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Molteno, South Africa

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2628: 56: 86: 116: 769:, located near Molteno, has the lowest recorded temperature in South Africa, of −20.1 °C (−4 °F), on 23 August 2013. The former national record, of −18.6 °C (−1 °F), was also registered in the same locality, on 28 June 1996. Likewise, with an average yearly temperature of 11.3 °C and an average annual minimum temperature of 2.8 °C, Buffelsfontein is the coldest reporting station in South Africa. 42: 607: 549:. In 1887, the newly founded Molteno Chamber of Commerce was influential in urging the Cape Government to extend its railway system northwards into the Boer republics, so as to open up new markets. By 1897, production of coal in the region had risen to over 70,000 tons. However, by the 1920s the expansion of the railways made access to coal fields in 123: 93: 63: 589:
The following years saw other community activists of the town lose their lives in the struggle. After the fall of Apartheid, the town erected a monument in what was named "Heroes Park" in the town centre. The monument honours the local Molteno "comrades in blood" who "... shall forever be remembered
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Since liberation in 1993, the town has begun the task of reuniting its communities and reversing the damage it has sustained from decades of segregation and oppression. Within the greater District Municipality, it now lies on the North-South Corridor (Corridor 4), which links Molteno to Queenstown -
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Molteno and its surrounding region in the heart of the Eastern Cape played a significant role in the struggle against Apartheid. Because of this, the town boasts several monuments to local activists who fought or gave their lives in the struggle, such as the Molteno Heroes Park monument in the town
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in 1859, and this created an economic incentive for development. The local people also stated a need for a settlement, to serve as a central hub for the surrounding rural area. The town was founded in 1874 by George Vice, and laid out the next year. The town was the setting of South Africa's first
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of exceptional quality, and there were originally plans to build the whole town from this beautiful rock, as a "Sandstone City". Nonetheless, several of the oldest buildings in the town are still made from local stone, fashioned by Italian artisans. The Old Mill is one example, built in 1874 and
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Resistance came to a head on 12 August 1985, when local residents and students confronted the Apartheid police in the area around the town's Ethiopian Church. In the resulting battle, three local Molteno activists were shot and killed (R. Mbango, S. Loliwe, N. Smile). The town commemorates the
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In the 20th century, growing oppression by the Apartheid government was met by resistance that manifested in the town as protests and battles between Molteno residents and police. When the Group Areas Act was enforced across South Africa in the 1960s, the mixed neighbourhoods in Molteno were
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There is a lot of Bushman rock art in the surrounding mountain ranges. The area around the town offers ample opportunity to view rock paintings, fossils and Stone Age tools uncovered in caves and diggings close to Molteno. There are also three extinct volcanoes in the vicinity.
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and fought against British imperial expansion in southern Africa. Several of the town's streets are similarly named after the members of the Cape's first locally-elected cabinet. Water was first drawn from the nearby Stormberg river, and later also from the Jubilee Dam.
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destroyed and the entire town was divided. Some mixed neighbourhoods such as Esigingqini had their residents evicted, others such as Nomonde were delimited by enforced segregation. As a result, the overall town suffered a severe economic and social decline.
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coal mine. Its name has connections both locally to the people of the Eastern Cape (Molteno is a name among the Xhosa speaking people of the district), but it also has Italian roots. At its founding, the town was officially named after an immigrant
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Illustrated official handbook of the Cape and South Africa; a résumé of the history, conditions, populations, productions and resources of the several colonies, states, and territories
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The Molteno Museum is located in the stone library building and aims to portray the history of the town and its surrounds. It contains a range of artifacts, from
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Although hot and arid in summer, in winter Molteno is the coldest town in South Africa, being located near the highest point in the Cape in the heart of the
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after whom the town is named, but the railway only reached the town in 1884 and the section further north to Aliwal North was opened on 2 September 1885.
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The town has one of the oldest railway stations in South Africa - now officially reopened after being closed for repairs. The station lies on the
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centre, and the Nomonde graves, among others. Molteno also forms part of the Calata Heritage Route for the liberation struggle.
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has the coldest average temperature throughout the year, whereas Molteno records the lowest temperatures in the winter months.
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relics including a large collection of vintage guns. It also houses local war relics from the
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preserve a record of gradual desertification over millions of years, starting from the Upper
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where some of the only workable coal seams in the Cape are to be found (the
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The (now defunct) administrative area to which Molteno belonged for a time,
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to the region, with a large portion going to supply the diamond fields in
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South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI). Pretoria. 2008.
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possible, resulting in the decline of coal mining around Molteno.
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when the area was a warm swampland, and continuing into the late
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Molteno is one of the coldest towns in South Africa; the farm of
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Soon after its founding, the town became the major supplier of
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Molteno Ferns: late Triassic biodiversity in southern Africa.
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activists and the 12 August date annually, as "Molteno Day".
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by the people of Molteno and South Africa as a whole".
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Molteno is located in Eastern Cape
Molteno is located in South Africa
Molteno is located in Africa
31°23′46″S 26°21′47″E / 31.39611°S 26.36306°E / -31.39611; 26.36306
Country
South Africa
Province
Eastern Cape
District
Chris Hani
Municipality
Enoch Mgijima
Black African
Coloured
Indian
Asian
White
First languages
Xhosa
Afrikaans
English
Time zone
UTC+2
SAST
Postal code
PO box
Area code
/mɒlˈtn/

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