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QwaQwa National Park

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The QwaQwa National Park is part of the Golden Gate Highlands National Park and the Maloti-Drakensberg Park and comprises the former Bantustan (homeland) of QwaQwa. [1]

28 relations: Bantustan, Bethlehem, Black wildebeest, Blesbok, Burchell's zebra, Cape vulture, Celtis africana, Clarens, Free State, Endemism, Flora, Free State (province), Golden Gate Highlands National Park, Grassland, Harrismith, Koena tribe, Land reform in South Africa, Maloti-Drakensberg Park, Martial eagle, Olive, Podocarpus henkelii, QwaQwa, Rand Water, Red hartebeest, Secretarybird, Sotho people, Springbok, Taurotragus, Tlôkwa tribe.

Bantustan

A Bantustan (also known as Bantu homeland, black homeland, black state or simply homeland) was a territory set aside for black inhabitants of South Africa and South West Africa (now Namibia), as part of the policy of apartheid.

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Bethlehem

Bethlehem (بيت لحم, "House of Meat"; בֵּית לֶחֶם,, "House of Bread";; Bethleem; initially named after Canaanite fertility god Lehem) is a Palestinian city located in the central West Bank, Palestine, about south of Jerusalem.

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Black wildebeest

The black wildebeest or white-tailed gnu (Connochaetes gnou) is one of the two closely related wildebeest species.

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Blesbok

The blesbok or blesbuck (Damaliscus pygargus phillipsi) is an antelope endemic to South Africa.

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Burchell's zebra

Burchell's zebra (Equus quagga burchellii) is a southern subspecies of the plains zebra.

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Cape vulture

The Cape griffon or Cape vulture (Gyps coprotheres), also known as Kolbe's vulture, is an Old World vulture in the family Accipitridae.

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Celtis africana

Celtis africana, the white stinkwood, is a deciduous tree in the family Cannabaceae.

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Clarens, Free State

Clarens is a small town situated in the foothills of the Maluti Mountains in the Free State province of South Africa and nicknamed the "Jewel of the Eastern Free State".

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Endemism

Endemism is the ecological state of a species being unique to a defined geographic location, such as an island, nation, country or other defined zone, or habitat type; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere.

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Flora

Flora is the plant life occurring in a particular region or time, generally the naturally occurring or indigenous—native plant life.

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Free State (province)

The Free State (Vrystaat, Foreistata; before 1995, the Orange Free State) is a province of South Africa.

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Golden Gate Highlands National Park

Golden Gate Highlands National Park is located in Free State, South Africa, near the Lesotho border.

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Grassland

Grasslands are areas where the vegetation is dominated by grasses (Poaceae); however, sedge (Cyperaceae) and rush (Juncaceae) families can also be found along with variable proportions of legumes, like clover, and other herbs.

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Harrismith

Harrismith is a large town in the Free State province of South Africa.

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Koena tribe

Bakoena/Bakuena/Bakwena (Those who venerate the crocodile.) Are a huge tribe in Southern Africa.

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Land reform in South Africa

The Native Lands Act of 1913 "prohibited the establishment of new farming operations, sharecropping or cash rentals by blacks outside of the reserves" where they were forced to live.

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Maloti-Drakensberg Park

Maloti-Drakensberg Park was established on 11 June 2001 by linking the Sehlabathebe National Park in the Kingdom of Lesotho and the uKhahlamba Drakensberg Park in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

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Martial eagle

The martial eagle (Polemaetus bellicosus) is a large eagle native to sub-Saharan Africa.

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Olive

The olive, known by the botanical name Olea europaea, meaning "European olive", is a species of small tree in the family Oleaceae, found in the Mediterranean Basin from Portugal to the Levant, the Arabian Peninsula, and southern Asia as far east as China, as well as the Canary Islands and Réunion.

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Podocarpus henkelii

Podocarpus henkelii (Henkel's yellowwood, Henkel-se-Geelhout, Umsonti, Umsonti) is a South African species of conifer in the Podocarpaceae family.

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QwaQwa

QwaQwa was a bantustan ("homeland") in the central eastern part of South Africa.

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Rand Water

Rand Water previously known as the Rand Water Board is a South African water utility that supplies potable water to the Gauteng province and other areas of the country and is the largest water utility in Africa.

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Red hartebeest

The red hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus caama or A. caama) is a species of even-toed ungulate in the family Bovidae found in Southern Africa.

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Secretarybird

The secretarybird or secretary bird (Sagittarius serpentarius) is a very large, mostly terrestrial bird of prey.

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Sotho people

The Basotho are a Bantu ethnic group whose ancestors have lived in southern Africa since around the fifth century.

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Springbok

The springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis) is a medium-sized antelope found mainly in southern and southwestern Africa.

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Taurotragus

Taurotragus is a genus of large antelopes of the African savanna, commonly known as elands.

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Tlôkwa tribe

The term Batlôkwa (also Batlokoa, or Badogwa) refers to several Kgatla communities that reside in Botswana, Lesotho and South Africa.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QwaQwa_National_Park

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