Charlestown, South Africa
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charlestown-south-africa-201-16735499
title:
Charlestown, South Africa
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Charlestown is a small town situated at the top of Laing's Nek pass in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa between Newcastle and Volksrust. It started out as an important railway station and customs post between Natal and Transvaal in 1891 until the Union of South Africa came into being in 1910, and customs tariffs were abolished. It is named after Sir Charles Mitchell, governor of Natal. In 1927 the town was the site of one of South Africa's first mass-shooting instances when local farmer Stephanus Swa
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Place in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlestown,_South_Africa
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2022-11-13T14:17:57Z
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