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Kimberley’s diamond mines, once owned by De
Beers Mining Company, are nowadays con trolled
by the Anglo American global mining company.
Impressive headgear dominates the skyline on the
outskirts, while in the city itself lie many beautiful
historic buildings such as the City Hall.

Bloemfontein’s Civic Centre, a tall modern structure of glass
and concrete, represents a bold departure from the traditional,
Vryburg stately sandstone buildings in the town.

Kuruman
Bloemhof
NORTH OF
THE ORANGE Vaal
(See pp368–77)
Upington Orange
Kimberley
Campbell
Orange
Pofadder Bloemfontein
The Gariep Dam is the largest water
Kenhardt
storage reservoir in South Africa and has
Prieska Orange become a popular weekend resort.
Verneuk Pan
SOUTH OF Britstown
THE ORANGE
(See pp356–67) De Aar
Colesberg

Calvinia Middelburg

Fish
Nieu Bethesda
Nieu-Bethesda’s quaint Dutch Reformed Church was
Beaufort Graaff-Reinet completed in 1905. The main attraction of this little Karoo
West Cradock town, however, is the bizarre Owl House.
Sutherland
Somerset
East King William’s
Su ndays
Town
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