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Piet Retief was one of the leaders of the Boers during the Great Trek in the 1830's. The Boers were mostly descendants o...

A quaint little town, near the Kruger National Park. Known now as Mbombela, which has a World Cup Stadium. This stadium ...

The Transvaal is a historical region and former Province of South Africa, located North of the Vaal River, that existed ...

During the Middle Stone Age man had created more formal work tools and began to utilise fire. The Late Stone Age, which ...

Ladysmith is located on the banks of KwaZulu-Natal's Klip River. Proclaimed in 1850, it was named after the Spanish wife...

A Township 13 kilometeres from North-East Johannesburg. The development of Alexandra Township dates back to 1912. Someti...

Ezakheni is an African township that was built in the old KwaZulu homeland about 25km from the town of Ladysmith. The ar...

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born on January 3, 1892, in Bloemfontein, South Africa, to English parents.

Roodepoort is actually a city of its own, although it has now merged with the suburbs of Johannesburg to such a degree, ...

Blombos Cave is a World-famous Archaeological Site, overlooking the sea and located in a private nature Reserve which is...

Cato Manor was established in Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) and is situated 5km west of the Durban city centre.

Hartbeespoort, informally also known as: "Harties". is a small resort town north of Johannesburg in the North West Provi...

The suburb of Lyttelton was one of the original suburbs that made up the old Verwoerdburg. Lyttelton was granted City Co...

The Table View Beachfront, known as Bloubergstrand, is lined with Apartment blocks, Restauransts, plenty of pubs and ent...

It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 6 April 1936. The monument was designed by Syt...

The City's natural history museum, founded in 1892, serves as the home of "Mrs Ples" and includes fossils, amphibians, f...

Chapman’s Bay is therefore one of the oldest place names, in South Africa.

This school was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 26 May 1978. Charles Hope supported the union ...

One of the most significant events in the history of South Africa was the Anglo-Boer War of 1899-1902. Although the prot...

Nquthu is an isiZulu name meaning "the back of the head". Umzinyathi District has a total area of 8 079 square Kilomet...

King Dingane’s generals, Dambuza and Ndlela kaSompisi. The Battle of Blood River Heritage Site in KwaZulu-Natal represen...

Indeed, the City was widely renowned as "The Tavern of the Seas". There were no telephones or telegraphs before the latt...

Town some 130 km North-East of Durban, near Gingindlovu. Where the first sugar factory in Zululand was established in 19...

Cape Point is a promontory at the South East corner of the Cape Peninsula, which is a mountainous and scenic landform th...

it was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 8 April 1960. Sytze Wierda was born in the Netherlands,...

On 3 March 1874, the Pietermaritzburg Botanical Garden was founded. It was run by the newly formed Pietermaritzburg Bota...

Machadodorp is a small town situated above the escarpment in South Africa’s Mpumalanga province, with the world famous E...

Mangrove swamps have been rated amongst the rarest and most scientifically interesting eco-systems that occur in the tid...

In 1847, an Irishman named; Jim Rorke bought some Land, alongside a Ford in the Buffalo River. This was the boundary bet...

the Phongolo River revealing the World`s oldest rock formations, is a game viewers paradise!