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Prehistory of the Cape Town area

Prehistory of the Cape Town area

… cattle-less people became known as the 'Bushmen' and 'San'. The distinction between Khoe pastoralists and San hunter-gatherers has been a topic of debate for many … when they did not, for whatever reason, they were San. Others, on the other hand, argue that San without …

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Jan van Riebeeck urged by the Vryburgers (Free Burghers), starts peace negotiations with the Kaapmans (Khoi-Khoi group).

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Jan van Riebeeck establishes the Burgher Militia a few days before the Hottentot (Khoi-Khoi) rising at the Cape.

Funeral of Sean MacBride: Oliver Tambo, 05 May 1988

Biography of Hlabeng Sam Matlole

Biography of Hlabeng Sam Matlole

Bathandwa Ndondo

Aan de Doorns, Western Cape

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Dr Willem Henry Jacobus Punt, founder of the ‘Stigting Simon van der Stel’ (Simon van der Stel Foundation) and well-known SA cu

Mary Margaret Ngalo

Eve Hall portrait

Eve Hall

Saleem Badat portrait

Saleem Badat

Matlakana Philemon Tefu portrait

Matlakana Philemon Tefu

Greg Marinovich portrait

Greg Marinovich

Nöel Robb portrait

Nöel Robb

General South African History Timeline: 1700s

General South African History Timeline: 1700s

… and Roodezand, later called Tulbagh. 1701 13 March, Khoi-San raid more than 40 cattle of Dutch farmers at the Cape. … rift in his kingdom. A commando attacks a group of Khoi-San whom they suspect of having lifted cattle. Apart from six Khoi-San being shot dead by the commando, the commando takes a …

SADF takes over security of Northern Natal from the SAP to prevent infiltration into SA by Liberation Movements

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SADF takes over security of Northern Natal from the SAP to prevent infiltration into SA by Liberation Movements

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Relations between SA and the USA becomes strained by SA’s announcement that it is going to normalise full diplomatic ties with

Joseph Chamberlain portrait

Joseph Chamberlain

Photograph of a man in a wheelchair

Photograph of a man in a wheelchair

The ship São Bento (St Benedict) is wrecked on the Transkei coast

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The ship São Bento (St Benedict) is wrecked on the Transkei coast

Slotavond van remember Soweto ..maand

Slotavond van remember Soweto ..maand

The Man Before Mandela by Steven Gish

The Man Before Mandela by Steven Gish

Chapter XII - Can we be free?

Sumboornam Pillay portrait

Sumboornam Pillay

Günther Komnick portrait

Günther Komnick

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Jan van Riebeeck writes in his diary that the first two pounds of butter was churned at the Cape.

Anderson Khumani Ganyile portrait

Anderson Khumani Ganyile

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Dr Jan Bouws, Dutch and SA musicologist and composer, is born in Purmerend, the Netherlands.

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The Rev. Andrew Murray, one of SA’s first Scottish ministers, is born in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

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Marais Viljoen is inaugurated as SA’s fifth state president after the resignation of B.J. Vorster.