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  • noun Alternative capitalization of Highveld

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Examples

  • Note 41: The area of the northern Transvaal between the Klein Letaba and Olifants Rivers, east of the escarpment that divides the highveld from the lowveld.

    Where Women Make History: Gendered Tellings of Community and Change in Magude, Mozambique 2005

  • "New investment in the region such as casinos, hotels, linkage roads, universities and car manufacturing will be spread through the province in terms of bringing investment to all three regions, namely the highveld, eastern highveld and the lowveld," Mr Phosa said.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1994

  • On the highveld were the baPedi kingdom, the Tswana and southern Sotho Kingdoms.

    The National Question in Post 1994 South Africa. 1994

  • We will all be living with host families, learning the language and generally just adjusting to life on the highveld.

    Takin’ This Show on the Road. « Lntaylor’s Weblog 2008

  • Respiratory health status of children in the eastern Transvaal highveld.

    Modern environmental health hazards 2009

  • When Francois Pienaar led his team onto the field that highveld afternoon in 1995, he did so with the entire country behind him.

    ANC Today 2008

  • When Francois Pienaar led his team onto the field that highveld afternoon in

    ANC Today 2008

  • In the western half of the ecoregion, a gradual transition occurs from the Karoo/Kalahari-highveld transition zone to the grassland habitats of the Highveld.

    Highveld grasslands 2008

  • Here, the Highveld Grassland ecoregion is divided into three habitat types: (1) Kalahari/Karoo-highveld transition zone; (2) sweet grasslands; and (3) sour grasslands.

    Highveld grasslands 2008

  • "Widespread frost is expected over the Northern Cape, North West province, Free State, Mpumalanga highveld and Gauteng."

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2007

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