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ArticleList of people banned under Apartheid
People banned under ApartheidNameAct/Section/Issued up to: (delivery date)Date on which notice expires:Other: (address, occupation etc.)Aba…
PlaceHilton College an Independent Boy's Boarding School
At the end of a road eight kilometres from the Village of Hilton, on an Escarpment above Pietermaritzburg, are large wrought-iron gates!…
PlaceMasjiengebou (Machine Building), Defense Headquarters, Pretoria
This building was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 1 April 1977. The Historic Machine Building, "Staatsartillerie…
BiographyNkosinathi Emmanuel “Nathi” Mthethwa
PlaceDonkin Heritage Trail, Port Elizabeth
This group of double-storey semi-detached houses with prominent Victorian and Georgian features was erected shortly after the turn of the…
ArchiveThe South African Council on Sport at 50: the fight for sports development is still relevant today
BiographyMorgan Gonaseelan Naidoo
Morgan Gonaseelan Naidoo was born in 1936 in Durban. He spent most of his young life at the FOSA TB Settlement, just north of the city…
ArchiveWhat genetic analysis reveals about the ancestry of South Africa’s Afrikaners
BiographyHelen Suzman
Helen Suzman (nee Govronsky) was born in the South African mining town of Germiston on 7 November 1917 to Samuel and Frieda Gavronsky, both…
BiographyFeroza Adam
Feroza Adam was born on the 16 August 1961. She was drawn into political activity in 1976 while she was a student at Lenasia’s Nirvana High…
ArticlePeople involved around the Death of Samora Machel
Samora MachelRoelof Pik BothaLothar NeethlingDr Abdul MintyMajor Craig WilliamsonMr. Anton UysAndrei KudriachovVladimir NovosselovYuri…
PlaceMorocco
Mountainous country of western North Africa, Morocco borders Algeria to the east and southeast, Western Sahara to the south, the Atlantic…
PlaceKwaNojoli, formerly Somerset East
On the fringes of South Africa’s Karoo in the malaria-free Eastern Cape lies an interesting, attractive and historic little town, which…
PlaceBethulie Bridge across the Gariep River
Gariep Dam is located in South Africa, near the Town of Norvalspont, bordering the Free State and Eastern Cape Provinces. The stone Bridge…
PlaceMatjiesfontein
A visit to Matjiesfontein is like stepping straight into the Victorian era. Established in the late 1800s, this tiny railway town boasts…