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Gazankulu
Place
Mar 16, 2011

Gazankulu

Gazankulu was the homeland of the Shangaan and Tsonga people in South Africa. It was divided over two territories, west ...

British Bechuanaland
Place
Mar 16, 2011

British Bechuanaland

Territory of British Bechuanaland The territory known as British Bechuanaland covered an area that included the subsequ...

Cradock Division
Place
Mar 16, 2011

Cradock Division

The Cradock division is known as The Inxuba Yethemba Local Municipality or District. It is situated in the Chris Hani Di...

Cuylerville
Place
Mar 16, 2011

Cuylerville

A party of 256 from London led by Lieutenant John BAILIE, R.N. sailed in "Chapman". Their locations was betwee...

Cyphergat Station
Place
Mar 16, 2011

Cyphergat Station

The village of Cyphergat was the headquarters of the Cyphergat Coal Mining Co (Ltd). The railway line linking Sterkstroo...

Emfundisweni
Place
Mar 16, 2011

Emfundisweni

Emfundisweni, or more correctly Mfundisweni, was founded in 1862 as a joint project of missionaries from the Wesleyan Me...

Gwali Mission
Place
Mar 16, 2011

Gwali Mission

Chumie was established in 1820 by Reverend John Brownlee,  as a station of for the Glasgow Missionary Society. The ...

Mjanyana Hospital
Place
Mar 16, 2011

Mjanyana Hospital

The village of Emjanyana was probably established in the mid-1970s, in Ngcobo Eastern Cape.  In 1894 the Society fo...

Ngcobo
Place
Mar 16, 2011

Ngcobo

On 1 November 1859, a day known in the Christian calender as All Saints Day, Chief Fubu of the amaQwathi met with Archde...

Enon
Place
Mar 16, 2011

Enon

Enon is a small town in the Eastern Cape in South Africa. It is named after the biblical place mentioned in John. It lie...

Ethembeni
Place
Mar 16, 2011

Ethembeni

The village of Etembeni was established in 1868 as a station of the Berlin Missionary Society.

Fort Beaufort
Place
Mar 16, 2011

Fort Beaufort

Initially the division of Fort Beaufort fell under the district of Albany, and was proclaimed a separate division on 8 M...

Fort Cox
Place
Mar 16, 2011

Fort Cox

Fort Cox was a "post of occupation" established by the British military in 1835 and was named in honour of Major William...

Fort Cunynghame
Place
Mar 16, 2011

Fort Cunynghame

Fort Cunynghame was a telegraph office which, together with Komgha and a number of other establishments in the Transkeia...

Glen Grey
Place
Mar 16, 2011

Glen Grey

The village of Glen Grey was named in honour of Sir George Grey, Governor of the Cape 1854-61. On 17 July 1902 a fire br...

Glen Grey Division
Place
Mar 16, 2011

Glen Grey Division

The frontier war of 1850-53 was precipitated when the amaNgqika, faced with the increased pressure of European settlemen...

Gonubie
Place
Mar 16, 2011

Gonubie

The village of Gonubie derived its name from a Khoikhoi term for the brambleberry bush.

Goshen
Place
Mar 16, 2011

Goshen

It was established by the Transvaal Boers in 1884, as a Republic. Their flag was horizontal black-white-red stripes with...

Curry's Post
Place
Apr 15, 2011

Curry's Post

Curry’s Post is a beautifully scenic area in the heart of the Midlands Meander that lies between Mooi River and Ho...

Tylden, Eastern Cape
Place
Apr 16, 2019

Tylden, Eastern Cape

Tylden in the region of Eastern Cape is a town in South Africa. Serving as landing site and home of settlers in the 1820...

Giyani, Polokwane
Place
Apr 16, 2019

Giyani, Polokwane

More or less 550 kilometres north east of Johannesburg you will find the little happening town of Giyani, a popular town...

Stutterheim, Amatola- Eastern Cape
Place
Apr 12, 2019

Stutterheim, Amatola- Eastern Cape

The small town of Stutterheim lies at the foot of the Amatola Mountain range in the Eastern Cape Province of South Afric...

Lusikisiki near Port St. John's
Place
Apr 11, 2019

Lusikisiki near Port St. John's

Lying on Route 61, just inland from the beautiful coastal villages of Port St Johns and Mbotyi, Lusikisiki is wild. The ...

Mbotyi, Eastern Cape
Place
Apr 10, 2019

Mbotyi, Eastern Cape

For the adventurer wanting to explore the many unique and wild treasures this coast has to offer, Mbotyi offers the priv...

Hluleka Nature Reserve, Mthatha
Place
Apr 05, 2019

Hluleka Nature Reserve, Mthatha

Combining lush indigenous forests, a beautiful rocky coastline, unspoilt beaches and rolling grasslands, the Hluleka Nat...

Vredenhof Organic Farm, Somerset West
Place
Apr 05, 2019

Vredenhof Organic Farm, Somerset West

We have a shop, a restaurant, a kitchen, a garden and a playground. We welcome children and organize children parties an...

Dan Pienaar, suburb of Bloemfontein
Place
Mar 28, 2019

Dan Pienaar, suburb of Bloemfontein

Dan Pienaar is a tranquil, upmarket suburb in Bloemfontein - regarded as one of the safest suburbs in the country! ...

Hershel Memorial Obelisk, Claremont-Cape Town
Place
Mar 28, 2019

Hershel Memorial Obelisk, Claremont-Cape Town

To astronomers, the Herschel obelisk is looked upon almost as a shrine – it is where one of the greatest of their number...

Rotunda, Bay Hotel- Camps Bay
Place
Mar 28, 2019

Rotunda, Bay Hotel- Camps Bay

The Victorian Rotunda, a landmark in Camps Bay, is a beautiful, geometrical domed building, was the epitome of high soci...

Stump Memorial, near Doornkop
Place
Mar 28, 2019

Stump Memorial, near Doornkop

This is the spot where the cottage stood where Jameson surrendered to the Boer forces after the Jameson Raid (previously...