Historic sites in South Africa

Historical sites in South Africa : Site Index

• Anglo-Boer War Museum
  The Anglo-Boer War Museum in Bloemfontein explores the history of the Second Anglo-Boer War.
  

• Apartheid Museum
  The Apartheid Museum in Johannesburg tells the story of South Africa’s apartheid regime and how it eventually fell.
  Photo by jasonwhat (cc)

• Battle of Blood River Memorial
  The Battle of Blood River Memorial commemorates a fierce clash between the Boers and the Zulus in 1838.
  

• Castle of Good Hope
  The Castle of Good Hope is the oldest surviving colonial building in South Africa.
  

• District Six
  District Six was a thriving multicultural area in Cape Town, South Africa until it was destroyed by apartheid.
  Photo by derekkeats (cc)

• District Six Museum
  The District Six Museum is dedicated to the history of District Six, an area destroyed during the Apartheid.
  Photo by thomas_sly (cc)

• Geelbecks River Blockhouse
  Mortared stonework type blockhouse, 12km North of Laingsburg, and right next to the N1 national highway (motorway) between Cape Town and Johannesburg.
  

• Isandlwana Battlefield
  Isandlwana Battlefield was the site of a British defeat in the Anglo-Zulu Wars.
  Photo by NH53 (cc)

• Ladysmith Siege Museum
  The Ladysmith Siege Museum explores the town’s history during the Second Anglo-Boer War.
  

• Laing’s Nek Battlefield
  Laing’s Nek Battlefield was the site of a major battle in the First Anglo-Boer War.
  Photo by Elizabeth Thompson (cc)

• Majuba Hill
  Majuba Hill in South Africa was the site of the final battle of the First Anglo-Boer War.
  Photo by Vberger (cc)

• Mvezo
  Mvezo was the birthplace of Nelson Mandela.
  

• National Women’s Memorial - Bloemfontein
  The National Women’s Memorial in Bloemfontein is a Second Anglo-Boer War monument.
  

• Qunu
  Qunu was the childhood home of South African leader Nelson Mandela and is part of the Nelson Mandela Museum.
  

• Robben Island
  Robben Island was the prison in which Nelson Mandela was held under South Africa’s apartheid regime.
  

• Rorke’s Drift
  Rorke’s Drift was the site of a famous British victory in the Anglo-Zulu Wars.
  

• Spioenkop battlefield
  Spioenkop battlefield in South Africa was the site of a Boer victory in the Second Anglo-Boer War.
  

• The Nelson Mandela Museum
  The Nelson Mandela Museum tells the story of one of South Africa’s most iconic leaders.
  

• Voortrekker Monument
  The Voortrekker Monument in Pretoria commemorates South Africa’s Boer pioneers.
  Photo by Mister-E (cc)