Venterstad is a settlement in Walter Sisulu Local Municipality in Joe Gqabi District Municipality in the

Eastern Cape The Eastern Cape is one of the provinces of South Africa. Its capital is Bhisho, but its two largest cities are East London and Gqeberha. The second largest province in the country (at 168,966 km2) after Northern Cape, it was formed in ...

province of

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. Town 43 km south-east of

Norvalspont Norvalspont is a small town in Pixley ka Seme District Municipality in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. The name is Afrikaans for ''Norval’s ferry'', and named after an enterprising Scot who constructed a ferry here in 1848. The sett ...

and 65 km west of

Burgersdorp Burgersdorp is a medium-sized town in Walter Sisulu in the Joe Gqabi District Municipality of the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. In 1869 a Theological Seminary was established here by the ''Gereformeerde Kerk'', but in 1905 it was move ...

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/ref> It was laid out in 1875 and attained municipal status in 1895. Named after the owner of the land on which it was established, Johannes J. T. Venter. It is one of the smaller towns that currently forms part of the

Gariep Local Municipality Gariep Local Municipality is a defunct local municipality in Joe Gqabi District Municipality, Eastern Cape. The municipality was merged with Maletswai Local Municipality immediately after the August 2016 Local Municipal Elections to form the n ...

, with its seat in

. The town and its surrounding areas are served by a 24-hour Primary healthcare clinic (Venterstad Clinic), previously municipality-owned, but since 2010 run by the sub-district office for Health of the Eastern Cape Province. It also supports a mobile clinic and a satellite clinic at

Oviston Oviston is a settlement in Walter Sisulu Local Municipality in Joe Gqabi District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. Township 8 km north of Venterstad, on the southern bank of the Gariep Dam. It was established in ...

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Populated places in the Walter Sisulu Local Municipality {{EasternCape-geo-stub

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