Settlement

Piketberg (originally Piquetberg) is a town in the Western Cape nestling on the foothills of the Piketberg Mountains. Mi...

The Cape government established the settlement of Kamastone in the Queenstown area, in 1854. In 1874 the government rece...

The slave lodge was built in 1679, to house the slaves that provided labour to the early Dutch colonists. The Slave Lodg...

Sixteen kilometers East of Avontuur and 29 kilometers from Uniondale, a village was established by the Berlin Mission So...

For years prior to European settlement, Sea Point formed part of the Gorachoqua and Goringhaiqua grazing paths, which st...

Gouritsmond, also known as Gouritz, offers a tranquil Coastal gem along South Africa’s Shoreline, where the Ocean meets ...

The name is Dutch for 'at the thorns'. A Settlement situated just 8 km from Worcester on the R 43 to Villliersdorp. Aan ...

The Table View Beachfront, known as Bloubergstrand, is lined with Apartment blocks, Restauransts, plenty of pubs and ent...

Weenen, a term in Dutch which translates to "wept," stands as a testament to the turbulent History of South Africa. Loca...

KwaZulu-Natal. Church members start the journey to the top of the holy Mountain Nhlangakazi. 100,000 pilgrims make a thr...

What today is essentially a fishing village, Port Nolloth lies on the bay known by the indigenous Namaqua people as; Auk...

There vision is for the positive transformation of Individuals and Communities through the creation of a School environm...

(prior to 1910)The settlement of Hooge Kraal was established in 1813 as a station of the London Missionary Society (LMS)...

A great attraction close to Kuboes is 'Cornell's Kop'. This is a Hill that house the largest population of the threatene...

Ubuhlebezwe Municipality is a local Municipality within the Harry Gwala District Municipality, in the KwaZulu-Natal Prov...

The Town of Lydenburg, in Mpumalanga Province, was founded in 1850 by the company of Voortrekker leader Andries Potgiete...

De Vlugt is a small Settlement located Halfway through the Prins Albert Pass. It is the only Pass in South Africa, where...

Township in Durban, North of the Point and West of the Beachfront.

Sophiatown was originally a Farm outside Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng). It was bought by Hermann Tobiansky, who ...

Hangberg is an Area in Hout Bay, Cape Town. It is situated on the Mountain slopes between Hout Bay Harbour and The Senti...

Twenty-five years ago, the informal settlement was once a piece of land with a few houses scattered around. Today over 3...

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

It was established in 1957 when Black People were resettled from Alexandra and other Areas in Edenvale, Kempton Park, Mi...

Sahlumbe, a Settlement along the Tugela River, about 23km from Weenen and on the edge of Msinga which was a District, es...

Masiphumelele means “We will succeed” in Xhosa. This spirit of endurance was needed by the people for decades - and thes...

Diepsloot is a densely populated township in the North of Johannesburg, South Africa. Diepsloot, loosely translated as "...

A small Settlement, 26 km from Harrismith in the Free State. The Farm; Aberfeldy had a Post Office known as Elandsrivier...

The Area Compensation got its name from Compensation Farm acquired by Edmund Morewood in 1849, where in 1851 he produced...

The Bejani is a tributary of the Sabie River, entering from the North-West. Mkhohlu Railway Siding some 20 km South-East...

the border between the Cape and Transvaal provinces, ran through the Town, making it the only Town in South Africa that ...

Town some 77 km East of Ermelo. It formed part of the Scottish Settlement established by Alexander McCorkindale. It was ...

Residential area for civil servants, members of parliament and railway officials, laid out on part of Wingfield, a forme...

It means 'wet rump', and given too thirsty, Khoikhoi hunters. Who had found water when they noticed that one o...

The name in Khoi means 'red hill tree'. This refers to the Pepper Trees, the berries of which give a reddish apperance.&...

Wallacedene is an Informal Housing Settlement in the Eastern Suburbs of Cape Town, South Africa. The Settlement was esta...

The name of this small Village ('fountain of pleading') comes from a Spring in the middle of the Village.

Kranshoek is a settlement in Eden District Municipality. Kranshoek was founded in the early years of the 20th century by...

History of Umlazi The history of Umlazi (or Mlazi) dates back to 1845 when British settlers forcibly occupied what wa...

The small settlement of Lekkersing, established in 1926 by Ryk Jasper Cloete, lies 60km east of Port Nolloth. It is said...

Uitenhage developed from 1804 to 1910 from a settlement with a typical Dutch Layout popular in the Cape Colony at the ti...