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PlaceHlobane, Zululand District Municipality
The name is of Zulu origin, it is said by some to mean ‘beautiful place’, and by others ‘place of dispute’. Roughly 26km east of Vryheid, lies the rural…
PlaceKenhardt
… and 225 MW/1,140 MWh battery storage, were bid based on sites located in the sundrenched, Northern Cape Province of …
PlaceYellowwood Park, Durban
… the greater Durban area, has some wonderful trails, picnic sites and the chance to see local birds, zebra and buck, some …
EventWinnie Madikizela-Mandela's bodyguards arrested in connection with the death of Stompie Seipei
On this day in history, 4 of Winnie Mandela's (now Madikizela-Mandela) bodyguards, including Jerry Richardson and Jabu Sithole (coach of the Mandela United…
PlacePilgrims Rest, Graskop- Mpumalanga Province
Once a booming gold rush town in the 1870s, Pilgrim’s Rest remains frozen in time. The entire town is a national monument, with original corrugated iron…
PlaceZinkwazi Beach
… of splendid Game Reserves, tribal life and historical sites a short trip to the north. Zinkwazi is spoilt with …
PlaceNewcastle
… Newcastle, the town is worth a visit for the battle sites just outside of town, which include: Laing's Nek , … hospital during the war and includes a number…
PlaceWest Coast National Park and Postberg Reserve
Flower season along the West Coast takes place Annually between August and September. As the season changes, nature begins to bloom and flowers of all colours…
PlaceBotshabelo Mission Station, near Middleburg
Botshabelo Mission Station can be found in Middelburg in the Mpumalanga Province. Originally a place of refuge for Christians, Botshabelo Mission Station grew…
PlacePhilip Kgosana Drive, Devil's Peak Estate- Cape Town
The Road was originally named after Nicolaas de Waal, the first administrator of the Cape Province. He initiated the Road's construction. De Waal Drive is set…
ArticleIndian South Africans Timeline 1910-1919
1910 Public Servants Superannuating Act and Teachers Pensions Act. Discrimination against Indians – Indians were excluded from receiving pensions according…
ArticleNelspruit an Overview
Until the coming of democracy, Nelspruit was a small town that functioned mainly as a hub of transport for agricultural products that were transported to…
Robben Island
Unesco declared Robben Island in the Western Cape a World Heritage Site in 1999. Robben Island is located in Table Bay, some 6km west of Bloubergstrand, and…
Book launch: Attacking the Heart of Apartheid by Yunus Carrim
… armed struggle, targeting strategic economic and military sites with precision and determination. In this …
PlacePrestwich Memorial and Garden
During excavations for a new residential block in Cape Town in 2003, old bones were uncovered! These were decided to be unmarked graves of slaves, dating from…
PlaceWagenaer's Reservoir, Sanlam Golden Acre-Cape Town
In the heart of the 'Mother City', Golden Acre Shopping Centre has been a key part of everyday life in Cape Town since 1979.This shopping-Centre on the site of…
A New Era for Africa in a Globalizing World, Unesco, Paris, 19 November 2003
… And, the third is the paleantological and archaeological sites containing evidence of the evolution of the earth, life …
Pottery, division of labour, trade, medicine and healing, hunting
Pottery Pottery production was also a very important feature of Iron Age society. The Iron Age women were skilled potters. Pots were used for cooking and…
The Segregation Fallacy and Other Papers - Christian Missions and the Bantu
… to persuade a whole tribe to move to more suitable sites and richer pasturelands. The repealing of what is now …
PlaceKeetmanshoop
In 1908, Gottlieb Redecker was the official builder of the German Colonial Government’s Works Department, drew up plans for a new Post Office building in…
PlaceCape Peninsula University of Technology
… the Cape Technikon, forming the Faculty of Education at sites in Wellington and Mowbray. The department utilises an …
ArticleFrontline States
The collapse of apartheid and the advent of democracy in South Africa was regionally supported by a group of southern African states called the Frontline…
ArticleThe Jacob Zuma Presidency - 2009 to 2017 (March)
Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma ascended to the South African presidency on 9 May 2009 on a wave of popular euphoria fuelled by voters and fellow party politicians…
EventThe South African Astronomical Observatory celebrates 200 years of its existence
On 20 October 1820, the Royal Observatory Cape of Good Hope, which became known as the South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO) was founded. It is the…
PlaceOhrigstad
Ohrigstad was founded in 1845 by Hendrik Potgieter, the well-known "Voortrekker" leader. He named the Town after himself and George Ohrig: Andries-Ohrigstad…
PlacePhalaborwa, Limpopo Province
Phalaborwa is a town in the Mopani District Municipality, Limpopo province, South Africa. Phalaborwa is the site of the 'Big Hole', the earth's largest man…
PlaceLuneburg, Kwazulu Natal
Lüneburg is located between the towns of Piet Retief and Vryheid on the border of the KwaZulu Natal Province and the Mpumalanga Province of South Africa, has…
PlaceLaaiplek, Velddrif, West Coast of Cape Town
Almost indistinguishable from Velddrif, Laaiplek lies on the west side of of the Town closest to the sea, its name derived from its function : 'A place where…
PlaceTsolwana Game Reserve, Eastern Cape
… views in Tsolwana, including some extraordinary rock art sites and crisp river swimming. Tsolwana Game reserve is an …
EventVergelegen Wine Estate Owner Samuel Kerr Dies
Samuel Kerr,an Irishman, wastheowner of the Vergelegen Wine Estate, Somerset West from 1901-1917. He acquired the estate on 29 March 1901 at a price of £11,404…