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PlaceCeres, Western Cape Winelands
… Ceres is the Administrative centre and largest Town of the Witzenberg Local Municipality in the Western Cape Province of South Africa . Ceres serves as a…
PlaceAdderley Street, Cape Town
… The 'Herengracht Street' was Cape Town 's main street, … successful campaign against British plans to turn the Cape into a convict station. Adderley was…
31. Cape traders protest against the Hawkers’ Licences Act
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans … 1906, which dealt with hawkers' licences, operated in the Cape in much the same way as the…
PlaceMagnet Theatre, Cape Town
… “Cheap Flights”. Then in 1991, it re-emerged to produce “The Show’s Not Over ‘Til the Fat Lady Sings” which was performed in Cape Town , Johannesburg ,…
PlaceBeaufort West, Cape Town
… A Town 573 km from Cape Town , established in 1818 on the Farm: ''Hooyvlakte'' . It is currently the name of one of … Named by Lord Charles Somerset ,…
PlaceSt James, Cape Town
… The Seaside Resort of St. James was located on False Bay , some 26 km South of Cape Town , the Suburb derived its name from the Church of … is so well…
ArchiveTrafalgar High School, Cape Town, marks 100 years
… Thursday sees Trafalgar High School, located at the foot of District Six, marking 100 years of existence and … school was established in 1912 after it was…
PlaceCape Town Theatre Laboratory
… Founded in 1998 by Royston Stoffels and Warrick Grier, the Cape Town Theatre Laboratory was established in Woodstock, Cape Town. In October-November 2000,…
PlaceCarlisle Bridge, Eastern Cape
… Farmsteads and is known as Carlislebrug. It is located in the Cacadu Municipality in the Eastern Cape!. The original bridge was built in 1863 over the Great…
EventA Dutch ship, the Rosenberg, carrying Huguenots, leaves for the Cape from the Netherlands
… The French Huguenots were refugees in the Netherlands fleeing … brothers Guillaume and Francois du Toit arrived at the Cape. Pioneer Francois Villion (later…
BiographyDoman
… to become an interpreter. But having witnessed first hand the capacity of the Dutch to reduce indigenous people to … of European colonisation. To ensure his…
BiographyMarcus Solomon
… Marcus Solomon was born in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, on 27 January 1939. His father, a waiter by profession, … was of mixed Scottish and Khoi descent and…
PlaceAmalienstein, a Mission Station in the Western Cape
… Former Mission Station of the Berlin Missionary Society , 22 km East of Ladysmith . … German Missions . Amalienstein is on Route 62 , at the Entrance to the …
BiographyArchibald Jacob Gumede
… was born in Pietermaritzburg on 1st of March in 1914,the son of Lillian (born Mgqogqoza) and Josiah Tshangana … a former ANC president. He attended various…
PlaceAgieskloof Bus Stop, in the Eastern Cape
… Stopping place for the Transnet busses on the Route from Bedford to Spring Valley. The name is derived from Achaskloof. Area around the lower … Agieskloof…
Place'Abbervlaack', a Railway Station in the Northern Cape
… some 34 km from Port Nolloth. It takes its name from the surrounding plain, known as Abbevlak. The name is derived from the Khoikhoi name of Sagewood trees,…
PlaceAbaxab, a Railway Siding in the Northern Cape
… a railway siding 17 km North of Groblershoop, on the way to Sishen. The name means 'red body'. Definition: Track or set of tracks which do not belong to the…
PlaceAmsterdam Flats, Region in the Eastern Cape
… Region between the Swartkops and Coega Rivers near Port Elizabeth. Named … East India Company Ship, which was wrecked in a storm in the English Channel, on…
PlaceAnn Shaw Mission, in the Eastern Cape
… 2 km South-West of Middledrift. Established in 1853 for the Xhosa under Chief William Kama by Rev. William Shaw, and named after his wife Ann. The Xhosa name…
PlaceAnegas Range a Mountain in the Northern Cape
… of Komassies and 22 km North-West of Leliefontein. The name comes from Khoikhoi . In the Kamiesberg Local Municipality. … Anegas Range a Mountain in the…
BiographyFeroza Adam
… Feroza Adam was born on the 16 August 1961. She was drawn into political activity in … diploma, Adams taught for five years in state and private schools. In…
Phyllis Altman
… could not afford university fees she accepted a loan from the Transvaal Education Department which was conditional on … to the expulsion. After three years…
ArchiveMotion: We, members of the University of Cape Town
… The members of the University of Cape Town express concern at the direction in which South African society is heading and … Motion: We, members of the…
ArchivePolitical activists on death row in the Eastern Cape
… Barbara Orpen, Research Convenor, Black Sash reporting on the latest developments on political activists on death row in the Eastern Cape … Political…
PlaceClearwater, Now Known as Griquastad- in the Northern Cape
… In 1801, William Anderson and Cornelius Kramer , of the London Missionary Society, established a Missionary … its own flag and currency, before it was…
PlaceDoringbaai, Cape West Coast
… Doringbaai is a picturesque little Town on the Cape West Coast near Strandfontein and Langebaan, about 300 km West of Cape Town. You can get to Doringbaai…
PlaceIziko Museum's, Cape Town
… Iziko is an isiXhosa word meaning “hearth.” A hearth is the traditional centre of the home where families would get … South Africa with both locals and…
PlaceRobben Island, Cape Town
… Island, a UNESCO World Heritage Site , is a must-do on the itinerary of any tourist to Cape Town . Forget palm trees and sun-kissed beaches; Robben … on the…
PlaceUniversity of Cape Town
… The University of Cape Town is South Africa's oldest … with a number of Campuses. UCT was founded in 1829 as the South African College, a High School for…
BiographyPauline Podbrey
… changed to Pauline) was born in Kovna, Lithuania in 1922, the eldest of two children. In 1933, the family immigrated to … Durban , Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal –…