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King Edward VII High School, Houghton Estate, Johannesburg
6 June 2025
The school was established towards the end of 1902 as the Johannesburg High School for Boys, and for a few years was als...
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Transvaal Province
8 May 2025
The Transvaal is a historical region and former Province of South Africa, located North of the Vaal River, that existed ...
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Alexandra, Township in Johannesburg
29 April 2025
A Township 13 kilometeres from North-East Johannesburg. The development of Alexandra Township dates back to 1912. Someti...
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Roodepoort, Johannesburg
24 April 2025
Roodepoort is actually a city of its own, although it has now merged with the suburbs of Johannesburg to such a degree, ...
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Centurion, Gauteng
14 April 2025
The suburb of Lyttelton was one of the original suburbs that made up the old Verwoerdburg. Lyttelton was granted City Co...
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Paardekraal Monument, Market Street, Krugersdorp
7 April 2025
It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 6 April 1936. The monument was designed by Syt...
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Transvaal Museum, now known as the National Museum of Natural History
5 April 2025
The City's natural history museum, founded in 1892, serves as the home of "Mrs Ples" and includes fossils, amphibians, f...
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Pretoria Boys High School
2 April 2025
This school was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 26 May 1978. Charles Hope supported the union ...
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Staats Model School, Van der Walt Street, Pretoria
28 March 2025
it was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 8 April 1960. Sytze Wierda was born in the Netherlands,...
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Kruger chairs (Die twee Krugerstoele) in the Paul Kruger Church (Geref. Kerkgebou) in Church Street, Pretoria West.
10 March 2025
Paul Kruger used to be a member of the church in Pretoria. This church still has the chairs Paul and his Wife used to si...
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Heidelberg, Gauteng
7 March 2025
The Ueckermann family features prominently in the history of Heidelberg, Gauteng. Heinrich Julius Friedrich Christian Ue...
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Mandela House
6 March 2025
The Mandela House Museum in Soweto is housed in what was once the home of Nelson Mandela, the World's most famous ...
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Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit
3 March 2025
The Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit is situated in Midrand in the Province of Gauteng. It is ideally positioned between the 2...
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University of Pretoria Museums
3 March 2025
The University of Pretoria Museums manages, conserves, curates, and interprets adiversity of museum collections and...
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Vaal River and Dam, Gauteng, Free State, Northern Cape and Mpumalanga
27 February 2025
Vaal Dam covers over 300 km, which is also the Country's largest Dam by Area. It is one of Gauteng's major sources of dr...
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Winnie Mandela Drive, Johannesburg
31 December 2024
The road was named after William Nicol, the Administrator of the Transvaal at the time of construction. It was changed i...
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Sterkfontein Caves, Krugersdorp (within the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site)
23 September 2024
The caves are situated about 11km from Krugersdorp, on the farm-" Swartkrans".
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Paul Kruger’s House, 60 Church Street West, Pretoria
5 September 2024
The dwelling is a low single-storey structure with few architectural features of note. However it was spacious and well ...
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Union Buildings and Raadsaal, Church Square, Pretoria
23 August 2024
The discovery of the Witwatersrand Goldfields provided in 1886, the funds necessary to construct this building that...
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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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Diepkloof, Soweto
29 July 2024
Diepkloof covers an Area of approximately 2,50218 square kilometres and houses a Population of approximately 104 098 per...
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O.R. Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg
28 July 2024
The renaming ceremony of the Johannesburg international Airport to O.R Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, Sout...
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Sophiatown
21 June 2024
Sophiatown was originally a Farm outside Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng). It was bought by Hermann Tobiansky, who ...
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Meadowlands or Ndofaya, in Soweto
21 June 2024
Meadowlands, located in Gauteng Province, South Africa, is a Suburb of Soweto. It was founded in the early 1950's during...
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Hilda Bernstein
17 May 2024
Member of the South African Labour Party League of Youth and the South African Communist Party, founding member of the F...
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Zandspruit, Johannesburg
10 May 2024
Twenty-five years ago, the informal settlement was once a piece of land with a few houses scattered around. Today over 3...
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Gold Reef City
15 April 2024
Gold Reef City is a re-creation of turn-of-the-century Johannesburg, which was flooded by prospectors after the discover...
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Azhar Cachalia
25 March 2024
Political activist, former treasurer of the United Democratic Front, Judge and Law Expert.
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Sutelong a township in the West of Mortele, Pretoria
6 March 2024
The Moretele Local Municipality is situated within the Bojanala Platinum District in the North West Province. The munici...
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Peter Sexford Magubane
19 January 2024
South African photographer, politcal detainee and banned person
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Fordsburg and the Oriental Plaza, Johannesburg
30 December 2023
Named after Lewis Peter Ford of the Jeppe and Ford Estate Company, Fordsburg was built on the outskirts of the Johannesb...
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Ismail Ahmed Cachalia
8 December 2023
Political activist and exile. A leading member of the Transvaal Indian Congress and the African National Congress. Promi...
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Heritage Route of Transvaal, Limpopo and Mpumalanga
8 December 2023
Boers and Voortrekkers originated from these areas of the TRANSVAAL
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Hellenic Football Club, Pretoria/Cape Town
11 October 2023
In 1972 Hellenic attracted a number of German internationals who were barred from playing in clubs associated with FIFA ...
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Cradle of Humankind, near Johannesburg
6 October 2023
The Cradle of Humankind was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1999. It is about 50 km North West of Johan...
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Nelson Mandela Bridge, Johannesburg
21 July 2023
The Nelson Mandela Bridge is a relatively new addition to the Johannesburg skyline, but has already gained iconic status...
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Die Grootkerk in Bosmanstraat
29 June 2023
The Dutch Reformed Church, Pretoria was established in 1854, when it separated from the Rustenburg congregation. T...
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Hector Pieterson Memorial and Museum, Soweto
23 June 2023
The museum is located on 8288 Khumalo Street, Orlando West (Soweto)
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Bensusan Museum of Photography and Library, Johannesburg
2 June 2023
The Bensusan Museum of Photography is named after Dr AD Bensusan, a former mayor of Johannesburg and a man who has devot...
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Nigel, an East Rand Mining Town
2 June 2023
The Town of Nigel, directly South of Springs and Brakpan, lies in what is known as the East Rand, South East of Johannes...
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