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Potchefstroom Destination Guide

Touring Potchefstroom in South Africa

Potchefstroom in the region of North-West with its 123,669 citizens is a city located in South Africa - some 95 mi or ( 153 km ) South-West of Pretoria , the country's capital city .

Interactive map of Potchefstroom

Time in Potchefstroom is now 06:21 PM (Saturday) . The local timezone is named " Africa/Johannesburg " with a UTC offset of 2 hours. Depending on your travel resources, these more prominent places might be interesting for you: Maseru, Kanye, Gaborone, Rooipoort, and Pretoria. Being here already, consider visiting Maseru . We collected some hobby film on the internet . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Check out our recommendations for Potchefstroom ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Potchefstroom CANSA Relay For Life 2012

4:51 min by Jared Naude
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Remember. Celebrate. Fight Back. Video of the 5th Annual Potchefstroom Cansa Relay For Life hosted on the 17-18 March 2012 at the NWU Pukke Jool plaas. Please like our Facebook page: www.facebook.com ..

HUMC SA 2008 Ikageng Daycare Center 1

0:35 min by tbrantzeg
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Hopewell United Methodist South Africa Trip 2008 - Ikageng Daycare Center Video #1 ..


CRB Paintball 2012

2:48 min by DarthVaderDuck
Views: 50 Rating: 5.00

Friday 11 May 2012, Paintball game. At the end of the day, after having hours of fun on the paintball course, those of us that were crazy enough and who still had paintballs left decided to have ourse ..

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4:10 min by LasershowSA
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Interesting facts about this location

Senwes Park

Senwes Cricket Stadium is a cricket ground in Potchefstroom, North West Province, South Africa. It has hosted one Test match, in 2002. The Highveld Lions also play some home matches here. It is also home to AFL South Africa, the Australian rules football body responsible for developing the game in that country and the stadium is home to the South African national Australian rules football team, the Lions. As of 2008, due to a naming rights agreement, the ground was renamed to Senwes Park.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at -26.70 27.10 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Tags: Australian rules football in South Africa, Cricket grounds in South Africa, Highveld Lions, Potchefstroom, Sports venues in North West (South African province), Test cricket grounds in South Africa

North-West University Botanical Garden

The North-West University Botanical Garden on the Potchefstroom Campus of the North-West University (NWU) is the only botanical garden in the North West Province of South Africa. The Garden spans just under three hectares and is open to the public.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at -26.68 27.10 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Tags: Botanical gardens in South Africa

Potchefstroom Dam

Potchefstroom Dam is dam on the Mooi River, on the northern boundary of Potchefstroom, North-West, South Africa. It was established in 1950.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at -26.67 27.10 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Tags: Dams completed in 1950, Dams in South Africa

Boskop Dam

Boskop Dam is an earth-fill type dam on the Mooi River, near Potchefstroom, North West, South Africa. It was established in 1959. The main purpose of the dam is to serve for industrial and domestic usage. Its hazard potential is ranked to be high.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at -26.55 27.12 (Lat./Long.); Less than 19 km away
Tags: Dams completed in 1959, Dams in South Africa

Klipdrif Dam

Klipdrif Dam is an earth-fill type dam located on the Klipdrif Spruit, near Potchefstroom, North West, South Africa. It was established in 1990 and its primary purpose is to serve for irrigation. The hazard potential of the dam has been ranked significant (2).

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at -26.62 27.30 (Lat./Long.); Less than 23 km away
Tags: Dams completed in 1918, Dams in South Africa

Historical Weather

temperature and rainfall during the year in Potchefstroom