Known as Mashishing, The town’s name translates as ‘place of suffering’, as it was established after a malaria epidemic in Andries-Ohrigstad forced the inhabitants to move here, away from the mosquitos.
The town’s new (friendlier) official name is Mashishing, meaning ‘place of long, green grass’. Check out the Lydenburg Museum for their fascinating exhibit of the mysterious Lydenburg Heads - strange terracotta masks that were created over 1000 years ago by a little-known African iron-age culture, the original heads are at the Iziko South African Museum in Cape Town.
Long before the Voortrekkers arrived here, the area around Lydenburg was inhabited by Iron Age people. Significant archaeological finds have...
Mashishing, is a malaria free area in the Sterkspruit River,, on the Sterkspruit River, and is perfectly situated for exploring areas like P...
In 1927 Lydenburg became a municipality. Even though its name means “Town of Suffering”, the little town is pleasant and rather cheerful...