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PlaceGoukamma Nature Reserve, Sedgefield
In the heart of the scenic Garden Route on the Cape south coast, near the mouth of the Goukamma River, lies a secret hide-away: the Goukamma Nature Reserve…
PlaceLouw 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, were born. There are very Interesting…
Moi's Kenyan torture victims mourn a reckoning that never came
PlaceLeipoldtville, West Coast
Leipoldtville, a very small historical town, ideally situated to use as a base or stay over from where to explore the surrounding West Coast towns…
PlaceGraafwater
The Heerenlogement cave which was used by travelers as overnight accommodation in the 17th and 18th centuries is 25 km from Graafwater on the Vredendal road. …
PlaceElands Bay, Western Cape Province
Nestled between the Atlantic Ocean and the Bobbejaan Mountain lies this hotspot for surfers around the world. Elands Bay is 95 km northwest of Piketberg and…
PlaceLambert's Bay
Welcome to the seafood hotspot of the West Coast! Lambert’s Bay is known as the Diamond of the West Coast and the crayfish mecca of South Africa. Called this…
ArchiveLovedale, a national treasure of a press, faces closure
Neil Aggett: A sister remembers
ArchiveTaking the battle to the grave: South Africa’s contested sites
ArchiveGlobal Opium Politics in Mozambique and South Africa
PlaceBats Cave Trail, East London
The trail is 3 km long with a moderate/difficult status. It is suitable for children, from 6 years old. The Bat’s Cave Trail is the most popular walk in the…
PlaceThrift Dam, Tarkastad
Superb Trout fishing, but extreme weather! Stunning views of the Winterberg Mountains, One of the best Stillwaters to throw fly, in the country. Are just some…
ArchiveTimol - A Quest for Justice by Imtiaz Cajee
PlaceGoegap Nature Reserve, Springbok
This 7 000 hectare nature reserve, supports 600 different indigenous plant species, 45 mammal species and 94 bird species! This reserve is located 15 km from…
PlaceReneen, Northern Cape
Reneen is a populated place and is located in Northern Cape, South Africa. The estimate terrain elevation above seal level is 271 metres. It has 60 odd…
PlaceKamieskroon
Kamieskroon, in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa, situated just South of Springbok. Kamieskroon is set among the granite rock formations of the…
PlaceWinterberg Mountains, Amatola
Winterberg lies virtually in the shadow of the Winterberg Mountains that include some of the highest peaks in the province, roughly 20 kilometres from…
PlaceWillowvale Gatyane
Falls in the jurisdiction of the Amathole District Municipality, in the Eastern Cape Province. It was established as a military post in 1879 and so named…
PlaceNahoon River Point Nature Reserve
Nahoon River Dam is a reservoir and is located in Eastern Cape, South Africa. The estimate terrain elevation above seal level is 168 metres. The most popular…
PlaceElandsberg Nature Reserve, Western Cape
Elandsberg is a Mountain and is located in the Swartland District, near Riebeeck Kasteel, in the Western Cape. The estimate terrain elevation above seal level…
PlaceThembuland
It is a natural region in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. Its territory is the traditional region of the Thembu people, one of the sub-groups of the…
ArchiveSteve Fataar could have had a rock star ego but didn’t by Rafs Mayet, 24 January 2020
n the sixties, discotheques and disc jockeys were unheard of. For us growing up in a youthful new era of popular culture and optimism, live bands and the music…
ArchiveSurviving genocide: a voice from colonial Namibia at the turn of the last century
PlaceChris Hani Municipal Region, Eastern Cape
The Chris Hani municipal region lies at the heart of the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It is the second largest of the Eastern Cape province, district…
PlaceSedgefield
The Cape Fold Mountains of the Western Cape create the great divide that separates the temperate region of the Garden Route from its drier inland counterpart,…
PlaceKranshoek, Western Cape
Kranshoek is a settlement in Eden District Municipality. Kranshoek was founded in the early years of the 20th century by a group of Griqua trekkers under the…
EventPeter “Terror” Mathebula dies
On 18 January 2020, Peter “Terror” Mathebula South Africa’s first black world champion boxer died. Mathebula was born on 3 July 1952, in Transvaal (now Gauteng…
PlaceMthatha, Eastern Cape- previously known as Umtata
Mthatha, founded in 1879, was declared the Capital of the Transkei, the homeland of the Xhosa during the Apartheid era. The former Transkei is now part of the…
PlaceCederberg Wilderness Area
The Cederberg Region is only two hours from Cape Town and yet the landscape is completely different. With much wilder, warmer with a raw, dramatic beauty…