Ottosdal is a small town situated at an altitude of 1,479 meters (4,855 feet) on the branch railway line from Makwassie in the central North West Province of South Africa. Ottosdal is a farming community engaged in the growing of grains such as maize (mielies), sunflower and peanuts. In addition, local farmers raise cattle, sheep, pigs, dairy cows and chicken. A major pyrophyllite mine lies near it on the farm Gestoptefontein. This town originated from the establishment of a Dutch Reformed Church parish in 1913. To this was added a church building on Korannafontein, the farm of Gerhardus Petrus Otto. The town is known as the birthplace of "Die Baas", who was born there in 1952. Ottosdal grew around the church and was officially registered in 1917 and named after G. P. Otto (de Jager 1997).
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Ottosdal is a small town situated at an altitude of 1,479 meters (4,855 feet) on the branch railway line from Makwassie in the central North West Province...
3-billion-year-old pyrophyllite deposits mined by Wonderstone Ltd., near Ottosdal, South Africa. They have been cited by pseudoscientists and reporters in...
Ottosdal Commando was a light infantry regiment of the South African Army. It formed part of the South African Army Infantry Formation as well as the South...
1991. The farm and van Rensburg family cemetery are located 11 km from Ottosdal, in the North West Province. His mother commented on his visual hallucinations...
Hendrik Coetzee Born Hendrik Coetzee c. 1975 Ottosdal, South Africa Disappeared (2010-12-07)7 December 2010 Lukuga River, Democratic Republic of the Congo...
Pieter de Jager (2001). Die Korannafonteiners. Verlag: Privately published, Ottosdal, 2001. General information about Zeerust, tourismnorthwest.co.za. Accessed...
South Africa. It consists of the towns of Delareyville, Sannieshof and Ottosdal. The 2011 census divided the municipality into the following main places:...
The village is 40 km north-east of Delareyville and 38 km north-west of Ottosdal. It is also close (20 km) to Baberspan which is a water bird sanctuary...
Georgia, US In South Africa, major deposits of pyrophyllite occur within the Ottosdal region, where it is mined for the production of a variety of manufactured...
November 1965) is a South African professional golfer. Kingston was born in Ottosdal, South Africa. He turned professional in 1988, and is currently a member...
River Eastern Cape Port Elizabeth Bamboes Spruit C2 North West South of Ottosdal Vaal River Bloemhof Dam 27°40′15″S 25°37′40″E / 27.67083°S 25.62778°E...
Wakkerstroom (Mpumalanga) TAN Potgietersrus (Limpopo) Now Mokopane. TAO Ottosdal (North West) TAP Graskop (Mpumalanga) TAQ Balfour (Mpumalanga) TAR Messina...
human antiquity. In case of grooved spheres from pyrophyllite mines of Ottosdal, South Africa, Cremo proposes that they might be man-made artifacts, possibly...
connecting Klerksdorp and Cape Town. In 1928 the link with Hartebeesfontein and Ottosdal followed. The South African state-owned power company ESKOM operates several...
Howard Timmins. De Jager, P. (2001). Die Koranna-fonteiners: Stories oor Ottosdal en sy mense. Pretoria: Pretoria Boekhuis. Dean, B and Levi, J. M. (2003)...
splitting his time between this and his new wife. Anita moved to the town of Ottosdal and devotes much of her time to their grandchildren, teaching them Afrikaaner...
West Africa – Ondekaremba to Seeis on 9 July. Transvaal – Klerksdorp to Ottosdal on 24 February, Potchefstroom to Fochville on 14 April, Brits to Beestekraal...
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