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O'Malley's political interviews: Padraig O'Malley interviews prominent political roleplayers in South Africa about the country's transition from apartheid to democracy
The collection focuses on the Frontier Wars, South African War (Anglo-Boer War), and World War II
On 25 January 1981, the Karoo changed forever. The little town of Laingsburg was hit by what continues to be one of the most dramatic natural disasters ever to have happened in…
Step into Clanwillliam's old jail, built in 1808 and discover more about the history of the area including the inhabitants of the San and the Rooibos tea production. This museum…
The Arend Dieperink Museum contains a valuable cultural-historical collection of Voortrekker and Sotho artifacts, and is housed in a graceful stone building originally built as a school. The museum portrays the…
The Greytown Museum is considered to be one of the finest small museums in the country and boasts a number of excellent exhibits that will appeal to young and old…
The little town of Himeville is nestled in the heart of KwaZulu-Natal, with the magnificent Drakensberg Mountain Range behind it to make for a breath-taking backdrop of unimaginable proportions. The…
The Colenso Museum, built in 1879, is also known as the Robert E. Stevenson Museum because of the military historian and former director of Natal Hospital Services' contribution to its annuls. It…
It is a small museum but well worth a visit for its insight into Zulu history, San rock art and the Spioenkop battle. One of the highlights is a Zulu…