Talk:Nelspruit, Mpumalanga

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Contents 1 Fact check needed 2 Re: Fact check needed 3 Unsourced comment 4 Does this really mean what it says?

[edit] Fact check needed

This article states that Nelspruit was founded in 1905, but also that it served as a temporary capital during the Boer War. Since the Second Boer War ended in 1902, one of these two statements is wrong, but I cannot tell which one. --Russ Blau (talk) 17:54, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Re: Fact check needed

I found this:

Nelspruit, on the Crocodile River, traces its beginnings to the late 1880s when the farm on which the town was to develop was rented from the Transvaal government by (Sir) Percy Fitzpatrick, the author of the famous canine tale Jock of the Bushveld. The farm was called Cascades, for what are now more commonly known as the Crocodile Falls, 5 km from the town. But the town itself can be said to have been born when President Paul Kruger's railway from Komatipoort and Delagoa (Maputo) Bay reached these parts in 1891. A station named Nelspruit was built on land owned by the Nel brothers, Gert, Andries and Louis, who for many years had migrated to the Lowveld each winter to find grazing for their cattle. In August and September 1900, during the Anglo-Boer War, Nelspruit was the temporary seat of the fugitive Transvaal government retreating from Pretoria. The village was proclaimed a town in 1905. Municipal status was granted in 1940.

Source: about-south-africa.com

Maybe this gives some clarity?!

163.195.208.74 10:53, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Unsourced comment

On April 23, 2006, User:Golf 5 added to the bottom of the article. It included information that KaNyamazane was the nearest township, and the following statement:

"In 1999 president Thabo Mbeki identified this town as a crime flashpoint that raised national concern."

It was unsourced and I've been unable to find any info. I'm moving it here to the talk page pending verification. I'll put a not on Golf 5' talk page. —ERcheck @ 12:41, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Does this really mean what it says?

Kruger Mpumalanga is used for scheduled flights to Johannesburg and, less frequently, to Cape Town and other cities. It is also home to the Government Research Institute for Citrus and Subtropical Fruits, and the Lowveld Botanical Gardens.

Is the airport really the home of the research institute and the botanical gardens? Corvus cornix 23:28, 19 October 2007 (UTC)