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Prieska
3 June 2026
Prieska is a very small town that is perched along the Orange River in the Northern Cape. It is 240 kilometres south of ...
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Cullinan
27 May 2026
Cullinan boasts a rich History of more than 100 Years. Cullinan became famous with the discovery of the World’s biggest ...
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Alexander Bay, Namaqualand
13 May 2026
Alexander Bay has something of an illustrious History. It was in the thick of the ‘diamond rush’ that gripped this part ...
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Kathu
7 May 2026
Kathu’s economy and population have grown substantially, primarily due to activity at the Sishen mine operated by Anglo ...
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Pilgrims Rest, Graskop- Mpumalanga Province
5 May 2026
is a tourist location that takes visitors back in time to the days of the gold rush in the 1870’s. Where everyone dresse...
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Emalahleni Municipality, Mpumalanga
5 May 2026
Emalahleni Municipality is a Local Municipality within the Nkangala District Municipality, in the Mpumalanga Province of...
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Northern Cape
9 April 2026
The Northern Cape is the largest Province in South Africa, but has the least number of inhabitants. Before 1993 it was p...
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Springbok, Namaqualand
20 March 2026
Namaqualand's largest town, is Springbok. You can enjoy the wild flowers and dramatic landscapes of the Northern Cape!
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Touring the Northern Cape
16 March 2026
The Northern Cape is South Africa’s Largest province and must-see destination, whether you prefer the ocean, the desert,...
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Gauteng Province
27 January 2026
Whilst Gauteng's History lies embedded in the discovery of gold, today Gauteng not only has one of the best infrastructu...
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Nkandla, KZN
15 January 2026
Nkandla is a Town in the uThungulu District of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It is the seat of the Nkandla Local Municipa...
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Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (Gauteng)
9 January 2026
Witwatersrand, ridge of gold-bearing rock mostly in Gauteng Province, South Africa. Its name means “Ridge of White Water...
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Bethal
19 November 2025
Established in 1880, Bethal is a small farming town. Farming in potatoes, maize, sunflower seeds, sorghum and rye. There...
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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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Mapungubwe
6 October 2025
Iron Age archaeological site in the Limpopo Province on the border between South Africa, Zimbabwe and Botswana, 75 km fr...
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Krugersdorp
7 September 2025
Falling under the municipality known as Mogale City, Krugersdorp was essentially a mining town, regarded as the industri...
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University of the Witwatersrand, (Wits)
20 August 2025
The History of Wits is linked with Mining, Academic Excellence, and with Political and Civic Activism. Being surrounded ...
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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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Ntabankulu Municipality
2 August 2025
Ntabankulu is an isiXhosa word meaning "great or big mountain", since the municipal Area is mountainous in character. Th...
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Kroonstad
31 July 2025
It's name being symbolic of royalty (“Kroon” is Dutch for crown), Kroonstad has very humble beginnings. It was named aft...
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Brackenfell, Cape Town
19 June 2025
In 1901 Andries Brink sold a portion of his farm Kruispad to George Henry Walton, a Scottish immigrant, who named his pu...
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Polokwane
16 June 2025
Polokwane is the capital city of Limpopo. Where the youth uprising occures in Soweto in 1976.
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Roodepoort, Johannesburg
24 April 2025
Roodepoort is actually a city of its own, although it has now merged with the suburbs of Johannesburg to such a degree, ...
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Dundee
31 March 2025
King Dingane’s generals, Dambuza and Ndlela kaSompisi. The Battle of Blood River Heritage Site in KwaZulu-Natal represen...
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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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Port Nolloth, Namaqualand Northern Cape
23 December 2024
What today is essentially a fishing village, Port Nolloth lies on the bay known by the indigenous Namaqua people as; Auk...
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Barberton, Mpumalanga
20 November 2024
Barberton, 'The Gold Rush' Town of Mpumalanga
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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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Clearwater, Now Known as Griquastad- in the Northern Cape
25 September 2024
In 1801 William Anderson and Cornelius Kramer, of the London Missionary Society, established a Station among the Griqua ...
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Sterkfontein Caves, Krugersdorp (within the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site)
23 September 2024
The caves are situated about 11km from Krugersdorp, on the farm-" Swartkrans".
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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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Koingnaas Diamond Minning Town, Northern Cape
5 June 2024
Koingnaas is a town in Namakwa District Municipality in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. Established in 1970,...
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Sasolburg
6 May 2024
Established in 1954, the Town was built by Sasol Ltd. The former South African Coal, Oil, and Gas Corporation Ltd. used ...
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Orkney, North West Province
19 April 2024
Orkney is a small Town in the North West Province just outside Klerksdorp. It was established around, and known primaril...
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Gold Reef City
15 April 2024
Gold Reef City is a re-creation of turn-of-the-century Johannesburg, which was flooded by prospectors after the discover...
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Nigel, an East Rand Mining Town
2 June 2023
The Town of Nigel, directly South of Springs and Brakpan, lies in what is known as the East Rand, South East of Johannes...
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Welkom
2 June 2023
An Industrial and Commercial heartland, the City derived its name after the Farm; Welkom and was founded in 1948 by Sir ...
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Benoni, Ekurhuleni Municipality
26 May 2023
the WOMAD Festival (the World of Music, Arts and Dance), an international cultural festival held annually around the Wor...
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Marikana, Bojanala Platinum District Municipality
28 April 2023
Lonmin‘s Marikana platinum mine is located near Brits in the Marikana district, approximately 40km east of Rustenburg in...
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