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Mangaung
(Encyclopedia) Mangaung, metropolitan municipality (2011 pop. 747,431), Free State prov., central South Africa. Bloemfontein is the municipal seat; other communities include Mangaung and Botshabelo.…Leakey, Louis Seymour Bazett
(Encyclopedia) Leakey, Louis Seymour BazettLeakey, Louis Seymour Bazettbăzˈət, lēˈkē [key], 1903–72, British archaeologist and anthropologist of E Africa, b. Kabete, Kenya; father of Richard Leakey.…Simon's Town
(Encyclopedia) Simon's Town or SimonstownSimon's Townsīˈmənztoun [key], town, now part of City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality, Western Cape prov., SW South Africa, on False Bay, an arm of the…Transkei
(Encyclopedia) TranskeiTranskeitrănskīˈ [key], former black “homeland” and nominal republic, E South Africa, in what is now Eastern Cape prov. Transkei was bounded by the Great Kei River on the south…Deventer, Sir Jacob Louis van
(Encyclopedia) Deventer, Sir Jacob Louis vanDeventer, Sir Jacob Louis vanyäˈkōp l&oomacr;ēˈ fän dĕfˈəntər [key], 1874?–1922, Boer general. In the South African War he commanded guerrilla forces…Tshwane, City of
(Encyclopedia) Tshwane, City of, metropolitan municipality (2011 pop. 2,921,488), Gauteng prov., NE South Africa. Pretoria is the municipal seat; other communities include Soshanguve, Mamelodi,…Beit, Alfred
(Encyclopedia) Beit, AlfredBeit, Alfredbīt [key], 1853–1906, South African financier, b. Hamburg. He went to South Africa in 1875, grew rich from the development of diamond mines, and was a colleague…Agulhas, Cape
(Encyclopedia) Agulhas, CapeAgulhas, Capeəgŭˈləs [key] [Port.,=needles], Western Cape province, South Africa; the southernmost point of Africa. Its name refers to the saw-edged reefs and sunken rocks…Prester John
(Encyclopedia) Prester John, legendary Christian priest and monarch of a vast, wealthy empire in Asia or in Africa. The legend first appeared in the latter part of the 12th cent. and persisted for…Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park
(Encyclopedia) Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park, c.13,500 sq mi (35,000 sq km; roughly the size of Belgium), the largest multinational park in S Africa and one of the largest parks in the world, in…Trending
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