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The Zeederberg Family has become synonomous with the early days of Stagecoach travel in Southern Africa.
The Zeederberg Brothers pioneered many coaching routes for the first time, serving the gold and diamond mining areas and opening up remote parts of South Africa for the first time. Cecil John Rhodes commissioned the Zeederberg brothers to cut the first roads into the interior and they were responsible for the first regular transport routes into the land that is now known as Zimbabwe. The early days of stagecoach travel was arduous and adventurous. Drivers and passengers had to keep a sharp eye out for untold dangers including attacks from elephant and lion, crocodiles in flooded rivers or being held up by highwaymen.
Zeederberg Coaches were famous for their experimental use of zebras to pull the coaches. The zebras were sucessfully trained and harnessed and took part in a few coach runs. Unfortunately the animals were found to have less stamina than the coach hourses and the Zeederbergs went back to horses instead!
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