Ventersburg

History

It was established on the farm Kromfontein which was owned by PA Venter who died in 1857. His son allowed a Reform Church to be established on the farm in 1864 and by 1871, the first plots of the original farm were sold. Ventersburg was declared on 6 May 1873. The Dutch Reform Church was built in Ventersburg in 1891 but it was burnt down in 1900 by the British forces during the Boer War. The church was later re-built in 1912.

Most-observed species

• Cape Wagtail

  Motacilla capensis Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  141
• White-browed Sparrow-Weaver

  Plocepasser mahali A.Smith, 1836 · Aves
  127
• Helmeted Guineafowl

  Numida meleagris (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  125
• Black-chested Prinia

  Prinia flavicans (Vieillot, 1821) · Aves
  119
• Southern Masked-Weaver

  Ploceus velatus Vieillot, 1819 · Aves
  113
• Long-tailed Widowbird

  Euplectes progne (Boddaert, 1783) · Aves
  111
• Cattle Egret

  Bubulcus ibis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  110
• Laughing Dove

  Spilopelia senegalensis (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  107

Most recent

• M 4.4 — 2024-04-30
  5 km NW of Allanridge, South Africa
• M 4.6 — 2022-06-15
  6 km SSW of Kutloanong, South Africa
• M 4.2 — 2021-07-14
  7 km SW of Welkom, South Africa
• M 4.5 — 2020-01-25
  11 km S of Welkom, South Africa
• M 4.4 — 2019-07-23
  27 km NNW of Theunissen, South Africa
• M 4.9 — 2019-03-22
  8 km WNW of Virginia, South Africa