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PlaceAtlantis
Atlantis was created in the early 1970's as a “model industrial node”, within the framework of Apartheid spatial Development Policies. These policies were…
PlaceAndalusia, Cape and Transvaal Border
Former name of Jan Kempdorp. Named after the region in southern Spain, which was the ancient maritime kingdom of Tarshish. Jan Kempdorp was laid out on the…
PlaceGuinea
Guinea is the traditional name of coastal Western Africa. The historical colonies of French Guinea, Spanish Guinea and Portuguese Guinea gained independence in…
PlaceMossel Bay, (400 km From Cape Town)
It was named Aguada de Sao Bras, by Vasco de Gama in 1497, when He set off with 170 men on an expedition to find a sea Route to India. This was in order to…
PlaceLanglaagte Deep Residential Village, Johannesburg
In 1886 Hans Sauer, who combined a medical practice with prospecting on Cecil Rhodes’s behalf, was guided from Ferreira’s Camp to the main group of gold reefs…
PlaceDal Josafat, Paarl
The name is of biblical origin, also spelled: "Dal Josafat or Dal Josaphat". Dal Josafat has an interesting and varied selection of Buildings dating from…
PlacePaarl Boys Hoerskool (High School)
Established In 1868, the School Is One Of The Oldest In South Africa And Steeped In Tradition. At the foot of Paarl Mountain, surrounded by culture and the…
PlaceCasa Labia,198 Main Road, Muizenberg
Clifford Hume Knight purchased the land in 1901, and subsequently built his residence upon it, a large dwelling designed in a neo-Renaissance style with…
PlaceCape Town International Convention Centre
With over 17 years of service excellence and crafting extraordinary experiences, the CTICC has built an enviable reputation as a premier Business Tourism venue…
PlaceWhite Horse Stones, Naval Hill, Bloemfontein
Also known as Witperd Klip. The stones were laid during the South African War by members of the Wiltshire Regiment who were then Stationed at Naval Hill. An…
PlacePrincess Vlei Conservation Area
Before the arrival of European Settlers, it was a watering ground for early Khoi Herders. The first encounter between these herders and Europeans was with the…
PlaceDwarsvlei, near Pretoria
The Farm Dwarsvlei is situated 15 kilometres North of Krugersdorp, on the road to Hekpoort, past Sterkfontein of Archaeological fame. It is still Owned and…
PlaceComrades Marathon- 'House' or Museum
The Comrades Marathon Museum, which is one of only three dedicated road-running Museums in the World, first opened its doors to the public in 1988 in the grand…
PlacePearson Conservatorium and Prince Alfred’s Guard Memorial, St Georges Park, Port Elizabeth
The Conservatory was designed and erected by Boyd & Son, of Paisley, in Scotland, who dismantled the original building into sections and transported it to Port…
PlaceMsinga Local Municipality
The name means: "A current in the sea where air movement causes ripples on top of the water surface and ends up influencing the nearby climatic conditions…
PlaceBritstown, Northern Cape
Britstown located in the Northern Cape of South Africa, a small farming town Named after Hans Brits, who accompanied David Livingstone on a venture to the…
PlaceClarens, Eastern Free State
Clarens, a small Town situated in the Eastern Free State which was established in 1912. The Village of Clarens, was a result of two Farms being sold: …
PlaceVenda
In 1962, the South African Government created Venda as a Homeland for the Venda-speaking people. The area set aside for the bantustan, or homeland, was in the…
PlaceGardens Shul in Cape Town
The Cape Town Hebrew Congregation, which built the Great Synagogue, was founded in 1841. This makes it, after the Sydney Hebrew Congregation, the oldest Jewish…
PlaceInkamana High School, Vryheid
Situated in the heart of the Zululand, Inkamana High School was started February 2 in 1923 as an intermediate School with only one class of grade 5 by…
PlaceThe Gallows Museum Exhibition
The Kgosi Mampuru Correctional Facility previously known as the Pretoria Maximum Prison Gallows in Pretoria, Gauteng was built in 1902. It is the only prison…
PlaceQuaqua
Quaqua, or Qwaqwa, was a homeland created for the Southern Sotho people from a reserve in the Orange Free State (OFS) that had been granted to the followers of…
PlaceWorkers’ Museum, Johannesburg
The excellent Portrayal of Life as a Migrant Worker, found at the Worker’s Museum in Newtown, Johannesburg, was master-minded by Henry Paine, a local Architect…
PlaceOld Fort, Hospital Hill, Johannesburg
Following the invasion of the ZAR in January 1896 by a troop of cavalry led by Dr Leander Jameson, the Executive Committee of the Republic, resolved on 12…
PlaceRailway Station and Post Office, Point Road, Durban
This building was erected in 1900 as part of a general upgrade by the Natal Railways. It replaced an earlier structure built between 1876 and 1878 when the…
PlaceKingsmead Cricket Stadium, Durban
Although it operates under the sponsorship-based name of Sahara Stadium Kingsmead, this cricket ground in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal is more commonly referred to as…
PlaceBurkina Faso
Burkina Faso is a small, poor, landlocked country in West Africa. It is bounded by Niger to the east, Mali to the north and west, and Benin, Togo, Ghana, and…
PlaceMasjiengebou (Machine Building), Defense Headquarters, Pretoria
This building was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 1 April 1977. The Historic Machine Building, "Staatsartillerie" Stables and…
PlaceGallery 101
In 1961, the Swiss Fernand Francis Haenggi (b. 1934, Dijon, France) and his mother Mrs F.M.L. Haenggi founded Gallery 101 to showcase modern South African art…
PlaceCote D’Ivoire or Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast is a West African State bordering Ghana in the East, Burkina Faso, Mali in the North, and Guinea and Liberia in the East. To the South lies, the…