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Vanderbijlpark
14 January 2026
Vanderbijlpark is South of Johannesburg, on the banks of the Vaal River. It is considered an industrial city in the Gaut...
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Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality, Free State
6 January 2026
Mangaung is a Sesotho name meaning "place of Cheetahs". Legend has it that when the first settlers arrived, they were st...
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27 November 2025
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Free State Province
8 November 2025
The Free State Province lies in the heart of South Africa, with the Kingdom of Lesotho nestling in the hollow of its bea...
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Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality and East London
28 October 2025
East London is nicknamed "Buffalo City" due to its location at the mouth of the Buffalo River. The River flows through t...
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Kleinmond, Western Cape
22 October 2025
Kleinmond is within easy driving distance from Cape Town, along the scenic coastal road known as R44 or Clarence Drive, ...
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Newcastle
22 October 2025
Deeply involved in the Anglo-Boer War, Newcastle today is the largest town in northern KwaZulu Natal and shares its name...
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Cape Town International Airport
13 October 2025
Cape Town International Airport opened in 1954, replacing Wingfield Aerodrome, originally named D.F. Malan after the the...
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Grahamstown, now known as Makhanda
9 September 2025
GRAHAMSTOWN HAS BEEN RENAMED MAKHANDA Within a few decades Grahamstown was the most important city in the Cape Colony af...
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Klein Karoo
5 September 2025
The Klein Karoo (Little Karoo) is a spectacular 350 kilometre long Valley stretching from Montagu in the West to Unionda...
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Germiston
19 August 2025
Germiston was established in the early days of the gold rush when two prospectors, namely John and Jack struck paydirt o...
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Carletonville
11 August 2025
There are no fewer than seven gold mines surrounding the town. As if to make up for all of this industry the Abe Bailey ...
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Cape West Coast Biosphere Reserve
6 August 2025
The Cape West Coast Biosphere Reserve is situated in the coastal zone, North of Cape Town. Located in the Cape Floristic...
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George
2 August 2025
The Town of George lies halfway between Cape Town and Port Elizabeth on South Africa’s ever-popular Garden Route. George...
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Witberg Wind Farm
30 July 2025
The Witberg Wind Farm is located between Touws River and Laingsburg in Western Cape. Witberg Wind Farm is a 108MW onshor...
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Northern Suburbs of Cape Town
25 July 2025
There is a Distinct Difference Between the Northern Suburbs and the Southern Suburbs of Cape Town and as with many a Cit...
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Goodwood
10 July 2025
One of the Northern municipalities adjoining the metropolitan of Cape Town, 11 km from the centre of the city and in the...
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Humansdorp
10 July 2025
Humansdorp has grown from a small Town in 1849, with the purpose of serving the Farming community. These days it has flo...
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Atlantis
9 June 2025
Atlantis was created in the early 1970's as a “model industrial node”, within the framework of Apartheid spatial Develop...
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Bethlehem, Free State
4 June 2025
Bethlehem is located on the N5 road to the Free State provincial capital Bloemfontein via Senekal and Winburg to the N1....
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George, Garden Route- Western Province
4 June 2025
Principal town of the magisterial district and division of George, on the Garden Route
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Transvaal Province
8 May 2025
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Table View
11 April 2025
The Table View Beachfront, known as Bloubergstrand, is lined with Apartment blocks, Restauransts, plenty of pubs and ent...
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Pietermaritzburg, Umgungundlovu District Municipality
22 March 2025
Pietermaritzburg is the Capital and second-largest City in the Province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It was founded i...
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Mooi River, a Town of the Midlands Meander- Natal
14 March 2025
Mooi River forms part of the popular Midlands Meander self-drive Arts and Crafts Route, while all around are opportuniti...
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Boschendal Wine Estate, Cape Town
7 March 2025
One of the oldest farms in South Africa, founded in 1685, the farm has grown with the passing centuries into a cherished...
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Heidelberg, Gauteng
7 March 2025
The Ueckermann family features prominently in the history of Heidelberg, Gauteng. Heinrich Julius Friedrich Christian Ue...
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Lake Kariba, Zambia and Zimbabwe
6 March 2025
Construction on Lake Kariba began in the early 1950's out of the necessity to generate hydroelectric energy for Zambia a...
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Stilfontein
6 January 2025
Stilfontein is a town located in the North West Province of South Africa, with 17,942 inhabitants (2025). It is situated...
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Paarden Eiland
13 December 2024
Construction of the Marine Drive was started by the Cape Town Municipality in 1916. This was very different to the Marin...
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Barberton, Mpumalanga
20 November 2024
Barberton, 'The Gold Rush' Town of Mpumalanga
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Port Edward, South Coast
15 November 2024
C. H. Mitchell Bridge 1971-The bridge is located south of Port Edward and spans the Mtamvuna River. It connects KwaZulu-...
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Flagstaff
10 October 2024
Flagstaff is now a Town in the OR Tambo District Municipality of the Eastern Cape province of South Africa located some ...
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Jagersfontein
9 October 2024
JAGERSFONTEIN is home to one of the oldest and largest, diamond Mine holes' in the World. This Town is located South-Wes...
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Emgwenya, formally Waterval Boven
16 September 2024
Emgwenya means place of the Crocodile. (Ngwenya, is an Nguni surname meaning the same thing!) Emgwenya, formally Waterva...
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Lambert's Bay
9 September 2024
Welcome to the seafood hotspot of the West Coast! Lambert’s Bay is known as the Diamond of the West Coast and the crayfi...
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Thaba Chewa Municipality
30 August 2024
Borehole Project: Four schools in the Thaba Chweu Municipality near Lydenburg were given a new lease on life when boreho...
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Vrede
17 August 2024
Vrede, 'the town of peace', lies between the North-Eastern Free State and the Mpumalanga border of Volksrust.
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Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality, East Rand
2 August 2024
The City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality is a Category A, Municipality and covers an extensive Area from Germist...
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28 June 2024
eMalahleni, formerly Witbank, in the Mpumalanga province, South Africa, East of Pretoria. Established in 1890 as Witbank...
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