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Bass fishing is a popular activity as is rock climbing – Fort Fordyce features ten bolted routes with names like the Fev...

Fort Beaufort is situated in the Eastern Cape Province. The town is surrounded by magnificent mountain ranges and it is ...

The name comes from the word: 'Potscherf'- (meaning broken pot), Due to the cracks that appear in the soil of the Mooi R...

The school was established towards the end of 1902 as the Johannesburg High School for Boys, and for a few years was als...

At the Museum of Illusions Cape Town, visitors are encouraged to touch, play, explore, and take photos. Whether you’re d...

A Memorial Erected by the National Museum of Cultural History, for the Victims of the Bisho Massacre. It was unveiled by...

Piet Retief was one of the leaders of the Boers during the Great Trek in the 1830's. The Boers were mostly descendants o...

The Transvaal is a historical region and former Province of South Africa, located North of the Vaal River, that existed ...

During the Middle Stone Age man had created more formal work tools and began to utilise fire. The Late Stone Age, which ...

Ladysmith is located on the banks of KwaZulu-Natal's Klip River. Proclaimed in 1850, it was named after the Spanish wife...

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born on January 3, 1892, in Bloemfontein, South Africa, to English parents.

Roodepoort is actually a city of its own, although it has now merged with the suburbs of Johannesburg to such a degree, ...

Hartbeespoort, informally also known as: "Harties". is a small resort town north of Johannesburg in the North West Provi...

The suburb of Lyttelton was one of the original suburbs that made up the old Verwoerdburg. Lyttelton was granted City Co...

It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 6 April 1936. The monument was designed by Syt...

The City's natural history museum, founded in 1892, serves as the home of "Mrs Ples" and includes fossils, amphibians, f...

This school was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 26 May 1978. Charles Hope supported the union ...

One of the most significant events in the history of South Africa was the Anglo-Boer War of 1899-1902. Although the prot...

King Dingane’s generals, Dambuza and Ndlela kaSompisi. The Battle of Blood River Heritage Site in KwaZulu-Natal represen...

Town some 130 km North-East of Durban, near Gingindlovu. Where the first sugar factory in Zululand was established in 19...

it was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 8 April 1960. Sytze Wierda was born in the Netherlands,...

On 3 March 1874, the Pietermaritzburg Botanical Garden was founded. It was run by the newly formed Pietermaritzburg Bota...

Machadodorp is a small town situated above the escarpment in South Africa’s Mpumalanga province, with the world famous E...

Mangrove swamps have been rated amongst the rarest and most scientifically interesting eco-systems that occur in the tid...

In 1847, an Irishman named; Jim Rorke bought some Land, alongside a Ford in the Buffalo River. This was the boundary bet...

the Phongolo River revealing the World`s oldest rock formations, is a game viewers paradise!

The N3 passes right through Warden on the route between Johannesburg and Durban, just north of Harrismith. It is thus mo...

Being a five star hotel aimed at attracting the upper end of the market the not so wealthy do not always get an opportun...

The Thousand Hills experience is to KwaZulu-Natal what the Garden Route is to the Cape. It is an area of great peace and...

The Msunduzi River is well known for hosting the start of The Dusi Canoe Marathon. This is a canoe paddle race, that cov...

As its name signifies, Bantry Bay lies perched on the rocks overlooking the Atlantic Ocean in one of the most exclusive ...

The Manaye Hall in Imbali is a Monumental Landmark as a venue; for the All-In-Africa Conference that was organised in Ma...

Weenen, a term in Dutch which translates to "wept," stands as a testament to the turbulent History of South Africa. Loca...

This small town in KwaZulu-Natal was, according to district records, named in honour of Earl Grey, the renowned British ...

The charming little village known as Elim, dominated by white-washed fishermen’s cottages and fig trees, is one of the f...

The Mandela House Museum in Soweto is housed in what was once the home of  Nelson Mandela, the World's most famous ...

The Labia is run by Ann and Ludi Kraus, Michael Berkel and Rose Nhlapo. Labia Theatre, the oldest independent art-repert...

The University of Pretoria Museums manages, conserves, curates, and interprets adiversity of museum collections and...

Vaal Dam covers over 300 km, which is also the Country's largest Dam by Area. It is one of Gauteng's major sources of dr...

Faure Marine Drive, which eventually becomes Clarence Drive, is a stretch of scenic coastal road leading to Gordon’s Bay...