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Koster was named after Bastiaan Hendricus Koster, a native of
Rotterdam who in 1860 settled on the farm Kleinfontein on which the
town was later established. The town is the centre of maize
production, although other grains, tobacco and citrus fruit ...
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The Lower Main Road is the heart of Cape Town's student's nightlife
and lies east of Cape Town's city centre, between the Liesbeek and
Black rivers. A variety of cafés, clubs, pubs and live music venues
with a bohemian vibe.
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The Methodist Church founded Salem in the mid 1820s. It is famous for
its many fine buildings and also for the historic negotiations between
Richard Gush and approaching Xhosa during the War of Hintsa, when the
Xhosa agreed to leave the village in peace. ...
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A small village set out by Richard Daniel in the early 1830s along the
lines of an English country village with Daniel's house, Sidbury Park,
being set a little way from the village. Sidbury boasts two splendid
churches, the Anglican and Methodist. It ...
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Adelaide was founded in 1834 as a military post on the banks of the
Koonap River. It was originally called Fort Adelaide after Queen
Adelaide, the wife of King William IV. The Dutch Reformed Church
started selling plots in 1849, though very few were bought ...
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Randburg is a town of the northwestern edge of Johannesburg in South
Africa and consists of 32 suburbs that were amalgamated on the 1 July
1959. The name "Randburg" is derived from the South African currency
the Rand, which replaced the pound sterling ...
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The suburb of Irene is located next to Centurion. It was named after
the daughter of the Hungarian Alois Nellmapius - one of the more
eccentric characters of the old Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek.
Irene has a very definite country village-feel, and many ...
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The local Zulu population had long referred to the promontory here as
'Ntsaba'. When Alfred Eyles built a wattle-and- daub mission nearby
he anglicized it to 'The Lookout'. When he bought the area, however,
he changed the name to Southbroom, after his ...
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Mouille Point hugs the ocean between Granger Bay and Three Anchor Bay
close to the V&A Waterfront. The Mouille Point lighthouse, or Green
Point Lighthouse as it is officially known, is a popular landmark. The
area has a number of hotels, lodges and bed ...
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With the discovery of diamonds at Kimberley, Victoria West was already
an important stop on the road to the north. When the railway line was
built to Kimberley during the 1860's it however bypassed Victoria West
for some reason. Hutchinson was established ...
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