Augrabies

...Although the town is rather sparse, it meets all the requirements of the avid adventurer travelling to the National Park, or other attractions of the region, such as the Kgalagadi Transfrontier National Park, the town of Kakamas or the natural hot springs..
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Kalahari Red Dune Route

...    The area covered by the route extends north of Upington in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa into the toe-shaped protrusion of South Africa to the Namibian border...
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Desmond Tutu

...The South African public had mixed reactions to his receipt of the award, some celebrating while others criticized. The government itself remained silent about the event...
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Cape Peninsula Inland Hikes

...The Pipe track alone is a very pleasant walk with imposing views of the Twelve Apostles, Camps Bay and the coast...
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The 'Release Mandela' Student Marches

...In most cases, the marches were intended to be peaceful and publicly showcase the student’s belief in freedom, equal rights and the end of apartheid.“Forget the past.” ~ Nelson Mandela..
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False Bay

...The main attractions of False Bay are the charming seaside villages on the Western side of the bay, and the extravagantly golden beach that runs unbroken for 30-odd k’s towards the misty mountains in the East...
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Gouritsmond

...It is the place where the long and winding Gourits River finally meets the sea. The town is one of the few small towns in the province where one can experience tranquility and country charm to its fullest...
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Clanwilliam Attractions

...The dates of the show vary, depending on the vagaries of the season, but it usually takes place towards the end of August and the beginning of September...
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Beginning of Pretoria Boys'

...With the departure of the girls and the separation of the junior boys enrolment had fallen to 84, but it increased steadily over the next few years...
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De Rust

...Some of the most primitive bug species in the world can be found on the peaks of Meiringspoort. It is situated on the N12 en route to the Garden Route and the R62 to Cape Town...
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Aloe Ferox - The African 'Aloe Vera'

...In ‘ferox’, the bitter aloin is found just under the skin and can easily be separated from the gel-like inner leaf. In ‘vera’ the aloin is found throughout the leaf and is extracted in a chemical process...
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Do All Hyenas Have Male Genitals?

...The strange female genital contains the opening to the birth canal...
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Tshwane and the Second Anglo-Boer War

...Tshwane and the Second Anglo-Boer WarTshwane and the Second Anglo-Boer WarBe Ready to Forgive©Roger de la HarpeAcross the country, people still re-enact certain battles from the Second Anglo-Boer War.It was not so much the start of the Second Anglo-Boer..
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Problems Awaiting Fynbos and Fire

...When the climate-habitat window shifts south-eastwards, pushing the biome off the southern tip of the continent, these species would have nowhere else to go but into the grave...
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Cape Winemakers Guild Founders Third Decade

...The vision of the Guild as 'leaders in the art of winemaking' was formulated...
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Thabazimbi

...Thabazimbi, meaning ‘Mountain of Iron’, is a town located at the base of the Ysterberg and is surrounded by the Witfonteinrand and Boshofberg, with the spectacular Kransberg in the background...
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Cederberg Hiking

...Start off via the Valley of the Red Giants, then tramp along a steep footpath into the ominous wasteland of the Wolfsberg Cracks...
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Roads Through Tsitsikamma

...With the 7 Passes Road and the Tsitsikamma Gorges Road in place, the Eastern highway along the coast was finally complete...
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Bredasdorp - Heart of the Overberg

...The Old Parsonage is a typical strandveld house, and has been furnished with articles salvaged along the coast. The Audrey Blignault Room at the tourism bureau is dedicated to the Afrikaans author, who was born in Bredasdorp...
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From Rouxpos to Anysberg

...The gravel road becomes tar, rises up 100 m, loops to the North then descends to cross the Buffels River.Anysberg River ValleyFrom the river crossing the tarred road ascends the Wittenekke Pass for about 4.5 km...
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Ndebele Initiation and Rites of Passage

...At the end of the seclusion, the initiate is taken to the river for a final washing...
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Mulberries

...The project was privatised in 1994 when the government stopped funding for the project because of the high costs and low returns...
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Form and Invention in Tsonga and Shona Headrests

...On this example, it might be the combination of the support and pendants, or the very protuberant 'V' shape at the centre of the platform side...
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Scenic Wine Routes of the Western Cape

...Scenic Wine Routes of the Western CapeScenic Wine Routes of the Western CapeWine Routes to FollowThere are many wine routes in the southwestern Cape, but they are not really routes in the way serious travellers understand the term, being designed more..
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History of Nottingham Road

...In 1880, work on the Durban-Johannesburg railway began, but the station was over 20 miles from the original fort and the settlement moved more towards the station...
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