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Jul 14, 2011

Wynberg, Southern Suburbs

Wynberg is certainly one of the most interesting Areas in Cape Town. It is home to one of the oldest Schools in the Coun...

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Woodstock

The village of Papendorp lay some 2km east of Cape Town, on the main road to Stellenbosch, and was named after Pieter va...

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Somerset Road, Green Point

The Settlement of Green Point was established sometime before June 1846, and in 1870 its name was changed to Somerset Ro...

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Simon's Town, Cape Peninsula

One of South Africa’s oldest Towns and Naval base is Simon’s Town.  Home to the historic Simon's Town Museum.&nb...

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Sea Point

For years prior to European settlement, Sea Point formed part of the Gorachoqua and Goringhaiqua grazing paths, which st...

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Sarepta

The Rhenish Missionary Society (Rhenish  – of the river Rhine) was one of the largest Missionary Societies in Germa...

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Salt River

The exact date when the Village of Salt River was established is not known but in 1665 the Settlement is recorded to hav...

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St James, Cape Town

The Seaside Resort of St. James was located on False Bay, some 26 km South of Cape Town, the Suburb derived its name fro...

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Plumstead

Plumstead was developed on the site of an old VOC Military Camp some 13km South of Cape Town and, by 1823, was already a...

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Philippi

The settlement of Springfield was established sometime before December 1896, and in August 1898 its name was changed to ...

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Philadelphia

Not the Philadelphia one attributes to the Eastern parts of North America, this Philadelphia lies but 20 minutes outside...

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Ottery

Ottery was probably established in 1904 as a residential suburb of Cape Town. The railway line from Maitland reached Ott...

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Ndabeni

The racially segregated suburb of Ndabeni was established in about May 1901 near Maitland,North of Pinelands and some 8 ...

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Muizenberg

The Village of Muizenberg was established by the Dutch in 1743 as a Military Post, and was located in False Bay, on the ...

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Mowbray

The village of Mowbray was established in about 1853 on the farm Welgelegen, in an area more commonly known as Drie Kopp...

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