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Ladysmith
Place
May 29, 2013

Ladysmith

Ladysmith is one of the most important industrial and commercial centres of the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal....

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Polokwane
Place
Jun 16, 2025

Polokwane

Polokwane is the capital city of Limpopo. Where the youth uprising occures in Soweto in 1976. 

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Comrades Marathon- 'House' or Museum
Place
Jun 10, 2024

Comrades Marathon- 'House' or Museum

The Comrades Marathon from Durban to Pietermaritzburg is an "UP RUN". This Alternates Every Year from the "UP RUN" to th...

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Mpofu – Fort Fordyce Nature Reserve
Place
Jun 13, 2025

Mpofu – Fort Fordyce Nature Reserve

Bass fishing is a popular activity as is rock climbing – Fort Fordyce features ten bolted routes with names like the Fev...

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Fort Beaufort/KwaMaqoma- Amatola District, Eastern Cape
Place
Nov 11, 2019

Fort Beaufort/KwaMaqoma- Amatola District, Eastern Cape

Fort Beaufort is situated in the Eastern Cape Province. The town is surrounded by magnificent mountain ranges and it is ...

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Blinkwater
Place
Jun 11, 2025

Blinkwater

Blinkwater, a small but charming area in the Eastern Cape. UNDP’s work proves that investing in development makes things...

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Potchefstroom
Place
Feb 19, 2021

Potchefstroom

The name comes from the word: 'Potscherf'- (meaning broken pot), Due to the cracks that appear in the soil of the Mooi R...

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Atlantis
Place
Feb 20, 2023

Atlantis

Atlantis was created in the early 1970's as a “model industrial node”, within the framework of Apartheid spatial Develop...

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Clarens, Eastern Free State
Place
Mar 06, 2020

Clarens, Eastern Free State

Clarens, a small town situated in the Eastern Free State is today a tourist attraction and capital of everything from ad...

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King Edward VII High School, Houghton Estate, Johannesburg
Place
Jul 14, 2011

King Edward VII High School, Houghton Estate, Johannesburg

The school was established towards the end of 1902 as the Johannesburg High School for Boys, and for a few years was als...

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Bethlehem, Free State
Place
Mar 16, 2020

Bethlehem, Free State

Bethlehem is located on the N5 road to the Free State provincial capital Bloemfontein via Senekal and Winburg to the N1....

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Cape Town, Western Province
Place
Mar 30, 2011

Cape Town, Western Province

Cape Town is a modern City with high-rise office Buildings and pedestrian Malls. Although it is a major Political and Ec...

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Cape Town International Airport
Place
Jul 08, 2020

Cape Town International Airport

Cape Town International Airport opened in 1954, replacing Wingfield Aerodrome, originally named D.F. Malan after the the...

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Simon's Town, Cape Peninsula
Place
Jul 14, 2011

Simon's Town, Cape Peninsula

One of South Africa’s oldest Towns and Naval base is Simon’s Town.  Home to the historic Simon's Town Museum.&nb...

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Hout Bay, Atlantic Seaboard- Western Cape
Place
Mar 16, 2011

Hout Bay, Atlantic Seaboard- Western Cape

Houtbaai (Wood Bay) was named by the Dutch settlers while they explored the bay behind Table Mountain.

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