The Province of the Cape of Good Hope, commonly referred to as the Cape Province and colloquially as The Cape, was a province in the Union of South Africa and subsequently the Republic of South Africa. It encompassed the old Cape Colony, and had Cape Town as its capital. Following the end of the Apartheid era, the Cape Province was split up to form the new Eastern Cape, Northern Cape and Western Cape provinces, along with part of the North West.
The Tasman Sea is a marginal sea of the South Pacific Ocean, situated between Australia and New Zealand. It measures about 2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi) across and about 2,800 kilometres (1,700 mi) from north to south. The sea was named after the Dutch explorer Abel Janszoon Tasman, who was the first recorded European to encounter New Zealand and Tasmania. The British explorer Captain James Cook later extensively navigated the Tasman Sea in the 1770s as part of his first voyage of exploration.
Cape Girardeau County is a county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Missouri; its eastern border is formed by the Mississippi River. As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the population was 75,674. The county seat is Jackson, the first city in the US to be named in honor of President Andrew Jackson. Officially organized on October 1, 1812, the county is named after Ensign Sieur Jean Baptiste de Giradot, an official of the French colonial years. The "cape" in the county's name is named after a former promontory rock overlooking the Mississippi River; this feature was demolished during railroad construction.
Makhanda is a town of about 70,000 people in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It is situated about 110 kilometres (70 mi) northeast of Port Elizabeth and 130 kilometres (80 mi) southwest of East London. Grahamstown is the largest town in the Makana Local Municipality, and the seat of the municipal council. It also hosts Rhodes University, the Eastern Cape Division of the High Court, The South African Library for the Blind (SALB) and a diocese of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa and 6 South African Infantry Battalion. The name change to Makhanda was officially gazetted on 29 June 2018 and the town was officially renamed to Makhanda in order to "rightfully" immortalise the memory of Xhosa warrior and prophet Makhanda ka Nxele.
The four Hex River Tunnels consist of a twin tunnel of 0.5 kilometres and three single tunnels of 1.1 kilometres, 1.2 kilometres and 13.5 kilometres, on the Hexton railway route between De Doorns and Kleinstraat through the Hex River Mountains of the Western Cape Province, South Africa. The line, which connects De Doorns in the Hex River valley with Touws River in the Great Karoo, is part of the main rail route between Cape Town and Johannesburg. Of the 30 kilometres of track, 16.8 kilometres are underground. Construction of the line eliminated the bottleneck of the Hex River rail pass.
All Saints Neck, is a mountain pass situated in the Eastern Cape, province of South Africa, on the Regional R61, the road between Umtata and Engcobo.
Barkly Pass is situated in the high mountains of the Eastern Cape, South Africa, on the Regional R58 tarred road between Elliot and Barkly East.
Cala Pass is a high-altitude mountain pass situated in the Eastern Cape, province of South Africa, on the R410 Regional road, between Elliot and Cala.
Greylings Pass, Is situated in the Eastern Cape, province of South Africa, on the regional road R396, between Dordrecht, Eastern Cape and Barkly East.
Groot-Doringhoek Pass,, is situated in the Eastern Cape, on the regional road R391 between Hofmeyr and Molteno, Eastern Cape.
Kumajaba Pass, is situated in the Eastern Cape, province of South Africa, near Maclear, Eastern Cape. It stretches over 5 miles and rises some 1840 feet in elevation. Its exact coordinates are -31°17'1.32" S 28°32'5.15" E.
Mlengana Pass, is situated in the Eastern Cape, province of South Africa, on the road between Mthatha and Port St. Johns. Mlengana Pass is a pass and is situated in OR Tambo District Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa. The gauge landscape height above seal level is 345 meters. Variation of spellings for Mlengana Pass or in different dialects are: Mlengana Pass, Mlengana Pass.
Ouberg Pass,, is situated in the Eastern Cape, province of South Africa, on the regional road R63, between Graaff-Reinet and Murraysburg.
Smuts Pass is a mountain pass situated in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa, on the road between Dordrecht, Eastern Cape and Molteno.
Wapadsberg Pass, is a mountain pass situated in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa, on the regional road R61, between Graaff-Reinet and Cradock, Eastern Cape.
Witnek Pass,, is situated in the Eastern Cape, province of South Africa, on the road between Nieu-Bethesda and Cradock, Eastern Cape.
The Cape Government Railways 2nd Class 2-6-2TT of 1875 was a South African steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Cape of Good Hope.
In South Africa, as elsewhere in the world, the railways played a huge part in development and growth on nearly all terrains in the country. Conversely, events in South Africa and its neighbours over the years had a huge influence on the development of railways.
General elections will be held in South Africa on 8 May 2019 to elect a new National Assembly and provincial legislatures in each province. They will be the sixth elections held since the end of apartheid in 1994 and will determine who will become the next President of South Africa.
