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PlaceGreenmarket Square, Cape Town.
… known, was a fashionable road that initially ran alongside Cape Town's sea front. Greenmarket Square probably developed early on when the VoC brought…
PlaceAgtersrivier and Kou Bokkeveld Pass , Western Cape
… River rising in the Koue Bokkeveld Mountains, (meaning Cold Buck Shrub Land Mountain Range) and flowing North West to join Voorsterivier, 15 km South of…
PlaceStutterheim, Amatola- Eastern Cape
… The small town of Stutterheim lies at the foot of the Amatola Mountain range in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. This picturesque town is … South…
BiographyMannie Manim
… Mannie Manim was born in June 1941, in Cape Town. With more than 50 years’ involvement in theatre, Manim has left indelible imprints in the arts and…
BiographyElizabeth Maria Molteno
… was born into a privileged and protected environment as the oldest child of the Cape Colony’s first Prime Minister, John Molteno. With her … the Gandhis at…
BiographyAshlatha Rambally
… Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) in 1946 and grew up in the small town of Colenso. After completing her matric in … her to move to King William’s Town, Transkei …
EventANC command structure in the Western Cape is arrested.
… The South African police announced that they have uncovered and arrested members of the African National Congress (ANC) Western Cape command structure. The…
BiographyLorna Peirson
… She was born in Beckenham, London. The family emigrated to South Africa in 1927. She obtained a … BA(FA) in 1950 from UN(P). From 1941 to 1950 she taught at…
EventJan de la Fontaine becomes Governor at the Cape
… Jan de la Fontaine, an employee of the Dutch East India Company (VOC), served as acting governor … governor. He was finally appointed as official governor of…
PlaceAgterwitsenbergkom a Mountain Region in the Route 62, Cape Winelands
… Witzenberg is nestled in the Cape Winelands District on Route 62, consisting of : … Tulbagh; Wolseley; Op-die-Berg and Prince Alfreds Hamlet. The name means …
PlaceCathcart District, Eastern Cape
… The District of Cathcart was created in January 1877, and it … the quiet of the surrounds of Cathcart, in the Eastern Cape Province, is a small town 146 km…
”Welcoming Speech “On the Right Track” Train to Cape Town Cape Town, 8 March 1999
… ”Welcoming Speech “On the Right Track” Train to Cape Town Cape Town, 8 March 1999 …
”Welcoming Speech “On the Right Track” Train to Cape Town Cape Town, 8 March 1999
… ”Welcoming Speech “On the Right Track” Train to Cape Town Cape Town, 8 March 1999 …
Petrus Johannes Denyssen, judge of the Cape Supreme Court, is born in Cape Town.
… Petrus Johannes Denyssen, judge of the Cape Supreme Court, is born in Cape Town. …
The Cape Corps, consisting of Cape Coloured men, is reformed under Col. C.N. Hoy.
… (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 3, p. 29 … The Cape Corps, consisting of Cape Coloured men, is reformed under…
An Eastern Cape Postscript
… Article on African farm labour in the Eastern Cape, Bathurst district. … An Eastern Cape Postscript …
PlaceSimon's Town, Cape Peninsula
… a very picturesque and Historical Town just 35 km outside Cape Town. From the Toy and Navy Museums to the eateries and shops. Naval … being added mid-Century…
Say It out Loud - The 1935 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 2nd January, 1935
… Loud by Mohamed Adhikari The 1935 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 2nd January, 1935 1 Another year has just closed, … a new one has dawned upon the world. I…
EventLeendert Janszen, junior merchant of the VOC, recommends settlement at the Cape
… The Dutch East India Company (VOC) was established as a … ships travelling to and from the East would call at the Cape to replenish their supplies. In 1647,…
EventBernert Willemsz Wijlant, the first White baby, is born at the Cape
… Two months after Dutch man Jan Van Riebeek and the Dutch East India Company arrived in the Cape, the first white baby was born. The baby was named … be the…
BiographyWilfrid Edward Cooper
… Cooper was born on 22 May 1926 in Observatory, a suburb of Cape Town, Cape Province (now Western Cape Province) and … married in 1923. His father was an…
ArchiveFirst Cape Womens Festival
… of an African woman dancing. Festival organised by Western Cape region of the Federation of South African women. … First Cape Womens Festival …
Dr James Barry, physician at the Cape who performed the first caesarean in the Cape Colony, dies in London.
… (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 2, p. 186 … Dr James Barry, physician at the Cape who performed the first…
Hendrik Swellengrebel (60), only governor of the Cape who was born at the Cape, dies in Utrecht, the Netherlands.
… Hendrik Swellengrebel (60), only governor of the Cape who was born at the Cape, dies in Utrecht, the Netherlands. …
ArchiveTowards a Development Strategy for the Eastern Cape
… Towards a Development Strategy for the Eastern Cape …
Grahamstown, in the Eastern Cape, is founded.
… Grahamstown, in the Eastern Cape, is founded. …
The Cape Premier, Sir J. Gordon Sprigg, resigns.
… The Cape Premier, Sir J. Gordon Sprigg, resigns. …
The Cape Colony is ceded to Britain
… Richmond,S.,(2009), The British Take over ,(Lonely Planet), pp.46-47. … The Cape Colony is ceded to Britain …
Survey counts 953 people at the Cape
… (eds) (1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa , Cape Town: NASOU, v. 3, p. 26.| Wallis, F. (2000). … Survey counts 953 people at the Cape …
The Eastern Cape town Cradock is founded.
… The Eastern Cape town Cradock is founded. …