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Basotho Cultural Village
Place
Jul 09, 2025

Basotho Cultural Village

The Basotho Cultural Village is a chance to experience a way of life that integrates comfort and practicality with a uni...

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Theresa Solomon
Biography
Jul 08, 2025

Theresa Solomon

Community activist, political prisoner, member of the United Democratic Front and the African National Congress, Cape To...

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Cape Columbine Nature Reserve
Place
Jul 06, 2025

Cape Columbine Nature Reserve

This reserve boasts the last manually controlled lighthouse to be built in South Africa. Near Paternoster on the West Co...

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Cape Columbine Lighthouse
Place
Jul 06, 2025

Cape Columbine Lighthouse

 The Lighthouse, which is built on rising ground at 'Castle Rock' and is usually the first Lighthouse sighted by sh...

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Kilnerton Training Institution
Place
Jul 05, 2025

Kilnerton Training Institution

The Kilnerton Training Institution, affiliated to the Methodist Church of Southern Africa, was established in 1886 in th...

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Kalahari Desert
Place
Jul 03, 2025

Kalahari Desert

Kalahari Desert, large basin like Plain of the interior Plateau of Southern Africa. It occupies almost all of Botswana, ...

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Blyde River Canyon, Mpumalanga
Place
Jul 02, 2025

Blyde River Canyon, Mpumalanga

The Blyde River Canyon known officially known as the' Motlatse Canyon'- The Motlatse Canyon is one of the largest can...

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Attacking the Heart of Apartheid by Yunus Carrim
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Jun 30, 2025

Attacking the Heart of Apartheid by Yunus Carrim

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Kgodumodumo Dinosaur Interpretation Centre
Place
Jun 23, 2025

Kgodumodumo Dinosaur Interpretation Centre

The new centre will celebrate Africa’s ancient History, highlighting one of the World’s oldest known dinosaur embryos ev...

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Old House Museum, 31 Diakonia Street, Durban
Place
Jun 20, 2025

Old House Museum, 31 Diakonia Street, Durban

The Old House Museum in eThekwini offers a captivating journey through time, showcasing the rich heritage and stories of...

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Academic rigour, journalistic flair by Siona O'Connell (The Conversation), 5 June 2025
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Jun 19, 2025

Academic rigour, journalistic flair by Siona O'Connell (The Conversation), 5 June 2025

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Prieska
Place
Jun 18, 2025

Prieska

Prieska is a very small town that is perched along the Orange River in the Northern Cape. It is 240 kilometres south of ...

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Polokwane
Place
Jun 16, 2025

Polokwane

Polokwane is the capital city of Limpopo. Where the youth uprising occures in Soweto in 1976. 

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Arthur Newton's- Rock Seat in the Comrades Marathon
Place
Jun 14, 2025

Arthur Newton's- Rock Seat in the Comrades Marathon

This picture is his plaque to remember- Arthur's Seat is a rocky hollowed out landmark in a rock face. Where Arthur Newt...

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Mpofu – Fort Fordyce Nature Reserve
Place
Jun 13, 2025

Mpofu – Fort Fordyce Nature Reserve

Bass fishing is a popular activity as is rock climbing – Fort Fordyce features ten bolted routes with names like the Fev...

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