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Abel Erasmus Pass, Limpopo
Place
Sep 15, 2016

Abel Erasmus Pass, Limpopo

Mountain Pass between Hoedspruit and Ohrigstad. Named after J. G. Strydom ,a well known Farmer and Civil Servant, from t...

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Aan de Doorns, Western Cape
Place
Sep 14, 2016

Aan de Doorns, Western Cape

The name is Dutch for 'at the thorns'. A Settlement situated just 8 km from Worcester on the R 43 to Villliersdorp. Aan ...

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Achab se Berg, Northern Cape
Place
Sep 14, 2016

Achab se Berg, Northern Cape

Hill 23 km East of Aggeneys and 34 km from Pofadder, in the Northern Cape of South Africa. The name is taken from the Fa...

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Madikwa Game Reserve, North West
Place
Sep 14, 2016

Madikwa Game Reserve, North West

Many of the Farms described by writer Herman Charles Bosman in his short stories no longer exist, quite a number having ...

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Abiquasput, Northern Cape
Place
Sep 14, 2016

Abiquasput, Northern Cape

26 km North of Noenieput. The name in Afrikaans meaning, water-well. Alternativly the name could have arisen from the us...

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Brandvlei, Karoo
Place
Sep 14, 2016

Brandvlei, Karoo

Abiekwakop is a Hillock 50 km North of Brandvlei, in the Kenhardt District. A Khoikhoi name derived for the bushes ...

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Aberfeldy a Settlement in the Free Sate
Place
Sep 14, 2016

Aberfeldy a Settlement in the Free Sate

A small Settlement, 26 km from Harrismith in the Free State. The Farm; Aberfeldy had a Post Office known as Elandsrivier...

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Abenab, Limpopo
Place
Sep 14, 2016

Abenab, Limpopo

A Village situated some 32 km north of Grootfontein. it came into being in 1921, to serve a Mine producing; lead, vanadi...

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Abees, Bela-Bela
Place
Sep 14, 2016

Abees, Bela-Bela

Old Khoikhoi name for Warmbad. It means 'place of cleansing or washing'. A Town 100 km away from Pretoria North. It...

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Abeam, Namibia Border Post
Place
Sep 14, 2016

Abeam, Namibia Border Post

 A small Town and Border Post between Namibia and South Africa

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Abbot's Hill, Barberton
Place
Sep 14, 2016

Abbot's Hill, Barberton

Hill situated, South of Barberton.  Named after J. Abott, a prospector who looked for gold in the Barberton Distric...

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Abbey Mountain, Lesotho Border
Place
Sep 14, 2016

Abbey Mountain, Lesotho Border

Mountain on the Lesotho Border, 40 km South-West of Bergville. The name is in keeping other Mountains in the Area; ...

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'Abbervlaack', a Railway Station in the Northern Cape
Place
Sep 14, 2016

'Abbervlaack', a Railway Station in the Northern Cape

Railway Station some 34 km from Port Nolloth. It takes its name from the surrounding plain, known as Abbevlak. The name ...

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Abbasas Mountains, Namaqualand
Place
Sep 14, 2016

Abbasas Mountains, Namaqualand

A Mountain Range 150 km from Springbok. The name of Khoikhoi origin and means 'to carry on one's back'; the Mountain loo...

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'Abbakwap' a Mountain were the Fish and Orange Rivers Merge
Place
Sep 14, 2016

'Abbakwap' a Mountain were the Fish and Orange Rivers Merge

Mountian in the Richtersveld, at the confluence of the Fish River with the Orange River. This a Khoikhoi name for 'Rooil...

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