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Cullinan, South Africa, the Glossary

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  1. 46 relations: Abseiling, Afrikaans, Archery, Bantu peoples of South Africa, Bongo drum, City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, Coloureds, Country, Cullinan Diamond, Democratic Alliance (South Africa), Districts of South Africa, Edward VII, First language, Freemasonry, Gauteng, Herbert Baker, Highveld, Indian South Africans, Johannesburg, Kimberley, Northern Cape, List of diamond magnates, List of municipalities in South Africa, McHardy House, Mountain bike, Nedbank, Nokeng tsa Taemane Local Municipality, Northern Cape, Northern Sotho, Open-pit mining, Petra Diamonds, Post office box, Postal codes in South Africa, Premier Mine, Pretoria, Provinces of South Africa, Rayton, Sammy Marks, Sotho language, South Africa, South African English, South African Standard Time, Telephone numbers in South Africa, Thomas Cullinan (diamond magnate), Transvaal Colony, White South Africans, Zip line.

  2. 1903 establishments in Transvaal Colony
  3. Populated places in the City of Tshwane

Abseiling

Abseiling, also known as rappelling, is the controlled descent of a steep slope, such as a rock face, by moving down a rope.

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Afrikaans

Afrikaans is a West Germanic language, spoken in South Africa, Namibia and (to a lesser extent) Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

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Archery

Archery is the sport, practice, or skill of using a bow to shoot arrows.

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Bantu peoples of South Africa

South African Bantu-speaking peoples represent the majority ethno-racial group of South Africans.

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Bongo drum

Bongos (Spanish: bongó) are an Afro-Cuban percussion instrument consisting of a pair of small open bottomed hand drums of different sizes.

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City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality

The City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality (Mmasepala wa Toropokgolo ya Tshwane; Stad Tshwane Metropolitaanse Munisipaliteit; Mmasepala wa Toropokgolo ya Tshwane), also known as the City of Tshwane, is the metropolitan municipality that forms the local government of northern Gauteng in South Africa.

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Coloureds

Coloureds (Kleurlinge) refers to members of multiracial ethnic communities in South Africa who have ancestry from African, European, and Asian people.

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Country

A country is a distinct part of the world, such as a state, nation, or other political entity.

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Cullinan Diamond

The Cullinan Diamond is the largest gem-quality rough diamond ever found,Scarratt and Shor, p. 120.

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Democratic Alliance (South Africa)

The Democratic Alliance is a South African political party which is a part of the current South African Government of National Unity (GNU) together with the African National Congress (ANC), Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP), and several others.

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Districts of South Africa

The nine provinces of South Africa are divided into 52 districts (sing. district, isifunda; isithili; distrikte; selete; kgaolo; setereke; xifundza; sigodzi; tshiṱiriki; isiyingi), which are either metropolitan or district municipalities.

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Edward VII

Edward VII (Albert Edward; 9 November 1841 – 6 May 1910) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910.

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First language

A first language (L1), native language, native tongue, or mother tongue is the first language a person has been exposed to from birth or within the critical period.

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Freemasonry

Freemasonry or Masonry refers to fraternal organisations that trace their origins to the local guilds of stonemasons that, from the end of the 14th century, regulated the qualifications of stonemasons and their interaction with authorities and clients.

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Gauteng

Gauteng (Sotho-Tswana for 'place of gold'; eGoli or iGoli) is one of the nine provinces of South Africa.

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Herbert Baker

Sir Herbert Baker (9 June 1862 – 4 February 1946) was an English architect remembered as the dominant force in South African architecture for two decades, and a major designer of some of New Delhi's most notable government structures.

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Highveld

The Highveld (Afrikaans: Hoëveld) is the portion of the South African inland plateau which has an altitude above roughly, but below, thus excluding the Lesotho mountain regions to the south-east of the Highveld.

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Indian South Africans

Indian South Africans are South Africans who descend from indentured labourers and free migrants who arrived from British India during the late 1800s and early 1900s.

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Johannesburg

Johannesburg (Zulu and Xhosa: eGoli) (colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, Jo'burg or "The City of Gold") is the most populous city in South Africa with 4,803,262 people, and is classified as a megacity; it is one of the 100 largest urban areas in the world.

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Kimberley, Northern Cape

Kimberley is the capital and largest city of the Northern Cape province of South Africa. Cullinan, South Africa and Kimberley, Northern Cape are mining communities in South Africa.

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List of diamond magnates

This is an annotated list of important diamond business magnates.

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List of municipalities in South Africa

This is a list of municipalities of South Africa.

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McHardy House

The McHardy House, located on Oak Avenue in Cullinan, South Africa, is a museum which was previously the residence of the first General Manager of the Premier Mine, William McHardy, and his family consisting of his wife, Evalina, their 3 daughters and 4 sons.

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Mountain bike

A mountain bike (MTB) or mountain bicycle is a bicycle designed for off-road cycling.

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Nedbank

Nedbank Group is a financial services group in South Africa offering wholesale and retail banking services as well as insurance, asset management, and wealth management.

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Nokeng tsa Taemane Local Municipality

Nokeng tsa Taemane Local Municipality was a local municipality in the Metsweding District of Gauteng in South Africa.

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Northern Cape

The Northern Cape (Noord-Kaap; Kapa Bokone; Mntla-Koloni) is the largest and most sparsely populated province of South Africa.

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Northern Sotho

Sesotho sa Lebowa is a Sotho-Tswana language group spoken in the northeastern provinces of South Africa, most commonly in Mpumalanga, Gauteng and the Limpopo provinces.

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Open-pit mining

Open-pit mining, also known as open-cast or open-cut mining and in larger contexts mega-mining, is a surface mining technique that extracts rock or minerals from the earth.

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Petra Diamonds

Petra Diamonds Ltd is a diamond mining group headquartered in Jersey.

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Post office box

A post office box (commonly abbreviated as P.O. box, or also known as a postal box) is a uniquely addressable lockable box located on the premises of a post office.

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Postal codes in South Africa

Postal codes were introduced in South Africa on 8 October 1973, with the introduction of automated sorting.

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Premier Mine

The Premier Mine is an underground diamond mine owned by Petra Diamonds in the town of Cullinan, east of Pretoria, Gauteng Province, South Africa.

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Pretoria

Pretoria, is South Africa's administrative capital, serving as the seat of the executive branch of government, and as the host to all foreign embassies to South Africa. Cullinan, South Africa and Pretoria are populated places in the City of Tshwane.

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Provinces of South Africa

South Africa is divided into nine provinces.

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Rayton

Rayton is a town in North-Eastern Gauteng which started out as a tin shack mining town on the farm Elandshoek. Cullinan, South Africa and Rayton are mining communities in South Africa and populated places in the City of Tshwane.

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Sammy Marks

Samuel Marks (11 July 1844 – 18 February 1920) was a Russian Empire-born South African industrialist and financier.

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Sotho language

Sotho Sesotho, also known as Southern Sotho or Sesotho sa Borwa is a Southern Bantu language of the Sotho–Tswana ("S.30") group, spoken in Lesotho, and South Africa where it is an official language.

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South Africa

South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.

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South African English

South African English (SAfE, SAfEn, SAE, en-ZA) is the set of English language dialects native to South Africans.

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South African Standard Time

South African Standard Time (SAST) is the time zone used by all of South Africa as well as Eswatini and Lesotho.

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Telephone numbers in South Africa

South Africa switched to a closed numbering system effective 16 January 2007.

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Thomas Cullinan (diamond magnate)

Sir Thomas Cullinan (12 February 186223 August 1936) was a South African diamond magnate.

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Transvaal Colony

The Transvaal Colony was the name used to refer to the Transvaal region during the period of direct British rule and military occupation between the end of the Second Boer War in 1902 when the South African Republic was dissolved, and the establishment of the Union of South Africa in 1910.

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White South Africans

White South Africans are South Africans of European descent.

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Zip line

A zip-line, zip line, zip-wire, flying fox, or death slideWho Really Benefits from Tourism, Publ.

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See also

1903 establishments in Transvaal Colony

Populated places in the City of Tshwane

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cullinan,_South_Africa

Also known as Cullinan, Gauteng.