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Ela's passion for photography, emphasizes her extraordinary talent. She treasures every moment and succeeds in capturing the finest detail of a wedding, matric farewell, birthday party or any special occasion into a breathtaking story.
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Thursday, 2 August 2012

Hartbeespoort Dam, North West Province, South Africa



Hartbeespoort Dam (officially the Hartbeespoort Dam Reservoir) is a dam situated in the North West Province of South Africa at Coordinates: 25°44′51″S, 27°52′1″E. It lies in a valley to the south of the Magaliesberg mountain range and north of the Witwatersberg mountain range, about 35 kilometres west of Pretoria.

 The name of the dam means "pass of the hartbees" (a species of antelope) in Afrikaans. The dam was originally designed for irrigation which is currently its primary use. The dam is situated on the farm Hartebeestpoort, once owned by the Boer General Hendrik Schoeman (1840 - 1901).

 The farm and adjacent land was acquired by the State, mainly through the facilitation of his son, Johan Schoeman (1887 - 1967), in about 1912. The dam was completed in 1923 and subsequently became a very popular holiday and weekend resort for the inhabitants of Johannesburg and Pretoria; it is the principal water recreation area of northern Gauteng and many types of water sports are practised on the dam. Its wall is 149,5 m long and 59,4 m high.
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