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… prime minister of the Republic of South Africa. It was a 10 storey, blue coloured cement building. Floors 9 and 10 … era, this Police Station, was notoriously known as a site of interrogation, torture and abuse of the Apartheid … Central Police Station" and still functions as a Police Station, serving the Johannesburg region. …

… Situated in the Soutpansberg District to the south-east of Louis Trichardt is Valdezia Mission … Station, an establishment that has come to represent a portion of South Africa's Heritage. Valdezia Mission … centuries. It was one of the ancient Tsonga trading stations, where the traders stayed over when bringing their …

… found in Middelburg in the Mpumalanga Province. Originally a place of refuge for Christians, Botshabelo Mission Station … Africa from the Berlin Mission Society during the 1860’s, to spread the gospel among the Zulu nation. They bought a … until 1979. It was at Botshabelo that the missionary R.F Güstav Trumpelmann, with the invaluable assistance of his …

… This 4 110 megawatt Station, constructed at a cost of R 11.9 Billion, is one of the five biggest Power Stations in the World and the first to have been officially opened in South Africa after 1994. …

… Established 1886 along the banks of the Great Kei in a remote Valley, between Cathcart and Stutterheim. The … (hand made) Buildings still remain. Accessible through a remote Road leading out of the Quanti Valley." The property … https://www.sahistory.org.za/article/mission-stations-i-l …

… Ceres Road was located at the entrance to Mitchell's Pass, and adjoined the Village of Wolseley. … Ceres Road, entrance to Wolseley …

… 1657 the VoC granted land on the slopes of Table Mountain to a number of free burghers under the leadership of Steven Bothma, who then established a Farm he named Welgelegen. After his death the estate … Welgelegen Homestead, next to Mosterts Mill …

… Peak which can be seen from Hout Bay , was not named after a governor or brave mountaineer, but a lowly ship's pilot. In 1607 the skipper of the British ship … in what is now Hout Bay and sent his pilot, John Chapman, to row ashore in the hope of finding provisions. The pilot …

… and False Bay on the Indian Ocean. Table Bay was used as a major anchoring place by European seafarers since well … it was found that heavy winter storms caused much damage to shipping in the open roadstead of Table Bay, in 1743 … a signal station, connecting the Castle with other signal stations further inland, Hout Bay and False Bay. During the …

… Ottery was probably established in 1904 as a residential suburb of Cape Town. The railway line from … busses pass the Ottery centre as well, part of the Wynberg to Khayelitsha route. Minibus taxi's pass through Ottery on … on fire on the train between Ottery and Southfield stations just after 9am. Spokesperson Theo Layne said: "One …

… The land was granted to the Garden Cities Trust in 1919 and was capitalised in part by a member of the trust, namely Richard Stuttaford of … pockets and Trees litter the Landscape and two Metrorail Stations are also located within its Boundaries. “The fact …

… This is an engaging structure, with a high pitch roof, dormer windows and ornate fretted timber … opening of the railway from Port Elizabeth, it is reputed to be one of the oldest Railway Stations in South Africa. At this quaint museum, two vintage …  https://www.sa-venues.com/things-to-do/easterncape/old-railway-station-museum/ …

… Stendahl Mission is said to have existed for about 124 years. A Minister of the Berlin Mission Society, Gueldenpfennig, … Mission, they soon established a string of mission stations throughout Zululand. They also established the …

… Turtles, which emerge from the sea in December and January to lay their eggs on the beaches. Sodwana lies within the … and St Lucia Marine Reserves join together to form a continuous protected area stretching 150 kilometers from … by four DGPS (Digital Global Positioning System) reference stations. Providing a highly accurate navigation and …

… Mission Village in Africa, with Church buildings and a School that dates back to 1738. The original Moravian Mission Church houses the … labour. Given the dire conditions on Farms, the Mission Stations, which provided access to Land in return for … Guide to the Museums of South Africa pg. 47,48 …

… A double-storey brick building with heavily ornamented … on 15 February 1899. Later that year, from 31 May to 4 June, it was the location of unsuccessful negotiations … to the South of the City and generates most of the stations freight traffic. During 2005-2006 over 90,000 tons …

… Riverside was a trading station providing staple goods to a predominantly rural indigenous clientele. It was already … accumulated a vast fortune through a string of trading stations and extensive dealings in land. At one stage he also …

… some 13km South of Cape Town and, by 1823, was already a growing Village. The Cape Town-Wynberg suburban Railway … commute in and out of the City, and it’s one of the few Stations that lie almost in the heart of the Suburb, which is possibly what contributes the most to its English village feel. That and the horse-drawn carts …

… town is one of the few surviving South African mission stations . It was founded in 1824 as the third Moravian … on the dirt road between Bredasdorp and Gansbaai . Elim is a wonderfully conserved little historical town! Elim is worth … its neat rows of cottages alone and most of them date back to the 19th century. They are made of mud-brick, plastered …

… of the old Transvaal railway system. It was declared a National Monument in 1983, devolved to a Gauteng Provincial Heritage Resource in 1999. [SAHRIS] … building contractor MCA MEISCHKE, who built numerous stations and cottages for the NZASM. The new building at …

… Republic in 1860. There were unsuccessful early attempts to evangelise the Swazi and in Sekhukhuneland. Merensky … the Berlin Society in South Africa. Here were established a school, seminary, workshops, mill and printing press; and … the Transvaal. By 1900 there were more than thirty six stations and nearly 30,000 converts in the region. The Berlin …

… catchment Area of the Orange River (including that of a major tributary, the Vaal) is 973 000 km2 (which is 77% of … the Orange River (via hydro-electric power generators) to the Vanderkloof Dam, and Southward through the Orange-Fish … of River flows. Eskom operates hydro-electric power-stations at both the Gariep and the Vanderkloof Dams . The …

… Rathfelder was born in Stuttgart in 1811 and emigrated to the Cape in 1835. Following his marriage in the colony, he inherited a halfway-house near Wynberg, on the Cape Town-Simonstown … coveted by its neighbours. It is close to two railway stations (Steurhof and Diep River), making a commute in and …

… children munching on in the sun.  'The Stone Fish Studio'- a beautiful dry-stone Building which is a working; Ceramic … Inlets and Bays are brimming with Life. "Along the Coast to the main beach, you’ll also find Fishermen at the Gutting Stations with fresh fish and Crayfish to sell, at very …

… (prior to 1910) Umxelo was established in 1839 by the Reverend Richard Birt as a station of the London Missionary Society. At that stage it … historic landmarks that represents the impact of mission stations to the people of the Eastern Cape province and later …

… been discovered under rock ledges, that date back from a hundred to a thousands of Years ago. The Town of Komatipoort came into …

… independence from the British. It was decided suitable for a new Town to be founded on the Mpumalanga / KwaZulu Natal border . The … dairy. 'Majuba' is one of 'Eskoms' new -generation Power Stations, commissioned near Volksrust. The remains of the …

… The town lies 193 km due west of Johannesburg on the road to Lichtenburg, which is 29 km away. Originally named … the name was changed to honour Admiral Gaspard de Coligny, a staunch French Huguenot who was killed in the Massacre of … in the mists of time and bypassed by modern life. In a way it has retained its “old world” character, but it hides …

… Established in 1880, Bethal is a small farming town, in Mpumalanga . Farming in potatoes, … maize, sunflower seeds, sorghum and rye. There is also a large amount of mining activity in and around Bethal, with … old Magistrates office which has been beautifully restored to its original, 1910 state and has been declared a national …

… Established in 1890 as Witbank, it is at the centre of a coal-mining area in which more than 20 collieries operate. … , the young soldier-journalist Winston Churchill hid in a colliery near Witbank after his escape from Pretoria . … and a power plant at the Witbank Dam supplies electricity to a wide area. The Dam, its catchment, and neighbouring …