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Sun City, Rustenburg
Place
Jul 14, 2011

Sun City, Rustenburg

The famous Casino/Hotel Complex about 50km from Rustenburg.

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Place
Mar 16, 2011

Namaqualand, Flower Route

When the settlement was founded at the Cape the officials there soon learnt of the existence of, Copper somewhere to the...

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Magwa Waterfall, Lusikisiki-Port St. Johns
Place
Apr 05, 2019

Magwa Waterfall, Lusikisiki-Port St. Johns

The Magwa Waterfall lies in the middle of the 1 800 hectare Magwa tea plantation, South Africa's last remaining tea esta...

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Paarden Eiland
Place
Dec 13, 2024

Paarden Eiland

Construction of the Marine Drive was started by the Cape Town Municipality in 1916. This was very different to the Marin...

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Sudan
Place
Aug 29, 2018

Sudan

There is evidence of human habitation which dates back tens of thousands of years. From the end of the 4th millennium BC...

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Mali
Place
Apr 07, 2016

Mali

Mali, landlocked country of western Africa, mostly in the Saharan and Sahelian regions. Mali is bounded on the north by ...

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Niger
Place
Mar 21, 2011

Niger

3 August 1960, Niger gains independence from France

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Indian Army Memorial
Place
Aug 22, 2017

Indian Army Memorial

This memorial was erected towards the end of 1902, on the highest point in Johannesburg; Observatory Ridge.  It hon...

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Port Shepstone, South Coast of KZN
Place
Mar 09, 2020

Port Shepstone, South Coast of KZN

Port Shepstone is one of the largest Towns of the KwaZulu Natal South Coast in South Africa. Port Shepstone is a popular...

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Malgas Island, Saldanha Bay
Place
Jan 07, 2020

Malgas Island, Saldanha Bay

This island lies about 800 m from the mainland, it is located at the northern entrance of Saldanha Bay

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KwaNzimakwe, South Coast
Place
Nov 15, 2024

KwaNzimakwe, South Coast

The KwaNzimakwe “place of the Nzimakwe” rural village is easily accessible off the R69 Road between Mpenjati Nature Rese...

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Algeria
Place
Mar 21, 2011

Algeria

an North African Country. With a Mediterranean Coastline and a Saharan Desert Interior.

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Eshowe, Northern Kwa-Zulu Natal
Place
Jul 26, 2017

Eshowe, Northern Kwa-Zulu Natal

Eshowe actually means Ekowe, the place of Mushrooms. Esikhowe seNkosi uCetshwayo! gqokli-hill-battlefield-This is the si...

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Ulundi, Kwa-Zulu Natal, (also known as Mahlabathini)
Place
Sep 15, 2023

Ulundi, Kwa-Zulu Natal, (also known as Mahlabathini)

A Bantustan was intended by the Apartheid Government, as a Homeland for the Zulu people. The capital was moved from Nong...

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Eswatini (formerly Swaziland)
Place
Mar 21, 2011

Eswatini (formerly Swaziland)

6 September 1968, Swaziland Gains Independence

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