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Hamilton Primary School, Visagie Street, Pretoria
Place
Jul 14, 2011

Hamilton Primary School, Visagie Street, Pretoria

It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 25 February 1977

Vereeniging, a City in Gauteng
Place
Feb 13, 2023

Vereeniging, a City in Gauteng

Vereeniging is a City in Gauteng Province, South Africa, with a population of more than 350,000. Lying on the banks of t...

Garies
Place
Mar 16, 2011

Garies

To describe Garies as in the middle of nowhere does not do any damage to the reputation of the Town (for those who stay ...

Oudekraal Beach, Bakoven
Place
Oct 11, 2019

Oudekraal Beach, Bakoven

A Little Piece of Ocean Paradise. Oudekraal beach offers beautiful sea views and calm waters. Oudekraal Beach, part of t...

Mokopane also known as Potgieterus
Place
Feb 20, 2023

Mokopane also known as Potgieterus

Mokopane is also known as Potgietersrus. This is a Town in the Limpopo Province, of South Africa. The Town was establish...

Mokopane- also known as Potgietersrus
Place
Feb 20, 2023

Mokopane- also known as Potgietersrus

Mokopane is also known as Potgietersrus. This is a Town in the Limpopo Province, of South Africa. The Town was establish...

Mhlathuze River
Place
Feb 16, 2023

Mhlathuze River

Zwide makes a mistake by thinking that he can surprise Shaka, and hastily sends off his much greater army to fight the Z...

Ottosdal and Letsopa
Place
Apr 25, 2022

Ottosdal and Letsopa

The town of Ottosdal was established as a Dutch Reformed Church Parish on the Farm Korannafontein in 1913 and named afte...

Richards Bay
Place
Feb 16, 2023

Richards Bay

Richards Bay had a temporary Harbour during the Anglo Boer War of 1879. Richards Bay was named after British naval Comma...

Cradock- Nxba
Place
Mar 16, 2011

Cradock- Nxba

Following the frontier war of 1811-12 the British established a military outpost on a site about 20km south of present-d...

Bloemhof, North West
Place
Jun 23, 2021

Bloemhof, North West

Bloemhof is an agricultural Town of about 28,000 inhabitants situated; on the banks of the Vaal River in North West Prov...

City Hall, Cape Town
Place
Jul 14, 2011

City Hall, Cape Town

This is a large Edwardian building in the centre of Cape Town city. It was built in 1905, on the Grand parade, west of t...

Halvey Hotel, Bloemfontein
Place
Feb 02, 2023

Halvey Hotel, Bloemfontein

This was intended to be a Boarding House for the Theatre Attendees in 1893. However this Building is now a Four Star Ho...

Sterkfontein Dam, Free State
Place
Mar 16, 2020

Sterkfontein Dam, Free State

The vast expanse of water which is the Sterkfontein Dam lies a few kilometers from the edge of the Drakensberg Escarpmen...

Faculty of Health Sciences, UCT Observatory
Place
Nov 14, 2017

Faculty of Health Sciences, UCT Observatory

The oldest medical school in South Africa, offer a variety of educational, training and academic career options within t...

Walter Sisulu University, Mthatha- Eastern Cape
Place
Apr 21, 2021

Walter Sisulu University, Mthatha- Eastern Cape

The new University was named in honour of an icon of the South African liberation struggle and close comrade of Nelson M...

Hermannsburg School and Mission Museum, (Greytown)
Place
Sep 28, 2022

Hermannsburg School and Mission Museum, (Greytown)

240 missionaries made the journey into Africa, and all of them would come to Hermannsburg first. Here they would learn i...

Gouda, Cape Winelands
Place
Apr 07, 2020

Gouda, Cape Winelands

Gouda is a little Village just 37 km South of Porterville, at the Western entrance to the Nuwekloof Pass that links; Tul...

Phala Phala, Game Farm
Place
Dec 23, 2022

Phala Phala, Game Farm

Phala Phala Wildlife, is a new 'Rare Game' Group of Farms founded with the purpose of breeding.

Melmoth, Gateway to Zululand
Place
Jun 19, 2020

Melmoth, Gateway to Zululand

Melmoth, known as the gateway to the Zulu Highlands, is a picturesque, little Town just 200 km North East of Durban and ...

Majuba Power Station, Volksrust-Mpumalanga
Place
Jul 16, 2020

Majuba Power Station, Volksrust-Mpumalanga

This 4 110 megawatt station, constructed at a cost of R 11.9 Billion, is one of the five biggest power stations in the W...

Hammarsdale, KZN
Place
Jun 04, 2021

Hammarsdale, KZN

The Township boasts of a local library known as Mpumalanga Library and a shopping center which has become the heart of t...

Stillbaai, Garden Route- Western Cape
Place
Aug 05, 2020

Stillbaai, Garden Route- Western Cape

The name translated from Afrikaans, means 'Still Bay', for those people who are charmed by the safety, tranquility and h...

Voortrekker Monument
Place
Jul 14, 2011

Voortrekker Monument

The Voortrekker Monument is located just South of Pretoria, in South Africa. This massive granite Structure is prominent...

Hermanus Loots aka James Stuart Timeline
Article
Mar 23, 2016

Hermanus Loots aka James Stuart Timeline

1936 Hermanus Loots is born in the Kat River area of the Eastern Cape (19 July).[i] 1954 Matriculated from John...

Macfarlan, Village in the Eastern Cape
Place
Jan 24, 2020

Macfarlan, Village in the Eastern Cape

Their ancestors were settled in these villages after the war of 1850 by the colonial authorities. The starvation and ha...

Madikwa Game Reserve, North West
Place
Sep 14, 2016

Madikwa Game Reserve, North West

Many of the Farms described by writer Herman Charles Bosman in his short stories no longer exist, quite a number having ...

Fietas Museum, Johannesburg
Place
Nov 06, 2019

Fietas Museum, Johannesburg

Established in 1894 to the west of central Johannesburg, Fietas (today known as Pageview) was once the city’s "Malay loc...

Komatipoort
Place
Nov 02, 2022

Komatipoort

Komati power station is situated in Mpumalanga halfway between Middelburg and Bethel. After six decades of producing ele...

Tokai, Cape Town
Place
Nov 10, 2022

Tokai, Cape Town

The Suburb of Tokai took its name from Tokaj, a range of Hills in Hungary. It was built in the late 1940's due to the ur...