Villieria

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Villieria
Coordinates: 25°43′06″S28°14′44″E / 25.718203°S 28.245436°E / -25.718203; 28.245436 (SAPS Villieria)
Country Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Province Gauteng
Municipality Tshwane
Main Place Pretoria
Area
 • Land5.66 km2 (2.19 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [1]
 • Total14,312
Demonym Villierian
Time zone UTC+2
Postal Code
0186

Villieria is a suburb in the northern region of Pretoria. [1] [2] [3] It is bordered by Rietfontein in the north-west and Queenswood in the south-east.[ citation needed ] The postal code is 0186. [4]

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History

Its name comes from Elizabeth "Bettie" de Villiers, the maiden name of the wife of Gideon P. Retief von Wielligh. [2] [5] [3] von Wielligh was Surveyor-General of the South African Republic and he lived on his estate in Villieria between 1885 and 1898 with his wife and children. [2] [5] [3] Elizabeth was the daughter of Jan S. de Villiers, one of the first music professors when the Cape was colonized, and grand-daughter of G.W.A. van der Linger, the first theology professor. [5] She separated from her husband in August 1899, and they were divorced in 1904. [5] The Von Wielligh and Retief Streets in Pretoria West are named after her husband. [6]

Originally a European settlement it was laid out in 1896 on what had been the Rietfontein farm. [2] von Wielligh had bought it in 1885 and called it Villieria farm, cultivating bees there from 1894 to 1895, but by 1895 had lost his job and was heavily in debt. [7] [8] The farm having been plundered during the Anglo-Boer War whilst von Wielligh was imprisoned by the British in Pretoria, [9] [10] it was broken up into town plots and was turned into a suburb of Pretoria. [11] [7]

For a while, beginning in 1907, it along with several other later-to-be suburbs was part of the separate municipality of Innesdale, before becoming a part of Pretoria proper in 1931. [12] [13]

Residential explosion

On 2000-10-10 an explosion occurred in Villeria, at the house of Derrick Barrett who worked for a rock-blasting company. [14] [15] It killed four people, including Barret's wife Louisa, his neighbour Hans Werner, and a gardner George Makhubela; and it critically injured two others, including Barrett's then secretary Marlene van Niekerk. [14] [15] Three houses were destroyed in the blast and a further six were declared unsafe. [15] Barrett was arrested soon thereafter but after a lengthy court process that included his being found guilty in April 2003, appeals postponed to 2005 then to 2007 then to 2009, and his son trying to take the blame in 2010, he was finally jailed on 2011-02-22 for manslaughter and possession of explosives on unlicensed premises. [15] [16]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Sub Place Villieria". Census 2011.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Raper, Moller & du Plessis 2014a, p. 968.
  3. 1 2 3 Potgieter 1975, p. 247.
  4. ↑ "Postal Codes for Pretoria" . Retrieved 23 November 2023.
  5. 1 2 3 4 van Vuuren 2016, p. 36.
  6. ↑ Andrews & Ploeger 1989, p. 70.
  7. 1 2 van Vuuren 2016, p. 45.
  8. ↑ van Vuuren 2016, p. 49.
  9. ↑ van Vuuren 2016, p. 51.
  10. ↑ van Vuuren 2016, p. 62.
  11. ↑ van Vuuren 2016, p. 43.
  12. ↑ Potgieter 1972, p. 104.
  13. ↑ Raper, Moller & du Plessis 2014b, p. 387.
  14. 1 2 MG 2000.
  15. 1 2 3 4 van Petegem 2019.
  16. ↑ Otto 2010.

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