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Pridekit - Enoch Sontonga
… obscure. Enoch Sontonga, from the Mpinga clan, of the Xhosa nation, was born in the Eastern Cape in about 1873. It … accompanied by Sylvia Colenso on the…
PlaceLanga Township, Cape Town
… Sun, the name is actually derived from the name of the Xhosa chief Langalibalele, who was imprisoned on Robben … Cape Town in the Western Cape Province. The…
PlaceMali
… noted for its famous mosque and other examples of Sudanese architecture, and Mopti, a bustling market centre. The Dogon … Gao, and Ségou, are built in the…
PlaceAmaLinde, West of King Williams Town
… Xhosa name for the Debe Hollows of Kommetjie Flats, 19 km … in a battle of epic proportions that was to go down in Xhosa tradition as the battle of Amalinde…
ArchiveThe boundless energy of Paul Grendon; artist, painter, activist and documentary photographer by Chris Ledochowski
… at Michaelis School of Fine Art and he, his fourth year in architecture at UCT. We warmed to each other from the start. … detail therein was truly…
PlaceRhodes Memorial, Vredehoek- Table Mountain
… were inspired by Rhodes’s appreciation of classical Architecture, and the eight lions were modelled on those at …
PlaceRooipoort Nature Reserve, Kimberley
… the Kalahari and the Grasslands. As one of the oldest conservation areas in southern Africa it is the largest …
PlaceNqamakwe
… Cape province of South Africa and traditionally spoke a Xhosa language (one of the Bantu languages). The Mfengu or … in the frontier districts of the…
PlaceGood Hope Centre, Cape Town
… same time, modern and also linked to the greatest Italian architecture of the past. The Good Hope Centre’s roof is, in … typology that characterized the…
PlaceQuadrant House, 114-115 Victoria Embankment, Durban
… Style' which arose from local interest in Spanish Colonial Architecture as found, on the West Coast of North America. … 1992:6 ill Itafa Amalinde Heritage…
PlaceMapungubwe Interpretation Centre
… Interpretation Centre exemplifies contemporary African architecture. Visible from its entrance gate, the Mapungubwe … Site, one of the things that first…
PlaceMacfarlan, Village in the Eastern Cape
… tragedy of 1855 finally broke the power of the Xhosa chiefs and the Xhosa nation as a cohesive force. There was little resistance … years the disputed…
PlaceOld Post Office, Rissik Street, Johannesburg
… To ensure that this piece of history wasn’t lost, a conservation policy document was also drawn up for the …
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 1 The Mughal Empire
… Mughal Empire, Government and Society, the Role of Women, Architecture and Culture, Astronomy and Technology, Travel … Mahal. The pair are painted as equals…
PlaceNZASM Goods Office, Railway Street, Pretoria
… is the largest and best remaining example of the Company's architecture in Pretoria. It was declared a National Monument …
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Zoutpansberg
… like between 1892 and 1945 as well as an insight into the architecture, celebrities of the time, clothing, industry and …
EventPiet Retief's Great Trek manifesto is completed
… there was ongoing conflict between these farmers and the Xhosa inhabitants on the frontier, as well as growing … themselves, they could not protect…
PlaceWoutersen Vault, Wessels Road, Green Point.
… Sir John Wessels, former Chief Justice of the Union. The architecture of this is very interesting and there is reason …
PlaceAthenaeum building, Belmont Terrace, Port Elizabeth
… is one of the few examples of the classical style of architecture in the city and was designed by George William …
The Cape Northern Frontier
… in a second conflict, one of many with local peoples, with Xhosa forces for the territory east of the Great Fish River. …
BiographyNithianandan ‘Elvis' Ganese Govender
Nithianandan Ganese Govender (Elvis) was born on 1 November 1958 in Esperanza, a village on the south coast of Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal – KZN), on the eastern…
PlaceNtabankulu Municipality
… site of frequent wars and skirmishes between the Khoisan , Xhosa , and European settlers . Its history is intertwined … with the broader history of the…
EventThe new ochre-red, white and green tri-colour of the Transkei is adopted
… the colour of the soil or "Im-bola" from which traditional Xhosa huts are built, while white stands for peace and the … as the Transkei incorporated many,…
PlaceCape Province- 'Province of Good Hope' or previously the- Cape Colony
… their control to the east, they also fought with the local Xhosa inhabitants. There were nine wars between the government and the Xhosa, called the frontier…
PlaceBritish Kaffraria, now the Border Region
… Territory of British Kaffraria On 21 December 1834 massed Xhosa armies attacked the eastern regions of the Cape Colony, … 31 March they crossed over the…
PlaceMarket Square, Port Elizabeth
… 1835 as a courthouse, and showcases the Gothic-Victorian architecture of the time. The Campanile is a bell tower that …
PlaceRed Location Museum
… on the Links) The Museum has won several International Architecture awards. Its structure is similar to the …
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter IV - Divide and Rule
… had to end sooner or later in an open clash, and the Xhosa chief had proved the stronger. British tactics, … missionaries, whose business it was to persuade…
PlaceGanesha Temple, Mt Edgecombe
… temple in Africa and one of the finest examples of temple architecture in South Africa , the ' Ganesha Temple ', was …
PlaceNgcobo
… 8km from the station on a site known locally as Engcobo, a Xhosa term meaning "a green place next to a stream". In 1879 … received an excellent education by…