Zastron is a small agricultural town in the
Free State province of
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the ...
, some 30 km from the border of
Lesotho. It is situated at the foot of Aasvoëlberg (Vulture Mountain), named for the rare
Cape vulture
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s attracted by a feeding project a short distance out of town. A curious rock formation in the mountain, Die Oog (The Eye), has been adopted as the town's unofficial emblem.
The town was founded in 1876 on the farm Verliesfontein, and named after the
maiden name
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of President
Brand
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's wife, Johanna Sibella Brand, née Zastron.
Notable people
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David Rabin
David Rabin (January 25, 1934 - October 26, 1984) was an endocrinology professor at Vanderbilt University where he researched the possibility of a male contraceptive. Born in Zastron, South Africa as the youngest of four children he was diagnosed ...
(1934-1984), university endocrinology professor
Notes
External links
* https://web.archive.org/web/20091213045952/http://www.zastron.co.za:80/
Populated places in the Mohokare Local Municipality
Populated places established in 1875
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