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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 the owner of the land…
ArticleAftermath of the Bhambatha Rebellion 1906
The Bambatha Rebellion claimed the lives of 4000 Zulu and 30 white people and cost the colonial government £740,000. Some of the Zulu died fighting on the side…
Contact, conflict and dispossession on the Cape eastern or northern frontiers in the nineteenth century
The situation in the Eastern Cape in the early late 18th and early 19th century (approximately1780 - 1850) was as follows: There were three groups of people: …
ArticleEvents leading to the Bambatha Rebellion
In 1887 Zululand was annexed by the colony of Natal and the Zulu were gradually stripped of most of their arable land. There was widespread poverty, made worse…
PlaceOrange River
It rises in the Drakensberg in Lesotho (where it is known as the Senqu) it flows westward for 2200 km, where it finally reaches the Atlantic Ocean at Alexander…
ArticleConvict Stations & Labour in the Cape Colony
… Robertson and McGregor Struder's Pass, located between Garies and Platbakkies Suurberg Pass, located between …
PlaceKopanong Local Municipality, Free Sate
The Kopanong Local Municipality is a Category B Municipality situated within the Xhariep District of the Free State Province. It is the largest of the three…
Work and education
Primary and Secondary Education Rhulani crèche and classroom. Northern Province. © Omar Badsha The biggest challenge the first post-apartheid government was…
ArchiveKora: A Lost Khoisan Language Dedications and Front matter by Menán du Plessis
This ia a chapter from the book: Kora: A Lost Khoisan Language of the early Cape and the Gariep by Menán du Plessis
ArchiveKora: A Lost Khoisan Language Introduction by Menán du Plessis
This ia a chapter from the book: Kora: A Lost Khoisan Language of the early Cape and the Gariep by Menán du Plessis
ArchiveKora: A Lost Khoisan Language Acknowledge and Thanks by Menán du Plessis
This ia a chapter from the book: Kora: A Lost Khoisan Language of the early Cape and the Gariep by Menán du Plessis
ArchiveKora: A Lost Khoisan Language Contents by Menán du Plessis
This ia a chapter from the book: Kora: A Lost Khoisan Language of the early Cape and the Gariep by Menán du Plessis
ArchiveKora: A Lost Khoisan Language The special list 1: Names of the Korana clans by Menán du Plessis
This ia a chapter from the book: Kora: A Lost Khoisan Language of the early Cape and the Gariep by Menán du Plessis
ArchiveKora: A Lost Khoisan Language English - Kora index by Menán du Plessis
This ia a chapter from the book: Kora: A Lost Khoisan Language of the early Cape and the Gariep by Menán du Plessis
ArchiveKora: A Lost Khoisan Language Kora - English by Menán du Plessis
This ia a chapter from the book: Kora: A Lost Khoisan Language of the early Cape and the Gariep by Menán du Plessis
ArchiveKora: A Lost Khoisan Language Chapter 6: A Kora-English Dictionary, with English-Kora Index by Menán du Plessis
This ia a chapter from the book: Kora: A Lost Khoisan Language of the early Cape and the Gariep by Menán du Plessis
ArchiveKora: A Lost Khoisan Language Chapter 5: The Heritage texts of the Korana people by Menán du Plessis
This ia a chapter from the book: Kora: A Lost Khoisan Language of the early Cape and the Gariep by Menán du Plessis
ArchiveKora: A Lost Khoisan Language Chapter 4: The Structures of Kora by Menán du Plessis
This ia a chapter from the book: Kora: A Lost Khoisan Language of the early Cape and the Gariep by Menán du Plessis
ArchiveKora: A Lost Khoisan Language Chapter 2: Sources of the Cape Khoekhoe and Kora records Vocabularies, Language Data and Texts by Menán du Plessis
This ia a chapter from the book: Kora: A Lost Khoisan Language of the early Cape and the Gariep by Menán du Plessis
ArchiveKora: A Lost Khoisan Language Chapter 1: The linguistic classification of Kora by Menán du Plessis
This ia a chapter from the book: Kora: A Lost Khoisan Language of the early Cape and the Gariep by Menán du Plessis
EventAlbert Nzula dies in Moscow
Albert Nzula, teacher, journalist and leader of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA), died of pneumonia in Moscow, USSR. He left SA in 1931 to study in…
PlaceOviston Nature Reserve, Eastern Cape
The Oviston Nature Reserve lies is on the, Southern side of the Gariep Dam. The Reserve has an Area of 16 000 Hectares. This Dam, which is the largest Dam in…
PlaceKamiesberg Municipality, Northern Cape
… ; Kheis ; Soebatsfontein ; Spoegrivier ; Klipfontein ; Garies ; Hondeklipbaai and Lepelfontein .' The nearest … Namaqualand and also 150 bird species. The …
ArticleThe Bambatha Rebellion begins
The first sign of open resistance against payment of the tax came when a magistrate called A.W. Leslie went to collect taxes from the Hlongwa and Cele clans in…
PlaceGriqualand West
The Khoikhoi was a nation of widely scattered migrant pastoralist clans, whose economy was not conducive to the creation of permanent Settlements. As a result…
EventWorld Red Cross and Red Crescent Day
Each year Red Cross and Red Crescent Day is celebrated on 8 May. This is to commemorate those who volunteer their time in assisting these organisations in…
EventDeath of Maria Koopmans-De Wet
Marie Koopmans-De Wet followed in her father’s footsteps as she established herself in the social and cultural life of Cape Town. In 1864, she married Johan…
ArticlePoverty and development
One of the most important issues for women in South Africa has always been that of poverty. During the apartheid years, black women were forced into the rural…
PlaceThe Queen’s Fort Military Museum, Bloemfontein
Also known as the Bloemfontein Fort. On 3 February 1848 the British declared the Orange River Sovereignty, covering a broad area of land over the Gariep River…
PlaceSanddrift, Richtersveld
This is a land steeped in legends and mysteries, where dramatic desert landscape and weird rock formations easily trigger the imagination and plays with one’s…