Monument

Bains Kloof Pass, Western Cape

Bains Kloof Pass, Western Cape

The Bains Kloof Pass provides a more direct route from the town of Wellington to the more northern towns of Ceres and Wo...

King Edward VII High School, Houghton Estate, Johannesburg

King Edward VII High School, Houghton Estate, Johannesburg

The school was established towards the end of 1902 as the Johannesburg High School for Boys, and for a few years was als...

Paardekraal Monument, Market Street, Krugersdorp

Paardekraal Monument, Market Street, Krugersdorp

It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 6 April 1936.&nbsp;The monument was designed by Syt...

Pretoria Boys High School

Pretoria Boys High School

This school was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 26 May 1978. Charles Hope supported the union ...

Staats Model School, Van der Walt Street, Pretoria

Staats Model School, Van der Walt Street, Pretoria

it was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 8 April 1960. Sytze Wierda was born in the Netherlands,...

South African Library, Cape Town

South African Library, Cape Town

The NLSA is the leading national library and information centre of excellence in Africa and in the world.  Edwardia...

Kruger chairs (Die twee Krugerstoele) in the Paul Kruger Church (Geref. Kerkgebou) in Church Street, Pretoria West.

Kruger chairs (Die twee Krugerstoele) in the Paul Kruger Church (Geref. Kerkgebou) in Church Street, Pretoria West.

Paul Kruger used to be a member of the church in Pretoria. This church still has the chairs Paul and his Wife used to si...

Heidelberg, Gauteng

Heidelberg, Gauteng

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

Mill House, Boundary Road, Newlands

Mill House, Boundary Road, Newlands

20 February 2025

This double-storey mill and private residence was erected by Jacob Letterstedt in the 1840's. It now forms an integral p...

Matatiele Local Municipality

Matatiele Local Municipality

103 geographical name changes have occurred in the Eastern Cape since 2019. On the 6 December 2023, Matatiele Township c...

Griqualand West

Griqualand West

31 December 2024

The Khoikhoi was a nation of widely scattered migrant pastoralist clans, whose economy was not conducive to the creation...

Indian Army Memorial

Indian Army Memorial

11 December 2024

This memorial was erected towards the end of 1902, on the highest point in Johannesburg; Observatory Ridge.  It hon...

Malmesbury, Western Cape

Malmesbury, Western Cape

14 October 2024

You can browse around and see what the town and surrounds have to offer. Here you can find Accommodation, local Restaura...

Harbour Board Building, Port Elizabeth

Harbour Board Building, Port Elizabeth

Known popularly as the 'White Building'. The old Harbour Board Building was used for 70 years for harbor administration ...

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 ...

Shakaland, Northern Natal

Shakaland, Northern Natal

20 September 2024

Shakaland, situated just 160km north of the city of Durban is a living monument to Zulu culture. It is here that people ...

ADAMS CALENDAR also known as: 'Blaauwboschkraal Stone Ruins'

ADAMS CALENDAR also known as: 'Blaauwboschkraal Stone Ruins'

18 September 2024

Adam's Calendar is believed to be one of the oldest man-made structures on Earth. It's sometimes referred to as 'African...

Emgwenya, formally Waterval Boven

Emgwenya, formally Waterval Boven

16 September 2024

Emgwenya means place of the Crocodile. (Ngwenya, is an Nguni surname meaning the same thing!) Emgwenya, formally Waterva...

Volksrust, Mpumalanga

Volksrust, Mpumalanga

5 September 2024

In the Volksrust town square adjacent to the municipal buildings is a Memorial Statue and wall of Remembrance for the Bo...

Union Buildings and Raadsaal, Church Square, Pretoria

Union Buildings and Raadsaal, Church Square, Pretoria

The discovery of the Witwatersrand Goldfields provided in 1886, the funds necessary to construct this building that...

Union Tavern and Stables, Simonstown

Union Tavern and Stables, Simonstown

It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 23 March 1979.  The Union, was a Tavern occupyi...

Fouriesburg

It is Near the Maloti Mountains and only 10 km from Caledon's Port Border Post, Which Gives Access to Lesotho.

Ganesha Temple, Mt Edgecombe

Ganesha Temple, Mt Edgecombe

Declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 18 February 1977. Believed to be the oldest surviving ‘so...

Kamiesberg Municipality, Northern Cape

Kamiesberg Municipality, Northern Cape

In 2007 an estimated 12,117 persons lived in Kamiesberg. The Kamiesberg Local Municipality is a Category B municipality ...

Bertram House, Hiddingh Hall Campus, Orange Street, Cape Town

Bertram House, Hiddingh Hall Campus, Orange Street, Cape Town

It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 21 September 1962. A part of the Cape Town Campus of...

Maclear/Nqanqarhu

Maclear/Nqanqarhu

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

Robberg Nature Reserve

Robberg Nature Reserve

Robberg Nature Reserve, situated 8 km south of Plettenberg Bay on the Garden Route, is not only a nature reserve, but al...

Railway Station, Muizenberg

Railway Station, Muizenberg

National Monument

Tokai Arboretum, Tokai Forest

Tokai Arboretum, Tokai Forest

The Arboretum was laid out in 1885 by Joseph Storr Lister, Conservator of Forests of the Western Conservancy of the Cape...

Circle of Kramat's, Cape Town

Circle of Kramat's, Cape Town

The circle of Kramats in Cape Town is a shrine to Muslim holy men buried in Cape Town. Legend goes that it is this circl...

Delareyville, North West

Delareyville, North West

This historical town in the vast North West Province has a rich history that is deeply rooted in South African culture.

Christiana, North West

Christiana, North West

Christiana is a town situated in the Bophirima region of the North West Province in South Africa. It is part of new newl...

Alabama, Klerksdorp

Alabama, Klerksdorp

Township 6 km West of Klerksdorp in the North West. It is said to take its name indirectly from the State in South-East ...

Echo Caves, Limpopo

Echo Caves, Limpopo

On the border of Limpopo and Mpumalanga, South Africa. The caves, today are declared a National Monument. They are found...

Huguenot Monument, Franschoek

Huguenot Monument, Franschoek

23 February 2024

The Monument’s elegant simplicity gives it a classical character. Its spirit of freedom resonates with the sacrifices ma...

Indigo Vats, Pinetown

Indigo Vats, Pinetown

8 February 2024

in 1854 two Dutch Indigo Planters from Java, Mr Theodorus Colenbrander and Mr von Preen went into partnership with Mr Mu...

Mahaking, formerly known as Mafikeng

Mahaking, formerly known as Mafikeng

26 January 2024

Mahaking, formerly known as Mafikeng. Mafikeng is the provincial capital of North West since 1994 and lies on the borde...

Historical core of Wynberg Village

Historical core of Wynberg Village

22 December 2023

The old village of Wynberg was developed during the mid-19th century when it became the preferred place of retirement fo...

Railway Administration Building, bounded by Maitland-, Hanger, St Andrew and Harvey Streets, Bloemfontein

Railway Administration Building, bounded by Maitland-, Hanger, St Andrew and Harvey Streets, Bloemfontein

13 October 2023

A double-storey brick building with heavily ornamented Victorian and neo-Classical architectural features. It was design...

Sastri College, 1 Winterton Walk, Durban

Sastri College, 1 Winterton Walk, Durban

This was the first Indian High School and Teachers Training College, built in South Africa, was opened in October 1929. ...