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Rooipoort Destination Guide

Delve into Rooipoort in South Africa

Rooipoort in the region of North-West is a city in South Africa - some 94 mi or ( 151 km ) South-West of Pretoria , the country's capital .

Interactive map of Rooipoort

Current time in Rooipoort is now 03:02 PM (Friday) . The local timezone is named " Africa/Johannesburg " with a UTC offset of 2 hours. Depending on your travel modalities, these larger destinations might be interesting for you: Maseru, Butha-Buthe, Kanye, Gaborone, and Mbabane. While being here, make sure to check out Maseru . We encountered some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you curious about the possible sightseeing spots and facts in Rooipoort ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Potchefstroom CANSA Relay For Life 2012

4:51 min by Jared Naude
Views: 303 Rating: 5.00

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 ..

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
Views: 10 Rating: 0.00

Lasershow ..

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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 15 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 16 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 17 km away
Tags: Dams completed in 1950, 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 20 km away
Tags: Dams completed in 1918, Dams in South Africa