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Enon

Enon is a small town in the Eastern Cape in South Africa. It is named after the biblical place mentioned in John. It lie...

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KuGompo was called East London, Eastern Cape

East London, Afrikaans Oos-Londen, port city, Eastern Cape province, South Africa. It lies at the mouth of the Buffalo R...

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Elliot, Thembuland

The Village of Slang Rivier was founded early in 1885, and in April 1894 its name was changed to Elliot, after Sir Henry...

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Legogote Mountain Region, Mpumalanga

lowveld Legogote region, Mpumalanga Mountain 1 193m high, situated just South-East of eLundi and 12m North-East of White...

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Emfundisweni

Emfundisweni, or more correctly Mfundisweni, was founded in 1862 as a joint project of missionaries from the Wesleyan Me...

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Gwali Mission

Chumie was established in 1820 by Reverend John Brownlee,  as a station of for the Glasgow Missionary Society. The ...

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Cuylerville

A party of 256 from London led by Lieutenant John BAILIE, R.N. sailed in "Chapman". Their locations was betwee...

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Cyphergat Station

The village of Cyphergat was the headquarters of the Cyphergat Coal Mining Co (Ltd). The railway line linking Sterkstroo...

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Cofimvaba, Eastern Cape

The village of Cofimvaba was probably established in about 1877 when the magisterial seat for Tembuland, which had origi...

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Committees Drift, Eastern Cape

Committees Drift was a military outpost established by the British during the frontier war of 1819. The name "committees...

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Cookhouse, Eastern Cape

The Village of Cookhouse was located on the Farm; 'Roodewal', near a River crossing. It probably derived its name from a...

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Cradock Division

The Cradock division is known as The Inxuba Yethemba Local Municipality or District. It is situated in the Chris Hani Di...

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Cradock- Nxba

Following the frontier war of 1811-12 the British established a military outpost on a site about 20km south of present-d...

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Clarkson, Eastern Cape

It was established by Bishop H P Halbeck in 1839 and named after Thomas Clarkson. Clarkson was a local hero. A red haire...

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Clearwater, Now Known as Griquastad- in the Northern Cape

In 1801 William Anderson and Cornelius Kramer, of the London Missionary Society, established a Station among the Griqua ...

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