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Pongola Game Reserve, Zululand
Place
Apr 21, 2021

Pongola Game Reserve, Zululand

The Pongola River, broad and perennial, meanders through the centre of the Reserve before entering the man-made 13 276 h...

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Compensation, Settlement near Durban
Place
May 29, 2013

Compensation, Settlement near Durban

The Area Compensation got its name from Compensation Farm acquired by Edmund Morewood in 1849, where in 1851 he produced...

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Kumalosville, Kwa Zulu Natal
Place
Apr 15, 2021

Kumalosville, Kwa Zulu Natal

A 'Blackspot' was an area of land in which blacks lived in freehold in what the National Government regarded as white So...

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Bantu Dramatic Society, Johannesburg
Place
Mar 23, 2017

Bantu Dramatic Society, Johannesburg

The Bantu Dramatic Society was founded in Johannesburg by Herbet Dhlomo in 1933 and was devoted to promoting black theat...

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Driefontein, Mpumalanga
Place
Apr 07, 2021

Driefontein, Mpumalanga

Found in the Municipality of: Mkhondo Gert Sibande District, Mpumalanga, South Africa

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Cape West Coast Biosphere Reserve
Place
Mar 13, 2020

Cape West Coast Biosphere Reserve

The Cape West Coast Biosphere Reserve is situated in the coastal zone, North of Cape Town. Located in the Cape Floristic...

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Langkloof Valley, Eastern Cape
Place
Jun 19, 2020

Langkloof Valley, Eastern Cape

Part of the Cape Fold Belt, the Langkloof Valley and Mountains are a short range of Mountains that serve as a link betwe...

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Fugard Theatre, Cape Town
Place
Feb 07, 2017

Fugard Theatre, Cape Town

The Fugard, a theatre based in Cape Town, was built within one of the five interconnected Sacks Futeran buildings in Dis...

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Fort Wonderboompoort, Wonderboom-Pretoria
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Jul 14, 2011

Fort Wonderboompoort, Wonderboom-Pretoria

Completed on 4 September 1897 by the Krupps firm, Von Dewitz and Weiner, the fort cost £49 000 and had the same type of ...

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Mendi Memorial, Eastern Cape
Place
Feb 25, 2021

Mendi Memorial, Eastern Cape

The actual wreck lies off The Isle of Wight, in the English Channel. In Britain the story of the SS Mendi is almost unkn...

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Oppermansgronde, Free State Province
Place
Feb 22, 2021

Oppermansgronde, Free State Province

The socio-economic growth of the Municipality is centered on Agriculture. The municipal Area also has mining activities,...

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Aasvoelberg known as The Eye Of Zastron
Place
Mar 16, 2011

Aasvoelberg known as The Eye Of Zastron

This spectacular sandstone Mountain is a backdrop for the town of Zastron, in the South-Eastern Free State Province of S...

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Louw House Museum, Sutherland
Place
Feb 06, 2020

Louw House Museum, Sutherland

A literacy Museum in the house where two famous Afrikaans poets and writer brothers, N.P van Wyk Louw and W.E.G. Louw we...

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Zonnebloem College, Cape Town
Place
Jan 14, 2021

Zonnebloem College, Cape Town

farm Zonnebloem (sunflower) by controversial Cape Governor Sir George Grey. educated the sons and daughters of chiefs im...

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'Aguada de Sao Bras', Mossel Bay
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Sep 19, 2016

'Aguada de Sao Bras', Mossel Bay

Bartholomew Dias and his crew landed with his men on 3rd of February 1488, but Mossel Bay's History can be traced back, ...

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