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Mar 16, 2011

Reitz

An agricultural town in the Orange Free State province, Reitz is 51km from Bethlehem. At an altitude of 1622 metres, Rei...

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Cwanguba

A forest 34km East of Elliotdale. The forest is reputed to have resulted from Imilenya shrubs, planted on the grave of C...

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Ficksburg

The town was founded by General Johan Fick in 1867 who won the territory in the Basotho Wars. Ficksburg is situated in ...

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Frankfort

Frankfort is a small farming town situated on the banks of the Wilge River in the Free State province of South Africa. T...

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Aasvoelberg known as The Eye Of Zastron

This spectacular sandstone Mountain is a backdrop for the town of Zastron, in the South-Eastern Free State Province of S...

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Bethulie Bridge across the Gariep River

Gariep Dam is located in South Africa, near the Town of Norvalspont, bordering the Free State and Eastern Cape Provinces...

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Coerney, Port Elizabeth

Coerney is a River and Railway station 64 km North of Port Elizabeth, on the route to Rosmead, situated in the Sundays R...

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Tsolo

(prior to 1910) St Augustine's was established in 1865 by the Reverend Bransby Key as a station of the Society for the ...

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Uitenhage

In Uitenhage you can still find buildings from the 1800's in their original form. The Old Drostdy Museum built in 1809 i...

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Rosemount

Woodbrook Farm was established at about the same time as East London, and was located immediately south of the town. By ...

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Rosmead

Middelburg Road was a Cape Government Railway station and was formally established on about 2 April 1883, when the Railw...

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Table Mountain, Cape Town

Cape Towns natural wonder! can be viewed from Table bay harbour.

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Transkei

An early history of the Transkei area Originally the Transkei included the territories of Idutywa Reserve, Fingoland ...

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Richmond

The Village of Richmond was established in 1844 on a portion of the Farm Driefontein, owned by P J van der Merwe. It was...

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Riebeek East

On 13 April 1840 the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) acquired a portion of the Farm; Mooi Meisiejie Fontein for the purpose ...

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