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Sun City, Rustenburg
2 April 2026
The famous Casino/Hotel Complex about 50km from Rustenburg.
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Pilanesberg International Airport, North West
24 February 2026
Pilanesberg International Airport is a small Airport located in Pilanesberg, in the North West Province of South Africa....
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City of Matlosana Local Municipality
11 November 2025
The City of Matlosana Local Municipality is located in the Dr Kenneth Kaunda District of North West Province, South Afri...
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North West
8 November 2025
Taung is the site of the discovery of the Taung skull, one of the world’s most important archaeological discoveries.&nbs...
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Klerksdorp- Matlosana Local Municipality
2 November 2025
The City of Matlosana Local Municipality (previously City Council of Klerksdorp) is a Category B Municipality situated w...
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Bloemhof, North West
22 October 2025
Bloemhof is an agricultural Town of about 28,000 inhabitants situated; on the banks of the Vaal River in North West Prov...
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Potchefstroom
9 June 2025
The name comes from the word: 'Potscherf'- (meaning broken pot), Due to the cracks that appear in the soil of the Mooi R...
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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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Haartbeespoort
14 April 2025
Hartbeespoort, informally also known as: "Harties". is a small resort town north of Johannesburg in the North West Provi...
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Lichtenburg, North West
17 February 2025
The main economic activity is the production of maize (corn) and meat. Lichtenburg lies in the heart of the maize triang...
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Vryburg, Bophirima Region
17 February 2025
Vryburg lies on the N14, due West of the Towns of Klerksdorp and Orkney - as in 'Orkney Snork Nie' (Orkney doesn't snore...
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Stilfontein
6 January 2025
Stilfontein is a town located in the North West Province of South Africa, with 17,942 inhabitants (2025). It is situated...
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Ganyesa
26 July 2024
The massive North West Province of South Africa is home to Ganyesa, which is formally part of the Kagisano / Molopo Muni...
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Boskop Village, Nature Reserve and Dam- near Potchefstroom
3 May 2024
A human fossil remnant consisting of a portion of a skull dome was unearthed in 1913, by laborers on a Farm near the Vil...
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Magaliesberg Region, North West Province
3 May 2024
Go on a journey through the ecology and geology of one of the oldest Mountain ranges in the world – estimated to be 2,50...
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Delareyville, North West
26 April 2024
This historical town in the vast North West Province has a rich history that is deeply rooted in South African culture.
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Christiana, North West
19 April 2024
Christiana is a town situated in the Bophirima region of the North West Province in South Africa. It is part of new newl...
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Orkney, North West Province
19 April 2024
Orkney is a small Town in the North West Province just outside Klerksdorp. It was established around, and known primaril...
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Coligny, North West Province
19 April 2024
The town lies 193 km due west of Johannesburg on the road to Lichtenburg, which is 29 km away. Originally named 'Treurfo...
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Vaalkop National Park, North West
12 April 2024
Vaalkop is known as "an Angelers Dream", it is situated 54 km north of Brits, near Beestekraal and north-east of Rustenb...
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Boekenhoutfontein, District of Rustenburg
12 April 2024
It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 2 April 1971.
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Alabama, Klerksdorp
12 April 2024
Township 6 km West of Klerksdorp in the North West. It is said to take its name indirectly from the State in South-East ...
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Dutch Reformed Church, Rustenberg
18 March 2024
Construction of this church started in 1898 and completion of the building were delayed by the outbreak of the Anglo Boe...
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Mahaking, formerly known as Mafikeng
26 January 2024
Mahaking, formerly known as Mafikeng. Mafikeng is the provincial capital of North West since 1994 and lies on the borde...
Biography
Dawood Ismail Cajee
23 November 2023
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A History of Ottosdal and Letsopa
23 November 2023
Precolonial and Early History Almost four hundred years ago, Khoe-San people moved into the interior of South Africa ...
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Marikana, Bojanala Platinum District Municipality
28 April 2023
Lonmin‘s Marikana platinum mine is located near Brits in the Marikana district, approximately 40km east of Rustenburg in...
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Rustenburg
28 April 2023
The Rustenburg Local Municipality is a Category B municipality situated within the Bojanala Platinum District in the Nor...
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Ottosdal and Letsopa
17 February 2023
The town of Ottosdal was established as a Dutch Reformed Church Parish on the Farm Korannafontein in 1913 and named afte...
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Madikwa Game Reserve, North West
25 November 2022
Many of the Farms described by writer Herman Charles Bosman in his short stories no longer exist, quite a number having ...
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Mogwase, Bojanala Region
5 May 2022
There is another Town called Mogwasi that does lie close to Sun City. Certainly closer than Mogwase, which is further No...
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Deelpan
4 May 2022
A Village in the Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality, North West, of South Africa.
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Lekwa-Teemane Municipality, North West
23 June 2021
Lekwa-Teemane Local Municipality is a local municipality in Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District Municipality, North West...
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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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Borakalalo National Park, North of Brits
13 August 2020
Borakalalo is situated 60 km north of Brits. It consists of 13 000 ha of woodland and open bushveld – in a remote and pe...
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'Boekenhout' Farm in Rustenberg
6 August 2020
Click on image to enlarge South African Republic president Paul Kruger's farm was declared a National Monument by the...
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Bejani, a tributary of the Sabie River in the North West
31 July 2020
The Bejani is a tributary of the Sabie River, entering from the North-West. Mkhohlu Railway Siding some 20 km South-East...
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Beestekraal, North West
31 July 2020
Settlement with a Railway Station and Post Office, North of Brits. It was given the name in 1837 by the Voortrekkers und...
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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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Algiers, Capital of Algeria
8 May 2020
Presumed to be named after the Harbour City, on the West side of the Bay of Algiers, Capital City of Algeria. Algiers is...
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