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One of South Africa’s oldest Towns and Naval base is Simon's Town, sometimes spelled Simonstown. Simon’s Town is a very ...

It was laid-out as an Area for Coloureds and for houses to be erected the middle income group, about 30 years ago! Parts...

Kathu’s economy and population have grown substantially, primarily due to activity at the Sishen mine operated by Anglo ...

In the course of the inter World War years the regulations of the 1902 Location Act were expanded to create a more forma...

Khayelitsha Township lies some 19km east of Wynberg and 25 km of south-east of Cape Town in the Western Cape. The name i...

Durban is South Africa’s third-largest City and one of the fastest-growing urban Areas in the World. Construction work o...

Riemvasmaak (pronounced ‘rim fus maack’) means ‘tighten the strap’ or ‘tied with straps'. Riemvasmaak is a rural communi...

It is with great sadness that we note the passing of Soli Philander (19 January 1961 - 4 March 2026), one of South Afric...

The Cape Flats comprises the areas East of the Northern and Southern suburbs of Cape Town and is made up of Black Townsh...

Slaves of Muslim descent and faith who had been brought to the Cape by the Dutch settlers originally inhabited this area...

In 1865 a number of Mfengu clans were resettled in the area around Nqamakwe. As refugees from the Mfacane wars further n...

Vredehoek sprawls down from Table Mountain, a unique arrangement of art-deco buildings, mid-century apartments and dotte...

Manenberg is one of the 10 problem precincts identified by Police Minister Bheki Cele where SANDF troops will be deploye...

Ermelo is in the Gert Sibande District in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. It is part of the Msukaligwa Local Mu...

The Haven was founded in 1978 with the initial focus on providing shelter and support to those living on the streets. Th...

Atlantis was created in the early 1970's as a “model industrial node”, within the framework of Apartheid spatial Develop...

A Township 13 kilometeres from North-East Johannesburg. The development of Alexandra Township dates back to 1912. Someti...

Cato Manor was established in Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) and is situated 5km west of the Durban city centre.

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

Meadowlands, located in Gauteng Province, South Africa, is a Suburb of Soweto. It was founded in the early 1950's during...

Hangberg is an Area in Hout Bay, Cape Town. It is situated on the Mountain slopes between Hout Bay Harbour and The Senti...

Pampierstad (now Thuso a Sotho or Tswana word meaning Help/Assistance) was established in the former homeland of Bophuth...

Sahlumbe, a Settlement along the Tugela River, about 23km from Weenen and on the edge of Msinga which was a District, es...

The Land Claims Court (LCC) was established in 1996 and its primary focus is dealing with these land restitution and lan...

This Suburb has a deep, poignant History, and is a fascinating Area, to explore and discover. Originally, home to larger...

Dessenhoek forms a Community of Durban, towards the Pinetown Area.

Sada (Xhosa word meaning “at last”), a Township about 30km North of Seymour and 3km South of Whittlesea, was first estab...

A 'Blackspot' was an area of land in which blacks lived in freehold in what the National Government regarded as white So...

Onverwacht was established as an enclave of the Qwaqwa Bantustan on the border of the Thaba Nchu section of Bophuthatswa...

Sun Valley Estates were orange growing farms owned by Whites. The land initially formed part of the Berlin Mission’s lan...

Nyanga, a sprawling, poverty-stricken illustration of Cape Town’s urban sprawl, Nyanga is one of the oldest Black townsh...

The Victorian Railway Station dates from the 1890s when the Natal Government Railways experienced a surge in economic de...

The racially segregated suburb of Ndabeni was established in about May 1901 near Maitland,North of Pinelands and some 8 ...

During the South African War the British military authorities imported a large number of horses from Argentina. Unfortun...

Fietas (as the place was popularly known) is one of the oldest communities in the Western suburbs of Johannesburg, and o...