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A Post Office was opened at Palmiet River on 1 January 1846, and was probably located at a ford where a small bridge, kn...

The area in the Southern Kalahari, bordered in the East by Botswana and the West by Namibia, is where you will find a sm...

Velddrif is situated some 2 km upstream from where the Berg River flows into the sea at the Bay of St Helena on the Cape...

Before 1993, the Eastern Cape was part of the Cape Province. Today it includes the old homelands of Ciskei and Transkei....

The temple was designed by Orlando Middleton and erected by Jacob Kohler and Sons. The Port Elizabeth, Orthodox Hebrew C...

The History of Wits is linked with Mining, Academic Excellence, and with Political and Civic Activism. Being surrounded ...

The Overberg has always been considered as the breadbasket of the Cape and is largely given to grain farming, mainly whe...

Germiston was established in the early days of the gold rush when two prospectors, namely John and Jack struck paydirt o...

The Groot Constantia estate was formerly part of the farm Constantia, which was granted to Simon van der Stel in 1685. T...

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

The Library opened its doors to the Public in 1890, operating from several short-lived spaces provided, until a site was...

eThekwini makes history as first SA metro approved to generate its own electricity (LINK PROVIDED IN FURTHER READING)

In 1700, Governor Willem van der Stel was granted land some 9km outside Cape Town, which he named 'De Nieuwe Land' or 'N...

SACS is the oldest high school in South Africa, founded in September 1829.

The district takes its name from the mountain of the same name, which is Afrikaans for "clear mountain", referring to th...

Caledon is situated on the N2 national road in the Overberg region in the Western Cape province of South Africa, located...

There are no fewer than seven gold mines surrounding the town. As if to make up for all of this industry the Abe Bailey ...

Upington is the chief City in the Northern Region of South Africa. It was established on the bank of the Orange River in...

Gouritsmond, also known as Gouritz, offers a tranquil Coastal gem along South Africa’s Shoreline, where the Ocean meets ...

Aalwynkop is a Hill 5 km West of Balfour and 20 km South-East of Heidelberg, in the Gauteng Province of South Africa.

The Cape West Coast Biosphere Reserve is situated in the coastal zone, North of Cape Town. Located in the Cape Floristic...

Just five minutes away ffrom Paternoster is the Cape Columbine Nature Reserve. The Reserve has the last manned lighthous...

Ohrigstad was founded in 1845 by Hendrik Potgieter, the well-known "Voortrekker" leader. He named the Town after himself...

The mayor of Cape Town, Thomas Ball, laid the corner stone of the City Hall on 29 August 1900, but the hall was only ope...

Ntabankulu is an isiXhosa word meaning "great or big mountain", since the municipal Area is mountainous in character. Th...

District of which, Harding is the principal town. Encircled by Mount Currie, Umzimkulu, Ixopo, Port Shepstone and Bizane...

The Town of George lies halfway between Cape Town and Port Elizabeth on South Africa’s ever-popular Garden Route. George...