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Mar 16, 2011

KwaDukuza timeline

Iron Age Shell middens containing early Iron Age pottery fragments have been found at Umhlanga Rocks, Ballito and Shak...

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Cato Manor timeline 1650-2007
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Mar 16, 2011

Cato Manor timeline 1650-2007

1650 Earliest known history - the Nqondo clan occupy the land now known as Cato Manor 1730 They are replaced by th...

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Mar 16, 2011

Grey Street Complex

Grey Street is the teaming business and residential Indian sector of the Durban City Centre, and is also the educational...

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Mar 16, 2011

uMnambithi was called Ladysmith

Ladysmith is located on the banks of KwaZulu-Natal's Klip River. Proclaimed in 1850, it was named after the Spanish wife...

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Mar 16, 2011

Dutch and British Coastal Fortifications at the Cape of Good Hope (1665 to 1829)

The Cape Peninsula is surrounded by oceans on three sides and has three natural harbours: Table Bay and Hout Bay on the ...

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Robertson Division

The Division of Robertson was originally part of the district of Tulbagh, whose drostdy was transferred to Worcester in ...

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Robertson, Route 62

The settlement was named after Dr William Robertson, the first DRC Minister in Clanwilliam, and up to 1857 it affairs we...

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Mar 16, 2011

Rondebosch

In 1657 a group of four free burghers were granted land in an area south of Table Bay at the Cape of Good Hope. Jan van ...

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Mar 16, 2011

Rosebank, Johannesburg

Situated in Johannesburg, South Africa, Rosebank is a vibrant multi-cultural district, business node and tourist attract...

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Riversdale Division, Western Cape

The Division of Riversdale was originally located on the Eastern boundary of the District of Swellendam, which had been ...

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Mar 16, 2011

Riversdale, Western Cape

In August 1838 the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) at Swellendam established a new parish on the Farm Doornkraal, on the ban...

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Pakhuis Pass

Construction on the Pakhuis Pass began in 1875, and was carried out by convict labour under the direction of ThThe Pakhu...

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Parow

Parow was a residential suburb of Cape Town, located some 16km from the city centre. It was established by Johann Heinri...

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Mar 16, 2011

Piquetberg

It is now known as Piketberg. (prior to 1910) The division of Piquetberg originally fell under the district of Tulbagh,...

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Mar 16, 2011

Pollsmoor Prison

Pollsmoor Prison is situated in Tokai, Cape Town, and is the largest Prison in the Western Cape Province.  It is an...

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