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University of Pretoria
Place
Nov 01, 2023

University of Pretoria

The University of Pretoria has transformed into a dynamic University, with a community of staff and students who come fr...

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Stellenbosch University
Place
May 04, 2017

Stellenbosch University

first electric taxi. Stellenbosch University developed from the inauguration of the Theological Seminary of the Dutch Re...

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Dundee
Place
Sep 05, 2022

Dundee

King Dingane’s generals, Dambuza and Ndlela kaSompisi. The Battle of Blood River Heritage Site in KwaZulu-Natal represen...

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Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens, Cape Town
Place
Jul 14, 2011

Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens, Cape Town

Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden lives up to its reputation as the most beautiful garden in Africa and one of the ...

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Amatikulu, a Nature Reserve in Kwa-Zulu Natal
Place
Sep 21, 2016

Amatikulu, a Nature Reserve in Kwa-Zulu Natal

Town some 130 km North-East of Durban, near Gingindlovu. Where the first sugar factory in Zululand was established in 19...

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Company Gardens in Cape Town
Place
Jul 14, 2011

Company Gardens in Cape Town

The tree-lined avenue, with its benches and resident squirrels, forms a pathway between the suburb of Gardens and the ci...

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Staats Model School, Van der Walt Street, Pretoria
Place
Jul 14, 2011

Staats Model School, Van der Walt Street, Pretoria

it was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 8 April 1960. Sytze Wierda was born in the Netherlands,...

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Pietermaritzburg Botanical Gardens
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Mar 27, 2025

Pietermaritzburg Botanical Gardens

On 3 March 1874, the Pietermaritzburg Botanical Garden was founded. It was run by the newly formed Pietermaritzburg Bota...

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Montagu Pass
Place
Apr 25, 2018

Montagu Pass

Declared a National Monument in 1972, it is the oldest unaltered Pass in South Africa, and links George with the Village...

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False Bay
Place
Jul 14, 2011

False Bay

If you leave the "Mother City" of South Africa and follow the M3 towards Muizenberg, you will have a great view of the C...

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Machadodorp, Mpumalanga
Place
Feb 27, 2020

Machadodorp, Mpumalanga

Machadodorp is a small town situated above the escarpment in South Africa’s Mpumalanga province, with the world famous E...

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Beachwood Mangroves Swamp, Durban
Place
Jul 14, 2011

Beachwood Mangroves Swamp, Durban

Mangrove swamps have been rated amongst the rarest and most scientifically interesting eco-systems that occur in the tid...

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Rorke's Drift, KZN
Place
Nov 03, 2022

Rorke's Drift, KZN

In 1847, an Irishman named; Jim Rorke bought some Land, alongside a Ford in the Buffalo River. This was the boundary bet...

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Vryheid, Northern KwaZulu-Natal
Place
Apr 08, 2021

Vryheid, Northern KwaZulu-Natal

the Phongolo River revealing the World`s oldest rock formations, is a game viewers paradise!

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Warden, Thabo Mofutsanyana Municipality
Place
Jul 14, 2011

Warden, Thabo Mofutsanyana Municipality

The N3 passes right through Warden on the route between Johannesburg and Durban, just north of Harrismith. It is thus mo...

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