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Tradouw Pass
Place
Jan 10, 2022

Tradouw Pass

This is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful and rugged mountain drives, in the Langeberg! (This Pass is in the Top 20 ...

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South African Naval Museum, formerly the Navy Mast House and Dutch Store House
Place
Jan 14, 2022

South African Naval Museum, formerly the Navy Mast House and Dutch Store House

The origins of the Naval Museum date back to 1966 when a naval Historical collection was displayed at the Castle Militar...

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Kommetjie, Cape Town
Place
Jul 14, 2011

Kommetjie, Cape Town

Kommetje was established in 1902 when a consortium of Cape Town businessmen purchased the farm Kommetje from its owner, ...

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Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP)
Article
Mar 30, 2011

Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP)

The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) is a South African political organization, established by Chief Gatsha Buthelezi, which ...

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The Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of State Capture, Corruption and Fraud in the Public Sector including Organs of State (The Zondo Commission)
Article
Jan 26, 2022

The Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of State Capture, Corruption and Fraud in the Public Sector including Organs of State (The Zondo Commission)

In 2016, former Public Protector Thuli Madonsela released a report, State of Capture, after an investigation into i...

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Kakamas, Northern Cape
Place
Jan 06, 2020

Kakamas, Northern Cape

Kakamas is a rather small town situated in the Northern Cape of South Africa. This interesting town was originally built...

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Bitterfontein, Western Cape
Place
Apr 21, 2020

Bitterfontein, Western Cape

In the Northernmost part of the Western Cape, along the Northwestern plain, lies a relatively isolated Village located i...

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Suurbraak, a Settlement in the Overberg Municipality
Place
Jan 01, 2022

Suurbraak, a Settlement in the Overberg Municipality

"Suurbraak lies in what could easily be termed a little piece of heaven, and because it is not a commercial Centre is le...

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Schmidtsdrift
Place
Sep 16, 2021

Schmidtsdrift

Schmidtsdrift is a Town, in Pixley ka Seme District Municipality in the Northern Cape Province! Situated 80 km West of K...

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Phoenix Settlement and Gandhi Trail
Place
Jul 14, 2011

Phoenix Settlement and Gandhi Trail

The Phoenix Settlement comprised of 100 acres of land and was purchased by Gandhiji in 1904. It was on this Settlement t...

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Josephine Mill, Boundary Road, Newlands
Place
Jul 14, 2011

Josephine Mill, Boundary Road, Newlands

It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 15 December 1978. Newlands in Cape Town is home to the ...

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Convict Stations & Labour in the Cape Colony
Article
Mar 21, 2011

Convict Stations & Labour in the Cape Colony

Early Convict Stations in the Cape Colony

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Leeuwenhof, Official Residence of the Premier of Cape Town
Place
Jul 14, 2011

Leeuwenhof, Official Residence of the Premier of Cape Town

Proclaimed as a National Monument in 1966. Leeuwenhof, the official residence of the Premier of the Cape Province, stan...

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Abachoreb, Northern Cape
Place
Sep 14, 2016

Abachoreb, Northern Cape

Watering place South of the Koa River Valley, South of Steinkopf. The name is derived from Khoikhoi and means 'water hol...

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Durban International Airport
Place
Jul 08, 2020

Durban International Airport

Previously known as Louis Botha Airport (named after the South African statesman), Durban International Airport, was the...

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Durban Convention and Exhibition Centres
Place
Jul 03, 2020

Durban Convention and Exhibition Centres

Together with its sister venue, the Durban Exhibition Centre (DEC), (which is across the Road!) The ICC can double its c...

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Taj Hotel, Cape Town
Place
Jan 10, 2022

Taj Hotel, Cape Town

The venue combines two buildings—the Temple Chambers, also known as the Board of Executors, built in 1890, and the South...

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Fresnaye, Cape Town
Place
Dec 09, 2021

Fresnaye, Cape Town

Fresnaye is situated between Signal Hill and Sea Point, a few kilometer's to the West of Cape Town's Central Business Di...

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Drie Kuilen Nature Reserve
Place
Dec 06, 2021

Drie Kuilen Nature Reserve

Drie Kuilen Nature Reserve is situated in a beautiful part of the Klein Karoo, in the Montague District. This Mountains ...

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Hobeni
Place
Nov 03, 2021

Hobeni

Hobeni is a Village in Mbhashe Local Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. Ikhaya Loxolo, a commun...

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Tolstoy Farm, near Johannesburg
Place
Nov 15, 2021

Tolstoy Farm, near Johannesburg

It was in South Africa that Gandhi developed, between 1910 and 1913, his Satyagraha philosophy of passive resistance, an...

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Bergvliet Farmstead, Bergvliet
Place
Jul 14, 2011

Bergvliet Farmstead, Bergvliet

This farm complex consists of a Cape Dutch house built in 1769, and a ring wall and outbuildings which were erected towa...

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Old Durban Brook Street Cemetery
Place
Nov 24, 2021

Old Durban Brook Street Cemetery

The historical cemetery has been encompassed by West Street Cemetery, lying in its far western corner, closest to Berea ...

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RMS Athens, a Shipwreck between Moullie Point and Green Point
Place
Nov 17, 2021

RMS Athens, a Shipwreck between Moullie Point and Green Point

It was Wrecked between to the Promenades of Mouille Point and Green Point may notice something man-made sticking out of ...

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Kroonstad
Place
Oct 28, 2021

Kroonstad

It's name being symbolic of royalty (“Kroon” is Dutch for crown), Kroonstad has very humble beginnings. It was named aft...

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Article
Dec 23, 2014

Dumile Feni biography by Sophia Reuss

Zwelidumile Geelboi Mgxaji Mslaba “Dumile” Feni was born on 21 May 1942 in the small town of Withuis in Worc...

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KaNyamazane Township, Mpumalanga
Place
Nov 05, 2021

KaNyamazane Township, Mpumalanga

KaNyamazane, previously known as Lekazi, was established as a labour reserve, and was then zoned to fall within the Kang...

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Mqanduli
Place
Nov 05, 2021

Mqanduli

The hometown of Bantu Holomisa, a Political leader in South Africa. In the Eastern Cape

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Ngema Tribal Trust, Mpumalanga
Place
Apr 15, 2021

Ngema Tribal Trust, Mpumalanga

Ngema Tribal Trust falls under the, Mkhondo Local Municipality Gert Sibande District Municipality in Mpumalanga , South ...

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King’s Blockhouse, Devil’s Peak, Cape Town.
Place
Jul 14, 2011

King’s Blockhouse, Devil’s Peak, Cape Town.

Following the first British occupation of the Cape in 1795, the existing Dutch line of defence, known as the French line...

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