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Sacred Natural Site / Cultural Landscape

Lake Funduzi

Lake Funduzi (also spelled Fundudzi) is a highly revered body of water that carries profound mystical significance for the local Vhavenda people.Representation & SignificanceLake Funduzi represents a sacred burial shrine and home of the ancestral spirits for the Netshiavha Royal family and the Vhatavhatsindi clan ("People of the Pool"). According to deep-rooted local folklore, the lake is protected by an albino python god and a giant white crocodile. It represents a direct gateway to the spirit world where annual thanksgiving rituals (Thevhula) and royal burial traditions (Tshiswavhathu) are still actively practiced.

Battlefield & graves

Anglo-Boer War Graves, Dullstroom

Burial sites from the South African (Anglo-Boer) War of 1899–1902 in and around Dullstroom, commemorating both combatants and civilians affected by the conflict in the highveld region.

Archaeological site

BaKoni Stone Ruins, Machadodorp

Extensive pre-colonial stone-walled settlements, terraced fields and cattle roads built by BaKoni communities across the Mpumalanga escarpment, visible over large areas around Machadodorp.