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BiographyTozamile Botha
BiographyFred Jonathan Bosch
ArchiveLocating Malangatana: Decolonisation, Aestheticsand the roles of an Artist in a changing society
BiographyMichael Andrew Boraine
PlaceAgtersuurberg, Eastern Cape
Early name for the present Venterstad district, Eastern Cape. It was laid out in 1875 and attained Municipal status in 1895. Named after…
ArchiveHow China broke the chain of infection by Vijay Prashad
On 31 March 2020, a group of scientists from around the world – from Oxford University to Beijing Normal University – published an…
PlaceAgricultural Publications Building, Vermeulen Street, Pretoria
The Building was erected in about 1914 to accommodate the premises of E.P. Grant, a general merchant. It was declared a National Monument…
PlaceAgomed, Eastern Central Namibia
It means 'wet rump', and given too thirsty, Khoikhoi hunters. Who had found water when they noticed that one of their dogs, which had been…
ArchivePresident Cyril Ramaphosa to address nation on economic and social relief measures, 21 April 2020
PlaceAgincourt, Mpumalanga
Township some 6 km North of Cunning Moor. Presumably named after the Village in France, where Henry V, of England, defeated French forces…
Natal workers' theatre scripts
Natal workers' theatre scripts
PlaceAggeneys, a Town at the foot of the Aggeneys Mountain in the Namaqualand
Town at the Southern foot of Aggeneys Mountains, about 60 km West of Pofadder. It has been suggested that the name is derived from the Nama…
PlaceAfsaalnek, Mpumalanga
Pass about 40 km North of Witbank, leading Westwards from the Olifants River Valley to Wildehondekraal. The name is Afrikaans for 'off…
PlaceAdendorp, Eastern Cape
Village some 8 km South of Graaff-Reinet, in the Sundays River Valley. Named after the former owner of the Farm, NJ Adendorff, who sub…