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False Bay
17 July 2026
If you leave the "Mother City" of South Africa and follow the M3 towards Muizenberg, you will have a great view of the C...
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Mvezo, Eastern Cape
15 July 2026
Mvezo is a small Village on the banks of the Mbashe River, not far from Mthatha in the Eastern Cape of South Africa.&nbs...
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Nelson Mandela University, in Gqeberha
15 July 2026
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to Change the World.” A quote from Nelson Mandela. Nelson Mand...
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Blyde River Canyon, Mpumalanga
14 July 2026
The Blyde River Canyon known officially known as the' Motlatse Canyon'- The Motlatse Canyon is one of the largest can...
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Wooden Bridge over Lagoon, Milnerton, Cape Town
14 July 2026
The bridge was built in 1901 using wood by the Royal Engineers to provide entrance to a cannon trench. Since its erectio...
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Milnerton
14 July 2026
The Cape Town suburb of Milnerton was established in 1902 on the site of the old farm, Janbiesjeskraal, and was named in...
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Indigo Vats, Pinetown
13 July 2026
Declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 25 October 1974.
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Paradise Valley, Kwa Zulu Natal
13 July 2026
The Paradise Valley Nature Reserve, 100 hectares of coastal and remnant grassland, boasts one of the two National Monume...
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Pinetown and its Museum
13 July 2026
This multicultural museum features many aspects of the history of the surrounding region, from development history to Zu...
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De Doorns, Cape Winelands
13 July 2026
De Doorns is a small Town located in the Cape Winelands Region, of the Western Cape. Situated in the Hex River Valley, ...
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Muizenberg and Marina da Gama
10 July 2026
The Village of Muizenberg was established by the Dutch in 1743 as a Military Post, and was located in False Bay, on the ...
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Namibia
10 July 2026
21 March 1990, Namibia became the forty-seventh African colony to gain independence. Whilst preparing for this State of ...
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Pretoria, now known as Tshwane
9 July 2026
Pretoria, South Africa's administrative capital, was founded in 1855 by Marthinus Pretorius and named for his father, An...
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Durban, Kwa-Zulu Natal
9 July 2026
Durban is South Africa’s third-largest City and one of the fastest-growing urban Areas in the World. Construction work o...
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Knysna, Garden Route- Western Province
9 July 2026
The name Knysna has appeared in various spellings since about the 1770's. It was ‘Nysna’ in one of the earliest letters ...
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Egypt
9 July 2026
Separated from the Middle East by the Red Sea, a very important trade route! A team of archaeologists from the Universit...
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Tulbagh, Western Cape
8 July 2026
The valley is perhaps best known for its production of some of the country’s finest wines. Estate wines such as Twee Jon...
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Dullstroom, Mpumalanga in the Emalaheni Municipality District
8 July 2026
The cooler conditions make perfect Hiking conditions or whether you just enjoy strolls along the riverbanks or stretchin...
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Paternoster, West Coast
8 July 2026
Just five minutes away ffrom Paternoster is the Cape Columbine Nature Reserve. The Reserve has the last manned lighthous...
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Greyton, Western Province
8 July 2026
The village of Greyton was established in 1852, although the first plots of land were only sold in 1854.
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Franschhoek, Western Cape
8 July 2026
Franschhoek (French Corner, in Afrikaans) is a lovely Town located in the picturesque Valley at the foot of the Mountai...
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Clarens, Eastern Free State
8 July 2026
Clarens, a small town situated in the Eastern Free State is today a tourist attraction and capital of everything from ad...
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Redelinghuys, Cape West Coast
7 July 2026
Lying but two hours' drive from Cape Town, Redelinghuys is known as the potato Capital of the Sandveld. It lies on the R...
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Old Morley
7 July 2026
In 1828 the Wesleyan Missionary Society established a station at Amadola. A year later it was attacked and burnt down by...
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Kalk Bay, Southern Suburbs- Cape Town
3 July 2026
The Village of Kalk Bay was probably established in the 17th Century as a small community of lime burner's who mined the...
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North West
30 June 2026
Taung is the site of the discovery of the Taung skull, one of the world’s most important archaeological discoveries.&nbs...
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Company Gardens in Cape Town
26 June 2026
The tree-lined avenue, with its benches and resident squirrels, forms a pathway between the suburb of Gardens and the ci...
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Kokstad
24 June 2026
The little town of Kokstad sits on the boundary between KwaZulu Natal and the Eastern Cape, nestled in the heart of East...
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Stone Chapel, Tokai, near the Porter Reformatory School
24 June 2026
This structure probably dates from the 1890's and was built in sandstone in a predominantly neo-Gothic manner. It forms ...
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Soweto, Johannesburg
22 June 2026
Soweto is an urban settlement or 'Township' in South Africa, South West of Johannesburg, with a population of approximat...
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Paarl
18 June 2026
(prior to 1910)The division of Paarl was originally part of the district of Stellenbosch, and was proclaimed a separate ...
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Cape Town, Western Province
18 June 2026
Cape Town is a modern City with high-rise office Buildings and pedestrian Malls. Although it is a major Political and Ec...
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Plettenberg Bay, Garden Route
18 June 2026
The town of Plettenberg Bay lies almost on the border of the Western and Eastern Cape. Built on the hillside, most of th...
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Piketberg
18 June 2026
Piketberg (originally Piquetberg) is a town in the Western Cape nestling on the foothills of the Piketberg Mountains. Mi...
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Versfeld Pass
17 June 2026
The first Pass, sometimes referred to as “Die Ossewapas” (the ox wagon pass) by the locals, was built from 9 km outside ...
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Porterville
10 June 2026
Before the arrival of Europeans, the area was inhabited by San and Khoikhoi peoples. In 1652, Jan van Riebeeck establish...
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Heuningvlei, West Coast District Municipality
9 June 2026
Heuningvlei is one of fourteen outpost villages of the Moravian Mission Church at Wupperthal. Twenty five families are c...
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Koringberg
9 June 2026
Koringberg is a rural village in the Swartland region of the Western Cape. Located between Moorreesburg and Piketberg, i...
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Prieska
3 June 2026
Prieska is a very small town that is perched along the Orange River in the Northern Cape. It is 240 kilometres south of ...
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Namib Desert, Namibia
2 June 2026
The Namib Desert, one of the world’s oldest and driest, stretches north to south for over 2,000 km along Namibia’s Atlan...
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