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PlaceLusikisiki near Port St. John's
… still in a part of the world known as ‘God’s country’ or Pondoland. The little town gets its name from the sound of …
PlaceSao Bento Shipwreck, Coffee Bay
… the gold bar, but showed me what looks like a lid off some or other small container, which was definitely gold." When I …
EventHip Hop Pantsula, the South African rapper is born
… Jabulani “Jabba” Tsambo, stage name Hip Hop Pantsula or HHP was born in Mafikeng, North West Province on 14 …
PlaceKenilworth
… the educational programmes of the Kenilworth Racecourse, or simply to visit it and be a part of its natural beauty. …
PlaceSt Cyprian’s School, Gorge Road, Oranjezicht
… under old NMC legislation on 14 December 1973. A Private or Independent school for girls, in Grades 000 to 12. The …
PlaceJan De Waal House, 93 Bree Street, Cape Town
… Century, 1830. Jan de Waal was granted a property or “erf” by Governor Ryk Tulbagh in 1752. This property was …
PlaceMalay Quarter, Cape Town
… the 19th century it was already known as the Slamse Beurt, or the Islamic Quarter. It owes much of its character to the …
PlaceKirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens, Cape Town
… Kirstenbosch is part of a nature reserve-(no smoking or fires) . This 36 hectare garden is part of a 528 hectare …
PlaceOost-Eind Primary School, 70 Meintjes Street, Trevenna, Pretoria
… the right to education irrespective of nationality, race or religion. Learners are admitted to schools based on …
PlaceSAAF Memorial and Museum
… Floyd of Cape Town in third place. HC FLOYD as well as one or two other competitors designed the Memorial as an …
PlaceComoros
… For International Women’s Day tomorrow, wear Purple, Green or White in solidarity with our women in all of the Virgin …
Document 22 - Letter from Douglas Wolton to E. R. Roux, 8 May 1928
… developments have taken place. No doubt you are more or less conversant with the outstanding events which you …
EventSteve Biko, a pioneer of the Black Consciousness Movement, is born
… The activists were all officers of either the SASO or the Black People's Convention (BPC), organisations known …
EventGerman Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, famous German commander of German forces in North Africa, dies on this day
… having his death reported as resulting from his wounds, or facing trial by the People's Court. He chose suicide, …
EventMedical Association agrees to investigate Biko’s death
… whether the doctors involved were guilty of disgraceful or unprofessional conduct. It did, however, made some …
EventThree British mercenaries are sentenced to death for their part in the Angolan civil war
… troupe and their FNLA allies were no match in material or training to the Soviet and Cuban soldiers and they were … [Accessed 21 June 2010]| ' Mercenaries:…
EventNumber of banned persons in South Africa totals 936
… in South Africa and labelled as terrorists, communists or perceived by the apartheid government as a threat to …
EventThe Boipotong massacre takes place
… attacks by ANC supporters on anyone with any Zulu or IFP connections led to the decision to plan a counter …
EventPaedophile Gert van Rooyen and mistress commit suicide
… rituals and that their bodies had been burnt with acid, or that they had been taken to the Middle East. He has also …
EventUDF activist Toto Dweba’s mutilated body is found
… Swaziland. The Commission found that Dweba was killed by, or on orders of, unknown security forces members, and that …
EventPort Natal is renamed Durban in honour of Sir Benjamin D’Urban, governor of the Cape Colony from 1834 - 1837
… Christmas in 1497, and thus named the area Terra do Natal, or Christmas Country in Portuguese. It was not until 1824, …
EventLouis Trichardt, Voortrekker leader, is born near Oudtshoorn 225 years ago
… interior. They could move North beyond the Orange River or North-East towards Natal. Louis Trichardt led a group of …
EventFreak storms create havoc in the Eastern Cape and President Mandela narrowly escaped injury
… lives of at least 14 people and leaving hundreds injured or homeless. The first reported tornado struck without …
EventSouth Africa completes destroying its stockpile of anti-personnel mines
… mines are mine explosives designed to injure personnel or people rather than equipment. In the 1990s South Africa … Phillip), pp.136-137| Anon," Convention…
EventJack Penn, sculptor and one of the world’s best plastic surgeon is born
Jack Penn, a well known plastic and reconstructive surgeon, was born on 14 August 1909 in Cape Town. Penn later moved with his family to Johannesburg, where he…
PlaceAddo Drift, Sunday's River in the Eastern Cape
… the inn became known as "Tunbridge's", The Sundays River or Nukakamma (Afrikaans: Sondagsrivier) is a river in the …
EventChief Mhlonthlo revolts against the British
… entirely changed from what it was doing a few years ago, or it must be ignorant of what its Magistrates are doing. We …
EventMalawi voters take part in the first multiparty election in three decades
… people were imprisoned for political offences at one time or another during his rule. By 1992, Banda's grip had begun …
PlaceThe Fountain and Garden of Remembrance, Chatswood-Sydney. Willoughby Park Centre
… is a decorative carving of Crossed Swords, and a Ribbon or Drapery is Carved above the other. The inscriptions on the …
PlacePampierstad
… Pampierstad (now Thuso a Sotho or Tswana word meaning Help/Assistance) was established in …