Bothaville

History

A 'church town', Botharnia, was established in 1891 on a portion of Gladdedrift farm, by Voortrekker JP van Wyk who left Pretoria after religious persecution. The town was renamed Bothaville in 1893, after Theunis Louis Botha, the original owner of the farm. The Battle of Doornkraal took place some distance south of town on 6 November 1900. Doornkraal Monument is a granite memorial built in honour of Boers who died here in the surprise attack by British soldiers. Some of the Boer soldiers were buried in a communal grave. The town received municipal status in 1914. It was recently amalgamated into the Nala Local Municipality, along with Wesselsbron and a part of the Vetvaal rural council. In NAMPO Park lies the Wall of Remembrance, a monument erected in 2007, in remembrance of all the commercial farmers and farm-workers who have died in farm-murders in South Africa since May 1961. The memorial consists of nine pillars, representing each province, and a statue of a farmer holding a Bible.

Most recent

• M 4.2 — 2026-02-08
  10 km E of Orkney, South Africa
• M 4.3 — 2025-09-10
  15 km SSE of Stilfontein, South Africa
• M 4.8 — 2025-07-10
  7 km SE of Orkney, South Africa
• M 4.8 — 2025-04-17
  4 km NNE of Orkney, South Africa
• M 4.4 — 2024-05-15
  12 km SE of Stilfontein, South Africa
• M 4.4 — 2024-04-30
  5 km NW of Allanridge, South Africa