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Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape, Northern Cape
13 May 2026
The 1600 square kilometers in area is the Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape. This is a dramatic Mountainous ...
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Cape Province- 'Province of Good Hope' or previously the- Cape Colony
12 May 2026
The Cape Provinces official name was: 'The Province of the Cape of Good Hope', but is often just called: 'The Cape.' ...
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Tylden, Eastern Cape
1 December 2025
Tylden in the region of Eastern Cape is a town in South Africa. Serving as landing site and home of settlers in the 1820...
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"When Woodstock had a Beach"
11 November 2025
Before the hum of machinery overtook the gentle sound of waves, the Woodstock coastline thrived as a vibrant beach until...
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Cape Floral Areas, Western Province
2 August 2025
CapeNature has raised the alarm on the growing threat of biodiversity crime in the Western Cape, revealing 12 new cases ...
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Cape Point and the Lighthouse, at the Southern Point of the Cape Peninsula
29 March 2025
Cape Point is a promontory at the South East corner of the Cape Peninsula, which is a mountainous and scenic landform th...
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Sabie Sands Game Reserve
13 December 2024
The Sabi Sands Game Reserve is a 65,000 Hectare Reserve, pioneered by local Landowners in the 1950s, and shares a border...
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Flagstaff
10 October 2024
Flagstaff is now a Town in the OR Tambo District Municipality of the Eastern Cape province of South Africa located some ...
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Albany, Eastern Cape
6 October 2024
Some Inqua had sought shelter in the South around the Suurveld- seasonal sour Grassland North of later Port Elizabeth. T...
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Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality, East Rand
2 August 2024
The City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality is a Category A, Municipality and covers an extensive Area from Germist...
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Cacadu District Municipality
6 March 2024
The Cacadu District is the largest (58 243 km²) of the six districts in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. Cover...
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Maputaland, Northern Part of KZN
12 September 2022
Maputaland, a Region of KwaZulu Natal, stretches from the scenic splendour of iSimangaliso Wetland Park in St. Lucia in ...
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British Kaffraria, now the Border Region
25 October 2021
Territory of British Kaffraria On 21 December 1834 massed Xhosa armies attacked the eastern regions of the Cape Colon...
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Riversdale Division, Western Cape
23 October 2020
The Division of Riversdale was originally located on the Eastern boundary of the District of Swellendam, which had been ...
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Chris Hani Municipal Region, Eastern Cape
23 September 2020
The Chris Hani municipal region lies at the heart of the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It is the second largest...
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Richards Bay Airport, Northern Kwa Zulu Natal
16 July 2020
This is a Municipal airport established in 1975. It has since the Year 2000 been managed by the Richards Bay Airport Com...
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Amikoob, a Plain in the Willomore Area; (Vogelstruisleegte)
25 May 2020
Khoikhoi name of Vogelstruisleegte, a plain some 21 km North of Willowmore. The people who roam the Karoo, are the ...
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Ambleside, a Railway Siding in Mpumalanga
22 May 2020
Railway Siding 11 km North-East of Carolina on the route Machadodorp to Breyton. It was named in 1868 by Archibald Sincl...
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Alkmaar, a Town Near Nelspruit
14 May 2020
A small Community on the Crocodile River, some 18 km from Nelspruit. Named after a city in the Netherlands which is 32 k...
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'Abbervlaack', a Railway Station in the Northern Cape
16 April 2020
Railway Station some 34 km from Port Nolloth. It takes its name from the surrounding plain, known as Abbevlak. The name ...
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Groenendal Wilderness Area
17 January 2020
The 30 000 hectare Groendal Wilderness Area protects the water catchment area of the Swartkops River (KwaZungha River), ...
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Rondebosch Common, Camp Ground Road, Rondebosch.
18 April 2019
This was situated almost opposite the Rustenburg Estate, and was used as a camping ground by Batavian forces during the ...