Coral Reefs

...Over-exploitation for building materials; physical damage by fishing nets, boat anchors and souvenir-collecting divers; pollution from sewage and agricultural runoff; and sediment from erosion on the mainland are all compromising the survival of these..
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Heritage Sites Found in the Kruger National Park

...Frans de Kuiper’s Attack Site - De Kuiper’s expedition from Delagoa Bay to Ciremandelle (Phalaborwa) was rudely interrupted when Chief Dawano attacked the European party at Gomondwane...
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Sweet Piquanté Peppers

...Although Capsicum Baccatum is a pepper indigenous to Central America, it was “discovered” in South Africa in 1993, in the garden of a Plettenberg Bay holiday home, that had previously belonged to a botanist...
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The Free Burghers in the Cape

...Some started trading illegally with ships which snuck into False Bay. Others undertook surreptitious ‘hunting’ expeditions to supplement their income.By David Fleminger..
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Best Horse Trails in South Africa

...You will also get to see the Klipgat Cave in the Walker Bay Nature Reserve, which has some of the oldest remains of modern man in South Africa and the world...
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The Collapse of Mapungubwe

...It was never resettled by the subsequent tribes who moved into the area, and the identity of the Mapungubwe people dissipated into the void of history. In fact, we still know very little about them...
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Robben Island: A Political Pawn

...A new and terrible chapter in the island’s history had begun.The Apartheid Years©Eric MillerIn 1958, Dr. H.F. Verwoerd took over as South Africa's Prime Minister...
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Discover the Addo Elephant National Park

...The history of Addo Elephant National Park is slightly shameful, but it has subsequently grown to become one of the foremost conservation areas in the country...
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Drakensberg: UNESCO World Heritage Site

...Drakensberg rock art is ‘a staging post in man’s long journey from the vast blackness of the silent past into the light of recorded history...
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Barrydale Wine Farms

...With its history of producing top-class brandy, Barrydale sets itself apart from other brandy distilleries making it the perfect place for brandy lovers to visit...
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About Avocados

...Vegetative propagation of avocados began in America in the 1890s and the first commercial plantings were started in Israel in 1908, with the first-named cultivars: Fuerte and Dickinson, planted in 1924.History of Avocado Production in South Africa©..
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Youth of Soweto

...Tourism has picked up and people can now tour the township to learn more about its vibrant culture and rich (although gloomy) history. Yet, for a city of over two million people, it is still a skeletal infrastructure...
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Pineapple Production

...The fibre in pineapple leaves is used for weaving cloth, making shoes, fishing nets and stringing jewellery...
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Port St Johns Wild Coast

...There are few roads to the coast, and none to the spot where the Mhlankulu River plummets straight over the cliffs into the pounding sea at Waterfall Bluff, about 20 km north of Mbotyi and the same distance south of Lupatana Bay...
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Barrydale Attractions

...If trout fishing attracted your interest, visit Killarney Farm, which is located on the most elevated aspect between Montagu and Barrydale...
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History of the South African Rabbit industry

...History of the South African Rabbit industryHistory of the South African Rabbit industryRabbit Farming in South Africa©Karoline SteenekampA huge Flemish giant doe...
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1914 The Copper Companies of Namaqualand

...The Phillips and King Group, on the other hand, had all the good mines and enjoyed a more sustained corporate history. After commencing operations in 1853, the company did well until two partners in the firm died in 1862...
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Social Organisation of Basotho

...The wide diversity in households today can be ascribed to the men's history as migrant workers on South African mines. Previously, homesteads included married sons, their wives and young children...
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Explore Kimberley

...The town is more than the big hole, but also a part of South Africa’s history...
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A Day Trip to Wellington

...Welvanpas Farm offers cyclers the opportunity to mix exploring the history of the area with pounding down trails...
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Adi Badenhorst

...  Through socio-political influences in its colonial history, the Cape has historically adopted the German and French wine cultures in variety and wine style...
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Pickling of Foods

...Spices such as peppercorns, ­dried coriander seeds, bay leaves and ­mustard seeds or a special pickling spice can also be added...
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Mandela The Black Pimpernel by Benjamin Pogrund

...It was never Mandela, but others who phoned, and sometimes I recognised the voice of a friend.Closing of a ChapterAgain, the history is that the protest failed. Government intimidation and show of force and threats did the job...
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UNESCO and the Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape

...Even after it was ‘re-discovered’ in the early 1930s, the story of Mapungubwe was usually downplayed as an anecdotal or mysterious chapter in Africa’s past, and was relegated to the backwaters of history...
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History of Robertson

...History of RobertsonHistory of RobertsonFarming TownThe town of Robertson was founded in 1853 (originally named Hooprivier) by two friends: Dutch Reformed Church minister at Swellendam, Rev. Dr. William Robertson and Joseph Barry, an auctioneer...
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