Owendale is a town in
Kgatelopele Local Municipality
Kgatelopele Local Municipality is a local municipality in the ZF Mgcawu District Municipality of the Northern Cape in South Africa. Kgatelopele is a Setswana name that means "progress".
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into t ...
in the
Northern Cape
The Northern Cape is the largest and most sparsely populated province of South Africa. It was created in 1994 when the Cape Province was split up. Its capital is Kimberley. It includes the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, part of the Kgalagadi T ...
province of
South Africa
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. It is located between
Postmasburg and
Daniëlskuil
Daniëlskuil is a town in ZF Mgcawu District Municipality in the Northern Cape province of South Africa.
Description
The settlement is north-west of Kimberley and north-east of Postmasburg. It takes its name from a cone-shaped depression deep ...
.
An old mining town, it was owned by Pieter du Toit from 1998 to 2006, when it was auctioned.
[ He had reportedly bought the settlement as a base for ''Gemeente van die Verbondsvolk'', a religious cult.][ Members of the congregation wished to live in an isolated village, but the dearth of available jobs led to the disintegration of the community.][ Asbestos mining operations had ceased in 1993.][
Louis Theroux visited the town as part of his 2000 ]Weird Weekends
''Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends'' is a television documentary series, in which Louis Theroux gives viewers the chance to get brief glimpses into the worlds of individuals and groups that they would not normally come into contact with or experien ...
documentary series, in which the town is described as being for "whites only".
See also
* Morgenzon
Morgenzon ( Dutch for ''morning sun'') is a ghost town situated on the banks of the Osspruit River ''(Ox Stream)'' with an agricultural school (which is all the town is known for) in Mpumalanga province, South Africa. The town is 45 km south ...
* Balmoral, Mpumalanga
Balmoral is a town in the Emalahleni Local Municipality in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. The village was established as a railway station of the '' Oosterlijn'' from Pretoria to Maputo in 1894. The village and railway station were ere ...
References
Populated places in the Kgatelopele Local Municipality
Intentional communities in South Africa
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