A PORTION of the Kruger millions may have been found in Ermelo, in the southern part of Mpumalanga, by local farm workers, The Citizen newspaper reported on Friday. The Ermelo Town Council are now discussing security measures to protect the farmer and workers at the centre of the drama, the newspaper said. A Zulu family living in the area for more than 100 years were quoted as saying they had dug up “at least 4 000 Kruger pounds”, three kilometres from the farm of JJ Scholtz where a statue of President Paul Kruger was found last month. The coins were apparently minted in 1889. It is believed that thousands more Kruger pounds are buried on the farm, where they were transported during a trip from Pretoria to Durban via Ermelo by two wagons during the South African war.
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