrophic losses at
Amajuba.
During the second Boer War a concentration
camp was built in Volksrust where many Boer children and women
died. You will find a monument in town with regards to this. About
772 people died at that camp, mainly children. A bit further on
with this road you will find the monument erected for those that
fell during the Battle of Laingsnek which includes Dirk
Uys.
If you have time you can also visit the
Convention Bridge on Grensspruit which have been proclaimed a
national monument.
In 1894 Britain and the Transvaal Republic decided to strike a new
agreement that put Swaziland under Transvaal control. A railway
carriage was hauled to the middle of the bridge so that the
conference table could stand astride the borders. President Kruger
sat on Transvaal ground and Sir Henry on British
ground.
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