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Edward Hotel, Durban
4 September 2025
This beachfront Hotel on Durban North Beach provides a great base from which to explore the many beautiful and exciting ...
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Port Elizabeth and the City Hall
2 September 2025
The Port Elizabeth City Hall, which is located in Market Square, was built between 1858 and 1862. The attractive clock t...
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Uniondale
2 September 2025
Uniondale lies adjacent to the Langkloof, which winds its way through the foothills of the of the Tsitsikamma Mountain r...
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Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens, Cape Town
2 September 2025
Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden lives up to its reputation as the most beautiful garden in Africa and one of the ...
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Keetmanshoop
1 September 2025
In 1908, Gottlieb Redecker was the official builder of the German Colonial Government’s Works Department, drew up plans ...
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Malawi
29 August 2025
6 July 1964, Nyasaland gains independence and becomes the State of Malawi.
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Jewish Pioneers Memorial Synagogue, Raleigh Street, Port Elizabeth
21 August 2025
The temple was designed by Orlando Middleton and erected by Jacob Kohler and Sons. The Port Elizabeth, Orthodox Hebrew C...
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University of Stellenbosch
20 August 2025
first electric taxi. Stellenbosch University developed from the inauguration of the Theological Seminary of the Dutch Re...
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University of the Witwatersrand, (Wits)
20 August 2025
The History of Wits is linked with Mining, Academic Excellence, and with Political and Civic Activism. Being surrounded ...
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Johannesburg Public Library
15 August 2025
The Library opened its doors to the Public in 1890, operating from several short-lived spaces provided, until a site was...
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Newlands
12 August 2025
In 1700, Governor Willem van der Stel was granted land some 9km outside Cape Town, which he named 'De Nieuwe Land' or 'N...
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Caledon, Cape Overberg
11 August 2025
Caledon is situated on the N2 national road in the Overberg region in the Western Cape province of South Africa, located...
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Upington, Northern Cape
10 August 2025
Upington is the chief City in the Northern Region of South Africa. It was established on the bank of the Orange River in...
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Gabon
7 August 2025
17 August 1960, Gabon gains independence from France
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Gouritsmond
7 August 2025
Gouritsmond, also known as Gouritz, offers a tranquil Coastal gem along South Africa’s Shoreline, where the Ocean meets ...
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Aalwynkop Peak, Mpumalanga
6 August 2025
Aalwynkop is a Hill 5 km West of Balfour and 20 km South-East of Heidelberg, in the Gauteng Province of South Africa.
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Paternoster, West Coast
4 August 2025
Just five minutes away ffrom Paternoster is the Cape Columbine Nature Reserve. The Reserve has the last manned lighthous...
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Ohrigstad
4 August 2025
Ohrigstad was founded in 1845 by Hendrik Potgieter, the well-known "Voortrekker" leader. He named the Town after himself...
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Cape Town City Hall, Darling Street
3 August 2025
The mayor of Cape Town, Thomas Ball, laid the corner stone of the City Hall on 29 August 1900, but the hall was only ope...
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Ntabankulu Municipality
2 August 2025
Ntabankulu is an isiXhosa word meaning "great or big mountain", since the municipal Area is mountainous in character. Th...
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Alfred Nzo District Municipality, Kwa-Zulu Natal/Eastern Cape
2 August 2025
District of which, Harding is the principal town. Encircled by Mount Currie, Umzimkulu, Ixopo, Port Shepstone and Bizane...
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Cameroon
31 July 2025
Cameroon is sometimes referred to as a “true African crossroads” not only because of its geographical position, but also...
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Kroonstad
31 July 2025
It's name being symbolic of royalty (“Kroon” is Dutch for crown), Kroonstad has very humble beginnings. It was named aft...
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Fish Hoek, Cape Town
30 July 2025
This seaside village is surrounded by rugged mountains and boasts one of the safest swimming beaches in Cape Town. prime...
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Kimberley, Northern Cape
29 July 2025
Siege of KimberleyThe siege of the diamond-mining town in the north-west of South Africa, between 14th October 1899 and ...
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Senekal
28 July 2025
Senekal was established on 7 June 1877 on the farm De Puk in the district of Winburg. It is the panoramic Eastern Free S...
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Mtubatuba
28 July 2025
Mtubatuba, which means ‘he who was pummelled out' and named after a chief of the Mkwanazi tribe. The Mkhwanazi tribe is ...
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Southern Suburbs of Cape Town
28 July 2025
Collectively known as the 'Southern Suburbs'-'Rosebank, Rondebosch, Observatory, Mowbray, Pinelands, Claremont, Kenilwor...
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Namaqua National Park
19 July 2025
The park was proclaimed on 29 June 2002 for the purpose of conserving the rich diversity of succulent plants. NNP is in ...
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Natures Valley, Garden Route
15 July 2025
Nature's Valley, and the surrounding Coastline, was occupied by Old Stone Age or Paleolithic, 1 Million Years ago. Paleo...
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Madagascar
14 July 2025
Madagascar is the largest African island situated in the Indian Ocean
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Calvinia
12 July 2025
Abraham Esau, a patriotic Coloured blacksmith who was loyal to the British. He gathered a force of 70 locals to defend t...
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Crocodile River Bridges
11 July 2025
This is a low-level bridge crossing the Crocodile River that serves as the entrance to the Kruger National Park's Crocod...
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Basotho Cultural Village
9 July 2025
The Basotho Cultural Village is a chance to experience a way of life that integrates comfort and practicality with a uni...
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Cape Columbine Lighthouse
6 July 2025
The Lighthouse, which is built on rising ground at 'Castle Rock' and is usually the first Lighthouse sighted by sh...
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Cape Columbine Nature Reserve
6 July 2025
This reserve boasts the last manually controlled lighthouse to be built in South Africa. Near Paternoster on the West Co...
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Kilnerton Training Institution
5 July 2025
The Kilnerton Training Institution, affiliated to the Methodist Church of Southern Africa, was established in 1886 in th...
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Blyde River Canyon, Mpumalanga
2 July 2025
The Blyde River Canyon known officially known as the' Motlatse Canyon'- The Motlatse Canyon is one of the largest can...
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Hole in the Wall, Coffee Bay- Wild Coast
2 July 2025
Hole in the Wall is one of the most impressive landmarks along the entire South African coastline.
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Comrades Marathon, Durban-Pietermaritzburg
23 June 2025
The Comrades Marathon was established in 1921. This Ultramarathon is 90km. It is run annually, alternating between havin...
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