Colesberg & Surrounds Information
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This town at the Gariep Dam was built in 1960 to house the dam's labour force, today it is a holiday resort. The Gariep Dam is 100km long and 24km wide and is one of the largest water supply schemes in South Africa. The great Orange River project, which was started in 1928, gave rise to the Hendrik Verwoerd Dam now known as Gariep Dam and ...
