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West Coast District Municipality, Heuningvlei
Place
Feb 05, 2025

West Coast District Municipality, Heuningvlei

Heuningvlei is one of fourteen outpost villages of the Moravian Mission Church at Wupperthal. Twenty five families are c...

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Place
Nov 17, 2023

Dwarskerbos Beach and Pools, West Coast

The Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama first set foot on South African soil on 7 November 1497 near here, when he explor...

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Athlone - or Cape Flats, Cape Town
Place
Jul 14, 2011

Athlone - or Cape Flats, Cape Town

The Cape Flats comprises the areas East of the Northern and Southern suburbs of Cape Town and is made up of Black Townsh...

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Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape, Northern Cape
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Jul 04, 2018

Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape, Northern Cape

The 1600 square kilometers in area is the Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape. This is a dramatic Mountainous ...

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Hole in the Wall, Coffee Bay- Wild Coast
Place
Apr 05, 2019

Hole in the Wall, Coffee Bay- Wild Coast

    Hole in the Wall is one of the most impressive landmarks along the entire South African coastline.

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North West
Place
Mar 31, 2011

North West

Taung is the site of the discovery of the Taung skull, one of the world’s most important archaeological discoveries.&nbs...

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Iziko Museum's, Cape Town
Place
Jan 16, 2018

Iziko Museum's, Cape Town

Iziko is an isiXhosa word meaning “hearth.” A hearth is the traditional centre of the home where families would get toge...

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Carletonville
Place
Jan 11, 2025

Carletonville

There are no fewer than seven gold mines surrounding the town. As if to make up for all of this industry the Abe Bailey ...

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Pinelands
Place
Jan 20, 2025

Pinelands

Pinelands is just 10 km from the city centre. It originally was an unsuccessful, attempt at a pine tree plantation calle...

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Camdeboo was called Aberdeen, Eastern Cape
Place
Mar 16, 2011

Camdeboo was called Aberdeen, Eastern Cape

 Aberdeen is about 50 km South-West of Graaff-Reinet and only 3 hours drive from Port Elizabeth.Aberdeen was f...

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Egypt
Place
May 13, 2016

Egypt

Separated from the Middle East by the Red Sea, a very important trade route! A team of archaeologists from the Universit...

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Umdoni Municipality
Place
Jan 10, 2025

Umdoni Municipality

Umdoni Local Municipality is located under the Ugu District Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal Province. It is made up of...

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Stilfontein
Place
Jan 06, 2025

Stilfontein

Stilfontein is a town located in the North West Province of South Africa, with 17,942 inhabitants (2025). It is situated...

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Matatiele Local Municipality
Place
Jan 14, 2024

Matatiele Local Municipality

103 geographical name changes have occurred in the Eastern Cape since 2019. On the 6 December 2023, Matatiele Township c...

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Griqualand West
Place
Mar 16, 2011

Griqualand West

The Khoikhoi was a nation of widely scattered migrant pastoralist clans, whose economy was not conducive to the creation...

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