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Church Square,Spin Street- Cape Town
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Jul 14, 2011

Church Square,Spin Street- Cape Town

Church Square is one of the three early areas of land about which the early town developed and its boundaries probably b...

Geluk
Place
Apr 18, 2011

Geluk

The village of Geluk was occupied by Boer forces in October 1899.

Anglican Cathedral, Bloemfontein
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Jul 14, 2011

Anglican Cathedral, Bloemfontein

Major Henry Warden, founder of Bloemfontein, gave the town a spiritual heart when he laid the foundation of the Victoria...

Bloemfontein Orchid House
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Jul 14, 2011

Bloemfontein Orchid House

Orchid House. © University of the Free State The Orchard House is one of the most modern nurseries of its kind in ...

Bloemfontein City Hall
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Jul 14, 2011

Bloemfontein City Hall

The Bloemfontein City Hall was built in 1935 and has a beautiful Italian style interior with an attractive sandstone ext...

CR Swart Building
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Jul 14, 2011

CR Swart Building

Click on image to enlarge Known as the "Pride of the Free State", the CR Swart Building houses the Provincial...

First Raadsaal
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Jul 14, 2011

First Raadsaal

Click on image to enlarge The oldest remaining building in Bloemfontein, the First Raadsaal is part of the National Mus...

Jubileum Building
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Jul 14, 2011

Jubileum Building

On President Brand Street Bloemfontein, is the Jubileum building. It was built in the late 1920s by boys from a local or...

Maphikela House
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Jul 14, 2011

Maphikela House

  In 1912, prominent black leaders gathered here and forged the foundations of what would eventually become the ru...

Free State Stadium
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Jul 14, 2011

Free State Stadium

The Free State Stadium in Bloemfontein was originally built for the Rugby World Cup of 1995. Then, it was revamped to ho...

Tree Garden, President Brand Street, Bloemfontein
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Jul 14, 2011

Tree Garden, President Brand Street, Bloemfontein

Along President Brand Street (Bloemfontein’s ‘historical mile’) you will find classic sandstone buildings that surprise ...

Freshford House Museum, 31 Kellner Street
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Jul 14, 2011

Freshford House Museum, 31 Kellner Street

Freshford House Museum is one of the few houses of the upper middle class of the Edwardian Period that still exists in B...

Oliewenhuis Art Museum
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Jul 14, 2011

Oliewenhuis Art Museum

Oliewenhuis Art Museum is committed to collect, conserve and exhibit works of art which represent the heritage of South ...

Government Buildings, President Brand Street, Bloemfontein
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Jul 14, 2011

Government Buildings, President Brand Street, Bloemfontein

The government building complex was completed in 1877 although its Volksraad Chamber was already in use on 31 May 1875. ...

Rosebank, Johannesburg
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Mar 16, 2011

Rosebank, Johannesburg

Situated in Johannesburg, South Africa, Rosebank is a vibrant multi-cultural district, business node and tourist attract...

Schweizer-Reneke
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Mar 16, 2011

Schweizer-Reneke

On 7 August 1993, Eugene Terreblanche, the leader of the Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB), had just been given the fre...

Concordia
Place
Mar 16, 2011

Concordia

The village of Concordia was established in 1863 as a station of the Rhenish Missionary Society. It seems probable that ...

Fourteen Streams
Place
Mar 16, 2011

Fourteen Streams

Fourteen Streams is located in Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa. The estimate terrain el...

Fraserburg
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Mar 16, 2011

Fraserburg

The division of Fraserburg was originally part of the district of Worcester and was proclaimed a separate division on 12...

Gordonia Division
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Mar 16, 2011

Gordonia Division

Magisterial district and division in the North-West in the Cape Province. Named after Sir Gordon Sprigg, who was Prime M...

Griquatown
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Mar 16, 2011

Griquatown

In 1802 William Anderson and Cornelius Kramer, of the London Missionary Society, established a station among the Griqua ...

George Division
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Mar 16, 2011

George Division

The district of George was originally part of the district of Swellendam, and was proclaimed a separate district on 23 A...

Goedverwact
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Mar 16, 2011

Goedverwact

Mission station of the Moravian Church on the Western slopes of the Piketberg, in the magisterial district of Piketberg....

Goudini Health Spa
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Mar 16, 2011

Goudini Health Spa

Positioned beautifully on the mountainside as you go along to Worcestor, is a health resort! This region in the Worceste...

Great Brak Rivier
Place
Mar 16, 2011

Great Brak Rivier

The village of Great Brak Rivier was founded by Charles Searle, an English paper-mill hand who, together with his wife a...

Cwanguba
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Mar 16, 2011

Cwanguba

A forest 34km East of Elliotdale. The forest is reputed to have resulted from Imilenya shrubs, planted on the grave of C...

Ficksburg
Place
Mar 16, 2011

Ficksburg

The town was founded by General Johan Fick in 1867 who won the territory in the Basotho Wars. Ficksburg is situated in ...

Frankfort
Place
Mar 16, 2011

Frankfort

Frankfort is a small farming town situated on the banks of the Wilge River in the Free State province of South Africa. T...

Reitz
Place
Mar 16, 2011

Reitz

An agricultural town in the Orange Free State province, Reitz is 51km from Bethlehem. At an altitude of 1622 metres, Rei...

Delmas
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Mar 16, 2011

Delmas

Delmas became famous in the latter part of 2010 for its proximity to the missing tiger known as Panjo. The tiger, only 1...