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Town Medium Ladysmith

ID: w152867 View large map

Located in South Africa :: KZN Battlefields  :: Ladysmith
Category: Places :: Town Medium

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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.

Contact
Address :  KZN, South Africa
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

Destination Information
Police Hospital Doctor Tourist Information Office Petrol Diesel Laundromat Shops Shopping Centre Bank ATM Lodging Camping Butchery Bakery Liquor Restaurant Pharmacy Airstrip Tyre Repair Tyre Sales Mechanical Repair
Police Telephone :  +27(0)36 638 3312
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

Travelling Information

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.


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“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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