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PlaceReitz
An agricultural town in the Orange Free State province, Reitz is 51km from Bethlehem. At an altitude of 1622 metres, Reitz has an annual rainfall of about…
PlaceCalitzdorp, Route 62
… Swartberg Mountain Range. Rainfall is approximately 200 mm per year, often with the changing of seasons. Prevailing …
PlaceMLR-cannon, Middle North Battery, Simonstown
The gun was designed in 1865 as a broadside gun for ironclad ships and harbour seafront defence. A total of 190 were made. The gun was last fired in 1903…
PlaceGordonia Division
… Gordonia is arid, with a scanty rainfall of 102 to 152 mm, and a hot Summer climate. Population (1970): White 16 …
EventAlleged Mk members are killed
The South African Police (SAP) and the South African Defence Force (SADF) ambushed and killed six alleged Umkhonto weSizwe (MK) members on the Breslau Road…
EventSir John Frederick William Herschel dies
… With his father he cast, ground and polished a new 460 mm speculum mirror with a focal length of some 6 m and by …
PlaceNamaqua National Park
… Coastal Duneveld has a mean precipitation of below 100 mm annually. Snow on the Kamiesberg is common with the last …
PlaceSchanskop Fort, Pretoria
It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 29 June 1938. After the Jameson Raid in 1896, President Paul Kruger of the "Zuid-Afrikaansche…
PlaceTankwa Karoo National Park
… terrain (1640 m). Long-term rainfall varied from 265 mm y-1 in the highland areas to 100 mm y-1 in the Plains. There was a significant corresponding …
PlaceKnysna Forest
… stinkwood, and ironwood. Rainfall, ranging from 525 mm to 1,220 mm annually, is a key factor in sustaining the forest …
PlaceKimberley, Northern Cape
Kimberley is a prospecting City famous for its quality diamonds, the largest man-made excavation in the World and various other impressive tourists attractions…
PlaceDie Nederlandse Reherformrde Kerk (Paul Kruger Church) Pretoria
The year 1859 marks the founding of the Reformed Church, in Pretoria and its first church was built in the town in 1863. Only on 21 December 1894 did the…
PlaceFort Klapperkop
This was the third fort erected by the German firm Krupp and designed by von Dewitz and Werner. The German forts were of the pentagonal reinforced type, which…
PlaceNamaqualand
… were allotted in 1850. The rainfall is mostly below 250 mm and even as low as 50 mm a Year. Along the Coast, 77 % of the rain falls during the … arid part of…
PlacePella
… country is barren and hot, and the rainfall is only 50 mm.Water is found in shallow wells, and dates of fine quality …
PlaceKlein Roosboom Winery, Durbanville
At Klein Roosboom the elements combine in perfect harmony to create the enviable conditions that make their wines so special. The uniqueness allows each grape…
PlaceLangeberg Mountain Range, Western Cape
… rainfall, in general the lower Slopes receive about 600 mm and the upper Slopes and High Peaks receive 1 400 mm of rain per Annum, falling mostly in Spring…
PlaceSeshego, a Township
Seshego is a Township in the Polokwane Local Municipality of the Capricorn District Municipality of the Limpopo Province It lies directly North West of…
EventThe reburial of Flora
… nails that were recovered ranged in length from 18 to 105 mm. The archaeologists had discovered fine pieces of bone in …
ArticleBattle of Cuito Cuanavale 1988
Introduction The battle of Cuito Cuanavale and the Cuban intervention in Angola is one of the turning points in Southern African History. It led to the…
PlaceKaapsche Hoop, Mpumalanga- Barberton Valley
… African mist-belt. On average it receives more than 1 000 mm of rain per Year. The vegetation is mainly grassland, with …
Biography of Lionel Ngakane by Rod Reyna
Abstract Lionel Ngakane was a filmmaker, a writer, a director, an advocate and a political activist. Ngakane served South Africa during the apartheid era…
ArticleThe Politics Behind Water
… regions in the world. On average the country receives 500 mm rainfall in a year. [1] As water is a limited resource, …
PlaceChapman's Peak Drive, Hout Bay to Fish Hoek
Chapman’s Peak is named after John Chapman, the Captain’s mate of an English ship, the 'Consent'. The Peak which can be seen from Hout Bay, was not named after…
Statement by Oliver Tambo on death sentences passed on three members of ANC and Umkhonto We Sizwe, 20 August 1981
On Wednesday, August 19, 1981, a racist judge in Pretoria sentenced to death three ANC militants - Anthony Tsotsobe, David Moise and Johannes Shabangu - after…
PlaceNorth West
The North West Province was part of the old Transvaal, and includes most of the parts of the old homeland, Bophuthatswana. There is a lot of platinum in the…
PlaceUmhlanga, Durban
The history of Umhlanga Rocks is really interesting. Umhlanga Rocks was initially home to San hunter-gatherers and was later occupied by Nguni-speaking people…
PlaceForts Around Pretoria
As a direct result of the abortive Jameson Raid of 1896, the Volksraad of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek realised that they would have to make far better…
PlaceDu Toit's Kloof Pass and the Huguenot Tunnel
… The two drilling heads met with an error of only 3 mm over its entire 3.9 km length . The tunnel was finally …
Indian South Africans timeline 1940-1949
… of Cape Town was elected President ahead of Councillor MM Desai, the radical trade unionist from Port Elizabeth. …