Danskraal is a historic site some 5 km north-east of
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in the former
Kliprivier
Kliprivier is a town in Uthukela District Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coas ...
district, said to be the place where the
Voortrekkers camped a week before the famous
Battle of Blood River
The Battle of Blood River (16 December 1838) was fought on the bank of the Ncome River, in what is today KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa between 464 Voortrekkers ("Pioneers"), led by Andries Pretorius, and an estimated 10,000 to 15,000 Zulu. Est ...
on 16 December 1838 and where the first vow was taken which led to the
Day of the Covenant. The name means 'village of dancing'; it was here that the Voortrekker commando was entertained with ceremonial dances by the Zulus of
Matowan or
Nodotta.
The South African Railways has locomotive workshops at Danskraal, which was still known as Daimana in c. 1935.
[Espitalier, T.J.; Day, W.A.J. (1946). ''The Locomotive in South Africa - A Brief History of Railway Development. Chapter VII - South African Railways (Continued).'' South African Railways and Harbours Magazine, April 1946. p. 296.]
References
Populated places in the Alfred Duma Local Municipality
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