MANSDAL OPEN AIR MUSEUM

Andries Hendrik Potgieter founded his independent republic of Zoutpansberg here in 1848. A wealthy, fronding republic around a village simply called Zoutpansbergdorp, whose population reached 1,500 souls in 1855. Elephant tusks were transported to Delagoa Bay on the Mozambican coast, where they were sold to Portuguese wholesalers. Today, to the right of the museum's access trail, look for the Schoemansdal National Cemetery where the trekker Hendrik Potgieter is buried. Ghostly atmosphere.