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The Hinterland branch in Klerksdorp is at the current site in Margaretha Prinsloostraat since 1996 .
Hendrik Potgieter Street - 1837 ! The oldest street north of the Vaal- and Orange rivers ( Transvaal ).
The fuel station personnel ! At the back are Valerie Jonathan , Shadow Slambee , Ronald van Wyk , Samuel Maleme and Philimon Motebe . In front are Happy Leburu , Rico van Schalkwyk , Samuel Choabi and
Glendon Victory .
SENWES Head Office turns 40 In this first edition of 2018 it is worth mentioning that the Senwes head office will be celebrating its 40th birthday in 2018 . The building was inaugurated by the Minister of Agriculture at the time , Hendrik Schoeman , on 20 October 1978 . It replaced the previous head office which was situated in Corrie de Kock Street and which served as the Senwes head office for almost 32 years .
It is interesting that Klerksdorp producers convened a meeting to establish an agricultural co-operative - Senwes ( De Centraal Westelijke Co-operatieve Landbouw Vereniging ) was established under a tree , with the objective of handling the grain of producers .
Branch The Senwes branch has been in Klerksdorp for many years and has been in the East End Plaza in Margaretha Prinsloo Street since 1996 . Earl Smiles is the branch manager and he manages the branch with 50 members of staff .
SENWES SILOS IN THE AREA Hartbeesfontein silo The silo was inaugurated by the Minister of Agriculture , Hendrik Schoeman , on 12 May 1978 . The silo takes in mostly maize , sunflower , wheat and soybeans . It has 20 silo bins with a total capacity of 101 000 tons .
Vierfontein Silo The total capacity of the silo is approximately 109 000 tons . In order to be able to accommodate this year ’ s harvest , 147 silo bags had to be made available at the silo , which created additional capacity of 25 700 tons .
INTERESTING FACTS The oldest street north of the Vaal and Orange Rivers ( Transvaal ), Hendrik Potgieter Street , is at the foot of the Oudorp koppie with its Telkom tower . The street runs from the Christelike Vereniging van SA on the one side right to the N12 on the other side .
MG Jansen van Vuuren and AP Roos discovered gold here in 1885 and 1886 respectively . Boom Street in the city centre
actually refers to the “ gold boom ” of the time and not to a tree as such . The remains of the 12 Voor trekker families were reburied during the centenary celebrations at the Concentration Camp graveyard in Goue Road .
The well-known bronze statues in front of the municipal offices in the city are the city ' s symbol and were designed by sculptor Danie de Jager . A number of metal replicas can be seen on the N12 and they represent agriculture and mining , on which the city was built .
The cornerstone of the impressive building , which was designed by the well-known architect Gerhard Moerdyk , was laid in 1949 . Moerdyk also designed the Voortrekker Monument . Dönges inaugurated the building and state president CR Swart inaugurated the last part of the building in 1963 .
The Oukerk ( Old Church ) has been part of the city for almost 120 years since it was opened in 1898 .
The first Klerksdorp newspaper was the Representative ( 1988 ), which replaced the Klerksdorp Pioneer . The name changed a few times and is now known as the Klerksdorp Rekord .
Klerksdorp also had one of the largest concentration camps between 1899 and 1902 , during the Anglo Boer War .
FROM A TOWN TO A CITY The 150 year celebrations were
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