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Feather exports saw a sharp increase from the Cape Colony during the mid-1860s, which is generally accepted as the launch of the industry in South Africa. By 1870, feather auctions were being held in Mossel Bay. [12] In 1875, the census counted the town's population to be 1,837. [10] Between 1875 and 1880, ostrich prices reached up to GBP 1,000 ...
This is a list of suburbs in the City of Cape Town, South Africa, which includes the city of Cape Town, as well as its surrounding suburbs and exurbs. [1] Each section on this page separates a specific region of Cape Town, in alphabetical order. Within each region, there is a table, with its respective suburbs listed in alphabetical order.
The Dequar Road Base in Pretoria houses the Transvaalse Staatsartillerie (Artillery) and the Pretoria Regiment (Tank Regiment). The Joint Support Base in Wonderboom, Pretoria houses the School of Signals, 1 Signal Regiment, 2 Signal Regiment, 3 Electronic Workshop, 4 Signal Regiment and 5 Signal Regiment. Technical Base Complex Centurion is ...
The Cape Town Office [9] has responsibility for the provinces of Western Cape, Northern Cape and Eastern Cape as well as Namibia. [6] There was also previously an office in Johannesburg, formerly the Consulate-General of the Republic of China. [10] [11] However, owing to financial considerations and the city's proximity to Pretoria, it was ...
Zonnebloem (Dutch for sunflower) [2] is a suburb in the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality in the Western Cape province of South Africa, previously part of District Six. It was a farming estate until the early 19th century, when it became a suburb of Cape Town as the population and city boundaries grew. [ 3 ]
The area was subsequently renamed Voortrekkerhoogte ("Voortrekker Heights") in 1939 by the government of the Union of South Africa, following the beginning of the building of the nearby Voortrekker Monument, at a time of growing Afrikaner nationalism. On 19 May 1998, following the end of apartheid, it was renamed again, as Thaba Tshwane. [4]
Caledon, originally named Swartberg, is a town in the Overberg region in the Western Cape province of South Africa, located about 100 kilometres (62 mi) east of Cape Town next to mineral-rich hot springs. As of 2011 it had a population of 13,020. [3]
Other features of the Wonderboom Nature Reserve include a Stone-Age site that has produced the largest single accumulation of Neolithic tools ever found in South Africa and an Iron-Age site. Larger game species such as impala and zebra roam the reserve, as do monkeys , and a breeding pair of black eagles have raised chicks in the reserve since ...