Lesotho Gallery

Reference Map of Map of South Africa

South Africa is located in southern Africa. South Africa is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean and the Indian Ocean, Lesotho and eSwatini (formerly Swaziland) in the eastern portion of South Africa, and Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique to the north

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San Pass, uKhahlamba Drakensberg Park, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

The uKhahlamba Drakensberg Park is in the KwaZulu Natal province of South Africa, covering 242, 813 ha of area. The park includes Royal Natal National Park, a provincial park, and covers part of the Drakensberg, the highest mountain range in Southern Africa. The park and the adjoining Sehlabathebe National Park in the Kingdom of Lesotho are part of the Maloti Drakensberg Park, which was first declared a World Heritage Site on 30 November 2000. It is described by UNESCO as having exceptional natural beauty in its soaring basaltic buttresses, incisive dramatic cutbacks, and golden sandstone ramparts.. the sites diversity of habitats protects a high level of endemic and globally threatened species, especially birds and plants also contains many caves and rock shelters with the largest and most concentrated group of paintings in Africa south of the Sahara

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Union of South Africa historical pageant

Union of South Africa historical pageant, a re-enactment of a meeting between President Hoffman (1807-1879) and the Basotho (Lesotho) King Moshesh (Moshoeshoe I, c1786-1870) in 1854, when Hoffman gave Moshesh a goodwill present of a keg of gunpowder. The pageant was held in October 1910 to celebrate the union of two former Boer republics and two former British colonies, thereby creating a South African nation state. Date: 1910

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