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Elandsberg is a mountain and is located in the Swartland District, near Riebeeck Kasteel, in the Western Cape. The estim
Name applied from 1657 to the Liesbeek River, in Cape Town. Named after a small River in the Netherlands. The first 'fre
Railway siding, 8 km west of Lady Grey, on the route between Aliwal North and Barkley East. The name is Afrikaans for 'a
Johan Anthonisz “Jan” van Riebeeck died on 18 January 1677 at the age of 57 in Batavia, now Jakarta, Indonesia, in
Khaya Biko (born 1944) was the elder brother of Black Consciousness Movement leader Steve Biko and an early influence on
The first Pass, sometimes referred to as “Die Ossewapas” (the ox wagon pass) by the locals, was built from 9 km outside
