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PlaceKaapsche Hoop, Mpumalanga- Barberton Valley
This Area, lies within the South African mist-belt. On average it receives more than 1 000 mm of rain per Year. The vegetation is mainly grassland, with…
PlaceVryheid, Northern KwaZulu-Natal
Founded in 1884, the Town was formed within an Area granted to early Voortrekker settlers, by the Zulu King Dinizulu. After Boers; Local farmers, had helped…
PlaceIxopo, Kwa-Zulu Natal- Midlands
Ixopo, immortalized in Alan Paton’s: “Cry the Beloved Country” is the main centre of the Southern Midlands. Although originally named: ‘Stuartstown’, the…
PlaceuMgungundlovu, Dingane's Royal Kraal
The uMgungundlovu was formerly known as Dingane's Kraal and royal Capital. He took power, after assassinating Shaka, his half-brother. Its name is derived…
PlaceKruger Mpumalanga International Airport, Nelspruit
An Airport located in Mbombela (Nelspruit), this is the gateway to the World’s most iconic Game Reserve, the Kruger National Park, its third largest Canyon;…
PlaceDe Doorns, Cape Winelands
De Doorns is a small Town, located in the Cape Winelands Region, of the Western Cape. Situated in the Hex River Valley, 32 km North-East of Worcester and 40 km…
EventArmistice day 11th Nov 1918
At 11am on the 11th November 1918 a truce came into effect between Germany and the Entente forces. This was supposed to be the war that 'ends all wars'. Yet by…
PlaceTembisa Township, Midrand
Tembisa is a large Township situated to the North of Kempton Park, under the Ekurhuleni Municipality. It was established in 1957 when Black People were…
PlaceEshowe, Northern Kwa-Zulu Natal
Eshowe, a Town in the Kwa-Zulu Natal Area is set on a Hill, is situated around a 250 hectare indigenous Coastal Forest. Eshowe actually means Ekowe, the place…
PlaceAfrica South Art Initiative (ASAI), University of Cape Town
Africa South Art Initiative (ASAI) is a non-profit company, specializing in research and publication on the visual Arts in Africa. ASAI began in 2005,…
PlaceAlkmaar, a Town Near Nelspruit
A small Community on the Crocodile River, some 18 km from Nelspruit. Named after a city in the Netherlands which is 32 km from Amsterdam, well known for its…
PlaceAiab, Stream in Namibia
Khoikhoi name of the Lewerivier is Aiab. The Khoikhoi language is a National language in Namibia, also known by the ethnic term Nama and formerly as Hottentots…
PlaceBrandvlei, Karoo
Abiekwakop is a Hillock 50 km North of Brandvlei, in the Kenhardt District. A Khoikhoi name derived for the bushes they used, to make digging apparatus. …
EventFive power stations are blown up as tensions rise during WWII
Five power stations are blown up by pro-Axis power saboteurs in an attempt to destabilise the Rand gold mines. During the Second World War supporters of the…
PlaceIsipingo, Kwa-Zulu Natal
About 20 km South of Durban City Central, lies Isipingo, an Area blessed with a fascinating mix of Cultures and a unique History. This vibrant Town is…
PlaceAbangani Art Centre, Durban
In the 1980's Joseph Bheki Ndlovu, an artist and illustrator, joined the Abangani Open School in Durban as a youth organiser and an arts and craft teacher…
PlaceAnnlin, a Suburb of Pretoria
Suburb of Pretoria North, of the Wonderboom Reserve. Proclaimed in July 1953, it was first administered by Peri-Urban Health Board. In July 1964 it was…
PlaceAmbleside, a Railway Siding in Mpumalanga
Railway Siding 11 km North-East of Carolina on the route Machadodorp to Breyton. It was named in 1868 by Archibald Sinclair, recalling the Wreck of the…
PlaceAmanxala, a Farmstead in Mpumalanga
Locality about 6 km North of Sibayeni and 24 km South of Komatipoort. The name is Swanzi for the 'grey rhebuck'. Amanxala is a Farmstead and is located in…
PlaceAlbertskroon, Suburb of Johannesburg
Suburb of Johannesburg adjoining Greymont and Montgomery Park. Established about 1896 on the Farm Waterval, it was named after the Alberts family, who owned it…
PlaceAlbany, Eastern Cape
The Region was established on 7 January 1814 by Sir John Craddock, In 1811, he was appointed Governor of the Cape Colony and commander of the forces on that…
PlaceAhrens, Kwa-Zulu Natal
Railway Siding 16 km west of Greytown, on the route to Kranskop. It was named in honour of Wilhelm Ahrens, Principal from 1880 to 1906 of the School at…
PlaceAgterwitsenbergkom a Mountain Region in the Route 62, Cape Winelands
Witzenberg is nestled in the Cape Winelands District on Route 62, consisting of : Ceres; Tulbagh; Wolseley; Op-die-Berg and Prince Alfreds Hamlet. The name…
PlaceAgate Terrace, Port St. Johns
Cliff 4 km East of Port St. Johns. Takes its name from varieties of verigated, semi-pelucid, Chalcedonies found here. The 'Meliskerk' was wrecked off the Coast…
PlaceEgypt
Egypt lies North East in the African continent, its history goes back to Biblical times; with Pharaohs fighting for land in the fertile Nile River! There are…
PlaceMali
Mali, landlocked country of western Africa, mostly in the Saharan and Sahelian regions. Mali is bounded on the north by Algeria, on the east by Niger and…
EventSouth African Indian Congress opposes "Ghetto Act"
A five-day conference of the South African Indian Congress (SAIC) held in Cape Town, unanimously resolved to oppose the proposed Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian…
PlaceBredasdorp, Overberg
Located on the Northern edge of the Agulhas Plain, about 160 kilometres South-East of Cape Town and 35 kilometres, North of Cape Agulhas. The Town was named…
PlaceHermannsburg School and Mission Museum, (Greytown)
The "Deutsche Schule Hermannsburg" (or Hermannsburg School) is located in the hamlet of Hermannsburg on the North Eastern fringe of the Natal Midlands between…
PlaceSouth African Naval Museum, formerly the Navy Mast House and Dutch Store House
The origins of the Naval Museum date back to 1966, when a naval Historical collection was displayed at the Castle Military and Maritime Museum in Cape Town. In…