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Ladysmith
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Ladysmith is located 230 Kliometers north-west from Durban and 365 kilometers south of Johannesburg. The town is found next to the banks of Klip River (Stone river) and on the foothills of the well-known Drakensberg mountains just 26km from the Van Reenen pass. Some Boer farmers, under the command of Andries Spies, bought the land in 1847 from King Mpande, a Zulu king, and briefly settled the before the British defeated them in the same year. On June 1850 the British changed the name of the Republic of Klip River (given by the Boers) to Ladysmith after Juana Maria de los Dolores de Leon Smith also known as "Lady Smith", the Spanish wife of Sir Harry Smith, who was then the Governor of the Cape Colony. Sir Harry Smith was the British general governor of Cape Colony and high commissioner in South Africa from 1847 to 1852. The town has a subtropical climate with warm summers and dry winters.
| Address : | KZN, South Africa | ||
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| Contact : | Ladysmith Tourism | ||
| Tel : | +27(0)36 637 2992 | ||
| Tel2 : | +27(0)36 635 4231 | ||
| Email : | Click Here | ||
| Cellphone Reception : | Good | Main Cellular Network : | MTN. Vodacom |
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| Police Telephone : | +27(0)36 638 3312 |
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| Hospital Telephone : | +27(0)36 637 2111 |
| Doctor Telephone : | +27(0)36 631 1702 |
| Tourist Information Telephone : | +27(0)36 637 2992 |
| Petrol Type : | LRP/ULP |
| Diesel Type : | 50ppm / 500ppm |
DOCTOR
The number is for Dr Poggenpoel, an alternative doctor number for Dr De Bruin is +27(0)36 637 7018.
TOW-IN
The tow-in number is for Motor Factors (Ladysmith Breakdown & Salvage) their cell phone number is +27(0)82 8797 889.
“Ladysmith is a town on the Klip River, 250 km northwest of Durban and 60 km south-east of Van Reenen’s Pass. It was founded in December 1847, proclaimed in June 1850 and became a township in 1882. It was at first known as Windsor, after a trader named George Windsor, but later renamed after the wife of Sir Harry Smith Governor of the Cape Colony from 1847 to 1852.” - Chris Smit, 2024/05/15
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