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Hugh Eksteen Photographic Museum, Polokwane-Limpopo
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Jul 14, 2011

Hugh Eksteen Photographic Museum, Polokwane-Limpopo

The Hugh Exton Photographic Museum is an incredible testament to the tireless work of a single man. Kept here are the va...

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Jul 22, 2020

Ju'Hoasani Living Museum, Grashoek-Namibia

The Living Museum of the Ju'Hoasani is situated in the small village Grashoek, about halfway between Grootfontein and Ts...

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Eersteling Monument, Polokwane
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Jul 14, 2011

Eersteling Monument, Polokwane

The Eersteling gold mine, the site of the first commercial gold mining activity in South Africa’s modern History, has, i...

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Clumber, Eastern Cape
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Mar 16, 2011

Clumber, Eastern Cape

The Village of Clumber was established on land allocated in 1820 to Dr Thomas Carlton, leader of a party of settlers fro...

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Clocktower, Table Bay Harbour, Cape Town
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Jul 14, 2011

Clocktower, Table Bay Harbour, Cape Town

The Victorian Gothic-style Clock Tower is an icon of the old Cape Town Harbour. It was declared a National Monument unde...

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Clarkson, Eastern Cape
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Mar 16, 2011

Clarkson, Eastern Cape

It was established by Bishop H P Halbeck in 1839 and named after Thomas Clarkson. Clarkson was a local hero. A red haire...

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Clarkebury, Eastern Cape
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Mar 16, 2011

Clarkebury, Eastern Cape

The Village of Clarkebury was established in 1830 as a station of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society. James Backh...

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Albaster Klip, Northern Cape
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Sep 19, 2016

Albaster Klip, Northern Cape

Located 60 km North-West of Prieska and 26 km North-East of Marydale, site of the present Pypklip. Located in the Siyand...

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Centlivres, a Railway Siding-16 Km from Uitenhage
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Mar 16, 2011

Centlivres, a Railway Siding-16 Km from Uitenhage

The Railway Siding of Centlivres was probably named in honour of John Centlivres Chase, a British settler who emigrated ...

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Carmel, George
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Mar 16, 2011

Carmel, George

In 1721 the farm Langverwacht was allocated to Jean le Roux, a Huguenot settler. After a post office was opened on the s...

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Cape Maclear, Malawi
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Mar 16, 2011

Cape Maclear, Malawi

In 1859, the missionary and explorer David Livingstone found the Cape, and named it "Cape Maclear" after his friend, the...

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Sep 11, 2020

Cape Saint Francis, Lighthouse in the Eastern Cape

The Cape St. Francis Lighthouse, also known as Seal Point Lighthouse, is a beautiful white Building that forms the focal...

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Sep 02, 2020

Songimvelo Game Reserve, an Early Archaeological Site

this Region is referred to as the “Genesis of Life”. This feature, together with the Early Stone Age artifacts dating ba...

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Sep 01, 2020

Avalon Cemetery, Soweto

On the Southern edge of one of the Country’s most famous townships, Soweto, lies the equally Historic Avalon Cemetery.

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Grootvaderbosch Farm, Heidelberg
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Aug 26, 2020

Grootvaderbosch Farm, Heidelberg

The Strawberry Hill Farmhouse (now a guest house) was built in the late 1800’s by Thomas Dunbar. Thomas Dunbar was a ren...

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