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ArticleThe Grey Street Mosque, 1880-1930
… mosques were not neutral structures for worship but sites of struggle that reflected the patterns of …
ArticleAnglo-Zulu Wars 1879-1896
The destruction of the Zulu kingdom 1879 -1896 In the 1870s settler and colonial determination to bring Blacks under firm political control had undermined the…
ArticleRustenburg Timeline 1850-2001
1850 The Nederduitsch Hervormde Church (Nederduitsch Reformed Church) establishes a congregation in Rustenburg. 16 November, A Hervormde congregation is…
ArticleDurban Timeline 1497-1990
1497 - 1699 1497 24 December, A flotilla of three Portuguese ships under the command of Capt Vasco da Gama sailed up the eastern seaboard of southern…
Mission Stations - T-Z
Mission Stations - T TABA MOSEGU, Transvaal: Bn 1880 TABASE, Umtata, Cape: Mor 1873; MorG 1914 TABLE MOUNTAIN, Pietermaritzburg, Natal: ABCFM c1851 …
PlaceAngola
Angola has a long and rich history, and is home to some of the largest historical kingdoms in Africa such as the Kingdom of Kongo or the Kingdom of Ndongo. The…
PlaceNgcobo
On 1 November 1859, a day known in the Christian calender as All Saints Day, Chief Fubu of the amaQwathi met with Archdeacon Waters and the Rev John Gordon of…
EventThe U.S. vetoes Angola’s application for membership of the United Nations Security
Council For the fifteenth time the United Sates (US) vetoed Angola’s application for membership of the United Nations Security Council. The move to prohibit…
EventCommunity leader James Sofasonke Mpanza is born
James Sofasonke Mpanza (Sofasonke meaning We shall all die), community leader, founder of the Sofasonke Party and a champion for better housing for…
EventHundreds die in a train fire in Egypt
A fire reported to have been started by a gas cylinder spread through seven of a train’s eleven cars in Egypt. The gas cylinder which was used for cooking is…
PlaceSyringa Tree Stump, Rustenburg
A Provincial Heritage Site in Church Street that was declared a National Monument on 28 September 1951.
ArchiveSebokeng Sharpeville : Repression
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PlaceHatfield Street 139, Gardens
Declared a Provinsial Heritage Site, like so many of the lovely old houses on Hatfield Street, in Cape Town!
PlaceDie Grootkerk in Bosmanstraat
The Dutch Reformed Church, Pretoria was established in 1854, when it separated from the Rustenburg congregation. The site where the first church was built…
PlaceLeliefontein
The pretty, Historic Village of Leliefontein is located in; the Kamiesberg Mountain Range. The turn off the Road, between Kamieskroon and Garies in the Namakwa…
PlaceThe Company Gardens, Cape Town.
When the Dutch first settled in the Cape in 1652, Governor van Riebeeck's brief included the construction of a fort and the setting out of gardens where…
PlaceSeweweeks Poort, Swartberg
The Seweweeks Poort is probably the most beautiful 18 km stretch of gravel road anywhere in South Africa. With easy gradients, multiple river crossings, mind…
PlaceKogelberg Biosphere Reserve, Kleinmond
… vestment.co.za/unesco-biosphere-reserves-and-world-heritage-sites …
PlaceNelson Mandela University, in Gqeberha
… Campuses in the Nelson Mandela Metropole and George. The sites are the North Campus (former PE Technikon), South …
PlaceGordons Bay, Cape Province
… beach, offering self-catering holiday Cottages and Caravan Sites. Guest Houses are all near the beach, with Bed and …
PlaceBaviaanskloof Region and Pass, Eastern Cape
There is a Gorge that lies in the Valley, stretching for over 100 kilometres, between the Baviaanskloof Mountains to the North and the Kouga Mountains, to the…
Seedtimes Retrospective Omar Badsha
A major retrospective exhibition of Omar Badsha’s drawings, woodcuts and photographic essays from the mid-1960s to 2000s. His drawings are being shown for the…
EventDurban mass meeting endorses Smuts and Gandhi agreement
An Indian mass meeting in Durban unanimously endorsed the agreement between General J.C. Smuts and Mahatma Gandhi regarding voluntary registration, poll tax,…
Homeless Giving Tourists a Negative Perception - Fietas Museum by Wim Pretorius and Iavan Pijoos, (News24.com), 15 February 2016
Johannesburg – In the heart of Pageview in Johannesburg lies a small, but almost forgotten museum, rich with the city’s history. Located between the Brixton…
PlaceCasa Labia,198 Main Road, Muizenberg
… https: //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_heritage_sites_in_Simonstown …
PlaceKirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens, Cape Town
Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden lives up to its reputation as the most beautiful garden in Africa and one of the great botanic gardens of the world. Few…
PlaceSAAF Memorial and Museum
This memorial is built on Bay Hills and offers a clear view of the Air Force Base at Zwartskop. The outline of the Voortrekker Monument is also visible from…
EventPallo Jordan opens the Mbuzini Samora Machel Public Library
On 6 October 2006, the Minister of Arts and Culture, Pallo Jordan, opened a community library at Mbuzini in the Mpumalanga Province, known as the Mbuzini…
PlaceUnion Buildings, Pretoria
The Union Buildings are considered South Africa's Architectural Masterpiece! Designed and built by Herbert Baker and completed in 1913, the Union Buildings…
PlaceConstitutional Court of South Africa, Johannesburg
This historically rich site - where densely populated and frenetic Hillbrow meets leafy and affluent Parktown and bureaucratic Braamfontein - is now…