Postmasburg is a town 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

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Location

The Town is located approximately 170 km east of

Upington Upington ( Nama: //Khara hais) is a town founded in 1873 and located in the Northern Cape province of South Africa, on the banks of the Orange River. The town was originally called Olijvenhoutsdrift ('Olive wood drift'), due to the abundance of ...

. The town is north of

Griquatown Griekwastad is a country town in South Africa. It is sometimes still called Griquatown (the meaning of the town's name in Afrikaans), a name which is now considered historical. The town is in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa by road we ...

and west-south-west of Daniëlskuil.

History

Originally a station of the

London Missionary Society The London Missionary Society was an interdenominational evangelical missionary society formed in England in 1795 at the instigation of Welsh Congregationalist minister Edward Williams. It was largely Reformed in outlook, with Congregational miss ...

called Sibiling, it became a

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village with the name Blinkklip. It was proclaimed a town on 6 June 1892 and named after the Reverend

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(1818-1890), founder of the

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. The town achieved municipal status in 1936.

Army

The South African Army's Combat Training Centre is located nearby, at

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Sport

The town is home to Hungry Lions, a soccer team playing in the

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Economy

Postmasburg is home to Kolomela Mine which is owned by Anglo American. The Iron Ore mine officially opened in June 2012 provides job opportunities for the local communities and a green hydrogen plant is estimated to be built by 2029 by Thabiso Dube to form more job opportunities.

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