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Uitenhage, officially renamed Kariega
29 May 2026
Uitenhage, officially renamed Kariega, is an industrial town in South Africa's Eastern Cape province, situated within th...
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Delgoa Bay Now Known as Maputo Bay, Mozambique
15 April 2026
Delgoa Bay is a Bay on the Southeast coast of Mozambique, East Africa, near the South African border.
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Retreat, Cape Town
7 April 2026
It is about 15 kms West-North-West of the Provincial Capital City of Cape Town.
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Elsie’s River
6 March 2026
It is with great sadness that we note the passing of Soli Philander (19 January 1961 - 4 March 2026), one of South Afric...
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Woodstock
19 February 2026
The village of Papendorp lay some 2km east of Cape Town, on the main road to Stellenbosch, and was named after Pieter va...
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Wagenaer's Reservoir, Sanlam Golden Acre-Cape Town
26 January 2026
Ruins under Golden Acre are of Wagenaer's Reservoir. These Reservoirs' Date Back to 1652. When Jan van Riebeeck arrived ...
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Ohrigstad
4 August 2025
Ohrigstad was founded in 1845 by Hendrik Potgieter, the well-known "Voortrekker" leader. He named the Town after himself...
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Fish Hoek, Cape Town
30 July 2025
This seaside village is surrounded by rugged mountains and boasts one of the safest swimming beaches in Cape Town. prime...
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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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Atlantis
9 June 2025
Atlantis was created in the early 1970's as a “model industrial node”, within the framework of Apartheid spatial Develop...
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George, Garden Route- Western Province
4 June 2025
Principal town of the magisterial district and division of George, on the Garden Route
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Weenan
13 March 2025
Weenen, a term in Dutch which translates to "wept," stands as a testament to the turbulent History of South Africa. Loca...
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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...
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Mtwalume, South Coast of Natal
8 December 2024
Mtwalume is a small seaside Village situated in the Umdoni Coast of KwaZulu Natal. This quaint Village was named after t...
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De Doorns, Cape Winelands
26 July 2024
De Doorns is a small Town located in the Cape Winelands Region, of the Western Cape. Situated in the Hex River Valley, ...
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Goedverwacht, West Coast of Cape Town
31 May 2024
It was established in 1889 as a Moravian Mission station and has a fascinating story. The Village is situated in a ferti...
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Eerste Rivier, Cape Town
31 May 2024
Eerste River was a Railway Station of the Cape Town, Wellington and Docks Railway Co Ltd, and was probably established a...
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Railway Station, Muizenberg
24 May 2024
National Monument
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Kenilworth
22 December 2023
Kenilworth lies flanked by the Constantia Winelands and popular Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, between the suburbs of C...
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Kafanchan, Nigeria
12 October 2023
Located in the southern part of the Kaduna State, which is located in the middle belt of Nigeria.
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Maitland
24 April 2023
The railway line from Cape Town reached Maitland on 13 February 1862.
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Abbabis, Namibia near Swakopmund
2 March 2023
Railway Station just South of Karibib, on the route to Swapkopmund.
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Gouda, Cape Winelands
13 January 2023
Gouda is a little Village just 37 km South of Porterville, at the Western entrance to the Nuwekloof Pass that links; Tul...
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Franschhoek Motor Museum
1 July 2022
This Museum gives visitors from around the World a chance to look back on more than 100 years of motoring History.
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Bitterfontein, Western Cape
24 January 2022
In the Northernmost part of the Western Cape, along the Northwestern plain, lies a relatively isolated Village located i...
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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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Allanridge, Free State Province
14 June 2021
Allanridge is a Gold Mining Town in the Lejweleputswa District Municipality of the Free State province in South Af...
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Coerney, Port Elizabeth
28 September 2020
Coerney is a River and Railway station 64 km North of Port Elizabeth, on the route to Rosmead, situated in the Sundays R...
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Beestekraal, North West
31 July 2020
Settlement with a Railway Station and Post Office, North of Brits. It was given the name in 1837 by the Voortrekkers und...
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Apiesdoring, a Mpumalanga Railway Station
15 June 2020
A Railway Station between Lydenburg and Steelpoort. Afrikaans for 'monkey thorn', the Afrikaans vernacular name refers t...
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Angus, a Railway Station near Johannesburg
5 June 2020
Railway station about 0,8 km west of Tokoza, a Township South of Johannesburg. Thought to be named after Angus country, ...
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AMabele, Eastern Cape Railway Station
18 May 2020
Railway Station 14km South-East of Stuterheim on route to Kei Road. The name is of Xhosa origin and refers to the A...
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Alverstone, a Railway Station near Drummond
15 May 2020
A Railway Station between Drummond and Botha's Hill. Takes its name from a flat-topped Hill nearby, which in turn takes ...
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Aloes Railway Station, Port Elizabeth
15 May 2020
Railway Station between Swartkops and Coega, 16 km North of Port Elizabeth on route to Alicedale. Takes its name from th...
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Alicedale a Village in Albany District
8 May 2020
A Village in the Albany District, some 42 km West of Grahamstown. Named after Alice Slessor, wife of the engineer ...
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Alice, a Town near East London
8 May 2020
Town in the Victoria East District, on the Tyume River, some 120 km North-West of East London. It was named in 1847...
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Airlie, a Railway Station near Waterval Onder
27 April 2020
Railway station between Sycamore and Hemlock, on the route from Pretoria to Maputo, some 16km east of Waterval Onder.
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Botrivier, near Hermanus
8 April 2020
The small, picturesque village of Botrivier lies in the foothills of the Houw Hoek Mountains, en route to Hermanus.
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NZASM Goods Office, Railway Street, Pretoria
18 April 2019
The building was erected by the Netherlands-South Africa Railway Co, probably in 1896, and is the largest and best remai...
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NZASM Station, George Norton Street, Krugersdorp
18 April 2019
The building, with its richly decorated gable, was completed in 1896 and is one of the last surviving structures of the ...
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