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| E-0011128 | event | Harold Cressy is born in Rorke’s Drift | 16 Mar 2011 | ✓ |
| E-0011127 | event | The Rosebud, en route from Calcutta to London, is stranded at Diaz Beach, Mossel Bay | 16 Mar 2011 | – |
| E-0011126 | event | Early Xhosa author William Gqoba dies | 16 Mar 2011 | – |
| E-0011125 | event | De Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd. is founded to exercise control over diamond production in South Africa | 16 Mar 2011 | ✓ |
| E-0011124 | event | SA painter Frederick Timpson I’Ons (85) dies | 16 Mar 2011 | ✓ |
| E-0011123 | event | The Johannesburg Stock Exchange is established | 16 Mar 2011 | ✓ |
| P-0013853 | place | Soweto, Johannesburg | 16 Mar 2011 | ✓ |
| P-0013845 | place | Sophiatown | 16 Mar 2011 | ✓ |
| P-0013835 | place | Springs | 16 Mar 2011 | ✓ |
| P-0013831 | place | Delmas | 16 Mar 2011 | ✓ |
| P-0013828 | place | Alexandra, Township in Johannesburg | 16 Mar 2011 | ✓ |
| P-0013823 | place | Zastron | 16 Mar 2011 | ✓ |
| P-0013822 | place | Vrede | 16 Mar 2011 | ✓ |
| P-0013821 | place | Reitz | 16 Mar 2011 | ✓ |
| P-0013817 | place | Frankfort | 16 Mar 2011 | ✓ |
| P-0013816 | place | Ficksburg | 16 Mar 2011 | ✓ |
| P-0013815 | place | Cwanguba | 16 Mar 2011 | ✓ |
| P-0013814 | place | Coerney, Port Elizabeth | 16 Mar 2011 | ✓ |
| P-0013813 | place | Bethulie Bridge across the Gariep River | 16 Mar 2011 | ✓ |
| P-0013809 | place | Uitenhage, officially renamed Kariega | 16 Mar 2011 | ✓ |
| P-0013808 | place | Tsolo | 16 Mar 2011 | ✓ |
| P-0013807 | place | Transkei | 16 Mar 2011 | ✓ |
| P-0013805 | place | Rosmead | 16 Mar 2011 | ✓ |
| P-0013804 | place | Rosemount | 16 Mar 2011 | ✓ |
| P-0013802 | place | Riverside | 16 Mar 2011 | ✓ |
| P-0013801 | place | Riebeek Kasteel | 11 May 2026 | ✓ |
| P-0013800 | place | Riebeek East | 16 Mar 2011 | ✓ |
| P-0013799 | place | Richmond | 16 Mar 2011 | ✓ |
| P-0013794 | place | Phillipton | 16 Mar 2011 | ✓ |
| P-0013793 | place | Peelton | 16 Mar 2011 | ✓ |
EventHarold Cressy is born in Rorke’s Drift
Harold Cressy, co-founder of the Teachers League of South Africa (TLSA), educationist and teacher, is born in Rorke's Drift, Kwazulu-Natal. He was the only…
EventThe Rosebud, en route from Calcutta to London, is stranded at Diaz Beach, Mossel Bay
The Rosebud was a British three-masted wooden schooner, weighing 341 tons. It was built in 1876 by Carnegie Peterhead, and was commanded by Captain J. Collie…
EventEarly Xhosa author William Gqoba dies
Author, editor, teacher, catechist, interpreter and wagon-maker William Wellington Gqoba (Mbaba, Goba) died in Lovedale, Eastern Cape. He was born in Gaga,…
EventDe Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd. is founded to exercise control over diamond production in South Africa
On 13 March 1888, De Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd. was founded to exercise control over virtually all diamond production in South Africa. The company was…
EventSA painter Frederick Timpson I’Ons (85) dies
Frederick Timpson l'Ons (85), SA painter of the early life in the Eastern Cape, died in Grahamstown. He was born in Islington, Middlesex, England on 15…
EventThe Johannesburg Stock Exchange is established
The Johannesburg's Stock Exchange (JSE) is established in Johannesburg to facilitate the explosion of trade sparked by the discovery of gold in the…
PlaceSoweto, Johannesburg
Soweto is an urban settlement or 'Township' in South Africa, South West of Johannesburg, with a population of approximately 1.3 Million (2008, Joburg archive)…
PlaceSophiatown
Sophiatown was originally a Farm outside Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng). It was bought by Hermann Tobiansky, who named it after his wife; 'Sophia'…
PlaceSprings
The Town of Springs, East of Johannesburg, is on the East Rand, or what is now known as the Metropolitan area of Ekurhuleni, in the Gauteng Province. It was…
PlaceDelmas
Delmas became famous in the latter part of 2010 for its proximity to the missing tiger known as Panjo. The tiger, only 17-months old, disappeared somewhere…
PlaceAlexandra, Township in Johannesburg
A Township 13 kilometeres from North-East Johannesburg. The development of Alexandra Township dates back to 1912. Sometimes thought to be named in honour of…
Zastron
Zastron lies at the foot of the Aasvoelberg which is the highest peak in the Free State province (2207m, or approx. 7240 imperial feet). Close to the border of…
PlaceVrede
Vrede, 'the town of peace', lies between the North-Eastern Free State and the Mpumalanga border of Volksrust. It was named in 1863 after a dispute between its…
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…
PlaceFrankfort
Frankfort is a small farming town situated on the banks of the Wilge River in the Free State province of South Africa. The town was laid out in 1869 on the…
PlaceFicksburg
The town was founded by General Johan Fick in 1867 who won the territory in the Basotho Wars. Ficksburg is situated in the Eastern Free State between the…
PlaceCwanguba
A forest 34km East of Elliotdale. The forest is reputed to have resulted from Imilenya shrubs, planted on the grave of Chief Tsiwo! The name is thought to be a…
PlaceCoerney, Port Elizabeth
Coerney is a River and Railway station 64 km North of Port Elizabeth, on the route to Rosmead, situated in the Sundays River Valley in Sarah Bartman District…
PlaceBethulie Bridge across the Gariep River
Gariep Dam is located in South Africa, near the Town of Norvalspont, bordering the Free State and Eastern Cape Provinces. The stone Bridge spanning the Gariep…
PlaceUitenhage, officially renamed Kariega
Uitenhage, officially renamed Kariega, is an industrial town in South Africa's, Eastern Cape Province. Which is situated within the Nelson Mandela Bay…
PlaceTsolo
(prior to 1910) St Augustine's was established in 1865 by the Reverend Bransby Key as a station of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel on Foreign…
PlaceTranskei
An early history of the Transkei area Originally the Transkei included the territories of Idutywa Reserve, Fingoland (Mfenguland) and Galekaland …
PlaceRosmead
Middelburg Road was a Cape Government Railway station and was formally established on about 2 April 1883, when the Railway Line from Cradock was inaugurated…
PlaceRosemount
Woodbrook Farm was established at about the same time as East London, and was located immediately south of the town. By the early 1900s it had been overtaken…
PlaceRiverside
Riverside was a trading station providing staple goods to a predominantly rural indigenous clientele. It was already well-established when it was purchased by…
PlaceRiebeek Kasteel
The village of Riebeek Kasteel was established in about 1861, and was located at the foot of the Mountain of the same name. The Area was first visited in 1661…
PlaceRiebeek East
On 13 April 1840 the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) acquired a portion of the Farm; Mooi Meisiejie Fontein for the purpose of establishing a Kerkplaats. The…
PlaceRichmond
The Village of Richmond was established in 1844 on a portion of the Farm Driefontein, owned by P J van der Merwe. It was named after the Earl of Richmond,…
PlacePhillipton
(prior to 1910) Philipton was established in 1829 as a station of the London Missionary Society, and was named in honour of Dr John Philip, who was…
PlacePeelton
(prior to 1910) Umxelo was established in 1839 by the Reverend Richard Birt as a station of the London Missionary Society. At that stage it was popularly…