A-Z Place Names of South Africa

Name Origins. History. Attractions

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AuthorAnn Gadd
ISBN9781770267114
PublisherMap Studio
Year Of Publication2020

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About A-Z Place Names of South Africa

A-Z Place Names of South Africa contains alphabetically listed names of South African cities and towns, as well as most villages and certain settlements and townships where information was available.

More than 900 places are included in what is an informative and educational look at place names, including the year they were established, origins, previous names and alternative names. Also included are interesting historical facts and reasons to visit, as well as contact details (website or phone number).

A-Z Place Names of South Africa is a wonderful journey through South Africa. Ann Gadd particularly enjoyed researching the smaller villages and places. There is a wide variety of attractions across the places, covering sporting interests, places to eat, historical interest, scenic spots, the longest, the tallest, the coldest and much more. Ann connected with local inhabitants or officials to get their take on the naming of their town or historical interests. All this wonderful (and sometimes whacky) information is condensed to give you a book that sums up the very core of each place.

Information within A-Z Place Names of South Africa includes:
– Province
– Year established
– Year of municipal / borough status
– Origin of town name
– Previous name
– Preferred name
– Alternative name
– Town theme (type of industry)
– Historic facts (important events or interesting feature of the town)
– Contact details (website or phone)

Ann Gadd has been a writer since the day she learnt to scrawl her first words in crayon across her bedroom wall. (An event her parents found to be less auspicious.) Her first published book was released in 1988, with the second appearing in 2003. Since then she has authored a further 33 books (with 16 translations), across a variety of (mostly) non-fiction genres. Subjects include the Enneagrams, travel, place names, relationships, quirky ‘sheep’ books, habits (the emotional reasons behind why we do them), the feet (how the sole mirrors the soul), and the seven stages of self-development in popular fairy tales.
Ann has over the past 35 years written for various magazines, initially sport and self-growth publications, child-orientated articles and currently, mostly travel writing and health issues. (Living & Loving, Country Life, Natural Health, Renaissance magazines.) More recently, she has found a passion for photography and moved to photojournalism.
Ann has had numerous articles written about her work, and as such, has appeared on many talk shows and TV (although her most enjoyable claim to fame, was to be the guest ‘Agony Aunt’ for a UK woman’s magazine)!
She is also a passionate and accomplished artist with sales of over 5 500 paintings, both locally and abroad.
She is a certified iEQ9 Enneagram practitioner and long-term student of the Enneagram.
Her early working days were in the field of advertising, where as an Art Director she moved easily between copywriting and art direction, before finding the courage to forsake a monthly salary to follow her passions of holistic healing, writing and art.
She spent 10 years an alternative therapist, (Reiki, LifeLine counsellor, Footology and general holistic practitioner).
She has also taught a variety of personal growth workshops during the past 30 years including Transformational Art, Enneagram (various), Chakra and relationship workshops, to hundreds of people in the corporate and private sectors.
Ann’s focus has always been to inspire change and personal growth both in her writing and with those she has treated and taught.
Ann has two adult children (since flown the nest), and lives in Cape Town, South Africa with her artist husband, a wildly enthusiastic retriever and two somewhat over-indulged, grumpy cats.

Email: ann@anngadd.co.za
Website: www.anngadd.co.za
Tel: + 27 (0)21 5541235 and Cellular + 27 (0)83 4141 007.
Address: 9 Windsor Road, West Beach, 7441, South Africa.
Postal: PO Box 50126, West Beach, 7449, South Africa.