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The city photographs on our location pages come from Wikimedia Commons under Creative Commons licences. Each one is credited below, with a link to the original file and its licence.

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Licensed photographs, credited in full

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PageSubjectPhotographerLicence Original
Cape TownTable Mountain rising behind the Cape Town City Bowl at dawnDaniel CaseCC BY-SA 3.0Wikimedia Commons
JohannesburgThe Johannesburg CBD skyline above the Park Station railyardsMark HillaryCC BY 2.0Wikimedia Commons
PretoriaThe Union Buildings in Pretoria above their terraced gardensRuby D-BrownCC BY 4.0Wikimedia Commons
DurbanHigh-rise hotels along Durban's Golden Mile beachfrontChris Bloom from Durban, South AfricaCC BY-SA 2.0Wikimedia Commons
SandtonNelson Mandela Square in Sandton, lit at nightNJR ZACC BY-SA 3.0Wikimedia Commons
Port ElizabethThe Donkin Reserve in Gqeberha, seen from the lighthouseSuzi-kCC BY-SA 3.0Wikimedia Commons
BloemfonteinBloemfontein City Hall and its gardens in the Free StateSouth African Tourism from South AfricaCC BY 2.0Wikimedia Commons
PolokwaneAerial view over the Polokwane CBD toward the city's northern suburbsJasonMoe289CC BY-SA 4.0Wikimedia Commons
CenturionThe Centurion Gautrain station beneath its elevated viaductBruce PaulmacCC BY-SA 3.0Wikimedia Commons
East LondonEast London City Hall's clock tower behind the horse memorial statueSouth African Tourism from South AfricaCC BY 2.0Wikimedia Commons
NelspruitMbombela Stadium and its giraffe-shaped pylons outside NelspruitTadpolefarmCC BY-SA 4.0Wikimedia Commons
PietermaritzburgThe red-brick clock tower of Pietermaritzburg City HallJohan PretoriusCC BY-SA 3.0Wikimedia Commons
Somerset WestThe Heldervue suburb of Somerset West in the Helderberg basinSkyPixelsCC BY-SA 4.0Wikimedia Commons
GeorgeYork Street through downtown George, toward the Outeniqua MountainsDiscottCC BY-SA 4.0Wikimedia Commons
StellenboschOak trees lining Dorp Street in StellenboschSteven MorrowCC BY-SA 3.0Wikimedia Commons
PaarlA view of Paarl in the Western CapeAndresdewet at English WikipediaCC BY-SA 3.0Wikimedia Commons
VanderbijlparkThe Vaal River through Vanderbijlpark, crossed by the R57 bridgeNJR ZACC BY-SA 3.0Wikimedia Commons

The illustrations on our other pages are our own work. If you believe an image here is credited incorrectly, tell us and we will fix it.

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