2 Bedroom House For Sale in Hoedspruit, RLS954983

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2 Bedroom, 2 bathroom house for sale in Maruleng, Hoedspruit.

2 bedroom, 2 bathroom, ceiling fans in all rooms, gas stove, gas geysers and a double carport.

No cats are allowed to preserve the bird life in the estate, but dogs are allowed.

Water & Elect connects R350

Beautiful and modern in secure Estate

The name "Hoedspruit" was given by Dawid Johannes Joubert himself after a significant incident in 1844 when a severe cloud burst caused the river, now known as Zandspruit, to flood rapidly. During the event, Joubert lost his hat in the raging river. Given that a hat was a valuable resource for a farmer in those times, serving various purposes, losing it was a major event for Joubert. Consequently, he named the river "Hoedspruit," meaning "Hat River/stream/creek" in reference to the river that took his hat.

Dawid Johannes Joubert owned another farm in the Ohrigstad area and split his time between both farms. Sadly, in 1860, he was killed by a leopard while on his farm in Ohrigstad.

During Joubert's ownership, the Hoedspruit farm that he registered with the Land Office in Ohrigstad was extensive, stretching from the Blyde River to the Klaserie River and encompassing the present-day town center.

Around the same time, a dispute arose between the Portuguese in Lourenço Marques (Maputo) and the South Africans in the Transvaal Republic over the international border near the Drakensberg mountain range behind Hoedspruit. The Portuguese claimed it was the border between Mozambique and South Africa, while the South Africans argued it was the Lebombo Mountains. To settle the matter, President Oom Paul Kruger of the Transvaal Republic ordered a proper land survey study to determine the official border.