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PlaceAhrens, Kwa-Zulu Natal
… It was named in honour of Wilhelm Ahrens, Principal from 1880 to 1906 of the School at Hermannsburg, 4 km to the … Ahrens and Greytown in the Midlands,…
PlaceWupperthal Mission Station, Clanwilliam
… 72 km southeast of Clanwilliam and about 250 km from Cape Town . This picturesque place has been a Moravian … are actually Rhenish . The name ``Wuppertal"…
PlaceBeaufort West, Cape Town
… A Town 573 km from Cape Town , established in 1818 on the Farm: … in an effort to prevent the Northbound Rail Link from being destroyed, the British built…
ArchivePetrus Mashishi
… of the South African Municipal Workers Union (SAMWU) from its founding in 1987 until 2009, was both a man of his … Boards in urban areas to remove black…
Chapter 1 - The House at Lower Seoli
… From the book: Le Rona Re Batho (An account of the 1982 … British Empire, the last meal was served with greetings from his/her majesty. I doubt if anyone…
10. Seedat writes to his brother in India
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South … This letter written in Gujarati by Mohamed Ebrahim Seedat from Newcastle on 12 November 1901 may be…
ArticleCommunity histories in Port Elizabeth
… outbreak. Because New Brighton was located relatively far from the centre, many families preferred to settle in Korsten … had the effect of increasing New…
Mandela’s membership of the Communist Party: what needs to be reassessed by Tom Lodge
… of party members some of whose testimony is derived from first hand experience. Joe Matthews was a member of the … was present. This corroborated statements…
EventPeter Lindenberg, South Africa’s powerboat champion
… South African Sports Hall of Fame in 2008.[vi] He retired from Formula One powerboat racing 18 months prior to his … (6 August 2014). ↵ [vii]Legendary…
PlaceMbotyi, Eastern Cape
… or adventurous getaway. The Mbotyi river Lodge is 26 km from Lusikisiki, easily accessible by car and has an … are a common sight on the beach. Goats and…
EventSheikh Yusuf, regarded as the founder of the Islamic faith in the Cape, dies at Zandvliet (Macassar)
… men of wealth and influence were banished to the Cape from their homeland in the East because the Dutch feared them … in his war against the Dutch. Twice…
PlaceFrankfort
… it was rebuilt and inaugurated in 1918. Roughly 30 km from the N3, and an hour from Warden, Frankfort might serve fundamentally as a farming community town…
EventParliament convenes to consider the resignation of President Thabo Mbeki
… of Mbeki was raised by a Member of Parliament (MP) from the Freedom Front Plus (FFP) and called for a vote on … to compel the ANC to explain its decision to…
Searchlight South Africa: a Marxist journal of South African Studies
… of South African Studies was founded by Baruch Hirson from 1988-1993, and to a large extent written by him in collaboration with other exiles and comrades…
EventDr Cedric Phatudi, Lebowa Chief Minister, dies
… Inspectors’ Association of Bantu Education in South Africa from 1947-1969. Lebowa was granted self-government in 1972 … Chief Minister of the Lebowa Homeland…
EventA ferry carrying 200 passengers capsizes near the coastal town of Robersport in Northwest Liberia
… on 14 December 2002. The passengers were returning from the funeral of a well-known local footballer when tragedy struck. Only 15 survivors were pulled out…
PlaceLimpopo Province
… and then east for about 1,800 km, to the Indian Ocean . From its source the river flows Northward to the Magaliesberg … where it is joined on the left bank…
PlaceSea Point
… European men, many of whom were free burghers or officials from the Dutch East India Company, and some of whom were … of 1,425. By 1904 it stood at 8,839…
PlaceSouth African National Art Gallery
… the donation of Sir Thomas Butterworth's personal Gallery. From an initial bequest of 45 paintings presented in 1871 by … and FK Kendall, was completed in…
PlaceLookout, Uitenhage
… on 21 August 1953. James Somers Kirkwood, an auctioneer from Port Elizabeth, arrived in 1877 to auction off the farm … Belooning\". A flooded Sundays river…
PlaceThe Simon's Town Mosque
… Town. [i] The Noorul Islam Mosque looks down majestically from Thomas Street, Simon’s Town in the Western Cape. … its fine Architecture, curved lines and…
PlaceAnnis River, near Kuboes in the Northern Cape
… through a network of cracks and fissure—openings ranging from intergranular spaces to large caves. The water eventually emerges from below the surface, in…
PlaceAi-Ais, Namibia
… in South Africa and Ai-Ais in Namibia. The hiking routes from Ai-Ais, are a very popular attraction and vary from very easy to quite challenging. The most…
PlaceLions Bridge, Church Street, Arcadia, Pretoria
… over the Apies River and the only such structure remaining from the ZAR era in the centre of Pretoria. It The ‘Leeubrug’ … withstand floods. It is unclear…
EventKing Moshoeshoe II is reinstated as King of Lesotho
… was twice dethroned, first in the 1970s when he was exiled from Lesotho and in 1990 when he was stripped of constitutional powers and removed from the throne…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - The Early Years at the Rand
… From the book: Working Life - Factories, Township and … played a part in the process. But the decisive push came from wars of conquest and the taxes and…
PlaceWild Coast
… offering interesting glimpses into a Culture far removed from the stresses of Modern Life. Apart from Port St Johns and Coffee Bay , most Villages North of ……
PlaceSarepta
… one of the largest Missionary Societies in Germany. Formed from smaller Missions founded as far back as 1799, the … bell, the Historic Uniting Reform Church,…
ArchiveSt James Church Massacre
… kick open the door next to the stage and holding his rifle from the hip he opened up on us spraying bullets across a … the centre of the church." "There was…
PlaceMapungubwe
… between South Africa , Zimbabwe and Botswana , 75 km from Messina. It sits close to the point where the Limpopo … The civilization thrived as a sophisticated…