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Mogodi Village

Mogodi is located in Capricorn District Municipality, of Limpopo. The estimated terrain, elevation above sea level is 1030 metres. Mogodi is situated nearby to Boomplaats, and South East of Rustplaats. Only 1 hr 31 min (82,2 km) via the Orrie Baragwanath Pass to the Lekgamaleetse Nature Reserve! The Orrie Baragwanath Pass is a rough dirt road across the Wolkberg mountains in the scenically rich Lekgamaleetse Nature Reserve. The pass is best suited to 4x4 vehicles, or off-road motorbikes, as it is often unpassable after heavy rains! This is where many of the prominent Rivers of the Lowveld originate. The Wolkberg Wilderness Area is a protected area in Limpopo. These Mountains, form part of the World famous, Drakensberg Mountain Range, the Reserve offers a diversity of plant and insect species. It is also World renowned for its rare butterfly species!
Geolocation
-24° 9' 43.2", 29° 20' 6"
References
https://za.geoview.info/mogodi,974962 https://www.city-facts.com/mogodi-limpopo https://www.limtourism.co.za/tzaneen/lekgalameetse-nature-reserve
Further Reading
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?extid=NS-UNK-UNK-UNK-AN_GK0T-GK1C-GK2C&v=448186616797825 https://www.mountainpassessouthafrica.co.za/find-a-pass/limpopo/item/303-orris-baragwanath-pass.html https://www.city-facts.com/mogodi-limpopo https://www.names.org/n/mogodi/about https://mg.co.za/article/2019-04-05-00-municipalitys-dodgy-sand-scandal/ https://southernafricayouth.org/mogodi-primary-school-mogodi-village/

Mobeni

Mobeni, is located in KwaZulu-Natal, Durban (formerly Port Natal). The largest City of KwaZulu-Natal Province and the chief Port of South Africa. (With the highest traffic of shipping vessels, in the entire Coast of Africa.) Mobeni is situated nearby to Lamontville, and West of Merebank. The district Mobeni falls under the jurisdiction of the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality. The spoken languages are: 'Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, English, Tswana, Southern Sotho, Tsonga, Swati, Venda and South Ndebele'. Virginia Airport is a mere 6 minutes away and King Shaka International is only 18 minutes.
Geolocation
-29° 51' 28.8", 31° 1' 44.4"
References
https://www.tripmondo.com/south-africa/kwazulu-natal/ethekwini-metropolitan-municipality/durban/mobeni/ https://www.britannica.com/place/Durban
Further Reading
https://www.wdrb.com/chaos-in-mobeni-near-durban-south-africa/image_3ee4c7fc-e563-11eb-9b43-13983cf96798.html https://www.rome2rio.com/s/Durban/Mobeni https://www.tripmondo.com/south-africa/kwazulu-natal/ethekwini-metropolitan-municipality/durban/mobeni/ https://www.privateproperty.co.za/for-sale/kwazulu-natal/durban/durban-south/mobeni/1314 https://tabloidmedia.co.za/mobeni-heights-crematorium-to-get-multimillion-rand-upgrade-by-2020/

King Faku ka Ngqungqushe

King Faku ka Ngqungqushe was born around 1780 at the Qawukeni Great Palace near a small town called Lusikisiki in the Mpondoland region, which is in the north eastern part of the former Transkei homeland situated in the present-day Eastern Cape, South Africa. From the traditional history of succession, King Faku was not originally born from the great wife who is normally expected to give birth to an heir to the throne of the King according to the customs and tradition of the Mpondo people[1].

Victor Verster Prison

The Groot Drakenstein correctional facility (the former Victor Verster, (“One of the proprietors of these grounds was Victor Verster, who, after selling his farm to the government, became a commissioner within the prisons department. Many farmers from the surrounding areas were furious with government’s plan to establish a prison in this peaceful valley of Wemmershoek,”) The Maximum Security Prison, near Simondium (which is between Franschhoek and Paarl) is a working prison, that was renamed in 2000. The Groot Drakenstein Prison is on the map chiefly because this was the last place in which Nelson Mandela was incarcerated and it was through these gates, that Mandela walked to freedom in 1990. Mandela was transferred to this prison, from the Maximum Security Prison on Robben Island in 1988, in preparation for his release on the 11th of February 1990. A larger than the life-size bronze statue of Mandela was unveiled, at Groot Drakenstein Prison. (shown in the picture). It is a beautiful statue showing Mandela with raised fist – a well-recognised gesture of defiance, usually accompanied by the freedom slogan – "Amandla Awethu"- isiZulu meaning- 'power to the people'. Groot Drakenstein Prison is an isolated, out of the way place in which to place such a statue, but the location has been deliberately chosen to stand in the very place where Mandela took his first steps outside of the prison as a free man! The statue was commissioned from South African artist Jean Doyle by Tokyo Sexwale, a well known businessman who himself spent 13 years on Robben Island.

The statue is a tribute to every person who made sacrifices in the fight for freedom!

Geolocation
-33° 48' 23.8255", 18° 56' 38.4"
References
https://www.sa-venues.com/attractionswc/groot-drakenstein-prison.htm https://thisissouthafrica.com/location/mandela-prison-house/ https://thirstytraveler.co.za/about-freedom-hill-vineyards-our-freedom-hill-legacy-tour/ https://www.iol.co.za/capeargus/news/our-prisons-are-rich-in-history-17186103