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Greater Mapungubwe Heritage Site And Tour.
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Aug 06, 2019

Greater Mapungubwe Heritage Site And Tour.

As we celebrate the launch of the Greater Mapungubwe Heritage Route, we urge citizens of Limpopo Province and beyond to ...

Fisantekraal, Cape Winelands
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Aug 16, 2023

Fisantekraal, Cape Winelands

Fisantekraal is a Township in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. It is located 10 kilometers (6 mi) North East o...

Saint Helena Bay
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Feb 25, 2020

Saint Helena Bay

St Helena Bay – stretching from Dwarskersbos in the north, past Shelley Point peninsula to Cape St Martin in the west – ...

Rawsonville, Winelands of the Western Cape
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Mar 04, 2020

Rawsonville, Winelands of the Western Cape

Rawsonville is situated merely an hour's drive from Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. These are ...

Oatlands, Simonstown
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Jul 14, 2011

Oatlands, Simonstown

This building, formerly known as the Government Garden House, and later as the Commandant's House. The land on which thi...

Cradle of Humankind
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Mar 16, 2011

Cradle of Humankind

The Fossil Hominid Sites of Sterkfontein, Swartkrans, Kromdraai, and Environs The Sterkfontein Valley landscape is i...

Mangosuthu Buthelezi: the Zulu nationalist who left his mark on South Africa’s history
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Sep 11, 2023

Mangosuthu Buthelezi: the Zulu nationalist who left his mark on South Africa’s history

Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi played a prominent role in South African politics for almost half a century. He wa...

Mangosuthu Buthelezi was a man of immense political talent and contradictions
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Sep 11, 2023

Mangosuthu Buthelezi was a man of immense political talent and contradictions

Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi, who has died, was a history maker. He was born on 27 August 1928 into a tumultuous glo...

Mitchell Park Zoo, Durban
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Nov 29, 2021

Mitchell Park Zoo, Durban

Mitchell Park Zoo is situated in the Morningside suburb of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. It is one of eThekwini’s best-kept sec...

Upington, Northern Cape
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Apr 23, 2020

Upington, Northern Cape

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

Amanzimtoti, South Coast of Kwa-Zulu Natal
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Sep 21, 2016

Amanzimtoti, South Coast of Kwa-Zulu Natal

Town and Holiday Destination on the South Coast, 29 km from Durban. It was founded in 1928, proclaimed a Township in 193...

Sacramento Cannon, Cape Recife
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Jul 14, 2011

Sacramento Cannon, Cape Recife

This bronze artifice, cast by the Bocarro family, also known as the Miracle Cannon, was salvaged in May 1977 from the Sh...

History of Women in Prisons during Apartheid
Article
Jun 15, 2015

History of Women in Prisons during Apartheid

This article was written by Justin Lawler and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership proj...

Rocher Pan Nature Reserve
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Feb 17, 2020

Rocher Pan Nature Reserve

Rocherpan is a coastal nature reserve teeming with birds and colourful wildflowers. The reserve, which lies 25 km north ...

Clanwilliam, Stellenbosch District
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Mar 16, 2011

Clanwilliam, Stellenbosch District

Louis Leipoldt was a South African doctor, journalist, and a leading poet of the Second Afrikaans Language Movement. Spe...

Velddrif, Western Cape
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Feb 17, 2020

Velddrif, Western Cape

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...

Darling, West Coast
Place
Feb 21, 2019

Darling, West Coast

Darling has a variety of Tourism offerings that will appeal to all members of the Family. There’s Craft Beer and a Tapro...

Sastri College, 1 Winterton Walk, Durban
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Jul 14, 2011

Sastri College, 1 Winterton Walk, Durban

This was the first Indian High School and Teachers Training College, built in South Africa, was opened in October 1929. ...

Elliot, Thembuland
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Mar 16, 2011

Elliot, Thembuland

The Village of Slang Rivier was founded early in 1885, and in April 1894 its name was changed to Elliot, after Sir Henry...

Schoenstatt Retreat and Conference Centre, Cape Town
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Feb 02, 2023

Schoenstatt Retreat and Conference Centre, Cape Town

Father Joseph Kentenich was born in 1885, near Cologne in Germany. On October 18, 1914, he dared to take the first step ...

Seal Point Lighthouse, Cape St. Francis
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Jul 14, 2011

Seal Point Lighthouse, Cape St. Francis

Commissioned on 11 May 1950 The Cape Seal lighthouse lies within the Robberg Nature and Marine Reserve on the seaward ti...

Algoa Bay, East Coast of Cape of Good Hope
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Sep 23, 2016

Algoa Bay, East Coast of Cape of Good Hope

Old name for Algoa Bay was Angra da Roca named in 1488, by Bartolomeu Dias when he was the first European to land there....

Umhlanga, Durban
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Feb 24, 2023

Umhlanga, Durban

uMhlanga derives its name from the Zulu language and means "place of reeds", referring to the beds of reeds growing alon...

Ceres, Western Cape Winelands
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May 26, 2017

Ceres, Western Cape Winelands

It was named after the Roman goddess of Agriculture, Ceres, a name which is fitting as the valley in which the Town is s...

The 1956 Women’s March in Pretoria
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May 13, 2015

The 1956 Women’s March in Pretoria

 

McGregor, Western Cape
Place
Apr 02, 2020

McGregor, Western Cape

The charming Village of McGregor lies at the foot of the Riviersonderend Mountains, 20 km from Robertson, on a good tarr...

Greyton, Western Province
Place
Mar 16, 2011

Greyton, Western Province

The village of Greyton was established in 1852, although the first plots of land were only sold in 1854.

Huguenot Memorial Museum, Franschhoek
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Sep 16, 2020

Huguenot Memorial Museum, Franschhoek

The story of the Huguenot Memorial Museum is quite fascinating, and lends the building and its contents a certain charm ...

Redelinghuys, Cape West Coast
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Mar 19, 2020

Redelinghuys, Cape West Coast

Lying but two hours' drive from Cape Town, Redelinghuys is known as the potato Capital of the Sandveld. It lies on the R...

Cape Peninsula University of Technology
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Aug 02, 2023

Cape Peninsula University of Technology

the institution has humble beginnings in the amulgamation of Cape Technikon and Peninsula Technikon, which dates back to...