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Cecil John Rhodes
British businessman, mining magnate and politician in South Africa (1853-1902)
Potchefstroom
Potchefstroom ( ; ), known colloquially as Potch, is an academic city in the North West Province of South Africa. It hosts the Potchefstroom Campus of North-West University. Potchefstroom is situated on the Mooi River (Afrikaans for "pretty river"), approximately west-southwest of Johannesburg and east-northeast of Klerksdorp.
Vanderbijlpark
Vanderbijlpark is an industrial city with approximately 95,000 inhabitants, situated on the Vaal River in the south of Gauteng province, South Africa. The city is named after Hendrik van der Bijl, an electrical engineer and industrialist.
Geography of South Africa
Overview of the geography of South Africa
University of Johannesburg
public university in Johannesburg, South Africa
Cradock
Nxuba, formerly Cradock, is a town in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, in the upper valley of the Great Fish River, by road northeast of Gqeberha. The town is the administrative seat of the Inxuba Yethemba Local Municipality in the Chris Hani District of the Eastern Cape.
kulula.com
Kulula.com (stylized as kulula.com) and commonly referred to as Kulula was a South African low-cost airline, operating on major domestic routes from O. R. Tambo International Airport and Lanseria International Airport, both serving the city of Johannesburg. The airline's headquarters were located at Bonaero Park, Kempton Park, Ekurhuleni, Gauteng. The name 'Kulula' comes from the Nguni languages of Zulu and Xhosa, meaning ''It's easy.'' Kulula suspended operations on 1 June 2022 pending securing of additional funding. The company was placed into liquidation on 9 June 2022.
Roland Mark Schoeman
South African swimmer
De Aar
town in the Northern Cape, South Africa
Winburg
Winburg is a small mixed farming town in the Free State province of South Africa.
Burgersdorp
Burgersdorp is a medium-sized town in Walter Sisulu Local Municipality in the Joe Gqabi District Municipality of the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.
Durban International Airport
former international airport in Durban, South Africa
South African Sign Language
sign language in South Africa
Colesberg
Colesberg is a town with 17,354 inhabitants in the Northern Cape province of South Africa, located on the main N1 road from Cape Town to Johannesburg.
Sarah Baartman District Municipality
district municipality in the Eastern Cape, South Africa
Namakwa District Municipality
district municipality in the Northern Cape, South Africa
Gary Kirsten
South African cricketer
Afrikaner nationalism
ideology held by some White South Africans in South Africa
Griqua people
Southern African ethnic group
Sarah Poewe
South African / German swimmer (born 1983)
Mariaan de Swardt
South African female tennis player
South Africa at the 1924 Summer Olympics
sporting event delegation
Freedom Charter
statement of core principles of the South African Congress Alliance
Pixley ka Seme District Municipality
district municipality in the Northern Cape, South Africa
Cape Malay
ethnic group in South Africa
South African passport
passport
district of South Africa
Wikimedia list article
Diepkloof Rock Shelter
rock shelter in South Africa
Natalie Myburgh
South African swimmer
Eugene de Kock
South African police officer, convicted for several political murders as head of the secret police unit C10 (Vlakplaas) during Apartheid, today a free man after serving a prison sentence
Black Consciousness Movement
anti-apartheid movement in the 1960s in South Africa
Boyden Observatory
observatory
Cape Dutch architecture
architectural style in South Africa
Joannette Kruger
South African tennis player
District Six
human settlement
Klasies River Caves
cave in Eastern Cape, South Africa
rail transport in South Africa
overview of rail transportation in South Africa
mbaqanga
Mbaqanga () is a style of South African music that emerged in the early 1960s in the urban townships, particularly around Johannesburg. It draws from a variety of ethnic traditions, including Zulu, Xhosa, Sotho, Pedi, and Tsonga musical elements. Mbaqanga blends traditional South African vocal harmonies, rhythmic patterns, and dance styles with influences from marabi, kwela, and Western popular music such as jazz. It continues to influence musicians both in South Africa and globally.
Blondie Chaplin
South African musician; member of the Beach Boys (born 1951)
Afrikaner Broederbond
1918–1994 Afrikaner Calvinist male organisation in South Africa
Upington Airport
airport
Afrikaans grammar
grammar of the Afrikaans language
flag of Rhodesia
flag
Battle of Intombe
1879 small action of the Anglo-Zulu War
Locnville
Locnville (sometimes abridged as LCNVL) is a South African electro hop music duo. Identical twin brothers Andrew and Brian Chaplin formed Locnville in Cape Town, South Africa, in 2009. The twins are singer-songwriters, song producers and musicians, in addition to being guitarists, drummers and business entrepreneurs.
Anton Edward Rupert
Afrikaner South African billionaire entrepreneur, businessman and conservationist (1916–2006)
Laingsburg Local Municipality
local municipality in the Western Cape, South Africa
Brandvlei
Brandvlei is a small town in the Karoo region of the Northern Cape, South Africa. This is where a 19th-century trekboer called Ou Brand settled. Brand camped at this spot at the Sakrivier, a dry river bed, which only occasionally had water after good rains – and which typically result in flash floods. The settlement was cut in two by such a flood in 1961. After it was recovered, a municipality was formed in 1962.
religion in South Africa
religion in the country
Cape Coloureds
ethnic group in South Africa
Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr
Pre-Apartheid South African minister (1894-1948)
Silver Falcons
aerobatic display team of the South African Air Force
Beaufort West Local Municipality
local municipality in the Western Cape, South Africa
MeerKAT
MeerKAT, originally the Karoo Array Telescope, is a radio telescope consisting of 64 antennas in the Meerkat National Park, in the Northern Cape of South Africa. In 2003, South Africa submitted an expression of interest to host the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) Radio Telescope in Africa, and the locally designed and built MeerKAT was incorporated into the first phase of the SKA. MeerKAT was launched in 2018. MeerKAT is located inside a radio quiet zone within the park.
Herstigte Nasionale Party
political party in South Africa
sporting boycott of South Africa during the Apartheid era
Rhodes Memorial
memorial to English-born, South African politician Cecil John Rhodes
Tuynhuys
thumb|Tuynhuys gardens
Hanover
town in the Northern Cape, South Africa
Kobie Coetsee
South African politician (1931-2000)