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Comrades Marathon, Durban-Pietermaritzburg
Place
Jun 29, 2023

Comrades Marathon, Durban-Pietermaritzburg

The Comrades Marathon was established in 1921. This Ultramarathon is 90km. It is run annually, alternating between havin...

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Karoo Hoogland Municipality in the Karoo Region, Northern Cape
Place
Mar 05, 2020

Karoo Hoogland Municipality in the Karoo Region, Northern Cape

The Little or Klein Karoo, which is a long valley bordered by the Swartberg and the Langeberg Mountains in the Western C...

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Polokwane
Place
Jun 16, 2025

Polokwane

Polokwane is the capital city of Limpopo. Where the youth uprising occures in Soweto in 1976. 

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Comrades Marathon- 'House' or Museum
Place
Jun 10, 2024

Comrades Marathon- 'House' or Museum

The Comrades Marathon from Durban to Pietermaritzburg is an "UP RUN". This Alternates Every Year from the "UP RUN" to th...

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Soweto, Johannesburg
Place
Mar 16, 2011

Soweto, Johannesburg

Soweto is an urban settlement or 'Township' in South Africa, South West of Johannesburg, with a population of approximat...

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Mpofu – Fort Fordyce Nature Reserve
Place
Jun 13, 2025

Mpofu – Fort Fordyce Nature Reserve

Bass fishing is a popular activity as is rock climbing – Fort Fordyce features ten bolted routes with names like the Fev...

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Fort Beaufort/KwaMaqoma- Amatola District, Eastern Cape
Place
Nov 11, 2019

Fort Beaufort/KwaMaqoma- Amatola District, Eastern Cape

Fort Beaufort is situated in the Eastern Cape Province. The town is surrounded by magnificent mountain ranges and it is ...

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Blinkwater
Place
Jun 11, 2025

Blinkwater

Blinkwater, a small but charming area in the Eastern Cape. UNDP’s work proves that investing in development makes things...

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Western Cape Province
Place
Mar 31, 2011

Western Cape Province

Mmusi Maimane, in full Mmusi Aloysias Maimane, (born June 6, 1980, Krugersdorp, South Africa), South African businessman...

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Potchefstroom
Place
Feb 19, 2021

Potchefstroom

The name comes from the word: 'Potscherf'- (meaning broken pot), Due to the cracks that appear in the soil of the Mooi R...

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Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe and Zambia
Place
Jan 25, 2025

Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe and Zambia

Victoria Falls, known locally as 'Mosi-oa-Tunya', which translates to “The Smoke that Thunders,” is an iconic and breath...

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Atlantis
Place
Feb 20, 2023

Atlantis

Atlantis was created in the early 1970's as a “model industrial node”, within the framework of Apartheid spatial Develop...

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Cape Floral Areas, Western Province
Place
Jul 03, 2018

Cape Floral Areas, Western Province

Inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2004, the property is located at the South-Western extremity of South Africa. It...

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Sutherland, Northern Cape
Place
Jan 28, 2020

Sutherland, Northern Cape

Sutherland. Your first stop will most likely be SALT. The Southern African Large Telescope is the largest single-optical...

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Cederberg Wilderness Area
Place
Jan 28, 2020

Cederberg Wilderness Area

The Cederberg region is only two hours from Cape Town and yet the landscape is completely different: wilder, warmer with...

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