KwaZulu-Natal is one of the nine provinces of South Africa. It is often referred to as the 'Zulu Kingdom', as it is the ancestral home of the Zulu people, whose king King Goodwill Zwelinthini, is descended from a long line of Zulu royalty.
SIR LOWRY'S PASS WAS SETTLED AS A RESTING PLACE FOR TRAVELERS BEFORE
COMMENCING ASCENT OF THE GANTOUW MOUNTAIN BY OX WAGONS.
The Gantouw was replaced by the opening of Sir Lowry's Pass on 6 July
1830. Sir Lowry Cole traveled up the newly constructed ...
DIAMANTVELD VISITOR CENTRE
121 Bultfontein Road & Lyndhurst Street
Tel 053 832 7298
Fax 053 832 7211
E-Mail tourism@kbymun.org.za
Web www.kimberley-africa.com [http://www.kimberley-africa.com]
In 1871, diamond deposits found on a hillock dubbed Colesberg ...
SOUTH AFRICA?S NATIONAL ANTHEM
History
Nkosi sikelel? iAfrika was written as a hymn by Enoch Mankayi Sontonga
in 1897. The African National Congress (ANC) adopted Nkosi sikelel?
iAfrika as its anthem in 1925. Sung over the years at gatherings,
protest ...
The first 'holiday cottage' was a shack built among the sand dunes in
the early days by transport rider Edward Stafford. Unaware of their
motility, however, he was surprised and dismayed to see his fine
creation swallowed up.
This area was subjected ...
LYING ON THE IDYLIC COASTAL ROAD THAT TAKES ONE FROM CAPE TOWN TO
SOMERSET WEST.
In Macassar the kramat (shrine) of Sheik Yussaf of Bantam is one of
the South African Muslim community's holiest places. The Sheik, who
was exiled by the Dutch in 1694, ...
A sense of emotion fills you as you enter Atteridgeville. One of the
first sights to greet you is in the Atteridgeville Cemetery where
Kgomotso Ditsego is buried. Kgomotso was the first victim of the 1976
uprisings and her memory is still treasured in ...
TOURIST INFORMATION
NORTH WEST PARKS & TOURISM BOARD
Tel 053 433 1706
Fax 053 433 1705
E-mail bloemhofdam@cybertrade.co.za
Website www.tourismnorthwest.co.za
[http://www.tourismnorthwest.co.za/]
Bloemhof was established on the farm Klipfontein on ...
TOURIST INFORMATION
THE TOWN CLERK
Tel 053 343 0019
Situated 200km west of Kimberley. It was the home of a group of
Khoikhoi people whose chief, Adam Kok, followed a colourful, often
aggressive life-style. It became the first town established north ...
