Lower Main Road, Observatory, Cape Town, in the early 1900s
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Anomaly Africa

The stories Africa forgot to tell. Investigations, lost history and the unexplained, from the Cape to Cairo.

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Tunnels Under Durban?

Beneath City Hall, old maps hint at passages the city forgot. We go looking for what lies under Durban.

Cape Town, late 1800s
Cape Town, late 1800s
A congregation remembered
A congregation remembered

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