Laingsburg, Karoo

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A small, modern Karoo Village, Laingsburg lies at the confluence of two rivers, but is one of the driest parts of the Country. Laingsburg is 280 km from Cape Town just off the N1 highway that travels through the Great Karoo. Despite its dryness, they are well known for the freak flood that devastated the Town on the 25 of January 1981. In a matter of Hours, the entire Town was under water, with only the roofs of Houses visible. This traumatic event was due to an abnormal rainfall in the Catchments of both the Buffel's River and Biviana's Rivers that come together in the Town.

Riviersonderend, Cape Overberg

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Riviersonderend is a small farming Village with a peaceful rural atmosphere, situated on the main Garden Route between Cape Town and Mossel Bay on the N2 - 160 km from Cape Town, and is surrounded with Farms. The Town offers the tranquility of beautiful Mountain and River scenery, a nine hole golf course and a host of other activities. The Town is also only an hour away from several Beaches. There is uncertainty about the origin of the name Riviersonderend. Translated from Dutch and Afrikaans, the name means ‘river without end’.

Herold, Route 62

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The little Hamlet lies right on the Montagu Pass cradled by some of the most majestic Mountain scenery in the country on the R 62, (Route 62) one of South Africa’s newest and most scenic travel routes that meanders between Cape Town and Oudtshoorn, dotted with quaint towns and undiscovered Villages like Herold! Herold lies almost Halfway between George and Oudtshoorn, offering not only moments of idyllic tranquility and peaceful contemplation, but access to both the Coastal and Inland attractions; of the Klein Karoo and the Garden Route. The Area abounds with Outdoor Activities like: Bird watc

Langeberg Mountain Range, Western Cape

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The Langeberg Mountain Range is in the Western Cape Province of South Africa and is approximately 170 km long! The Marloth Nature Reserve, the Garcia State Forest and the Boosmansbos Wilderness Area are three, of the most popular Nature Conservation Areas along the Langeberg Mountain Range! One of several Mountain Ranges that run from East–West in the Western Cape. It stretches 170 km from the Gourits River in the East, to the Town of Montagu in the West. It consists of Sediments of the Table Mountain Sandstone Group and occasionally the Malmesbury Group.

Thembisile Chris Hani is killed

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On 10 April 1993,Thembisile Chris Hani was shot and killed as he returned home to the racially mixed suburb of Dawn Park, Boksberg (Johannesburg), Hani was assassinated by Januzs Walus, an anti-Communist Polish refugee who had close links to the White nationalist AWB. With him was his daughter, Nomakhwezi, then 15 years old. His wife, Limpho, and two other daughters, Neo (then 20 years old) and Lindiwe (then 12 years old) were away at the time. Also implicated in the assassination was Conservative Party MP Clive Derby-Lewis, and strangely a theory based largely on documents given to the Mail & Guardian point to a conspiracy beyond the right wing, linking the assassination to the ANC.
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