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Ottosdal and Letsopa
Place
Apr 25, 2022

Ottosdal and Letsopa

The town of Ottosdal was established as a Dutch Reformed Church Parish on the Farm Korannafontein in 1913 and named afte...

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Richards Bay
Place
Feb 16, 2023

Richards Bay

Richards Bay had a temporary Harbour during the Anglo Boer War of 1879. Richards Bay was named after British naval Comma...

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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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Place
Apr 07, 2020

Gouda, Cape Winelands

Gouda is a little Village just 37 km South of Porterville, at the Western entrance to the Nuwekloof Pass that links; Tul...

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Phala Phala, Game Farm
Place
Dec 23, 2022

Phala Phala, Game Farm

Phala Phala Wildlife, is a new 'Rare Game' Group of Farms founded with the purpose of breeding.

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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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Majuba Power Station, Volksrust-Mpumalanga
Place
Jul 16, 2020

Majuba Power Station, Volksrust-Mpumalanga

This 4 110 megawatt station, constructed at a cost of R 11.9 Billion, is one of the five biggest power stations in the W...

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Hammarsdale, KZN
Place
Jun 04, 2021

Hammarsdale, KZN

The Township boasts of a local library known as Mpumalanga Library and a shopping center which has become the heart of t...

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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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Komatipoort
Place
Nov 02, 2022

Komatipoort

Komati power station is situated in Mpumalanga halfway between Middelburg and Bethel. After six decades of producing ele...

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Tokai, Cape Town
Place
Nov 10, 2022

Tokai, Cape Town

The Suburb of Tokai took its name from Tokaj, a range of Hills in Hungary. It was built in the late 1940's due to the ur...

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Agieskloof Bus Stop, in the Eastern Cape
Place
Sep 16, 2016

Agieskloof Bus Stop, in the Eastern Cape

Stopping place for the Transnet busses on the Route from Bedford to Spring Valley. The name is derived from Achaskloof. ...

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Place
May 18, 2020

Inxuba Yethemba Local Municipality, Eastern Cape

The Inxuba Yethemba Local Municipality is a Category B Municipality situated in the Chris Hani District in the Eastern C...

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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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