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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Pniel was a mission station established by the Berlin Missionary Society on the Vaal River near modern Kimberley, South Africa, in 1845. The Pniel Mission was established in 1845 by the Revd Winter, after exploratory expeditions from the Berlin Missionary (BMS) station at Bethanie. The missionaries had negotiated setting up a station with the Korana leader Jan Bloem jnr. Winter withdrew owing to ill health and was replaced by the Revd Ludwick Zerwick from Bethanie and Brother Nikolaas Meyfarth. In 1847 an outstation was established at an old Wesleyan mission site at Platberg near the modern Warrenton, with the Revd Winter (now recovered) in charge. By 1850, however, Winter had retired yet again and was replaced by August Schmidt and F. W. Salzman. A religious mission or mission station is a location for missionary work. While primarily a Christian term, the concept of the religious