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Slave Lodge, Cape Colony
5 January 2026
The slave lodge was built in 1679, to house the slaves that provided labour to the early Dutch colonists. The Slave Lodg...
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Darling, West Coast
20 November 2025
Darling has a variety of Tourism offerings that will appeal to all members of the Family. There’s Craft Beer and a Tapro...
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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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Iziko Museum's, Cape Town
17 November 2025
Iziko Museums of Cape Town is the official name given to the group of National Museums located near the City centre, oth...
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Ermelo
11 November 2025
Ermelo is in the Gert Sibande District in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. It is part of the Msukaligwa Local Mu...
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Worcester, Western Cape
6 November 2025
Worcester is a Town in the Western Cape, South Africa. It is located 120 Kilometers North-East of Cape Town. This River ...
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Rosebank, Cape Town
3 November 2025
Rosebank is a residential suburb of Cape Town, located between Mowbray and Rondebosch. The railway line from Salt River ...
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Klerksdorp- Matlosana Local Municipality
2 November 2025
The City of Matlosana Local Municipality (previously City Council of Klerksdorp) is a Category B Municipality situated w...
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Braamfontein, a Suburb of Johannesburg
30 October 2025
Bordering the City Centre and joined to Newtown by the Nelson Mandela Bridge – Joburg’s landmark equivalent of Cape Town...
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Franschhoek, Western Cape
30 October 2025
Franschhoek (French Corner, in Afrikaans) is a lovely Town located in the picturesque Valley at the foot of the Mountai...
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Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality and East London
28 October 2025
East London is nicknamed "Buffalo City" due to its location at the mouth of the Buffalo River. The River flows through t...
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Old Fort and Cemetery, Durban
20 October 2025
The Old Fort and Durban's first cemetery are situated in Umgeni Road, and are now an integral part of the city centre. T...
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Origins Centre
3 October 2025
Origins Centre is dedicated to exploring and celebrating the deep and rich history of Africa. The Museum provides visito...
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Mcgregor Museum, Kimberley
1 October 2025
Longtime museum with diverse exhibits, including paleontology, ethnography & zoology collections.
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James Hall Museum of Transport, Johannesburg
1 October 2025
The James Hall Museum of Transport, the largest and most comprehensive land-transport Museum in South Africa, was establ...
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KwaNojoli, formerly Somerset East
12 September 2025
Located as it is, a short distance from the N10 main highway between Port Elizabeth and South Africa's interior as well ...
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Pretoria Art Museum
7 September 2025
Lady Michaelis (Lillian Elizabeth) (1896 – 1976) donated fifty-six artworks of the 17th century Dutch and Flemish artist...
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Jewish Pioneers Memorial Synagogue, Raleigh Street, Port Elizabeth
21 August 2025
The temple was designed by Orlando Middleton and erected by Jacob Kohler and Sons. The Port Elizabeth, Orthodox Hebrew C...
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Germiston
19 August 2025
Germiston was established in the early days of the gold rush when two prospectors, namely John and Jack struck paydirt o...
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eThekwini Municipality
13 August 2025
eThekwini makes history as first SA metro approved to generate its own electricity (LINK PROVIDED IN FURTHER READING)
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Upington, Northern Cape
10 August 2025
Upington is the chief City in the Northern Region of South Africa. It was established on the bank of the Orange River in...
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Kimberley, Northern Cape
29 July 2025
Siege of KimberleyThe siege of the diamond-mining town in the north-west of South Africa, between 14th October 1899 and ...
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Calvinia
12 July 2025
Abraham Esau, a patriotic Coloured blacksmith who was loyal to the British. He gathered a force of 70 locals to defend t...
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Humansdorp
10 July 2025
Humansdorp has grown from a small Town in 1849, with the purpose of serving the Farming community. These days it has flo...
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Kgodumodumo Dinosaur Interpretation Centre
23 June 2025
The new centre will celebrate Africa’s ancient History, highlighting one of the World’s oldest known dinosaur embryos ev...
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Old House Museum, 31 Diakonia Street, Durban
20 June 2025
The Old House Museum in eThekwini offers a captivating journey through time, showcasing the rich heritage and stories of...
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Comrades Marathon- 'House' or Museum
16 June 2025
The Comrades Marathon from Durban to Pietermaritzburg is an "UP RUN". This Alternates Every Year from the "UP RUN" to th...
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Potchefstroom
9 June 2025
The name comes from the word: 'Potscherf'- (meaning broken pot), Due to the cracks that appear in the soil of the Mooi R...
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Bethlehem, Free State
4 June 2025
Bethlehem is located on the N5 road to the Free State provincial capital Bloemfontein via Senekal and Winburg to the N1....
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Cape Town's Art Museum of Illusions-Kloof Street, Cape Town
3 June 2025
At the Museum of Illusions Cape Town, visitors are encouraged to touch, play, explore, and take photos. Whether you’re d...
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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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Cato Manor, Durban
23 April 2025
Cato Manor was established in Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) and is situated 5km west of the Durban city centre.
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Transvaal Museum, now known as the National Museum of Natural History
5 April 2025
The City's natural history museum, founded in 1892, serves as the home of "Mrs Ples" and includes fossils, amphibians, f...
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Anglo Boer War Museum, Bloemfontein
1 April 2025
One of the most significant events in the history of South Africa was the Anglo-Boer War of 1899-1902. Although the prot...
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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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Rorke's Drift, KZN
26 March 2025
In 1847, an Irishman named; Jim Rorke bought some Land, alongside a Ford in the Buffalo River. This was the boundary bet...
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Imbali Township, Pietermaritzburg
19 March 2025
The Manaye Hall in Imbali is a Monumental Landmark as a venue; for the All-In-Africa Conference that was organised in Ma...
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Mooi River, a Town of the Midlands Meander- Natal
14 March 2025
Mooi River forms part of the popular Midlands Meander self-drive Arts and Crafts Route, while all around are opportuniti...
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Boschendal Wine Estate, Cape Town
7 March 2025
One of the oldest farms in South Africa, founded in 1685, the farm has grown with the passing centuries into a cherished...
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Mandela House
6 March 2025
The Mandela House Museum in Soweto is housed in what was once the home of Nelson Mandela, the World's most famous ...
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