This is a cache that was created to be part of the Gauteng Power
Series (GPS). The Gauteng Power Series (GPS) was created to offer
Cachers the opportunity to achieve personal caching goals by using
Grand Personal Selection (GPS) to decide how to hunt and find these
caches, all in one day, or one by one over a period of time.
Remember to Go Physically Safely (GPS) when you Grope, Peek and
Search (GPS)
The caches hidden on this stretch of the GPS series are all
close to busy roads, not recommended for small children. We tried
to hide the caches keeping parking in mind as close to GZ as
possible, but as always please rather be safe than sorry!
Voortrekker monument View
Parking is close to GZ
Andries Wilhelmus Jacobus Pretorius (27 November 1798 – 23
July 1853) was a leader of the Boers who was instrumental in the
creation of the Transvaal Republic, as well as the earlier but
short-lived Natalia Republic, in present-day South Africa. Born in
1798 as a descendant of one of the earliest Dutch settlers in South
Africa, Pretorius received his education at home and grew up to
become a farmer - like his parents - in Graaff-Reinet in the Cape
Colony. Discontented under British rule, he left his home and
joined the Great Trek to the north. By way of the Orange Free
State, he crossed the Drakensberg into Natal, arriving in November
1838, when the emigrants were without a recognized leader following
the death of Piet Retief and his party in February. They chose
Pretorius as commandant-general, and he quickly collected a force
to avenge the deaths of Piet Retief and his party, who had been
killed by the Zulu king Dingane's forces in February under
treacherous circumstances.
On 16 December 1838, Pretorius' force of some 500 men was attacked
by over 10,000 Zulus. With superior weaponry, the Dutch beat them
off, killing an estimated 3,000 warriors in what became known as
the Battle of Blood River. Afrikaners memorialized the day as
"Dingane's Day" until 1910. It was renamed "Day of the Vow" and
made a public holiday by the first South African government. After
the fall of apartheid in 1994, the new government kept the day as a
public holiday as an act of conciliation to Afrikaners, but renamed
it "Day of Reconciliation"'. In January 1840, Pretorius with a
commando of 400 burghers, helped Mpande in his revolt against his
half-brother Dingane. He was also the leader of the Natal Boers in
their opposition to the British. In 1842, Pretorius besieged the
small British garrison at Durban, but retreated to Pietermaritzburg
on the arrival of reinforcements under Colonel Josias Cloete.
Afterward, he exerted his influence with the Boers to reach a
peaceful solution with the British, who annexed Natalia
A quick and easy roadside cache, should take less than a
minute.