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Gardens Shul in Cape Town
Place
Jul 14, 2011

Gardens Shul in Cape Town

The Cape Town Hebrew Congregation, which built the Great Synagogue, was founded in 1841. This makes it, after the Sydney...

Agterwitsenbergkom a Mountain Region in the Route 62, Cape Winelands
Place
Sep 19, 2016

Agterwitsenbergkom a Mountain Region in the Route 62, Cape Winelands

Witzenberg is nestled in the Cape Winelands District on Route 62, consisting of : Ceres; Tulbagh; Wolseley; Op-die-Berg ...

Agtersuurberg, Eastern Cape
Place
Sep 19, 2016

Agtersuurberg, Eastern Cape

Early name for the present Venterstad district, Eastern Cape. It was laid out in 1875 and attained municipal status in 1...

Agincourt, Mpumalanga
Place
Sep 16, 2016

Agincourt, Mpumalanga

Township some 6 km North of Cunning Moor. Presumably named after the Village in France, where Henry V, of England, defea...

Aggeneys, a Town at the foot of the Aggeneys Mountain in the Namaqualand
Place
Sep 16, 2016

Aggeneys, a Town at the foot of the Aggeneys Mountain in the Namaqualand

Town at the Southern foot of Aggeneys Mountains, about 60 km West of Pofadder. It has been suggested that the name is de...

Agakoe Mountain, Eastern Cape
Place
Sep 16, 2016

Agakoe Mountain, Eastern Cape

Mountain at which Kariega River arises. The name is derived from Khoikhoi: 'aga' -full of reeds, and 'koe'-mountain. Rie...

Afsaalnek, Mpumalanga
Place
Sep 16, 2016

Afsaalnek, Mpumalanga

Pass about 40 km North of Witbank, leading Westwards from the Olifants River Valley to Wildehondekraal. The name is Afri...

Adendorp, Eastern Cape
Place
Sep 15, 2016

Adendorp, Eastern Cape

Village some 8 km south of Graaff-Reinet, in the Sundays River Valley.

Addo Heights, Uitenhage
Place
Sep 15, 2016

Addo Heights, Uitenhage

Addo Heights is a Farm and is located in Cacadu District Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa. The estimate terrain ...

Place
Sep 15, 2016

Adcockvale, Port Elizabeth Suburb

Suburb of Port Elizabeth. Laid out in 1949 and was named after a former mayor of the city, WC Adcock; known as Adcockval...

Achab se Berg, Northern Cape
Place
Sep 14, 2016

Achab se Berg, Northern Cape

Hill 23 km East of Aggeneys and 34 km from Pofadder, in the Northern Cape of South Africa. The name is taken from the Fa...

Abiquasput, Northern Cape
Place
Sep 14, 2016

Abiquasput, Northern Cape

26 km North of Noenieput. The name in Afrikaans meaning, water-well. Alternativly the name could have arisen from the us...

Abenab, Limpopo
Place
Sep 14, 2016

Abenab, Limpopo

A Village situated some 32 km north of Grootfontein. it came into being in 1921, to serve a Mine producing; lead, vanadi...

Abel Erasmus Pass, Limpopo
Place
Sep 15, 2016

Abel Erasmus Pass, Limpopo

Mountain Pass between Hoedspruit and Ohrigstad. Named after J. G. Strydom ,a well known Farmer and Civil Servant, from t...

'Abbervlaack', a Railway Station in the Northern Cape
Place
Sep 14, 2016

'Abbervlaack', a Railway Station in the Northern Cape

Railway Station some 34 km from Port Nolloth. It takes its name from the surrounding plain, known as Abbevlak. The name ...

Abbasas Mountains, Namaqualand
Place
Sep 14, 2016

Abbasas Mountains, Namaqualand

A Mountain Range 150 km from Springbok. The name of Khoikhoi origin and means 'to carry on one's back'; the Mountain loo...

'Abbakwap' a Mountain were the Fish and Orange Rivers Merge
Place
Sep 14, 2016

'Abbakwap' a Mountain were the Fish and Orange Rivers Merge

Mountian in the Richtersveld, at the confluence of the Fish River with the Orange River. This a Khoikhoi name for 'Rooil...

Abbaheigaskop, Northern Cape
Place
Sep 14, 2016

Abbaheigaskop, Northern Cape

The name in Khoi means 'red hill tree'. This refers to the Pepper Trees, the berries of which give a reddish apperance.&...

Abaxab, a Railway Siding in the Northern Cape
Place
Sep 14, 2016

Abaxab, a Railway Siding in the Northern Cape

Old Khoi name for 'Rooilyf', a railway siding 17 km North of Groblershoop, on the way to Sishen. The name means 'red bod...

Article
Apr 04, 2011

Indian South Africans timeline 1940-1949

Indian South Africans Timeline: 1940-1949 1940 January, A meeting is held between the Nationalist Bloc, Transvaal ...

Abansuip, Hill in the Northern Cape
Place
Sep 14, 2016

Abansuip, Hill in the Northern Cape

Khoikhoi name of Rooiberg, some 10km from Eksteenfontein . Translated from Afrikaans means 'red mountain'.

Aalwynkop, Mpumalanga
Place
Sep 13, 2016

Aalwynkop, Mpumalanga

Aalwynkop is a Hill 5 km West of Balfour and 20 km South-East of Heidelberg, in the Gauteng Province of South Africa.

Riviersonderend, Cape Overberg
Place
Apr 13, 2020

Riviersonderend, Cape Overberg

The Town is also only an hour away from several Beaches. There is uncertainty about the origin of the name Riviersondere...

Herold, Route 62
Place
Apr 10, 2020

Herold, Route 62

The little Hamlet lies right on the Montagu Pass cradled by some of the most majestic Mountain scenery in the country on...

Langeberg Mountain Range, Western Cape
Place
Apr 10, 2020

Langeberg Mountain Range, Western Cape

The Langeberg Mountain Range is in the Western Cape Province of South Africa and is approximately 170 km long! The Marlo...

Doring River, Western Cape
Place
Mar 04, 2020

Doring River, Western Cape

The Doring River is situated in the Northwestern Cederberg and has its origin the majestic Hex River Mountains towards t...

Botrivier, near Hermanus
Place
Dec 11, 2019

Botrivier, near Hermanus

The small, picturesque village of Botrivier lies in the foothills of the Houw Hoek Mountains, en route to Hermanus.

Groote Kerk, Adderley Street, Cape Town.
Place
Jul 14, 2011

Groote Kerk, Adderley Street, Cape Town.

There is probably no building in South Africa that is better known than the Groote Kerk. Jan van Riebeeck brought the Re...

De Rust, Little Karoo
Place
Apr 07, 2020

De Rust, Little Karoo

The Little Karoo Village of De Rust, lying in the crook of a bend in the road somewhere between the Feather Capital of O...

Barrydale, Cape Overberg
Place
Apr 07, 2020

Barrydale, Cape Overberg

The little Town of Barrydale lies nestled at the foot of the beautiful Langeberge in the heart of the Tradouw Valley, cl...