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Akasiapark, Residential Area for Civil Servants
Place
Sep 19, 2016

Akasiapark, Residential Area for Civil Servants

Residential area for civil servants, members of parliament and railway officials, laid out on part of Wingfield, a forme...

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Akasia- a Complex of Suburbs, of Pretoria
Place
Sep 19, 2016

Akasia- a Complex of Suburbs, of Pretoria

Town in the Wonderboom district, 3 km from north of Pretoria North, now known as Tshwane. It obtained Municipal status o...

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Airlie, a Railway Station near Waterval Onder
Place
Sep 19, 2016

Airlie, a Railway Station near Waterval Onder

Railway station between Sycamore and Hemlock, on the route from Pretoria to Maputo, some 16km east of Waterval Onder.

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Group Areas Eviction Notification
Archive
Sep 19, 2016

Group Areas Eviction Notification

These notifications were handed to property owners to inform them of their pending forced removals from their homes duri...

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Ai-Ais, Namibia
Place
Sep 19, 2016

Ai-Ais, Namibia

Ai-Ais Hot Springs Resort is at the source of a mineral and sulphur-rich hot spring, and means 'burning water' in the lo...

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Aiab, Stream in Namibia
Place
Sep 19, 2016

Aiab, Stream in Namibia

Khoikhoi name of the Lewerivier is Aiab. The Khoikhoi language is a National language in Namibia, also known by the ethn...

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Ahrens, Kwa-Zulu Natal
Place
Sep 19, 2016

Ahrens, Kwa-Zulu Natal

Railway Siding 16 km west of Greytown, on the route to Kranskop. It was named in honour of Wilhelm Ahrens, Principal fro...

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Aha Hills, Northern Cape Border With Namibia and Botswana
Place
Sep 19, 2016

Aha Hills, Northern Cape Border With Namibia and Botswana

Hills on the border with Namibia and Botswana, some 10km north of Nxainxai. The name is said to be Khoikhoi or San for '...

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Cape Agulhas, Western Cape
Place
Sep 19, 2016

Cape Agulhas, Western Cape

Cape Agulhas is some 32 km South of Bredarsdorp. The name is Portuguese for 'needle' and is said to have been given beca...

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'Aguada de Sao Bras', Mossel Bay
Place
Sep 19, 2016

'Aguada de Sao Bras', Mossel Bay

Bartholomew Dias and his crew landed with his men on 3rd of February 1488, but Mossel Bay's History can be traced back, ...

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Agterwitsenbergkom a Mountain Region in the Route 62, Cape Winelands
Place
Sep 19, 2016

Agterwitsenbergkom a Mountain Region in the Route 62, Cape Winelands

Witzenberg is nestled in the Cape Winelands District on Route 62, consisting of : Ceres; Tulbagh; Wolseley; Op-die-Berg ...

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Agtersrivier and Kou Bokkeveld Pass , Western Cape
Place
Sep 19, 2016

Agtersrivier and Kou Bokkeveld Pass , Western Cape

River rising in the Koue Bokkeveld Mountains, (meaning Cold Buck Shrub Land Mountain Range) and flowing North West to jo...

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Agomed, Eastern Central Namibia
Place
Sep 19, 2016

Agomed, Eastern Central Namibia

It means 'wet rump', and given too thirsty, Khoikhoi hunters. Who had found water when they noticed that one o...

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'Agoada de Saldanha', Saldanha
Place
Sep 19, 2016

'Agoada de Saldanha', Saldanha

Early Portuguese name in 1503, of Table Bay. Meaning 'watering place of Saldanha', it was given in honour of Admiral Ant...

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Agtersuurberg, Eastern Cape
Place
Sep 19, 2016

Agtersuurberg, Eastern Cape

Early name for the present Venterstad district, Eastern Cape. It was laid out in 1875 and attained municipal status in 1...

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