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Old Durban Brook Street Cemetery
Place
Nov 24, 2021

Old Durban Brook Street Cemetery

The historical cemetery has been encompassed by West Street Cemetery, lying in its far western corner, closest to Berea ...

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Kroonstad
Place
Oct 28, 2021

Kroonstad

It's name being symbolic of royalty (“Kroon” is Dutch for crown), Kroonstad has very humble beginnings. It was named aft...

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King’s Blockhouse, Devil’s Peak, Cape Town.
Place
Jul 14, 2011

King’s Blockhouse, Devil’s Peak, Cape Town.

Following the first British occupation of the Cape in 1795, the existing Dutch line of defence, known as the French line...

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British Kaffraria, now the Border Region
Place
Mar 16, 2011

British Kaffraria, now the Border Region

Territory of British Kaffraria On 21 December 1834 massed Xhosa armies attacked the eastern regions of the Cape Colon...

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Old Court House, Victoria Embankment, Durban
Place
Jul 14, 2011

Old Court House, Victoria Embankment, Durban

The building was designed by architect Stanley Hudson and was erected in 1911 as the Old Court House, and is the oldest ...

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Cross erected by Bartholomew Dias
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Jul 14, 2011

Cross erected by Bartholomew Dias

The original cross is currently housed in the Library of the University of the Witwatersrand, and was declared a Nationa...

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Constitution Hill Museum, Johannesburg
Place
Mar 28, 2019

Constitution Hill Museum, Johannesburg

 The site is a former Prison and military Fort that bears testament to South Africa’s turbulent past and, today, is...

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Liliesleaf Farm, Rivonia- Johannesburg
Place
Sep 01, 2020

Liliesleaf Farm, Rivonia- Johannesburg

Liliesleaf Farm is the location where prominent leaders of the opposition to South Africa's Apartheid Government used to...

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Alphen; Constantia Road, Constantia- Cape Town
Place
Jul 14, 2011

Alphen; Constantia Road, Constantia- Cape Town

The Alphen Estate was granted to Theunis van Schalkwyk in 1714. Its Historic Homestead is a square plan double-storey ma...

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Artillery Road Barracks at the H.Q. of South African Defence
Place
Jul 14, 2011

Artillery Road Barracks at the H.Q. of South African Defence

The first annexation of the Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek by Sir Theophilus Shepstone in 1877 led to the establishment of ...

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Jan De Waal House, 93 Bree Street, Cape Town
Place
Jul 14, 2011

Jan De Waal House, 93 Bree Street, Cape Town

Jan de Waal, born in Amsterdam, arrived at the Cape in 1715 as an employee of the Dutch East India Company The erf on wh...

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Steynsrus, Free State Province
Place
Aug 25, 2021

Steynsrus, Free State Province

The Town was established in 1910. This event was used to give it a name; translated it would mean Steyn's Rest!

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Kamastone and Bulhoek
Place
Mar 16, 2011

Kamastone and Bulhoek

The Cape government established the settlement of Kamastone in the Queenstown area, in 1854. In 1874 the government rece...

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Mvezo, Eastern Cape
Place
Jul 18, 2017

Mvezo, Eastern Cape

Mvezo is a small Village on the banks of the Mbashe River, not far from Mthatha in the Eastern Cape of South Africa.&nbs...

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Clarendon Circle, Johannesburg
Place
Apr 13, 2020

Clarendon Circle, Johannesburg

Clarendon Circle was a Landmark Intersection, of the North East Route into Johannesburg. It was a Circle of note Located...

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