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As of January 2012, Oudtshoorn's population of more than 200,000 ostriches was the world's largest, and accounted for 80% of the world's ostrich products. [7] The ostrich industry in the Oudtshoorn region had directly employed 20,000 people, and generated R2,1 billion per year. [4] [23] [24] 50% of ostrich farmers had left the industry by 2013 ...
Oudtshoorn Municipality (Afrikaans: Oudtshoorn Munisipaliteit) is a local municipality within the Garden Route District Municipality, in the Western Cape province of South Africa. As of 2022, the population was 138,257.
The CP Nel Museum is a museum in Oudtshoorn, South Africa, which houses exhibits depicting the role of the ostrich trade in the town's history, as well as the cultural history and lifestyle of the people of the Little Karoo region, as it was during the Victorian era and early 20th century.
This is a list of the heritage sites in the Western Cape Province, South Africa, as recognized by the South African Heritage Resource Agency. [1]For additional provincial heritage sites declared by Heritage Western Cape, the provincial heritage resources authority of the Western Cape Province of South Africa, please see the entries at the end of the list.
The South African Infantry School is within the Army Base in Oudtshoorn, Western Cape. The Infantry School, now at Oudtshoorn, was established in November 1953, after a history dating back to the South African Military School in Bloemfontein, established in 1912. It is the Infantry’s “centre of excellence” and offers a number of infantry ...
With its establishment as 1 SA Infantry Training Battalion at Oudtshoorn on 26 January 1951, the unit became part of the infantry corps. In 1953, the unit consisted of: a headquarters with companies at: 1 SAI itself in Oudsthoorn as A Company, 1 SSB in Bloemfontein as B Company; 4 Field Regiment in Potchefstroom as C Company; and
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The Attakwaskloof Pass was used by elephants before the pass was built. This became the main road to the north for 180 years from 1689–1869 and was the most important route linking the area around Mossel Bay with Kannaland in the vicinity of Oudtshoorn. [2] With the later construction of the Robinson Pass, the Attakwaskloof Pass fell into ...