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Tsitsikamma National Park, Eastern Cape
Place
Jan 22, 2020

Tsitsikamma National Park, Eastern Cape

The Tsitsikamma National Park is situated at the heart of the picturesque tourist region known as the Garden Route, foun...

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Place
Jan 24, 2018

Jonkershoek

This Nature Reserve is home to the majestic Jonkershoek Mountains and parts of the Jonkershoek valley, it is a UNESCO Wo...

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Entabeni Safari Conservancy, Waterberg
Place
Aug 06, 2019

Entabeni Safari Conservancy, Waterberg

Entabeni Safari Conservancy, rightfully dubbed “The Place of the Mountain”, is situated in the World Heritage Waterberg ...

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Adelaide, Eastern Cape
Place
Sep 15, 2016

Adelaide, Eastern Cape

A rural Town some 91 km North of Grahamstown, Eastern Cape. The Area of Adelaide, was first inhabited by Bushmen, estima...

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Lamu, Kenya
Place
Jul 19, 2023

Lamu, Kenya

Lamu Island is a Port, City, and Island just off the shore of Kenya in the Indian Ocean approximately, 150 miles from Mo...

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Emalahleni Municipality, Mpumalanga
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Jul 04, 2024

Emalahleni Municipality, Mpumalanga

Emalahleni Municipality is a Local Municipality within the Nkangala District Municipality, in the Mpumalanga Province of...

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Western Sahara
Place
Aug 02, 2021

Western Sahara

Western Sahara is a sparsely-populated area of mostly desert situated on the northwest coast of Africa. A former Spanish...

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Blaauwberg Nature Reserve, Melkbosstrand
Place
Sep 03, 2021

Blaauwberg Nature Reserve, Melkbosstrand

New Provincial Heritage site: Blaauwberg Nature Reserve.

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Witbank, Mpumalanga
Place
Nov 18, 2019

Witbank, Mpumalanga

eMalahleni, formerly Witbank, in the Mpumalanga province, South Africa, East of Pretoria. Established in 1890 as Witbank...

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Cango Caves, Oudtshoorn
Place
Jan 22, 2020

Cango Caves, Oudtshoorn

29 km from Oudtshoorn, at the head of the picturesque Cango Valley, lies the spectacular underground wonder of the Klein...

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Raadsaal, 95 St George’s Street, Bloemfontein
Place
Jul 14, 2011

Raadsaal, 95 St George’s Street, Bloemfontein

The first Raadsaal is probably the most important Historical Building in the Free State, dating back to 1849, it is the ...

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Sophiatown
Place
Mar 16, 2011

Sophiatown

Sophiatown was originally a Farm outside Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng). It was bought by Hermann Tobiansky, who ...

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Meadowlands or Ndofaya, in Soweto
Place
Apr 15, 2024

Meadowlands or Ndofaya, in Soweto

Meadowlands, located in Gauteng Province, South Africa, is a Suburb of Soweto. It was founded in the early 1950's during...

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Elandsberg Nature Reserve, Western Cape
Place
Jan 30, 2020

Elandsberg Nature Reserve, Western Cape

Elandsberg is a mountain and is located in the Swartland District, near Riebeeck Kasteel, in the Western Cape. The estim...

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Sep 14, 2016

'Aardoringspruit', Brandfort in the Free State Province

John Weston House in Brandfort, Where the First Aeroplane in Africa Was Built! During the Apartheid era, Winnie Mandela...

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