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Hout Bay Museum
Place
Jan 05, 2018

Hout Bay Museum

The Hout Bay Museum is situated right next to the Hout Bay Tourist Office just off Main Road behind the Shell Garage. Ju...

Yokohama, Muizenburg
Place
Mar 19, 2018

Yokohama, Muizenburg

On Muizenberg Main Road, you’ll find a historical house called “Yokohama”, it was constructed in 1906 out of paper maché...

Posthuys
Place
Mar 20, 2018

Posthuys

Posthuys is considered of the earliest buildings along the False Bay Coastline and was built in the late 1600's as a loo...

Keur River Bridge
Place
Apr 25, 2018

Keur River Bridge

  Situated on the Historic Montagu Pass this bridge was built in 1847. This solid bridge was designed by Charles M...

Mac Lear's Beacon
Place
May 16, 2018

Mac Lear's Beacon

It is the highest point of Table Mountain, which is a 'Seven Wonder' of the world! Discover the vast natural beauty of t...

Macassar Beach Pavillion
Place
May 21, 2018

Macassar Beach Pavillion

Water slides are cracked open and filled with sand, and the once-bright paint has faded into pastel hues against the dun...

Kookfontein
Place
Jun 06, 2018

Kookfontein

  Kookfontein’s Sauvignon Blanc is grown on the Northern bank of the Jackals Creek, near the rustic seaside town o...

Maitland Road
Place
Jun 15, 2018

Maitland Road

Milestones where used to measure distance, by the early settlers, in Cape Town. A Post Office known as Eleventh Mile Sto...

Montecasino
Place
Jun 15, 2018

Montecasino

Montecasino is located in the suburb of Fourways in Northern Johannesburg. The casino and entertainment complex is desig...

Ditsong Museum of Natural History
Place
Jun 27, 2018

Ditsong Museum of Natural History

The Ditsong National Museum of Natural History used to be the Transvaal Museum of Natural History, which in turn develop...

Funda Community College
Place
May 29, 2017

Funda Community College

Funda Community College was founded in 1984 in Soweto, Gauteng with the support of private sector funding and built on l...

Phansi Museum
Place
May 30, 2017

Phansi Museum

The Museum houses some of the finest examples of African artefacts, such as: beadwork, headrests, milk pails, snuff cont...

Belvedere Avenue 7, Oranjezicht -Cape town
Place
May 30, 2017

Belvedere Avenue 7, Oranjezicht -Cape town

Declared a National Monument!

Belvedere Avenue 1, Oslo House
Place
May 30, 2017

Belvedere Avenue 1, Oslo House

Declared a National Monument

Dock House, Victoria and Alfred Waterfront-Cape Town
Place
Jun 05, 2017

Dock House, Victoria and Alfred Waterfront-Cape Town

Provisional protection of a monument- Dockhouse No. 1 and No. 2, off Portswood Road, Portswood Ridge, Victoria and Alfre...

Nederlandse Hervormde Kerkgebou, Pretoria
Place
Jun 06, 2017

Nederlandse Hervormde Kerkgebou, Pretoria

The ‘Nederduitsch Hervormde' congregation was founded on 8 and 9 September 1855 in Pretoria. It was one of the independe...

Lovedale Missionary School
Place
Jun 14, 2017

Lovedale Missionary School

The missionary school where so many Black intellectuals of the 19th and early 20th century—from Tiyo Soga to Thabo Mbeki...

Rainbow Restaurant and Jazz Club, Durban
Place
Jun 19, 2017

Rainbow Restaurant and Jazz Club, Durban

The Rainbow Restaurant opened its doors for trade on Thursday 17 December 1981. It was the first such establishment of i...

Dutch Reformed Church, Bosman Street, Pretoria
Place
Jul 05, 2017

Dutch Reformed Church, Bosman Street, Pretoria

Church Square used to house the Dutch Reformed Church building in Pretoria, with the open space around it used as ‘outsp...

Dutch Reformed Church, Pretoria East
Place
Jul 05, 2017

Dutch Reformed Church, Pretoria East

NG Kerk Pretoria Oos is next to Loftus Versfeld Stadium and is located in City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, Gau...

Dutch Reformed Church, Wellington East
Place
Jul 10, 2017

Dutch Reformed Church, Wellington East

The foundation stone of this church was laid way back in 1838. The first section of the building which comprised of the ...

Stanger
Place
Jul 19, 2017

Stanger

Stanger was founded in 1872, and was named after the first Surveyor-General of the then Colony of Natal, William Stanger...

Empangeni
Place
Jul 21, 2017

Empangeni

Empangeni, a town about 160 km from Durban on the R34 just off the N2, is positioned in the hilly countryside of the Uth...

The Owl House
Place
Aug 15, 2017

The Owl House

The Owl House is a Museum in Nieu-Bethesda, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Helen Martins, an outsider or self-taught Artist...

Durban Natural Science Museum
Place
Sep 01, 2017

Durban Natural Science Museum

The Durban Natural Science Museum has dynamic and innovative research and education programmes with a particular emphasi...

Backsberg Wine Estate & Cellars
Place
Sep 04, 2017

Backsberg Wine Estate & Cellars

Our family history in South Africa starts back at the beginning of the last century when my grandfather arrived at the s...

Campanile, Port Elizabeth
Place
Sep 13, 2017

Campanile, Port Elizabeth

The Campanile was erected to commemorate the landing of the 1820 Settlers and is situated at the entrance to the railway...

Groot Drakenstein
Place
Sep 26, 2017

Groot Drakenstein

Simon van der Stel, arguably the first coloured Governor of the Cape, was a farming development visionary, who simply fr...

Groote Kerk, Pretoria
Place
Nov 08, 2017

Groote Kerk, Pretoria

The Dutch Reformed Kerk, Pretoria was established in 1854, when it separated from the Rustenburg congregation.  The...

Groote Schuur High School
Place
Nov 14, 2017

Groote Schuur High School

English-medium school Groote Schuur High School was founded in 1959 as a co-educational Afrikaans High School in the Vre...