Barberton is a town in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa, which has its origin in the 1880s gold rush in the region. It is situated in the De Kaap Valley and is fringed by the Makhonjwa Mountains. It is 43 kilometres (27mi) south of Nelspruit and 360 kilometres (220mi) to the east of Johannesburg.
History
Prehistoric
The mountains around Barberton are amongst the oldest in the world, dating back 3.5 billion years, and these mountains include some of the oldest exposed rocks on the planet. These volcanic rocks, which scientists call the Barberton Greenstone Belt, have given direct evidence of the conditions of life on the surface of the very early earth.
In the satellite image, the bare rocks of mountain peaks appear as a pale gray-green, accentuated by the sharp relief of sunlit slopes and their shadows. Deeper shades of green indicate vegetation, including some vegetation on the lower slopes. In the mountain valleys, bright green areas suggest well-watered grassy areas and crops. Deeper green areas are probably forests. The series of bright green circles north of the town of Barberton result from centre-pivot irrigation systems. The area north and west of Barberton appears slightly pale and fuzzy compared to the rest of this image, probably the result of low-lying haze.
The Drakensberg Escarpment divides Mpumalanga into a westerly half consisting mainly of high-altitude grassland called the Highveld and an eastern half situated in low altitude subtropical Lowveld/Bushveld, mostly savanna habitat. The southern half of the Kruger National Park is in the latter region. The Drakensberg exceeds heights of 2000m in most places with this central region of Mpumalanga being very mountainous. These regions have alpine grasslands and small pockets of Afromontane Forest. The Lowveld is relatively flat with interspersed rocky outcrops. The Lebombo Mountains form a low range in the far east forming the border with Mozambique.
The first life forms on earth… …an adrenaline junkies’ playground… …and home to a South African legend. The golden town of Barberton has something for everyone!
published: 19 May 2015
Barberton, Mpumalanga
Welcome to Barberton where you will find some of the finest scenery in Africa. Enjoy magnificent mountain views, a glorious climate, amazing biodiversity and the unique Barberton Greenstone Belt - geology that tells the earliest history of Earth itself - a fossilized record of the wild frontier of time.
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published: 03 Sep 2018
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barberton strike
published: 06 Jun 2012
BARBERTON A Complete Travel Guide
Take an adventure tour to BARBERTON, the home of the gold-bearing Barberton Greenstone Belt were gold and other minerals have been mined continuously for more than 135 years.
For Barberton, July 2018 changed its treasure from the gold mined in Agnes, Consort, Sheba, Fairview and Barberton mines to the Newly acclaimed Unesco World Heritage site Makhonjwa mountains.
This mountain range with the wold’s best evidence of the genesis of the planet we now call earth rises to 1800 meters above sea level and has the bits and pieces of the solar system that came together to form earth more than 3 billion years ago.
The town of Barberton emerged from the discovery of gold by George Barber and his cousins, which later resulted in the popular 1883 gold rush. It is home to vast fauna and flora scatter...
published: 16 Sep 2020
Mpumalanga in Barberton Live on stage
published: 17 Feb 2021
Barberton, Mpumalanga gang wars threaten schooling
Gang wars are threatening schooling in Barberton, Mpumalanga.
Local residents have buried a learner who was stabbed to death in what is believed to be gang rivalry wars. Another is fighting for his in hospital. The residents are calling on police to intervene before more blood is shed at school ground.
For more news, visit: sabcnews.com
published: 18 Feb 2018
Illegal gold mining rife in Mpumalanga
Illegal mining of gold is rife in Barberton, Mpumalanga. A decomposing body of a man believed to be an illegal miner has been found dumped in the bushes near the town. He was allegedly killed by other illegal miners after a gold deal went wrong.
For more news, visit: http://www.sabc.co.za/news
published: 05 Jan 2017
Barberton Trip
We tagged along on the 2 day Barberton Trip in Mpumalanga out on the mountains at Fairview mine / Mountainlands Nature Reserve
The first life forms on earth… …an adrenaline junkies’ playground… …and home to a South African legend. The golden town of Barberton has something for everyone!...
The first life forms on earth… …an adrenaline junkies’ playground… …and home to a South African legend. The golden town of Barberton has something for everyone!
The first life forms on earth… …an adrenaline junkies’ playground… …and home to a South African legend. The golden town of Barberton has something for everyone!
Welcome to Barberton where you will find some of the finest scenery in Africa. Enjoy magnificent mountain views, a glorious climate, amazing biodiversity and th...
Welcome to Barberton where you will find some of the finest scenery in Africa. Enjoy magnificent mountain views, a glorious climate, amazing biodiversity and the unique Barberton Greenstone Belt - geology that tells the earliest history of Earth itself - a fossilized record of the wild frontier of time.
#welovewhatwedo
Welcome to Barberton where you will find some of the finest scenery in Africa. Enjoy magnificent mountain views, a glorious climate, amazing biodiversity and the unique Barberton Greenstone Belt - geology that tells the earliest history of Earth itself - a fossilized record of the wild frontier of time.
#welovewhatwedo
Take an adventure tour to BARBERTON, the home of the gold-bearing Barberton Greenstone Belt were gold and other minerals have been mined continuously for more t...
Take an adventure tour to BARBERTON, the home of the gold-bearing Barberton Greenstone Belt were gold and other minerals have been mined continuously for more than 135 years.
For Barberton, July 2018 changed its treasure from the gold mined in Agnes, Consort, Sheba, Fairview and Barberton mines to the Newly acclaimed Unesco World Heritage site Makhonjwa mountains.
This mountain range with the wold’s best evidence of the genesis of the planet we now call earth rises to 1800 meters above sea level and has the bits and pieces of the solar system that came together to form earth more than 3 billion years ago.
The town of Barberton emerged from the discovery of gold by George Barber and his cousins, which later resulted in the popular 1883 gold rush. It is home to vast fauna and flora scattered over the vast landscape which ranges from savanna grasslands to aesthetically attractive steepy mountains and rolling hills with upto 2176 plant species, some only endemic to the Barberton and Makhonjwa mountains such as the Barberton daisy, beautiful proteas, endemic aloes and cycads
Take an adventure tour to BARBERTON, the home of the gold-bearing Barberton Greenstone Belt were gold and other minerals have been mined continuously for more than 135 years.
For Barberton, July 2018 changed its treasure from the gold mined in Agnes, Consort, Sheba, Fairview and Barberton mines to the Newly acclaimed Unesco World Heritage site Makhonjwa mountains.
This mountain range with the wold’s best evidence of the genesis of the planet we now call earth rises to 1800 meters above sea level and has the bits and pieces of the solar system that came together to form earth more than 3 billion years ago.
The town of Barberton emerged from the discovery of gold by George Barber and his cousins, which later resulted in the popular 1883 gold rush. It is home to vast fauna and flora scattered over the vast landscape which ranges from savanna grasslands to aesthetically attractive steepy mountains and rolling hills with upto 2176 plant species, some only endemic to the Barberton and Makhonjwa mountains such as the Barberton daisy, beautiful proteas, endemic aloes and cycads
Gang wars are threatening schooling in Barberton, Mpumalanga.
Local residents have buried a learner who was stabbed to death in what is believed to be gang riva...
Gang wars are threatening schooling in Barberton, Mpumalanga.
Local residents have buried a learner who was stabbed to death in what is believed to be gang rivalry wars. Another is fighting for his in hospital. The residents are calling on police to intervene before more blood is shed at school ground.
For more news, visit: sabcnews.com
Gang wars are threatening schooling in Barberton, Mpumalanga.
Local residents have buried a learner who was stabbed to death in what is believed to be gang rivalry wars. Another is fighting for his in hospital. The residents are calling on police to intervene before more blood is shed at school ground.
For more news, visit: sabcnews.com
Illegal mining of gold is rife in Barberton, Mpumalanga. A decomposing body of a man believed to be an illegal miner has been found dumped in the bushes near th...
Illegal mining of gold is rife in Barberton, Mpumalanga. A decomposing body of a man believed to be an illegal miner has been found dumped in the bushes near the town. He was allegedly killed by other illegal miners after a gold deal went wrong.
For more news, visit: http://www.sabc.co.za/news
Illegal mining of gold is rife in Barberton, Mpumalanga. A decomposing body of a man believed to be an illegal miner has been found dumped in the bushes near the town. He was allegedly killed by other illegal miners after a gold deal went wrong.
For more news, visit: http://www.sabc.co.za/news
The first life forms on earth… …an adrenaline junkies’ playground… …and home to a South African legend. The golden town of Barberton has something for everyone!
Welcome to Barberton where you will find some of the finest scenery in Africa. Enjoy magnificent mountain views, a glorious climate, amazing biodiversity and the unique Barberton Greenstone Belt - geology that tells the earliest history of Earth itself - a fossilized record of the wild frontier of time.
#welovewhatwedo
Take an adventure tour to BARBERTON, the home of the gold-bearing Barberton Greenstone Belt were gold and other minerals have been mined continuously for more than 135 years.
For Barberton, July 2018 changed its treasure from the gold mined in Agnes, Consort, Sheba, Fairview and Barberton mines to the Newly acclaimed Unesco World Heritage site Makhonjwa mountains.
This mountain range with the wold’s best evidence of the genesis of the planet we now call earth rises to 1800 meters above sea level and has the bits and pieces of the solar system that came together to form earth more than 3 billion years ago.
The town of Barberton emerged from the discovery of gold by George Barber and his cousins, which later resulted in the popular 1883 gold rush. It is home to vast fauna and flora scattered over the vast landscape which ranges from savanna grasslands to aesthetically attractive steepy mountains and rolling hills with upto 2176 plant species, some only endemic to the Barberton and Makhonjwa mountains such as the Barberton daisy, beautiful proteas, endemic aloes and cycads
Gang wars are threatening schooling in Barberton, Mpumalanga.
Local residents have buried a learner who was stabbed to death in what is believed to be gang rivalry wars. Another is fighting for his in hospital. The residents are calling on police to intervene before more blood is shed at school ground.
For more news, visit: sabcnews.com
Illegal mining of gold is rife in Barberton, Mpumalanga. A decomposing body of a man believed to be an illegal miner has been found dumped in the bushes near the town. He was allegedly killed by other illegal miners after a gold deal went wrong.
For more news, visit: http://www.sabc.co.za/news
Barberton is a town in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa, which has its origin in the 1880s gold rush in the region. It is situated in the De Kaap Valley and is fringed by the Makhonjwa Mountains. It is 43 kilometres (27mi) south of Nelspruit and 360 kilometres (220mi) to the east of Johannesburg.
History
Prehistoric
The mountains around Barberton are amongst the oldest in the world, dating back 3.5 billion years, and these mountains include some of the oldest exposed rocks on the planet. These volcanic rocks, which scientists call the Barberton Greenstone Belt, have given direct evidence of the conditions of life on the surface of the very early earth.
In the satellite image, the bare rocks of mountain peaks appear as a pale gray-green, accentuated by the sharp relief of sunlit slopes and their shadows. Deeper shades of green indicate vegetation, including some vegetation on the lower slopes. In the mountain valleys, bright green areas suggest well-watered grassy areas and crops. Deeper green areas are probably forests. The series of bright green circles north of the town of Barberton result from centre-pivot irrigation systems. The area north and west of Barberton appears slightly pale and fuzzy compared to the rest of this image, probably the result of low-lying haze.
Investigations led the team to their residence at Umjindi Hostel in Barberton, where a search revealed alarming finds, according to Mpumalanga police spokesperson, Lieutenant Colonel Jabu Ndubane.
In a similar case in Mpumalanga in September, at the R40 road between Barberton, a collision occurred between an articulated truck and a sport utility vehicle (SUV).
Galaxy is situated 8.0 kilometres west of the town of Barberton and 45 kilometres west of the provincial capital of Nelspruit in the MpumalangaProvince. The property covers 58.6 square kilometres and is part of the prolific Barberton Greenstone Belt.
VANTAGE Goldfields could resume operations by the beginning of August at Lily and Barbrook gold mines in Barberton, Mpumalanga, where the bodies of three workers remain buried underground after eight years ... BUSINESS REPORT .
In the past few days, Eyewitness News has visited several communities in Mpumalanga, including Hazyview, Kabokweni, Kwamhlanga and Barberton... Mpumalanga is known for its scenic views and beautiful ...
Speaking at a public engagement ahead of the ANC’s 112-year celebrations in Barberton, Mpumalanga, on Sunday, Mbalula conceded the party had misled parliament to defend its then-president ... .
The ANC is in Mpumalanga where it’s marking its 112th birthday on Monday, and mobilising supporters for a January 8th rally in Mbombela on Saturday ... Mbalula was speaking at the cadres’ assembly in Barberton.