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"The Township" - watercolour on Bockingford 300gsm - Maree© (no sketching)
Not far from us is Munsieville, a township built on the edge of a gulley with the most beautiful views over the ravine and the Krugersdorp Game Reserve (Tarlton, Gauteng, South Africa) and as far as the Magaliesberg mountains surrounding Hartebeespoort Dam. This humble little suburb was established by ordinance 58 of 1903 of the Krugersdorp municipality and called "the native location". From the early 1930s to the 1940s, Mr. James Munsie, the white chief sanitary inspector (medical officer) of Krugersdorp, moved the location from a low drainage area to its current location, improving conditions.
In the 1980s, Munsieville was threatened with destruction and the removal of its residents to Kagiso because of its proximity to the white suburbs of Krugersdorp. Munsieville was one of only two black townships that resisted relocation in the Transvaal during that period.
Munsieville overlooking the Krugersdorp Game Reserve
An amazing watercolour Maree - your colours are really beautiful - also chronicling a sad part of our history.
ReplyDeleteThank you Liz! Yes, it was great of James Munsie to move the township to its current location, they have the most beautiful view over the Krugersdorp Game Reserve!
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