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Alexander Bay, Namaqualand
Place
Sep 19, 2016

Alexander Bay, Namaqualand

Alexander Bay is way up the West Coast of the Northern Cape in South Africa, virtually on the Border with Namibia in a R...

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Ari Sitas
Biography
Sep 19, 2016

Ari Sitas

Ari Sitas (b.1952) is a creative socialist thinker, an activist and one of the key intellectuals of the post 1980s gener...

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Allemanskraal or Aldam, Free State Province
Place
Sep 19, 2016

Allemanskraal or Aldam, Free State Province

Village in the Willem Pretorius Game Reserve near the Sand River, 30 km from Winburg. The name is derived from the Allem...

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Albion a Railway Siding in Kwa-Zulu Natal
Place
Sep 19, 2016

Albion a Railway Siding in Kwa-Zulu Natal

Railway Siding, which is a short track parrallel to and joining the main track. 17 km South-West of Carolina on the Rout...

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Albertynhof, Kimberley
Place
Sep 19, 2016

Albertynhof, Kimberley

Suburb of Kimberley to the South of the Big Hole and North-West of New Park. It was established when the Newton Township...

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Albertskroon, Suburb of Johannesburg
Place
Sep 19, 2016

Albertskroon, Suburb of Johannesburg

Suburb of Johannesburg adjoining Greymont and Montgomery Park. Established about 1896 on the Farm Waterval, it was named...

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Alberton, Germiston
Place
Sep 19, 2016

Alberton, Germiston

Town 6 km West of Germiston and 11 km South of Johannesburg. It was laid out on the Farm, Elandsfontein in 1904. Named a...

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Albertinia, Mossel Bay- The Garden Route
Place
Sep 19, 2016

Albertinia, Mossel Bay- The Garden Route

Village some 50 km West of Mossel Bay. It was laid out in 1900 on the farm Grootfontein and became a Municipality in 192...

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Albert Falls, near Pietermaritzburg
Place
Sep 19, 2016

Albert Falls, near Pietermaritzburg

Waterfall in the Umgeni River, 22 km North-East of Pietermaritzburg. Probably named after the consort of Queen Victoria,...

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Albaster Klip, Northern Cape
Place
Sep 19, 2016

Albaster Klip, Northern Cape

Located 60 km North-West of Prieska and 26 km North-East of Marydale, site of the present Pypklip. Located in the Siyand...

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Albasini Dam, Limpopo
Place
Sep 19, 2016

Albasini Dam, Limpopo

Dam at the foot of the Soutpansberg, named after Joao Albasini who lived from 1813 to 1885. He was the first European se...

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Albany, Eastern Cape
Place
Sep 19, 2016

Albany, Eastern Cape

Some Inqua had sought shelter in the South around the Suurveld- seasonal sour Grassland North of later Port Elizabeth. T...

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Alabama, Klerksdorp
Place
Sep 19, 2016

Alabama, Klerksdorp

Township 6 km West of Klerksdorp in the North West. It is said to take its name indirectly from the State in South-East ...

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Akkoordskop, a Hill in the Western Cape
Place
Sep 19, 2016

Akkoordskop, a Hill in the Western Cape

The ‘Mauritius’ was one of the sea vessels, sent from the Netherlands, to find a trade Route to India in 1592. It was ca...

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Akkedisberg Mountain Pass
Place
Sep 19, 2016

Akkedisberg Mountain Pass

Mountain of which the highest point is 846 m, situated 22 km east of Stanford and 30 km South-East of Caledon. The name ...

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