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Colonial History of Port Elizabeth
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Mar 30, 2011

Colonial History of Port Elizabeth

Colonial settlement Land wars The 'Frontier Wars' in the Eastern Cape Europeans who came to stay in South Afr...

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Prehistory of the Port Elizabeth area
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Mar 30, 2011

Prehistory of the Port Elizabeth area

The coastline of the Eastern Cape is treacherous, and several ships ran aground or sunk offshore after Vasco de Gama rou...

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Mar 30, 2011

Documents, and articles relating to Durban

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Mar 30, 2011

Maps through time, Durban

Durban Today If you would like to see Durban map today go to http://g.co/maps/z2em5 Browse historical to recent time&r...

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Mar 30, 2011

Durban Historical & community

Did you know An interesting history to mention is that of Inanda just outside Durban. Inanda was home to three key fig...

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Prehistory of the Durban area
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Mar 30, 2011

Prehistory of the Durban area

Prehistory of Southern Africa The Durban area is probably best known for the historic Zulu kingdom, dating to the early...

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Mar 30, 2011

Bloemfontein Books and further links

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The Freedom struggle in Bloemfontein
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Mar 30, 2011

The Freedom struggle in Bloemfontein

Bloemfontein ultimately played an important role in the Province during the early years of the 19th century as it became...

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Bloemfontein the Segregated city
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Mar 30, 2011

Bloemfontein the Segregated city

In the early days of the Free State, citizenship was limited to the White population only. This became part of the const...

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Colonial history of Bloemfontein
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Mar 30, 2011

Colonial history of Bloemfontein

The area between the Orange and Vaal rivers, originally known as Transoranje, with its abundance of permanent water sour...

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Prehistory of the Bloemfontein area
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Mar 30, 2011

Prehistory of the Bloemfontein area

The origin of South Africa’s judicial capital goes back to the mid 19th century when Major H.D. Warden established a Bri...

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Mar 30, 2011

Bloemfontein, Capital City of the Free State Province

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born on January 3, 1892, in Bloemfontein, South Africa, to English parents.

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Mar 29, 2011

Johannesburg Historical & community Leaders

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Key people
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Mar 29, 2011

Key people

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Johannesburg the Segregated city
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Mar 29, 2011

Johannesburg the Segregated city

Contents Town & regional planning in Johannesburg Residential development in Johannesburg <a data-cke-saved-...

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