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McGregor, Western Cape
28 May 2026
McGregor, often called the village that time forgot, is a tranquil Victorian town with whitewashed cottages, gardens and...
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Hermanus
6 February 2026
Visit Hermanus, a Seaside Town, South East of Cape Town, in South Africa’s Western Cape Province. It's known as a: 'Whal...
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Robertson, Route 62
27 October 2025
The settlement was named after Dr William Robertson, the first DRC Minister in Clanwilliam, and up to 1857 it affairs we...
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Darlington Dam- Lake Mentz
10 March 2023
This huge Dam was created to supply Citrus Farmers further down, in the Sundays River Valley with Irrigation Water for t...
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Amajuba, a Mountain in Natal
14 February 2022
Mountain 14 km South-West of Volksrust and 32 km North of Newcastle. The scene of a Historic Battle in the First Anglo-B...
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Railway Station and Post Office, Point Road, Durban
20 January 2022
This building was erected in 1900 as part of a general upgrade by the Natal Railways. It replaced an earlier structure b...
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Aberfeldy a Settlement in the Free Sate
7 May 2021
A small Settlement, 26 km from Harrismith in the Free State. The Farm; Aberfeldy had a Post Office known as Elandsrivier...
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Old Post Office, Rissik Street, Johannesburg
18 April 2019
Johannesburg has many historic landmarks and the Rissik Street Post Office is one of them. Built in 1897, it’s among the...
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Old General Post Office, Grand Central, Cape Town
18 April 2019
Overlooking the Western side of the Parade is the lofty General Post Office building. It was completed in 1940 on the si...
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Maitland Road
18 April 2019
Milestones where used to measure distance, by the early settlers, in Cape Town. A Post Office known as Eleventh Mile Sto...
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Old Post Office, Fleming Street, Port Elizabeth
18 April 2019
This building is today commonly referred to as the ‘(old) Post Office Complex’ but contains 4 conjoined buildings. The c...
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Old Municipal Offices, Berlandina Street, Roodepoort
18 April 2019
The building was designed by Charles Hosking and was completed in 1906 as the first permanent offices for the new Roodep...
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Rissik Street Post Office, Johannesburg
18 April 2019
The correct name of Johannesburg's Old Post Office clock is the "Coronation Clock'. This might be a good point for city ...
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The Mead and Meadway, Pinelands-Cape Town
18 April 2019
The land was granted to the Garden Cities Trust in 1919 and was capitalised in part by a member of the trust, namely Ric...
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The Fourth Raadsaal, Bloemfontein
18 April 2019
The Raadsaal building which currently stands in President Brand Street, is the fourth such to have been Built by the old...
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The Free State National Botanical Gardens, Bloemfontein
18 April 2019
The Free State National Botanical Garden dates back to 1965. During the 1963 Kirstenbosch Jubilee Year Tour it was decid...