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Mar 16, 2011

Riebeek West

The village of Riebeek West, in the Riebeek Valley together with its sister town Riebeek East. was established in 1858 a...

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Oudtshoorn, Western Cape

The division of Oudtshoorn was originally part of the District of George, and was proclaimed a separate division in abou...

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Paarl

(prior to 1910)The division of Paarl was originally part of the district of Stellenbosch, and was proclaimed a separate ...

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Pacaltsdorp

(prior to 1910)The settlement of Hooge Kraal was established in 1813 as a station of the London Missionary Society (LMS)...

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Newlands

In 1700 Governor Willem van der Stel was granted land some 9km outside Cape Town, which he named De Nieuwe Land or Nieuw...

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Observatory

Observatory was a residential suburb of Cape Town, and derived its name from the Royal Observatory, which was establishe...

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Kalk Bay, Southern Suburbs- Cape Town

The Village of Kalk Bay was probably established in the 17th Century as a small community of lime burner's who mined the...

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Napier

The road to Napier takes you through never ending fields of wheat and barley, where the endangered Blue Crane can often ...

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Green Point

The area about Green Point was initially used by the Dutch as a cattle grazing station. After the British annexed the Ca...

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Greyton, Western Province

The village of Greyton was established in 1852, although the first plots of land were only sold in 1854.

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Berg River

The existence of the Berg River was first recorded by Bailiff Abraham Gabbema in 1657. He was sent by Governor Jan Van R...

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Groot Drakenstein Prison

The village of Groot Drakenstein was probably established in the late 1850s. Following the acquisition of a number of fr...

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Grabouw

A Post Office was opened at Palmiet River on 1 January 1846, and was probably located at a ford where a small bridge, kn...

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Great Brak Rivier

The village of Great Brak Rivier was founded by Charles Searle, an English paper-mill hand who, together with his wife a...

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Goodwood

One of the Northern municipalities adjoining the metropolitan of Cape Town, 11 km from the centre of the city and in the...

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