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Kamiesberg Municipality, Northern Cape
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Mar 09, 2020

Kamiesberg Municipality, Northern Cape

In 2007 an estimated 12,117 persons lived in Kamiesberg. The Kamiesberg Local Municipality is a Category B municipality ...

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Soebatsfontein, Northern Cape
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Mar 09, 2020

Soebatsfontein, Northern Cape

The name of this small Village ('fountain of pleading') comes from a Spring in the middle of the Village.

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Gariep River Mouth, Namibia
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Mar 09, 2020

Gariep River Mouth, Namibia

The Orange River, Southern Africa’s longest waterway, rises high in the Drakensberg Mountains of Lesotho, only 195 km fr...

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Port Shepstone, South Coast of KZN
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Mar 09, 2020

Port Shepstone, South Coast of KZN

Port Shepstone is one of the largest Towns of the KwaZulu Natal South Coast in South Africa. Port Shepstone is a popular...

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Oribi Gorge Nature Reserve, KZN
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Mar 09, 2020

Oribi Gorge Nature Reserve, KZN

The Oribi Gorge Nature Reserve is a wonderfully scenic area offering excellent hiking opportunities. Oribi Gorge Nature ...

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Tsolwana Game Reserve, Eastern Cape
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Mar 09, 2020

Tsolwana Game Reserve, Eastern Cape

Nestled against the northern slopes of the Winterberg Mountain range at the edge of the Karoo, Tsolwana Game Reserve lie...

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Clarens, Eastern Free State
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Mar 06, 2020

Clarens, Eastern Free State

Clarens, a small town situated in the Eastern Free State is today a tourist attraction and capital of everything from ad...

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Mar 06, 2020

The Causes of the Boer War by Prof. Marius Swart

The Anglo-Boer War was an event which had a long prelude and the after effects have not completely disappeared as yet. I...

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Tarkastad, Eastern Cape
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Mar 06, 2020

Tarkastad, Eastern Cape

Set against the dramatic Winterberg Mountains, between Cradock and Queenstown, only three hours from Port Elizabeth, Tar...

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Great Fish River, Eastern Cape
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Mar 06, 2020

Great Fish River, Eastern Cape

The Great Fish River, distinguishable from the Namibian Fish River by the word ‘great’, that runs through the Eastern Ca...

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Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality, Eastern Cape
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Mar 06, 2020

Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality, Eastern Cape

Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality includes: Port Elizabeth; Uitenhage; Despatch and Colchester.

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Baviaanskloof Region and Pass, Eastern Cape
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Mar 06, 2020

Baviaanskloof Region and Pass, Eastern Cape

There is a Gorge that lies in the Valley, stretching for over 100 kilometres, between the Baviaanskloof Mountains to the...

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Mar 05, 2020

Making sense of decades of debate about Nkrumah’s pan-African ideas

When the flag of the newly independent Ghana was raised against the night sky of Accra 63 years ago, the whole...

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Middleburg, Mpumalanga
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Mar 05, 2020

Middleburg, Mpumalanga

Middelburg is a modern town situated in the Cultural Heartland of the Mpumalanga Province in South Africa. Middelburg se...

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Mountain Zebra National Park, Karoo Region of Cradock
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Mar 05, 2020

Mountain Zebra National Park, Karoo Region of Cradock

Mountain Zebra National Park is one of the most beautiful parks in the country, and it lies in the heart of the Karoo, w...

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