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Hellenic Football Club, Pretoria/Cape Town
Place
Mar 03, 2023

Hellenic Football Club, Pretoria/Cape Town

In 1972 Hellenic attracted a number of German internationals who were barred from playing in clubs associated with FIFA ...

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Cradle of Humankind, near Johannesburg
Place
Feb 08, 2017

Cradle of Humankind, near Johannesburg

The Cradle of Humankind was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1999. It is about 50 km North West of Johan...

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Fisantekraal, Cape Winelands
Place
Aug 16, 2023

Fisantekraal, Cape Winelands

Fisantekraal is a Township in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. It is located 10 kilometers (6 mi) North East o...

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Saint Helena Bay
Place
Feb 25, 2020

Saint Helena Bay

St Helena Bay – stretching from Dwarskersbos in the north, past Shelley Point peninsula to Cape St Martin in the west – ...

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Durban Harbour and Port
Place
May 13, 2020

Durban Harbour and Port

Durban is the Capital City of the South African Province of KwaZulu-Natal, on the East Coast of the Country. It is not o...

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Valkenburg Hospital, Observatory
Place
Jul 14, 2011

Valkenburg Hospital, Observatory

The Building, originally designed in a Cape Dutch style and is one of the oldest Farmhouses surviving along the Liesbeek...

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Rawsonville, Winelands of the Western Cape
Place
Mar 04, 2020

Rawsonville, Winelands of the Western Cape

Rawsonville is situated merely an hour's drive from Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. These are ...

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Oatlands, Simonstown
Place
Jul 14, 2011

Oatlands, Simonstown

This building, formerly known as the Government Garden House, and later as the Commandant's House. The land on which thi...

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Abangani Art Centre, Durban
Place
Jun 29, 2017

Abangani Art Centre, Durban

In the 1980's Joseph Bheki Ndlovu, an artist and illustrator, joined the Abangani Open School in Durban as a youth organ...

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Place
Apr 23, 2020

Upington, Northern Cape

Upington is the chief City in the Northern Region of South Africa. It was established on the bank of the Orange River in...

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Amanzimtoti, South Coast of Kwa-Zulu Natal
Place
Sep 21, 2016

Amanzimtoti, South Coast of Kwa-Zulu Natal

Town and Holiday Destination on the South Coast, 29 km from Durban. It was founded in 1928, proclaimed a Township in 193...

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Sacramento Cannon, Cape Recife
Place
Jul 14, 2011

Sacramento Cannon, Cape Recife

This bronze artifice, cast by the Bocarro family, also known as the Miracle Cannon, was salvaged in May 1977 from the Sh...

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Clanwilliam, Stellenbosch District
Place
Mar 16, 2011

Clanwilliam, Stellenbosch District

Louis Leipoldt was a South African doctor, journalist, and a leading poet of the Second Afrikaans Language Movement. Spe...

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Darling, West Coast
Place
Feb 21, 2019

Darling, West Coast

Darling has a variety of Tourism offerings that will appeal to all members of the Family. There’s Craft Beer and a Tapro...

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Khwe Living Museum, Namibia
Place
Aug 16, 2021

Khwe Living Museum, Namibia

‘Living museums’ are projects set up by:: 'Living Culture Foundation Namibia', with native communities in Namibia with t...

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