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Witberg Wind Farm
Place
Jul 21, 2025

Witberg Wind Farm

The Witberg Wind Farm is located between Touws River and Laingsburg in Western Cape. Witberg Wind Farm is a 108MW onshor...

Calvinia
Place
Jul 21, 2022

Calvinia

Abraham Esau, a patriotic Coloured blacksmith who was loyal to the British. He gathered a force of 70 locals to defend t...

Humansdorp
Place
Apr 05, 2023

Humansdorp

Humansdorp has grown from a small Town in 1849, with the purpose of serving the Farming community. These days it has flo...

Mapungubwe
Place
Sep 18, 2017

Mapungubwe

Iron Age archaeological site in the Limpopo Province on the border between South Africa, Zimbabwe and Botswana, 75 km fr...

Brackenfell, Cape Town
Place
Jul 14, 2011

Brackenfell, Cape Town

In 1901 Andries Brink sold a portion of his farm Kruispad to George Henry Walton, a Scottish immigrant, who named his pu...

Fort Beaufort/KwaMaqoma- Amatola District, Eastern Cape
Place
Nov 11, 2019

Fort Beaufort/KwaMaqoma- Amatola District, Eastern Cape

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

Potchefstroom
Place
Feb 19, 2021

Potchefstroom

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

Clarens, Eastern Free State
Place
Mar 06, 2020

Clarens, Eastern Free State

Clarens, a small town situated in the Eastern Free State is today a tourist attraction and capital of everything from ad...

Bethlehem, Free State
Place
Mar 16, 2020

Bethlehem, Free State

Bethlehem is located on the N5 road to the Free State provincial capital Bloemfontein via Senekal and Winburg to the N1....

Oudtshoorn, Western Cape
Place
Mar 16, 2011

Oudtshoorn, Western Cape

The division of Oudtshoorn was originally part of the District of George, and was proclaimed a separate division in abou...

Haartbeespoort
Place
Feb 02, 2025

Haartbeespoort

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

Noordhoek, Cape Town- Southern Peninsula
Place
Nov 26, 2020

Noordhoek, Cape Town- Southern Peninsula

Chapman’s Bay is therefore one of the oldest place names, in South Africa.

Warden, Thabo Mofutsanyana Municipality
Place
Jul 14, 2011

Warden, Thabo Mofutsanyana Municipality

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

Weenan
Place
Apr 20, 2024

Weenan

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

Ixopo, Kwa-Zulu Natal- Midlands
Place
Oct 29, 2020

Ixopo, Kwa-Zulu Natal- Midlands

The C J Rhodes 1870 National Heritage Site is situated on a Farm, in the Umkamaas Valley. This is where Cecil John Rhode...

Boschendal Wine Estate, Cape Town
Place
Sep 04, 2017

Boschendal Wine Estate, Cape Town

One of the oldest farms in South Africa, founded in 1685, the farm has grown with the passing centuries into a cherished...

Heidelberg, Gauteng
Place
Mar 07, 2025

Heidelberg, Gauteng

The Ueckermann family features prominently in the history of Heidelberg, Gauteng. Heinrich Julius Friedrich Christian Ue...

Nhlangakazi, the Holy Mountain of the Shembe
Place
Jan 06, 2023

Nhlangakazi, the Holy Mountain of the Shembe

KwaZulu-Natal. Church members start the journey to the top of the holy Mountain Nhlangakazi. 100,000 pilgrims make a thr...

Beaufort West, Cape Town
Place
Oct 06, 2016

Beaufort West, Cape Town

A Town 573 km from Cape Town, established in 1818 on the Farm; 'Hooyvlakte'. Named by Lord Charles Somerset, Governor of...

Camdeboo was called Aberdeen, Eastern Cape
Place
Mar 16, 2011

Camdeboo was called Aberdeen, Eastern Cape

 Aberdeen is about 50 km South-West of Graaff-Reinet and only 3 hours drive from Port Elizabeth.Aberdeen was f...

Nqweba was called Kirkwood, Eastern Cape
Place
May 04, 2018

Nqweba was called Kirkwood, Eastern Cape

The farming community of Kirkwood, in the heart of the Sundays River Valley, close to the town of Addo and the Northern ...

Prince Albert
Place
May 27, 2024

Prince Albert

Founded in 1762, Prince Albert's History is deeply rooted in South African Heritage. The Town was originally known as: '...

Magwa Waterfall, Lusikisiki-Port St. Johns
Place
Apr 05, 2019

Magwa Waterfall, Lusikisiki-Port St. Johns

The Magwa Waterfall lies in the middle of the 1 800 hectare Magwa tea plantation, South Africa's last remaining tea esta...

Eshowe, Northern Kwa-Zulu Natal
Place
Jul 26, 2017

Eshowe, Northern Kwa-Zulu Natal

Eshowe actually means Ekowe, the place of Mushrooms. Esikhowe seNkosi uCetshwayo! gqokli-hill-battlefield-This is the si...

Durbanville
Place
Jul 14, 2011

Durbanville

The site currently known as Durbanville was originally called: Pampoen Kraal. On 2 September 1836 it was renamed D'Urban...

Lady Grey, Eastern Cape
Place
Feb 21, 2024

Lady Grey, Eastern Cape

The first Church, completed in 1860, was built on a Hillock in the middle of Lady Grey. It is interesting to note that a...

Burgersdorp, E.C.
Place
Apr 19, 2024

Burgersdorp, E.C.

In 1905 the Seminary was moved to Potchefstroom, where it later became: 'the Potchefstroom University for Christian High...

Rabula
Place
Mar 16, 2011

Rabula

The Village of Rabula was named after the Xhosa "ukurabula"-'a term given to a child when it becomes irritable'. Rabu...

Robertson, Route 62
Place
Mar 16, 2011

Robertson, Route 62

The settlement was named after Dr William Robertson, the first DRC Minister in Clanwilliam, and up to 1857 it affairs we...

Groot Constantia, Constantia Valley
Place
Oct 02, 2024

Groot Constantia, Constantia Valley

The Groot Constantia estate was formerly part of the farm Constantia, which was granted to Simon van der Stel in 1685. T...

St. Wendolins Ridge, Pinetown
Place
Jun 06, 2013

St. Wendolins Ridge, Pinetown

St Wendolins was situated about 14 km  from Central Pinetown, on land owned by the Roman Catholic diocese of Marian...

Sterkfontein Caves, Krugersdorp (within the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site)
Place
Jul 14, 2011

Sterkfontein Caves, Krugersdorp (within the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site)

The caves are situated about 11km from Krugersdorp, on the farm-" Swartkrans".

Umzinto, South Coast
Place
Sep 23, 2024

Umzinto, South Coast

Umzinto is located on the Umdoni Coast, in KwaZulu Natal. The Umdoni Local Municipality is located in Kwazulu-Natal with...

Lambert's Bay
Place
Feb 05, 2020

Lambert's Bay

Welcome to the seafood hotspot of the West Coast! Lambert’s Bay is known as the Diamond of the West Coast and the crayfi...

Brandfort, Free State
Place
Oct 01, 2021

Brandfort, Free State

Winnie Mandela had been banished to Brandfort on the 16 of May 1977. There she was unceremoniously dumped at house 802 w...

De Doorns, Cape Winelands
Place
Apr 07, 2020

De Doorns, Cape Winelands

De Doorns is a small Town located in the Cape Winelands Region, of the Western Cape. Situated in the Hex River Valley, ...

Sophiatown
Place
Mar 16, 2011

Sophiatown

Sophiatown was originally a Farm outside Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng). It was bought by Hermann Tobiansky, who ...

'Aardoringspruit', Brandfort in the Free State Province
Place
Sep 14, 2016

'Aardoringspruit', Brandfort in the Free State Province

John Weston House in Brandfort, Where the First Aeroplane in Africa Was Built! During the Apartheid era, Winnie Mandela...

Maclear/Nqanqarhu
Place
May 16, 2018

Maclear/Nqanqarhu

The Sivewright Bridge, in Station Street. Is a National Monument With its Magnificent Sandstone Bridge With Arches.

Hankey
Place
Oct 29, 2021

Hankey

Hankey is the oldest and probably best known because of its claim to the largest sundial in Africa that stands 18 metres...