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Grey Street Complex
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Mar 16, 2011

Grey Street Complex

Grey Street is the teaming business and residential Indian sector of the Durban City Centre, and is also the educational...

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Kings Park Stadium, Durban
Place
Jun 30, 2020

Kings Park Stadium, Durban

The Stadium is a Home for Sharks Rugby team. It is also open for external hire through the Stadium's manager. 10am till ...

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Nkandla, KZN
Place
Jul 05, 2021

Nkandla, KZN

Nkandla is a Town in the uThungulu District of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It is the seat of the Nkandla Local Municipa...

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St James, Cape Town
Place
Jul 14, 2011

St James, Cape Town

The Seaside Resort of St. James was located on False Bay, some 26 km South of Cape Town, the Suburb derived its name fro...

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Haarlem
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Nov 20, 2017

Haarlem

Sixteen kilometers East of Avontuur and 29 kilometers from Uniondale, a village was established by the Berlin Mission So...

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Jesser Point Lighthouse
Place
Feb 05, 2018

Jesser Point Lighthouse

Jesser Point Lighthouse is the most Northerly light on South Africa's East coast. It is situated within the Kwazulu-Nat...

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Knysna Lagoon, Garden Route- Western Province
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Aug 03, 2020

Knysna Lagoon, Garden Route- Western Province

The Knysna Lagoon opens between two massive cliffs, known as The Heads, these stand tall, acting as rugged watchmen over...

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Mar 02, 2018

Knysna, Garden Route- Western Province

The name Knysna has appeared in various spellings since about the 1770's. It was ‘Nysna’ in one of the earliest letters ...

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Mar 16, 2011

Genadendal Historic Village & Museum

The first Teachers’ Training College in South Africa was built there in 1838. Genadendal also opened the first Guest Hou...

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Mar 31, 2020

Worcester, Western Cape

Worcester is a Town in the Western Cape, South Africa. It is located 120 Kilometers North-East of Cape Town. This River ...

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Graskop, Mpumalanga
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May 31, 2021

Graskop, Mpumalanga

Graskop is a small forestry Town perched on the edge of the Drakensberg Escarpment, a region of Mpumalanga. Admire a nat...

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Swellendam
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Aug 04, 2022

Swellendam

Founded in 1743 by the Dutch East India Company, it was named after the Cape Governor, Hendrik Swellengrebe and his wife...

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Victor Verster Prison
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Jun 23, 2022

Victor Verster Prison

A statue outside this low-security Prison, commemorates former inmate & president Nelson Mandela. One of the proprietor...

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Dec 20, 2023

!Khwa Nature Reserve, Yzerfontein

San people are members of various Khoe, Tuu, or Kx'a-speaking indigenous hunter-gatherer culture. They are the first cul...

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Agulhas National Park
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Dec 19, 2023

Agulhas National Park

When you visit Agulhas National Park you'll be at the Southern Tip of Africa - 'the Cape of Storms'. This beautiful West...

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