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City Hall, Cape Town
Place
Jul 14, 2011

City Hall, Cape Town

This is a large Edwardian building in the centre of Cape Town city. It was built in 1905, on the Grand parade, west of t...

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Hermannsburg School and Mission Museum, (Greytown)
Place
Sep 28, 2022

Hermannsburg School and Mission Museum, (Greytown)

240 missionaries made the journey into Africa, and all of them would come to Hermannsburg first. Here they would learn i...

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Melmoth, Gateway to Zululand
Place
Jun 19, 2020

Melmoth, Gateway to Zululand

Melmoth, known as the gateway to the Zulu Highlands, is a picturesque, little Town just 200 km North East of Durban and ...

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Macfarlan, Village in the Eastern Cape
Place
Jan 24, 2020

Macfarlan, Village in the Eastern Cape

Their ancestors were settled in these villages after the war of 1850 by the colonial authorities. The starvation and ha...

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Klerksdorp- Matlosana Local Municipality
Place
Oct 18, 2022

Klerksdorp- Matlosana Local Municipality

The City of Matlosana Local Municipality (previously City Council of Klerksdorp) is a Category B Municipality situated w...

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Madagascar
Place
Aug 29, 2018

Madagascar

Madagascar is the largest African island situated in the Indian Ocean

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Vlakplaas, Pretoria
Place
Oct 12, 2022

Vlakplaas, Pretoria

Vlakplaas is a Farm about 20-kilometres West of Pretoria. Established in 1979, a 100-hectare Farm nestled in the Hills o...

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Bredasdorp, Overberg
Place
Oct 05, 2022

Bredasdorp, Overberg

Audrey Blignault, the famous South African writer, was born in Bredasdorp. Located on the Northern edge of the Agulhas P...

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Heritage Route of King Shaka
Place
Mar 16, 2011

Heritage Route of King Shaka

King Shaka Heritage Route, Northern Natal

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Luthuli House Museum, KwaDukuza
Place
Dec 23, 2019

Luthuli House Museum, KwaDukuza

The mission of this Museum is to conserve, uphold, promote and propagate the life, values, philosophies and legacy of th...

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Cullinan
Place
Dec 06, 2021

Cullinan

Cullinan boasts a rich History of more than 100 Years. Cullinan became famous with the discovery of the World’s biggest ...

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Irma Stern Museum
Place
Jul 14, 2011

Irma Stern Museum

The museum was established in 1971, in the house Stern lived in for almost four decades. After her death, her art became...

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AG Bain Monument, Grahamstown
Place
Sep 16, 2016

AG Bain Monument, Grahamstown

Andrew Geddes Bains was a  fervent letter writer of satirical sketches of contemporary life, transport entrepreneur, mil...

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Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa- (MOCCA)
Place
Aug 25, 2022

Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa- (MOCCA)

Housed in what was once Cape Town’s tallest building is the newly unveiled Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (Zeit...

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Steynsburg
Place
Aug 22, 2022

Steynsburg

Elsie Francina, born in 1806, married Casper Jan Hendrik Kruger on 3 September 1820. They are the parents of old preside...

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