The British Embark to the Cape

...He was at the height of his power, wreaking havoc across the mainland, and the Peninsular Wars were in the offing...
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UNESCO and the Vredefort Dome

...UNESCO and the Vredefort DomeUNESCO and the Vredefort DomeWhat is the Vredefort Dome?©David FlemingerSo, what is the Vredefort Dome and why is it important enough to be declared a World Heritage Site? Well, here’s the deal...
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Battlefields Around Vryheid

...Unexpected boggy ground to the southwest delayed the left horn, allowing the British army first to deal exclusively with the right horn...
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1921 Becoming the Kruger Park

...1921 Becoming the Kruger Park1921 Becoming the Kruger ParkThe Sabi Stand-OffIt was make or break time for the Sabi Reserve...
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Milking of Dairy Cows

...The pre-milking procedure is as follows: use running water to wash and clean the teats and the lower parts of the udder...
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Mapungubwe Hill

...Mapungubwe HillMapungubwe HillThe East Coast was BustlingBy the end of the first millennium of the Common Era, the east coast of Africa was bustling...
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Mountain Bike Route: Blood River to Rorke's Drift

...Across the river to the left you'll see the new Rorke's Drift Hotel, and the Rorke's Drift battle site and museum complex is reached a few hundred metres up and over the hill...
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Estcourt History

...Estcourt HistoryEstcourt HistoryFort DurnfordIn the days of the first European explorers and settlers in South Africa, the road to the north of the country was simply a rough wagon track...
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History of the Blyde River

...In a wonderful demonstration of the literal-minded nature of the trekkers, the river they were fording at the time of the reunion was named the Blyde (Joy)...
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Gamkaskloof: Die Hel of the Swartberg

...First, the Boer commander, Denys Reitz, stumbled into the valley around the turn of the 20th century, while hiding from a British force during the Anglo-Boer War...
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Mapungubwe Basic Facts

...The capital at Mapungubwe Hill was the largest and wealthiest. The king lived in splendid isolation on top, while his people lived on the terraces around the foot of the hill...
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Grapevine Training

...As soon as the primary shoot grew about 30 cm above the cordon wire, the shoot is topped at the first internode, just above the cordon wire. This stop of upward growth will cause branch shoots to evolve from the upper part of the primary shoot...
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Fertilizer Mixtures Explained

...The fertilizers are formulated into different mixtures of these three macronutrients and are identified by the three numbers marked on the bags of fertilizer denoting the NPK makeup of the fertilizer and the ratio of their value in the mixture...
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Soccer in South Africa

...The fanbase of SA soccer is quite amazing and the game is taken very seriously. It's hard not to get into the spirit of the game...
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The Sobantu Floods of September 1987

...When the rushing waters met at the confluence of the two rivers, the bottleneck forced the muddy waters to push back across the floodplain on which part of Sobantu is built...
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East London River Port

...In addition, due to the success of the landing, the river mouth was named Port Rex.  Over the next 10 years the British Government gave up control of the area and no further developments were made to the harbour...
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Cape Town Hosts the South African Museum

...The planetarium is adjacent to the main museum building and charges a separate admission fee. All the museums in Cape Town are run under the auspices of the Iziko Organisation...
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Legends of the Cape Peninsula

...Adamastor, one of these giants, was thus sent to the Southern Oceans and transformed into the rocks and mountains of the Cape Peninsula...
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1931 Early Problems in the Kruger Park

...Another surprise was that the lions quickly became the star attraction of the Kruger Park...
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Rooibos Tea and Climate Change

...were collected from the sea by peasants long before it became the food of the elite...
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Explore Stanford

...  The climate of the region is relatively temperate and the trail is runnable at any time of the year...
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Clarens Trails

... ©Jacques MaraisFrom the drive you'll be able to see the Maloti Mountains in the distance.This route connects all the lovely old frontier towns of the eastern Free State, all the way to Lady Grey in the northern Eastern Cape highlands...
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False Bay Shipwrecks

...One of the best parts of the wreck is entering the deck below the main deck and looking up at the shafts of light penetrating the many holes in the upper deck. The MFV Oratava was formerly an I&J fishing trawler which was scuttled in the 1970s...
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1927 The Kruger National Park Opens its Gates

...One of the stipulations of the National Park Act was that the park must become an asset to the nation and members of the public should be allowed into the reserve to experience their wonderful natural heritage...
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Exploring the Orange River

...They then landed the boat on the north bank of the river, where they met some Strandlopers, whom Gordon sketched. The next few days were spent exploring the large bend in the Orange, which curves around the modern Richtersveld National Park...
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