Onverwacht (
Dutch for "unexpected") is a town in
City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality
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in the
Gauteng province of
South Africa. The settlement is located about 40 km north-east of
Pretoria, near the mining town of
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.
Onverwacht was established in 1886 by President
Paul Kruger. During the
Second Boer War, local blacks were promised their own land if they helped the Boers in the war, and the promise was kept despite the Boer defeat. The village was also the site of the
Battle of Onverwacht
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, which took place on 4 January 1902.
Today, Onverwacht is home to approximately 100 black
Afrikaner
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families. The local inhabitants have petitioned the government to have their town declared a heritage site.
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References
Afrikaner culture in South Africa
Populated places in the City of Tshwane
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