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Mar 16, 2011

Riverside

Riverside was a trading station providing staple goods to a predominantly rural indigenous clientele. It was already wel...

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Pondoland

The territory known as Pondoland or, more correctly Mpondoland, incorporated the divisions of Bizana, Libode, Ngqeleni, ...

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Rabula

The Village of Rabula was named after the Xhosa "ukurabula"-'a term given to a child when it becomes irritable'. Rabu...

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Rhodes

The village of Rhodes lies on the banks of the Bell River at the foot of the Witteberge. It was laid out on the farm Tin...

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Old Morley

In 1828 the Wesleyan Missionary Society established a station at Amadola. A year later it was attacked and burnt down by...

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Peddie

 Peddie is a small town in the Amathole district of the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.  Peddie is a hi...

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Peelton

(prior to 1910) Umxelo was established in 1839 by the Reverend Richard Birt as a station of the London Missionary Socie...

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Phillipton

(prior to 1910) Philipton was established in 1829 as a station of the London Missionary Society, and was named in honou...

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New Brighton Location

During the South African War the British military authorities imported a large number of horses from Argentina. Unfortun...

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Nqamakwe

In 1865 a number of Mfengu clans were resettled in the area around Nqamakwe. As refugees from the Mfacane wars further n...

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Griqualand East

The territory of Griqualand East is located South of the Colony of Natal, between the Drakensberg and Pondoland. Despite...

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Republic of Griqualand West or the Digger's Republic

Griqualand West is proclaimed a separate Crown Colony .The discovery of diamonds in South Africa in 1866 resulted in a f...

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Hout Bay, Atlantic Seaboard- Western Cape

Houtbaai (Wood Bay) was named by the Dutch settlers while they explored the bay behind Table Mountain.

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Kamastone and Bulhoek

The Cape government established the settlement of Kamastone in the Queenstown area, in 1854. In 1874 the government rece...

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Graaff-Reinet Division

The district of Graaff-Reinet was constituted on 26 August 1785 and its boundaries were proclaimed on 17 July 1786. Howe...

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