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Trading Station

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A trading station always has a general dealer and often comprises of a whole complex with the trader's house and various stores for housing local produce such as wool or grain. South Africa used to have trading stations all over the country but to a large extent they have been abandoned.

See Traders and trading stations of the central and southern Transkei 2009, by Michael Charles Thompson

Trading Station buildings on this website

Acton Caba Trading Station: n.d.. Cathcart, Eastern Cape
Benjamin Shap General Dealer: 1910?. Ngwenya siding, Alice, Eastern Cape
Bonnefoi Trading Store: n.d.. Carolina, Mpumalanga
Cegcuwana Trading Station: n.d.. Butterworth, Eastern Cape
Collywobbles Trading Station: Pre 1900. Collywobbles, Eastern Cape
Eagles Neck Trading Station: n.d.. Magwathini, Eastern Cape
Good Hope : Sihlabeni Trading Station: n.d.. Butterworth, Eastern Cape
Great Kei Drift (Ngqika's Ford) Trading Station: n.d.. Ngqika, Eastern Cape
High View Trading Station: n.d.. Butterworth, Eastern Cape
Mpetukop Trading Station : Peas on Earth: n.d.. Kei Mouth, Eastern Cape
Mpozolo Trading station: n.d.. Willowvale, Eastern Cape
Mtakatyi Trading Station: c1946. Mamolweni, Eastern Cape
Mtentu Trading Station: n.d.. Mthatha, Eastern Cape
Mvezo Trading Station: n.d.. Elliotdale, Eastern Cape
Ntsimbakazi Trading Station: n.d.. Ebhongweni, Eastern Cape
Qokama Trading Station: n.d.. Mthatha, Eastern Cape
Springs Trading Station: n.d.. Butterworth, Eastern Cape
Toleni Trading Station: n.d.. Ngobozini, Eastern Cape
Trading Store: n.d.. Val, Mpumalanga