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Pinotage
...The variety took a while to take root in the industry, with only three farmers having it on their farms by the 1950s. The cultivar gained popularity after winning the title of best wine at the Cape Young Wine Show in 1959 and 1961...English
Early Settlers in Mapungubwe
...Rather strangely, the conventions of archaeology dictate that the name given to each distinct ‘pottery-culture’ is usually derived from the farm or location at which the style of pottery is first found. This is called the Name Site...English
Porterville Attractions
...While Porterville, is specifically famous for being the home of the rarest Disa Uniflora, the Sulphur yellow disa, which is the only place where the flower can be found...English
The Harvesting of Wine Grapes
...Bunches are removed from the vines by moving rods and the berries collected into the harvest bin on the machine while the leaves are removed by high-pressure air...English
The Military Years of Robben Island
...The English were clearly on the side of Britain and the allied powers. The Afrikaners, for their part, generally favoured the German cause, or advocated a neutral stance in the European conflict...English
Ezemvelo Nature Reserve Activities
...The trails vary from the easy 4 km Ochna Trail and 14.6 km Protea Trail to the tough 21 km Burkea Trail.By Jacques Marais..English
Ngxeko Mphumzi Woodrow Syfred Dlova
...They also played at venues around Cape Town such as Sea Point Town Hall, Mowbray Town Hall, the Zambezi, the Naaz, Ambassador and the Mermaid. They were seen as the ‘young lions’ of the Langa jazz scene...English
Plett: The Perfect Holiday Town
...To be more precise: sit yourself down on the bench in the shape of a whale tale and take in the scene before you...English
Pietermaritzburg Events
...The distance covered varies from year to year - with poor rainfall, participants must start with the infamous Midmar sprint, running across the muddy lake-shore and through the shallows until the water is deep enough to swim...English
History of Swellendam
...It was the first real settlement to be established in the Overberg and in 1743, it became the third magisterial district in the Cape (after Cape Town and Stellenbosch)...English
Champagne Castle via Ship's Prow Pass
...Finally the stream splits around the Ship's Prow and you have to choose one of the forks: the left-hand one is easier but longer than the right-hand one...English
Explore Swellendam
...Explore SwellendamExplore SwellendamOne of the most beautiful of the National Hiking Way System trails is the Swellendam Trail, on which hikers follow a circular route around the main peaks in the Marloth Reserve...English
Cederberg
...The Wolfberg Cracks tower over the settlement of Dwarsrivier, while the spectacular Wolfberg Arch beyond looks down onto the parched scrubland of the Tanqua Karoo. On the highest and most exposed peaks grows the lovely, white puff-ball snow protea...English
Drakensberg Experience Route
...The watershed of the basalt peaks divide the rain and snow, some flowing westwards over the alpine plateau of Lesotho towards the Atlantic Ocean, and some down the vertical slopes into KwaZulu-Natal, toward the warm Indian Ocean...English
History of Bloubergstrand
...©Roger de la HarpeIn short, had the British not taken the Cape in 1806, South Africa would likely be a French speaking country and possibly the first democratic republic in the world...English
Steenberg
...area of the cellar, where restyling also involved the bistro overlooking the fermentation cellar...English
Breede River Valley Wine Route
...The historic Church Street is one of the best preserved street complexes in the country. A museum depicting the history of the Institute for the Blind opened in September 1997...English
Cost of Transport in Namaqualand
...By 1855, the cost of getting ore to the shore equalled the total cost of mining the stuff in the first place...English
Climate and How the Earth Feeds into the System
...natural cues from the sun and our orbit around the sun, from the albedo effect, in response to how thick the blanket of greenhouse gases is or whether there is dust or ash in the atmosphere which block out the sun’s rays...English
Are Porcupines Rodents?
...The female moves her tail out of the way and backs into the male who stands on his hind legs. In spite of the daily interaction the female only conceives once a year...English
Corona Open at Jeffreys Bay
...For spectators, the best thing about ‘J-Bay’ (as the locals call it) is that from the take-off at the Boneyard, the super barrelling wave that runs parallel to the beach for up to a kilometre, so you get to see every bit of the action.By David..English
Kamberg Nature Reserve
...Day visitors to the reserve are welcome. Two of the biggest attractions in the area are the Kamberg Trout Festival as well an Outdoor Challenge (Agri Olympics), drawing the local farming community to have some annual outdoor fun...English