The master architect of the Highveld
Jul 13, 2020
2 minutes
By Mike Burgess.
MIKE BURGESS
The discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand in 1886 transformed the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republic (ZAR, also known as the Transvaal) from a poor to a prosperous state. Provided with this unexpected source of capital, President Paul Kruger set in motion plans to build grand government buildings and modernise the country’s primitive road network. And to
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