Laingsburg, South Africa

Laingsburg is a town located in the Western Cape province in South Africa. It is a relatively large agricultural town in the semi-arid Great Karoo. It was partially destroyed in a flash flood in 1981.
Following the arrival of the early Dutch, German and Huguenot pioneer settlers in 1727-1728, the area was settled by 18 Trekboer farmer families who trekked up from Still bay and Swellendam, led by the Meiring, Bezuidenhout, Botha, van Rooyen, van Heerden, Holtzhausen, Eksteen, Du Plouuy, Roussouw, Joubert and Viljoen families, who established sheep and orange farms in the area. In 1738 the settlement raised a Commando militia platoon of 20 Riflemen, 5 Mounted Riflemen, 2 field guns and 8 gunners. It was led by Commandant Cornelius Steyn and Field Cornet Petrus Holtzhausen till the 1760s. In the 1760s the Commando organised long range punitive and reconnaissance raids deep into Beaufort West and Nelspoort to recover cattle and sheep. In 1774 the settlement sent an advance commando platoon under the leadership of Veldkornet Bronkhorst of 30 Mounted Riflemen alognwith Mounted Artillerymen carrying two 80 mm field cannons to scout the area around Graaff Reinet where they engaged in a skirmish with 500 native tribes and defeated them. They also briefly clashed with a VOC Commissioned platoon of similar strength led by Field Cornet Arnoldus van der Merwe and Kapitein Gerhardus Swanepoel that trekked up from Oudtshoorn. Eventually 15 families from Laingsburg, amounting to 162 Whites, were among the first pioneer farmers to settle in Graaff Reinet in 1778, including the van der Westhuizen, van Heerden, van Zyl, Bronkhorst, Blignaut, Steyn, Holtzhausen, Reynecke, Eksteen, Engelbrecht, Viljoen, Rousouw and Terre Blanche families.
In the 1870s, the government of Prime Minister John Molteno oversaw a massive expansion of the Cape Colony's railway system.The route (chosen by the prime minister with a map, pen and ruler) ran past a farm named Vischkuil-aan-de-Buffelsrivier (fishing pond on the Buffalo River) which a man called Stephanus Greeff then bought for the purpose of development.
The line was completed in 1878 and a small siding named Buffelsrivier was built at the farm. With railway access, a town soon began developing. It was soon renamed Nassau to avoid confusion with Buffalo River in East London, and finally changed to the name Laingsburg, after John Laing who was Commissioner of Crown Lands at the time. Originally the town was to be called Laing's Town, but the Afrikaans speaking locals soon started calling it "Links Toon", which means left toe, thus the town was renamed "Laingsburg".
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For more information:
0:00 Laingsburg Tourism laingsburglocal.co.za/
0:20 Ricardo Louw - Youth Brass Band
2:03 Oom Flip
2:16 Beaulah van Zyl www.laingsburggrandhotel.co.za/
3:07 Flood Museum www.western-cape-info.com/pro...
4:55 Sonskyn Gemeenskap Projek
5:44 Hakkiesdraad - Santie Marais laingsburglocal.co.za/product...
6:20 Laingsburg Product Listings laingsburglocal.co.za/product...
7:26 Nassau Creations - George Meyer / 100064615162043

[@Mediatomcat]

Love travelling through SA with you guys. :)

[@AfricanTravelCrew]

You've been great company. Thank you for joining us.

[@AfricanTravelCrew]

In Madré 's words "AAAH the people, we're pretty cool".... Yes they are. ❤️

[@madrewalters1512]

Such an awesome experience 😃🤗

[@AfricanTravelCrew]

Take us back to Laingsburg 👊🏻

[@deniciasmith9320]

Oh verlang somme huis toe. Sal enige tyd trug huis toe wil gaan🥰

[@AfricanTravelCrew]

Kom kuier. Laingsburg mis vir jou OK ❤️

[@leonjohannes5437]

Vandag onhou ek 1981 soos gister,wie sou kon dink dat a sondag middag uistapie met my tannies sou my laaste wees met die 2 van hulle,RUS SAG 😭😭😭💐💐💐

[@AfricanTravelCrew]

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[@algs229635]

Sou brasileiro e conheci Biltong na espanha e me apaixonei pelo sabor mas nunca encontrei no Brazil e ao ver este video vi escrito uma propaganda de Biltong e se um dia ai for irei matar a saudade desta iguaria sul africana

[@AfricanTravelCrew]

Olá Brasil, Beef Jerky seria a coisa mais próxima de Biltong que você pode encontrar. A maioria dos açougueiros pode fazer isso para você. Claro que nada supera o verdadeiro sabor Biltong. Venha nos visitar em breve. Aqui está um link para fazer seu próprio biltong kzbin.info/www/bejne/iWPKp35urNVom5I

[@jossiesteenkamp9317]

Thoko die brass band

[@annienolan9951]

Sjoe! Nou kry ek sommer hoendervleis. Soveel diepte in een video het ek lanklaas ondervind. Woorde in die video spreek boekdele. Ek haal aan: "Hier praat ons Afrikaans, Engels is vir selfverdediging" en "Its a vast openness of nothingness" en die goeie raad: "Die eerste ding wat jy moet besoek in 'n dorp is die Kerk en die tweede ding is die bottelstoor dan weet jy presies hoe lyk die dorp".

[@AfricanTravelCrew]

Dankie dat jy 'n tydjie saam met ons spandeer het Annie. Wyse mense die Laingsburgers.