South African Towns and Cities

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1. In which city did the young journalist, Winston Churchill, escape from prison during the Anglo-Boer War? Bloemfontein Johannesburg Pretoria Cape Town

2. Home to Nelson Mandela as well as the Apartheid Museum, this city is bordered by Soweto to the west and O.R. Tambo International Airport to the east. Kimberley Durban Cape Town Johannesburg

3. The birth place of J.R.R. Tolkien, this city's Sesotho name is Mangaung, which means "place of cheetahs". Bloemfontein Grahamstown Kimberley Pietermaritzburg

4. This "Friendly City" in Algoa Bay was named after the deceased wife of Sir Rufane Donkin. Port Elizabeth East London Cape Town Durban

5. Table Mountain overlooks South Africa's "Mother City", where the Castle of Good Hope was built between 1666 and 1679. Pretoria Cape Town Johannesburg Stellenbosch

6. Known as the "City of Saints", this small Eastern Cape city is home to Rhodes University and the annual National Arts Festival. Grahamstown Alice Stellenbosch East London

7. Believed by many to have originally been called Port Rex, this city lies on the Indian Ocean coast between the Buffalo and Nahoon Rivers. East London Port Alfred Port Elizabeth Durban

8. The Portuguese explorer, Vasco da Gama, landed here on Christmas Day in 1497 and named the place Port Natal. Richards Bay Durban East London Port Elizabeth

9. This beautiful town at the heart of South Africa's wine industry is nick-named "Eikestad" (Oak Town) because of the abundance of these trees, some of which have been proclaimed national monuments. Paarl Stellenbosch Cape Town Franschhoek

10. The centre of the great South African diamond rush in the 1870s, this town developed around an open mine, known today as "The Big Hole". Kimberley De Aar Bloemfontein Upington