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Cataloguing the archive of the Anti-Apartheid Movement
… News and conference papers are being kept for them. Some conservation work will be necessary as a few boxes, …
PlaceSteytlerville Municipality, Karoo
… provide beautiful examples of Edwardian and Victorian architecture. Steytlerville lies in the heartland of the …
PlaceSouthport, South Coast
… location for a Beach Holiday or retirement! Crocworld Conservation Centre exists to connect people to nature and … 14 kilometers off the old South Coast Road…
PlaceMaputo National Park
… Capital at the weekend. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has described this extended … Capital at the weekend. The International…
PlaceHistorical core of Wynberg Village
… under rose bushes. Picture Gargoyles, Cape vernacular architecture with a swirl of Georgian and Victorian detail, …
PlaceGreyton, Western Province
… It is a moment of quiet awe, where the simplicity of human architecture meets the silent majesty of the night sky, …
PlaceStone House, Parktown, Johannesburg
… garden below…is one of the most exquisite pieces of architecture I have seen. Baker had built an undoubted …
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…
PlaceNairobi National Museum, East Africa
… and develops its own programmes. This museum’s beautiful architecture and modern interior design set the ambience for …
PlaceVergelegen Wine Estate Library
… There are 444 books on art, music, and gardening. Books on architecture, furniture and design also feature. Sir Lionel …
PlaceRedelinghuys, Cape West Coast
… Church on its main street, with plenty of Victorian Architecture (to satisfy your craving for sumptuous, … Church on its main street, with plenty of…
PlaceMariannhill, Pinetown
… a Catholic Mission and now boasts an impressive display of Architecture and Design. Beautiful Frescoes adorn the … by Trappist Monks who created an…
PlaceMatjiesfontein
… in 1975, ensuring that Matjiesfontein retain its unique architecture and history and that it would be protected for …
Book 2: The Impact and Limitations of Colonialism - Chapter 1 - The Uneven Development of Colonialism in South Africa by Jeff Peires
… British troops, such as the murder and mutilation of the Xhosa king, Hintsa, in 1835. humanitarian - a person … to change (see box on J.C. Warner) . Jacob…
PlaceKwazulu Natal Province
… and the Amatikulu Nature Reserve - in an Area dedicated to conservation. The Zululand Birding Route, with over 650 …
PlaceDutywa, Eastern Cape
… Mbhashe River.The name means "place of disorder" in the Xhosa language. Its spelling was officially changed from … Mbhashe River.The name means "place of…
PlaceBontebok National Park, Swellendam
… is unfortunately listed on: "the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List, of Threatened Species!" … is unfortunately listed on: "t he…
PlaceThe art lover’s summer road trip through the Western Cape
… The province’s blend of ocean horizons, historic architecture, vineyard valleys and mountain passes hasn’t … Estate , where the exhibition space is as…
PlacePrince Albert
… side. The legendary: 'Showroom Theatre'- with its Art Deco Architecture , attracts many well-known artists to the small … Historical significance is evident…
ArticleMangosuthu Buthelezi: the Zulu nationalist who left his mark on South Africa’s history
Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi played a prominent role in South African politics for almost half a century. He was one of the last of a generation of black South…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1600s
… into the groups that we know today (Zulu, Ndebele, Tswana, Xhosa etc). 1601 Joris van Spilbergen, leading a Dutch fleet, … the Namaquas. 1660 The Thembu,…
PlaceCala, Eastern Cape
… the Tsomo River, 28 km South West of Elliot. The name is Xhosa for ‘adjacent to’, referring to its situation West of … the Tsomo River, 28 km South West of…
ArticleLand, Labour and Apartheid
… between the different tribes in South Africa' Sotho, Zulu, Xhosa, Tswana, Pedi, etc. This was a 'divide and rule' …
Nelson Mandela Timeline 1910-1919
… Abantu-Batho (‘The People’), a multi-lingual (English, Xhosa, Zulu and Sotho language) weekly newspaper. 18 May, …
ArticleThe Influenza epidemic
… that combined aspects of Christianity and traditional Xhosa religion. She drew on the notion of the Apocalypse …
EventBeatles records are banned by the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), due to John Lennon's previous 'Jesus' comments
In early 1966 John Lennon was reading about Christianity and when he was interviewed by Maureen Cleave for the London Evening Stadard on 4 March, said: …
David Goldblatt, TJ, 1948-2010 - review by Claire Guillot, 25 January 2011
… themselves bear a message. "I'm not interested in architecture as such," Goldblatt explains. "But South Africa …
PlaceSun City, Rustenburg
… the Pilanesberg Mountains, is matched by the inspired Architecture and passionate attention to Detail for which …
PlaceNdabeni
… and sometime in 1902 its name was changed to Ndabeni, a Xhosa word meaning; "place of debate" It was also the …
EventUnesco lists Robben Island as a World Heritage Site
… Abdurahman Moturu, one of Cape Town's first imams, and the Xhosa prophets, Nongqawuse and Maqana Nxele. On 1 December …