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21 unusual facts about Transvaal Province


1 Parachute Battalion

The first large airborne exercise of the Parachute Battalion Group took place in 1987 in the Northwestern Transvaal (now North West Province).

B. J. Vorster

In 1953, Vorster was elected to the House of Assembly representing the seat of Nigel in the Transvaal.

Cummingtonite

Amosite is a rare asbestiform variety of grunerite that was mined as asbestos only in the eastern part of the Transvaal Province of South Africa.

Eulophia petersii

It is found in arid environments in the Northern Frontier Province, Kenya, the eastern coast of Africa and the former Transvaal region of South Africa.

Green swordtail

Feral populations have established themselves in southern Africa, including Natal, Hawaii, Madagascar and eastern Transvaal in South Africa and Otjikoto Lake in Namibia.

Kenneth Walter

Kenneth Alexander Walter (5 November 1939 in Johannesburg, Transvaal – 13 September 2003 in Sandton, Johannesburg) was a South African cricketer who played in two Tests in 1961.

Lillian Browse

In 1909 the family moved to South Africa, where her father had set up as a racehorse trainer, and she was educated at Barnato Park High School, in Johannesburg in the Transvaal.

Limpopo Division

Until 1994, the area that is now Limpopo was part of the Transvaal Province and was within the jurisdiction of the Transvaal Provincial Division (now the Gauteng Division).

Maitland Hathorn

Christopher Maitland Howard Hathorn (7 April 1878 in Pietermaritzburg, Natal – 17 May 1920 in Johannesburg, Transvaal) was a South African cricketer who played in 12 Tests from 1902 to 1911.

Metro FM

Playing a mix of urban contemporary and bubblegum pop Radio Bop was able to reach black audiences in parts of the Transvaal by broadcasting on the AM band from the "independent" bantustan of Bophuthatswana where it was licensed.

Nicolaas Theunissen

Nicolaas Hendrik Christiaan de Jong Theunissen (4 May 1867 in Colesberg, Cape Colony – 9 November 1929 in Willemsdal, Greylingstad, Transvaal) was a South African cricketer who played in one Test in 1889.

Phyllocrania paradoxa

Phyllocrania paradoxa have a wide range across the African continent and its islands and can be found in Angola, South Europe, Cameroon, Cape Province, Congo basin, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Malawi, Madagascar, Mozambique, Namibia, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Transvaal, Uganda and Zimbabwe.

Quintin McMillan

He retired to a career in business and died 3 July 1948 in Randfontein, Transvaal, aged 44.

Scotch Taylor

Alistair Innes 'Scotch' Taylor (1925 – 7 February 2004 in Johannesburg) was a South African sportsman who played first-class cricket and hockey for Transvaal, and captained the Transvaal cricket team for four seasons.

South African Constitution of 1961

In the Cape and Transvaal, the provincial councils consisted of the same number of members as the number of members of the House of Assembly elected from the province, elected from the same electoral divisions.

South African general election, 1910

The colonial parties involved were the South African Party of Cape Colony (itself largely based on the Afrikaner Bond), Het Volk from the Transvaal and Orangia Unie from the Orange River Colony (which was restored to its pre-1902 name of Orange Free State as a province of the Union).

Southern African vlei rat

Inland however, its range extends north to tropical areas, nearly to the northern boundary of the Transvaal, including parts of Swaziland.

Stigmella liota

It is found in South Africa (it was described from the Soutpansberg District in Transvaal).

Susman Brothers

Max Sonnenberg controlled Cape Town stores, and Elie Susman controlled Transvaal stores which included Johannesburg.

Trevor Blokdyk

John Trevor Blokdyk (30 November 1935 in Krugersdorp, Transvaal – 19 March 1995 in Hekpoort, near Krugersdorp) was a South African motorcycle speedway rider and Formula One driver who participated in two World Championship Grands Prix, although qualifying for only one.

Zulu golden mole

The Zulu golden mole (Amblysomus hottentotus iris) is a golden mole native to Transvaal, South Africa.


Alison Croggon

Born in the Transvaal, South Africa, Alison Croggon's family moved to England before settling in Australia, first in Ballarat then Melbourne.

Andrew Jordaan

All of his appearances were in the Howa Bowl, a South African cricket competition which was contested between Eastern Province, Natal, Transvaal and Western Province.

Bonaccordite

Bonaccordite was first described in 1974 for an occurrence in the Bon Accord area, Barberton, Transvaal, South Africa.

Faurea saligna

Found from tropical Africa south to the Transvaal, Swaziland and Natal, often in large communities on sandy soil and along stream beds.

His Big White Self

His Big White Self sees Broomfield returning to Ventersdorp in the former Transvaal (now North West Province), meeting JP and Anita to see how their lives have changed since the fall of apartheid in 1994.

Maerua cafra

Maerua cafra (DC.) Pax is a small Southern African tree belonging to Capparaceae, the caper family, occurring eastwards along the coast from Knysna, then further inland and northwards through KwaZulu-Natal and Swaziland to the Transvaal, southern Mozambique and southern Zimbabwe.

Nepheline syenite

Rocks of this class also occur in Brazil (Serra de Tingua) containing sodalite and often much augite, in the western Sahara and Cape Verde Islands; also at Zwarte Koppies in the Transvaal, Madagascar, São Paulo in Brazil, Paisano Pass in West Texas and Montreal, Canada.

South African Republic

Not to be confused with the present-day Republic of South Africa, it occupied the area later known as the South African province of Transvaal.

Terry Barwell

Born at Bloemhof in Transvaal on 29 April 1937, Barwell was a right-handed middle-order batsman and an occasional wicketkeeper.

Van der Westhuizen

The well known van der Westhuizen street in the Cape is named after the van der Westhuizen family (Other significant streetnames also exist in the Northern Cape, Western Cape, Gauteng ('Transvaal'), Chatham in the United Kingdom and in Alberta Canada).