The People of South Africa … [Read more...]
Orders 2008
February 23, 2012 By
National Orders awards - 22 April 2008 Order of the Baobab in bronze Filippus Letladi Mminele (Posthumous): For his outstanding and tireless contribution in the field of education and for his religious perspective that made this … [Read more...]
National Orders
February 23, 2012 By
National Orders National Orders are the highest awards that a country, through its President, bestows on its citizens and eminent foreign nationals. The President as the fount (holder, cradle, main source) of honour in the country … [Read more...]
Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape
February 23, 2012 By
Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape World Heritage site Year inscribed: 2003 Location: Limpopo province, 22 11'33" S 29 14' 20" E Type: Cultural heritage Mapungubwe - "place of the stone of wisdom" - was South … [Read more...]
Cradle of Humankind
February 23, 2012 By
Cradle of Humankind World Heritage site Year inscribed: 1999, 2005 Location: Gauteng and North West, 25 55' 45" S 27 47' 20" E Type: Cultural heritage Known in South Africa as the Cradle of … [Read more...]
Vredefort Dome
February 23, 2012 By
Vredefort Dome World Heritage site Year inscribed: 2005 Location: Free State and North West, 26' 51' 36" S 27' 15' 36" E Type: Natural heritage It is speculated that Some 2-billion years ago a meteorite 10 kilometres in diameter hit … [Read more...]
Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape
February 23, 2012 By
Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape World Heritage site Year inscribed: 2007 Location: Northern Cape, 28 36' S 17 12' 14" E Type: Cultural heritage The Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape is made up of a terrain … [Read more...]
Heritage
February 23, 2012 By
World Heritage sites in South Africa It is considered that the 22 000 hectares of the Table Mountain National Park has more plant species than the British Isles or New Zealand. And that the Drakensberg has both the highest mountain range … [Read more...]
Domestic Flights
February 23, 2012 By
Domestic flights in South Africa South Africa has a number of airlines flying between its major cities, and to some of its smaller ones, with fares ranging from first-class to cut-price economy. Flights can be booked online from anywhere … [Read more...]
