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Zimbabwe
1 June 2026
The first reported stand-up surfer was Zimbabwean-born Heather Price. Whilst holidaying in Cape Town in 1919, she report...
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Moorreesburg
28 May 2026
The land has been used for large-scale wheat farming for most of its history and has become known as the breadbasket of ...
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Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality, Eastern Cape
26 May 2026
Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality includes Port Elizabeth now Gqeberha; Uitenhage; Despatch and Colchester.
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Mozambique
15 April 2026
Mozambique is a scenic country, endowed with rich and extensive natural resources.
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Clanwilliam, Stellenbosch District
1 April 2026
Louis Leipoldt was a South African doctor, journalist, and a leading poet of the Second Afrikaans Language Movement. Spe...
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Robert Sobukwe Town, was called Graaf-Reinet
20 February 2026
The oldest town in the Eastern Cape, the fourth oldest in South Africa and certainly one of the most atmospheric, Graaff...
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Senteeko Dam
4 February 2026
Senteeko Dam, officially "My Own Dam" near Barberton, South Africa, is facing an imminent risk of failure due to s...
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Wagenaer's Reservoir, Sanlam Golden Acre-Cape Town
26 January 2026
Ruins under Golden Acre are of Wagenaer's Reservoir. These Reservoirs' Date Back to 1652. When Jan van Riebeeck arrived ...
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Dimbaza, Eastern Cape
15 December 2025
The name, Dimbaza, an African Town in the former Ciskei, about 11km North-West of King William’s Town (on the road to Al...
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Bloemhof, North West
22 October 2025
Bloemhof is an agricultural Town of about 28,000 inhabitants situated; on the banks of the Vaal River in North West Prov...
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Bethulie Bridge across the Gariep River
9 September 2025
Gariep Dam is located in South Africa, near the Town of Norvalspont, bordering the Free State and Eastern Cape Provinces...
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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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Haartbeespoort
14 April 2025
Hartbeespoort, informally also known as: "Harties". is a small resort town north of Johannesburg in the North West Provi...
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Cahora Bassa Dam, Mozambique
31 March 2025
The Dam was built by a consortium of Portuguese, German, British, and South African companies; construction of the Dam b...
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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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Vaal River and Dam, Gauteng, Free State, Northern Cape and Mpumalanga
27 February 2025
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...
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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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Oviston Nature Reserve, Eastern Cape
29 November 2024
The Oviston Nature Reserve lies is on the, Southern side of the Gariep Dam. The Oviston Nature Reserve is a 16 000 Hecta...
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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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Witbank, Mpumalanga
28 June 2024
eMalahleni, formerly Witbank, in the Mpumalanga province, South Africa, East of Pretoria. Established in 1890 as Witbank...
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Boskop Village, Nature Reserve and Dam- near Potchefstroom
3 May 2024
A human fossil remnant consisting of a portion of a skull dome was unearthed in 1913, by laborers on a Farm near the Vil...
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Vaalkop National Park, North West
12 April 2024
Vaalkop is known as "an Angelers Dream", it is situated 54 km north of Brits, near Beestekraal and north-east of Rustenb...
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Bontebok National Park, Swellendam
18 January 2024
Bontebok National Park is the smallest National Park in South Africa; it is only 28 square Kilometres. Therefore, the Pa...
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Ebenezer, Limpopo
1 December 2023
Ebenezer was established in 1831 as a station of the Rhenish Missionary Society. The 1875 census indicated that the Vill...
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Theewaterskloof Dam, Villiersdorp
21 June 2023
The Theewaterskloof Dam is one of the features of Villiersdorp, and is significant for being the seventh-largest dam in ...
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Darlington Dam- Lake Mentz
10 March 2023
This huge Dam was created to supply Citrus Farmers further down, in the Sundays River Valley with Irrigation Water for t...
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Sterkfontein Dam, Free State
2 February 2023
The vast expanse of water which is the Sterkfontein Dam lies a few kilometers from the edge of the Drakensberg Escarpmen...
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Britz, Bonjala Region-North West
4 June 2021
This North West Town of Brits, in the the pretty Region of Bonjala Municipality, This Region borders on Gauteng is surro...
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Renosterfontein, Limpopo
28 May 2021
This could be one of the best fishing or outdoors adventure locations in the regions of Africa/Middle East.
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Wagendrift Nature Reserve and Dam, Escourt
16 October 2020
Wagendrift Dam and Moor Park Nature Reserve is situated just off the N3 highway, near Estcourt. The Reserve is roughly 9...
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Annis River, near Kuboes in the Northern Cape
8 June 2020
Stream rising between Ploegberg and the Oemsberg about 14 km South-East of Kuboes. The name is said to mean, 'the one wh...
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Amatsukeni, Waterhole in the Sandy Bed of the, Nwaswitsonto River
22 May 2020
Waterhole in the sandy bed of the, Nwaswitsonto River, in the Kruger National Park! The name is Tsonga for 'at the anthi...
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Albasini Dam, Limpopo
30 April 2020
Dam at the foot of the Soutpansberg, named after Joao Albasini who lived from 1813 to 1885. He was the first European se...
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Agterwitsenbergkom a Mountain Region in the Route 62, Cape Winelands
23 April 2020
Witzenberg is nestled in the Cape Winelands District on Route 62, consisting of : Ceres; Tulbagh; Wolseley; Op-die-Berg ...
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Agtersuurberg, Eastern Cape
23 April 2020
Early name for the present Venterstad district, Eastern Cape. It was laid out in 1875 and attained municipal status in 1...
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Achab se Berg, Northern Cape
20 April 2020
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...
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Elandsfontein Farm, Pretoria
16 March 2020
This charming cottage on a working farm can sleep 6 members of a family in 3 separate bedrooms. It includes the followin...
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Middleburg, Mpumalanga
5 March 2020
Middelburg is a modern town situated in the Cultural Heartland of the Mpumalanga Province in South Africa. Middelburg se...
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Katberg, Eastern Cape
20 February 2020
About 30 kilometres from Hogsback and close on two hours from East London, the little town of Katberg lies in enviable c...
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Thrift Dam, Tarkastad
17 February 2020
Superb Trout fishing, but extreme weather!
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