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PlaceKaroo Hoogland Municipality in the Karoo Region, Northern Cape
The Little or Klein Karoo, which is a long valley bordered by; the Swartberg and the Langeberg Mountains, in the Western Cape. It falls…
PlaceNatures Valley, Garden Route
Nature's Valley and the surrounding Coastline, was occupied by Old Stone Age or Paleolithic, 1 Million Years ago. Paleolithic man lived in…
PlaceXamdeboo was called Aberdeen, Eastern Cape
Aberdeen is about 50 km South-West of Graaff-Reinet and only 3 hours drive from Port Elizabeth. Aberdeen, officially renamed Xamdeboo in…
PlaceCape Town Civic Centre and the CBD of Cape Town
The Cape Town Civic centre is a Building in the centre of Cape Town, which is just under Signal Hill. This building houses the Municipality…
PlaceShell House, Johannesburg
The ANC’s iconic Shell House in downtown Johannesburg, where Nelson Mandela planned the Democratic takeover of the South African Government…
PlaceTable View
Further North of Cape Town’s City Centre, across the Rietvlei Lagoon which is popular for its abundant birdlife, is Table View. Table View…
ArticleBrenda Fassie’s 1997 hit song Vulindlela still raises questions about South Africa as a nation
In 1997, South Africa’s most famous music star had a huge hit. Brenda Fassie’s Vulindlela became a national pop anthem, played especially…
BiographyColleen Lombard
Colleen Lombard (previously known as Colleen Rayson), an anti-apartheid activist, former political detainee, and treason trialist, was born…
ArticleAmbassador Lindiwe Mabuza and her connection with Scotland: An Appreciation by Brian Filling
Born in South Africa in 1938, she spent much of her life in exile from apartheid South Africa at college in Lesotho, teaching in Swaziland,…
ArticleUnited Nations and Apartheid Timeline 1946-1994
194622 June, The Government of India requested that the question of the treatment of Indians in the Union of South Africa be included in…
ArticleShip list of Indian Indentured Labourers
Approximately 152,184 indentured Indians arrived under the scheme of indenture making a total of 384 trips. The first ship the Truro…
ArchiveThe South African Indians Who's Who
PlaceJohannesburg, Gauteng Province
"Johannesburg, renowned for its thunderstorms and is ironically the Economic powerhouse of Africa!"'Joburg' as it is called by locals, was…
PlaceMalawi
The Coastal and Marine Ecosystems of the Bijagós Archipelago – Omatí Minhô in Guinea-Bissau and the mountain range of southern Malawi have…
PlacePella
In the mid-1880s a huge Cathedral was built in the Bushmanland desert oasis of Pella by French Missionaries who at first had absolutely no…