About 30 minutes north of Pretoria is Hammanskraal - a small town in northern Gauteng which serves a large community. It was named after Hamman, a cattleman who, to protect his livestock from predators, set up a stockade here.
Hammanskraal is a small railway siding and hamlet, with a nearby industrial township called Themba. The town was named after Hamman a cattleman who built a stockade here to protect his animals from predators. Both the town and the railway station serve a large rural population.
The town also serves as a shopping centre for surrounding locations such as Kekana Gardens, Mandela Village, Ramotse, Marokolong, Kanana, Temba, Leboneng, Unit D, Maubane, Portion 9, Majaneng, Bosplaas, Makapanstad, Dilopye, Suurman, Lephengville, Sekampaneng and other nearby villages. Majaneng in Hammanskraal is a rural village with a chief.
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