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Wiki Loves Monuments South Africa The photo competition for monuments and heritage sites.

Wiki Loves Monuments 2012 Award Event The first Wiki Loves Monuments competition in South Africa and the African continent has been completed, and the winning pictures have been announced. These pictures were selected out of 1861 images submitted. they have been further submitted for the international competition round and we hope that they do us all proud!! Below is a photo of all 5 Winners during the prize giving function held at the OR Tambo Premier Hotel on the 17th November 2012. Below are the Winning photographs of South African monuments available on Wikimedia Commons. 1st Prize McClean Observatory Cape Town by Wimfilmalter 2nd Prize Mosaic walkway at the Donkin Reserve Port by Kay-africa 3rd Prize Swartberg Pass 01 by Chris Snelling There was a last minute change to the prizes with a decision to award a runner-up prize for most uploads for the competition. Because the first and second placed entrants were so close (Roche Pietersen on 198 pictures and Rute Martins on 180 pictures) we awarded prizes to both of them. We would like to thank all participants and encourage everyone who will be in South Africa during September 2013 to have a camera handy and click away!!

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