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Caledon, Cape Overberg
11 August 2025
Caledon is situated on the N2 national road in the Overberg region in the Western Cape province of South Africa, located...
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Ntabankulu Municipality
2 August 2025
Ntabankulu is an isiXhosa word meaning "great or big mountain", since the municipal Area is mountainous in character. Th...
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Joe Gqabi District Municipality, Eastern Cape
31 July 2025
Joe gqabi District Municipality was previously known as: 'Ukhahlamba District Municipality'. Is a Category C Municipalit...
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Humansdorp
10 July 2025
Humansdorp has grown from a small Town in 1849, with the purpose of serving the Farming community. These days it has flo...
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Pondoland
1 July 2025
The migration typically starts along the Transkei coast in the Eastern Cape, moving up the Wild Coast and along the KwaZ...
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Mpofu – Fort Fordyce Nature Reserve
13 June 2025
Bass fishing is a popular activity as is rock climbing – Fort Fordyce features ten bolted routes with names like the Fev...
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Fort Beaufort/KwaMaqoma- Amatola District, Eastern Cape
13 June 2025
Fort Beaufort is situated in the Eastern Cape Province. The town is surrounded by magnificent mountain ranges and it is ...
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Blinkwater
12 June 2025
Blinkwater, a small but charming area in the Eastern Cape. UNDP’s work proves that investing in development makes things...
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Bisho, Capital of the Eastern Cape
8 May 2025
A Memorial Erected by the National Museum of Cultural History, for the Victims of the Bisho Massacre. It was unveiled by...
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Hamburg Village
26 January 2025
Hamburg is a small Town, with about 1000 inhabitants, in the Eastern Cape Province. It is located on the coast between t...
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Graaff-Reinet Division
22 January 2025
The district of Graaff-Reinet was constituted on 26 August 1785 and its boundaries were proclaimed on 17 July 1786. Howe...
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Camdeboo was called Aberdeen, Eastern Cape
22 January 2025
Aberdeen is about 50 km South-West of Graaff-Reinet and only 3 hours drive from Port Elizabeth.Aberdeen was f...
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Matatiele Local Municipality
1 January 2025
103 geographical name changes have occurred in the Eastern Cape since 2019. On the 6 December 2023, Matatiele Township c...
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Nqweba was called Kirkwood, Eastern Cape
30 December 2024
The farming community of Kirkwood, in the heart of the Sundays River Valley, close to the town of Addo and the Northern ...
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Ngqushwa Local Municipality
13 December 2024
Begha Mouth is one of the beaches located in the Ngqushwa local municipality. This what captivates many visitors is its ...
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Magwa Waterfall, Lusikisiki-Port St. Johns
13 December 2024
The Magwa Waterfall lies in the middle of the 1 800 hectare Magwa tea plantation, South Africa's last remaining tea esta...
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Peddie
12 December 2024
Peddie is a small town in the Amathole district of the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. Peddie is a hi...
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Mkumeni Location, Flagstaff
29 November 2024
The Ingquza Hill Local Municipality (previously Qaukeni Local Municipality) is a Category B municipality located within ...
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Oviston Nature Reserve, Eastern Cape
29 November 2024
The Oviston Nature Reserve lies is on the, Southern side of the Gariep Dam. The Oviston Nature Reserve is a 16 000 Hecta...
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Lady Grey, Eastern Cape
11 October 2024
The first Church, completed in 1860, was built on a Hillock in the middle of Lady Grey. It is interesting to note that a...
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Mqhekezweni - Mandela's Ancestral Home, OR Tambo District, Eastern Cape
11 October 2024
Declared a National Heritage Site by the South African Government, Mqhekezweni is a very significant early great place o...
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Burgersdorp, E.C.
11 October 2024
In 1905 the Seminary was moved to Potchefstroom, where it later became: 'the Potchefstroom University for Christian High...
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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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Frances Baard
4 October 2024
Organiser of the African National Congress (ANC) Women’s League and Trade Unionist.
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Harbour Board Building, Port Elizabeth
4 October 2024
Known popularly as the 'White Building'. The old Harbour Board Building was used for 70 years for harbor administration ...
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Griqualand East
26 September 2024
The territory of Griqualand East is located South of the Colony of Natal, between the Drakensberg and Pondoland. Despite...
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Amathola/Amatole District Municipality
23 September 2024
The Amathola Mountain Range which is a subsidiary of the Winterberg Range, 15 km North-East of Alice, extending Westward...
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Bennebroek Wreck, Hamburg
23 September 2024
In 1713 the Bennebroek which was an 'East Indiaman'- which is a large sailing vessel. This type of sailing vessel's were...
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Oliver Tambo District Municipality
20 September 2024
The OR Tambo District Municipality (ORTDM) occupies the eastern coastal portion of the Eastern Cape Province, bordered b...
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Rhodes
29 August 2024
The village of Rhodes lies on the banks of the Bell River at the foot of the Witteberge. It was laid out on the farm Tin...
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Fetcani Pass, Eastern Cape
23 August 2024
There are many Mountain Passes in the Highlands of the Eastern Cape, and Fetcani Pass is no exception, functioning as a ...
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Bloukrans Bridge Rest Camp, Southern Region
20 July 2024
The Bloukrans Bridge is a stunning single span arched bridge, located in the Southern Cape region of South Africa. The B...
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Adelaide, Eastern Cape
12 July 2024
A rural Town some 91 km North of Grahamstown, Eastern Cape. The Area of Adelaide, was first inhabited by Bushmen, estima...
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Elandsberg Nature Reserve, Western Cape
14 June 2024
Elandsberg is a mountain and is located in the Swartland District, near Riebeeck Kasteel, in the Western Cape. The estim...
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Maclear/Nqanqarhu
14 June 2024
The Sivewright Bridge, in Station Street. Is a National Monument With its Magnificent Sandstone Bridge With Arches.
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Hogsback, Eastern Cape
30 May 2024
It is situated high up on the Amathole mountains of the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, and is surrounded by cent...
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Storms River Mouth Rest Camp
30 May 2024
This, "the place of much water", is the Tsitsikamma Section of the Garden Route National Park. The heartland of the park...
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Hankey
24 May 2024
Hankey is the oldest and probably best known because of its claim to the largest sundial in Africa that stands 18 metres...
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Steytlerville Municipality, Karoo
23 May 2024
Situated in the western parts of the Eastern Cape, Steytlerville is the home of peace and tranquility. Here one can rest...
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