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Patensie, Eastern Cape
8 July 2022
Antoniesberg Pass on the Northern side of the Baviaanskloof Mountains via a River crossing just below a weir, without a ...
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Ashton, Route 62
27 June 2022
The little Village of Ashton is famous for its; Fruit, Wine and Rose Nurseries. Ashton originally served as a Settlement...
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Caledon Museum, Eastern Cape
14 April 2022
The Caledon Museum is split into two Buildings depicting very different parts of local History. The Victorian Hou...
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Hazyview
18 March 2022
A Village that is inundated with History and very quicky being modernized but will always keep it's charm! The na...
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Dutywa, Eastern Cape
4 March 2022
The town was founded in 1858 as a military fort after a dispute between a Natal Colony raiding party and local people. I...
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Kakamas, Northern Cape
28 January 2022
Kakamas is a rather small town situated in the Northern Cape of South Africa. This interesting town was originally built...
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Schmidtsdrift
21 January 2022
Schmidtsdrift is a Town, in Pixley ka Seme District Municipality in the Northern Cape Province! Situated 80 km West of K...
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Steynsrus, Free State Province
25 August 2021
The Town was established in 1910. This event was used to give it a name; translated it would mean Steyn's Rest!
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Hlobane, Zululand District Municipality
13 July 2021
Of Zulu origin, it is said by some to mean ‘beautiful place’, and by others ‘place of dispute’. Roughly 26km east of Vry...
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Springs
24 June 2021
The Town of Springs, East of Johannesburg, is on the East Rand, or what is now known as the Metropolitan area of Ekurhul...
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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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Britz, Bonjala Region-North West
4 June 2021
This North West Town of Brits, in the the pretty Region of Bonjala Municipality, This Region borders on Gauteng is surro...
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Blue Crane Municipality, Sarah Baartman District- Eastern Cape
28 May 2021
It is the second-largest Municipality of seven in the District, accounting for 19% of the Geographical Area, and is an a...
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Jock of the Bushveld, Monument in Barberton
27 May 2021
This is a statue of Jock of the Bushveld. It is located in Barberton in front of the Town Hall. Jock of the Bushveld was...
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Koffiefontein, Free State Province
2 March 2021
Koffiefontein's proximity to Mafikeng and Kimberley meant that it became involved in the Second Anglo-Boer War (1899-190...
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Jansenville, Eastern Cape
28 October 2020
Laid out on the Farm, Vergenoegd in 1854, it was proclaimed in 1855 and became a Municipality; the Sarah Baartman Distri...
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Winterton, Kwa Zulu-Natal
27 October 2020
Winterton is a little Town found on the banks of the Tugela River in the foothills of the Drakensberg. Close to the Seco...
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CE Froelich Shop, 58 Voortrekker Road, Pearston
21 September 2020
It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 9 October 1987.
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Cape Maclear, Malawi
21 September 2020
In 1859, the missionary and explorer David Livingstone found the Cape, and named it "Cape Maclear" after his friend, the...
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Anglo Alpha, a Railway Siding near Colligney, North West
4 June 2020
Railway Siding, 20 km North-West of Colligney and 5 km South-East of Lichtenburg. Takes its name from Anglo Alpha Cement...
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Amsterdam Flats, Region in the Eastern Cape
4 June 2020
Region between the Swartkops and Coega Rivers near Port Elizabeth. Named after a Dutch East India Company Ship, which wa...
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Andriesburg, Eastern Cape
4 June 2020
A Mountain, 2 106 m high about 30 km North-West of Queenstown and 20 km South-East of Sterkstroom. It is known by the Xh...
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Anglierbosch, Western Cape
1 June 2020
Locality some 15 km, South-East from Prince Albert. Takes its name from the Wild Carnation-Anglier in Afrikaans and the ...
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Amsterdam, Mkhondo Local Municipality
1 June 2020
Town some 77 km East of Ermelo. It formed part of the Scottish Settlement established by Alexander McCorkindale. It was ...
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Ambrosiushoek, Gaansbaai Western Province
22 May 2020
Name employed in the 18th Century for the Coastal Area on the peninsula between Danger Point and Gansbaai. Dutch for 'Am...
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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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Aliwal North, Eastern Cape
9 May 2020
Town on the banks of the Orange River, some 195 km from Bloemfontein, on the road to to East London.
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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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Aggeneys, a Town at the foot of the Aggeneys Mountain in the Namaqualand
21 April 2020
Town at the Southern foot of Aggeneys Mountains, about 60 km West of Pofadder. It has been suggested that the name is de...
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Heilbron, Free State
30 March 2020
Although it was a small camp, Heilbron was unusual in several respects.
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Mamre, Cape Town
24 March 2020
From one of South Africa’s oldest churches to the delight of wine tasting and delightful Cape cuisine, sample the best o...
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Vredenburg, West Coast
13 March 2020
The town was established in 1875, initially as a Dutch Reformed Church congregation to serve the surrounding Communities...
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Tarkastad, Eastern Cape
6 March 2020
Set against the dramatic Winterberg Mountains, between Cradock and Queenstown, only three hours from Port Elizabeth, Tar...
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Vredendal, Western Cape
4 March 2020
As its name intended, the little town of Vredendal, which borders on the southern tip of the Namaqualand region, is name...
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Phuthaditjhaba, Free State
26 February 2020
Drakensberg Mountains and the Maluti Mountains, Phuthaditjhaba is nestled within a part of the Drakensberg. On its south...
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Leipoldtville, West Coast
5 February 2020
Northeast of Elands Bay en route to Graafwater, lies the quaint village of Leipoldtville next to the Langvleirivier. The...
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Butterworth, Wild Coast
24 January 2020
Butterworth is situated in the Eastern Cape of South Africa and is one of the oldest towns in the Eastern Cape's Wild Co...
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Kokstad
28 November 2019
The little town of Kokstad sits on the boundary between KwaZulu Natal and the Eastern Cape, nestled in the heart of East...
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Naauwpoort
18 April 2019
This place is situated in Ditsobotla, North West. The name is Dutch for 'narrow pass' or 'narrow gap'. In 2011 it had a ...
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