Missionary Station

Piketberg

Piketberg (originally Piquetberg) is a town in the Western Cape nestling on the foothills of the Piketberg Mountains. Mi...

Heuningvlei, West Coast District Municipality

Heuningvlei, West Coast District Municipality

Heuningvlei is one of fourteen outpost villages of the Moravian Mission Church at Wupperthal. Twenty five families are c...

Stellenbosch, Western Cape

Stellenbosch, Western Cape

This Historic Town, is a living museum with a vibrant street Culture. A variety of soils and locations has seen Stellenb...

Tulbagh, Western Cape

Tulbagh, Western Cape

The valley is perhaps best known for its production of some of the country’s finest wines. Estate wines such as Twee Jon...

KwaDukuza

King Shaka and the Memorial Stone Erected in KwaDukuza. A memorial made by monumental masons in Newcastle, Natal and fun...

Groutville

Groutville is situated approximately ten kilometres south of KwaDukuza and about 69 kilometres north of Durban.

Nieu-Bethesda

It was founded in 1875 as a church town, like many other Karoo villages. The village of Nieu Bethesda was established on...

Kathu

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

Empangeni

Empangeni, a town about 160 km from Durban on the R34 just off the N2, is positioned in the hilly countryside of the Uth...

Hermannsburg School and Mission Museum, (Greytown)

Hermannsburg School and Mission Museum, (Greytown)

19 January 2026

240 missionaries made the journey into Africa, and all of them would come to Hermannsburg first. Here they would learn i...

St. Mary's Cathedral, Cape Town (also known as the: 'Parish of Our Lady of the Flight into Egypt'

St. Mary's Cathedral, Cape Town (also known as the: 'Parish of Our Lady of the Flight into Egypt'

22 December 2025

German architect Carl Otto Hager. Hager had designed numerous Dutch Reformed Churches in South Africa including the NG M...

Bethal

19 November 2025

Established in 1880, Bethal is a small farming town. Farming in potatoes, maize, sunflower seeds, sorghum and rye. There...

Haarlem

12 November 2025

Sixteen kilometers East of Avontuur and 29 kilometers from Uniondale, a village was established by the Berlin Mission So...

Lesotho

14 October 2025

4 October 1966, Basutoland (Lesotho) gains independence from Britain

Bokoni, Mpumalanga

Bokoni, Mpumalanga

Oral traditions recorded in the early twentieth Century named the Area Bokoni – the Country of the Koni people!

iSimangaliso Wetland Park, former Greater St. Lucia Wetlands Park

iSimangaliso Wetland Park, former Greater St. Lucia Wetlands Park

9 September 2025

“iSimangaliso must be the only place on the globe where the oldest land mammal (the Rhinoceros) and the world's biggest ...

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...

Pringle Bay, Cape Overberg

Pringle Bay, Cape Overberg

2 September 2025

The little seaside village of Pringle Bay is one of the towns set within the natural beauty of the Kogelberg Biosphere, ...

Upington, Northern Cape

Upington, Northern Cape

Upington is the chief City in the Northern Region of South Africa. It was established on the bank of the Orange River in...

George, Garden Route- Western Province

George, Garden Route- Western Province

Principal town of the magisterial district and division of George, on the Garden Route

Nhlangakazi, the Holy Mountain of the Shembe

Nhlangakazi, the Holy Mountain of the Shembe

24 February 2025

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

Vryburg, Bophirima Region

Vryburg, Bophirima Region

17 February 2025

Vryburg lies on the N14, due West of the Towns of Klerksdorp and Orkney - as in 'Orkney Snork Nie' (Orkney doesn't snore...

Nqweba was called Kirkwood, Eastern Cape

Nqweba was called Kirkwood, Eastern Cape

30 December 2024

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

Pofadder, Northern Cape

Pofadder, Northern Cape

13 December 2024

Pofadder is a small town situated in the Northern Cape of South Africa. While pofadder means, as you would expect, puff ...

Peddie

12 December 2024

 Peddie is a small town in the Amathole district of the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.  Peddie is a hi...

Pacaltsdorp

4 November 2024

(prior to 1910)The settlement of Hooge Kraal was established in 1813 as a station of the London Missionary Society (LMS)...

Kuboes, Northern Cape

Kuboes, Northern Cape

25 September 2024

A great attraction close to Kuboes is 'Cornell's Kop'. This is a Hill that house the largest population of the threatene...

Clearwater, Now Known as Griquastad- in the Northern Cape

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 ...

St. Wendolins Ridge, Pinetown

St. Wendolins Ridge, Pinetown

25 September 2024

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

Ubuhlebezwe Municipality (previously Sisonke District Municipality), Highflats

Ubuhlebezwe Municipality (previously Sisonke District Municipality), Highflats

19 September 2024

Ubuhlebezwe Municipality is a local Municipality within the Harry Gwala District Municipality, in the KwaZulu-Natal Prov...

Ganyesa

The massive North West Province of South Africa is home to Ganyesa, which is formally part of the Kagisano / Molopo Muni...

Leliefontein

Nama Riel Dance has its roots in the Khoisan tradition where it originated as a celebratory dance. It’s thought to be on...

Goedverwacht, West Coast of Cape Town

Goedverwacht, West Coast of Cape Town

It was established in 1889 as a Moravian Mission station and has a fascinating story. The Village is situated in a ferti...

Ugie, Eastern Cape

Ugie, Eastern Cape

It developed from a Mission Station at Gatberg, established in 1863 by William Murray. This area comes under the Eastern...

Genadendal Historic Village & Museum

Genadendal Historic Village & Museum

The first Teachers’ Training College in South Africa was built there in 1838. Genadendal also opened the first Guest Hou...

Wupperthal Mission Station, Clanwilliam

Wupperthal Mission Station, Clanwilliam

29 December 2023

Wuppertal is a most attractive oasis in a very rugged wilderness, 72 km southeast of Clanwilliam and about 250 km from C...

Swellendam

29 December 2023

Founded in 1743 by the Dutch East India Company, it was named after the Cape Governor, Hendrik Swellengrebe and his wife...

Baviaanskloof Region and Pass, Eastern Cape

Baviaanskloof Region and Pass, Eastern Cape

6 December 2023

There is a Gorge that lies in the Valley, stretching for over 100 kilometres, between the Baviaanskloof Mountains to the...

Ebenezer, Limpopo

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...

Schoenstatt Retreat and Conference Centre, Cape Town

Schoenstatt Retreat and Conference Centre, Cape Town

Father Joseph Kentenich was born in 1885, near Cologne in Germany. On October 18, 1914, he dared to take the first step ...