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PlaceFort Wiltshire
Fort Wiltshire was erected by the British military during the frontier war of 1818-19, and was named in honour of Lt-Col Thomas Wiltshire of the 38th Regiment,…
PlaceTrafalgar High School
In the time of Education and its opposition to the Apartheid system, (when many students and teachers were jailed or banned). The School was nominated to the…
PlaceEmalahleni Municipality, Mpumalanga
Emalahleni Municipality is a Local Municipality within the Nkangala District Municipality, in the Mpumalanga Province of South Africa. Emalahleni is a Nguni…
PlaceOld Magistrate’s Offices and Residence, Main Street, Simonstown
Simon's Town Magistrate's Court is next to Goede Hoop in Simon's Town and is located in City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. This museum depicts…
PlaceFort Schanskop
After the Jameson Raid in 1896, Pres Paul Kruger of the “Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek” decided to protect Pretoria by constructing forts in strategic places…
PlaceCuylerville
A party of 256 from London led by Lieutenant John BAILIE, R.N. sailed in "Chapman". Their locations was between the Wellington and Palmiet Rivers and their…
PlaceColesberg, Northern Cape
The Village of Colesberg was founded in 1830 on the site of an abandoned station of the London Missionary Society, and was named in honour of Sir Galbraith…
PlaceFort Beaufort/KwaMaqoma- Amatola District, Eastern Cape
Fort Beaufort (Xhosa: iBhofolo). Fort Beaufort is situated in the Eastern Cape Province. The town is surrounded by magnificent Mountain Ranges and it is known…
PlaceKwaDukuza timeline
Iron Age Shell middens containing early Iron Age pottery fragments have been found at Umhlanga Rocks, Ballito and Shaka's Rock Village, which date back to…
PlaceGermiston
Germiston was established in the early days of the gold rush when two prospectors, namely John and Jack struck paydirt on the farm of 'Elandsfontein'. This in…
PlaceTsolo, Eastern Cape
(prior to 1910) St Augustine's was established in 1865 by the Reverend Bransby Key as a station of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel on Foreign…
PlaceSouth African College High School
Montebello is the location of the South African College Schools (SACS)' current campus, specifically the historic Montebello Estate in Newlands, Cape Town…
PlaceHermannsburg School and Mission Museum, (Greytown)
The "Deutsche Schule Hermannsburg" (or Hermannsburg School) is located in the hamlet of Hermannsburg on the North Eastern fringe of the Natal Midlands between…
PlaceAmaLinde, West of King Williams Town
Xhosa name for the Debe Hollows of Kommetjie Flats, 19 km West of King William's Town. This was the scene, of the Battle of Amalinda between Gaika and Ndlambe,…
PlaceConstitution Hill Museum, Johannesburg
Constitution Hill is a Living Museum that tells the story of South Africa’s journey to democracy. The site is a former Prison and military Fort that bears…
PlaceFourteen Streams
Fourteen Streams is located in Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa. The estimate terrain elevation above seal level is 1226 metres…
PlacePaarden Eiland
Construction of the Marine Drive was started by the Cape Town Municipality, in 1916. This was very different to the Marine Drive of today……….flooding by the…
PlaceCircle of Kramat's, Cape Town
The circle of Kramats in Cape Town is a shrine to Muslim holy men buried in Cape Town. Legend goes that it is this circle that protects Cape Town from…
PlaceEswatini (formerly Swaziland)
The Swazi nation, as we know it today, originally came from Mozambique. Their Nguni ancestors probably moved there before the sixteenth Century as part of the…
Place'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, with the help of Archaeological…
PlacePaardekraal Monument, Market Street, Krugersdorp
It was declared a National Monument underold legislation on 6 April 1936. The monument was designed by Sytze Wierda who was the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek…
PlaceNqamakwe
In 1865 a number of Mfengu clans were resettled in the area around Nqamakwe. As refugees from the Mfacane wars further north, they had relatively few links to…
PlaceCastle of Good Hope, Castle Street- Cape Town
When the Dutch first landed at the Cape on 6 April 1652, under the leadership of Jan van Riebeeck. They erected a Fort built of sods on a site in the Table…
PlaceKnysna Lagoon, Garden Route- Western Province
The Knysna Lagoon opens between two massive cliffs, known as The Heads, these stand tall, acting as rugged watchmen over the pristine loveliness of the lagoon…
PlaceValley of a Thousand Hills
The Thousand Hills experience is to KwaZulu-Natal what the Garden Route is to the Cape. It is an area of great peace and tranquillity, affirmed by the fact…
PlaceDurban 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 only a popular tourist attraction and…
PlaceAnton Smit's Sculpture Park, Bronkhorstspruit
About the Sculpture Park:The Anton Smit Sculpture Park's three-hectare grounds are situated on the Northern side of the Bronkhorstspruit Dam, on a plateau…
PlacePella
In the mid-1880s a huge Cathedral was built in the Bushmanland desert oasis of Pella by French Missionaries who at first had absolutely no idea what they were…
PlaceTsolo
(prior to 1910) St Augustine's was established in 1865 by the Reverend Bransby Key as a station of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel on Foreign…
PlaceGlen Grey Division
The frontier war of 1850-53 was precipitated when the amaNgqika, faced with the increased pressure of European settlement upon their ancestral lands, rose in…