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Helderberg, Somerset West
Place
Mar 07, 2025

Helderberg, Somerset West

The district takes its name from the mountain of the same name, which is Afrikaans for "clear mountain", referring to th...

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Heidelberg, Gauteng
Place
Mar 07, 2025

Heidelberg, Gauteng

The Ueckermann family features prominently in the history of Heidelberg, Gauteng. Heinrich Julius Friedrich Christian Ue...

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University of Pretoria Museums
Place
Mar 03, 2025

University of Pretoria Museums

The University of Pretoria Museums manages, conserves, curates, and interprets adiversity of museum collections and...

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Faure Marine Drive and Clarens Drive, Gordon's bay
Place
Feb 24, 2025

Faure Marine Drive and Clarens Drive, Gordon's bay

Faure Marine Drive, which eventually becomes Clarence Drive, is a stretch of scenic coastal road leading to Gordon’s Bay...

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West Coast District Municipality, Heuningvlei
Place
Feb 05, 2025

West Coast District Municipality, Heuningvlei

Heuningvlei is one of fourteen outpost villages of the Moravian Mission Church at Wupperthal. Twenty five families are c...

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Haartbeespoort
Place
Feb 02, 2025

Haartbeespoort

Hartbeespoort, informally also known as: "Harties". is a small resort town north of Johannesburg in the North West Provi...

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Zambezi River, Zambia and Zimbabwe
Place
Jan 30, 2025

Zambezi River, Zambia and Zimbabwe

The Zambezi is the fourth-longest river in Africa, the longest east-flowing river in Africa and the largest flowing into...

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Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe and Zambia
Place
Jan 25, 2025

Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe and Zambia

Victoria Falls, known locally as 'Mosi-oa-Tunya', which translates to “The Smoke that Thunders,” is an iconic and breath...

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Lake Kariba, Zambia and Zimbabwe
Place
Jan 24, 2025

Lake Kariba, Zambia and Zimbabwe

Construction on Lake Kariba began in the early 1950's out of the necessity to generate hydroelectric energy for Zambia a...

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Graaff-Reinet
Place
Jan 22, 2025

Graaff-Reinet

Set in a twist of the Sundays River, the Great Karoo town of Graaff-Reinet is one of the oldest towns in South Africa, d...

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Pinelands
Place
Jan 20, 2025

Pinelands

Pinelands is just 10 km from the city centre. It originally was an unsuccessful, attempt at a pine tree plantation calle...

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Seeing and Being Seen by Patricia Hayes
Archive
Jan 14, 2025

Seeing and Being Seen by Patricia Hayes

Explore this africa item to learn more about South African history.

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Carletonville
Place
Jan 11, 2025

Carletonville

There are no fewer than seven gold mines surrounding the town. As if to make up for all of this industry the Abe Bailey ...

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Umdoni Municipality
Place
Jan 10, 2025

Umdoni Municipality

Umdoni Local Municipality is located under the Ugu District Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal Province. It is made up of...

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Stilfontein
Place
Jan 06, 2025

Stilfontein

Stilfontein is a town located in the North West Province of South Africa, with 17,942 inhabitants (2025). It is situated...

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