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EventErfdeel farm in Orange Free State becomes SA's richest gold deposit
… On 3 June 1954, a mining engineer at the Erfdeel farm in the Orange Free State …
PlaceDarling, West Coast
The warm, welcoming and friendly Tourism Folk from Darling, believe that peace and quiet of the foremost importance! A calm and peaceful Retreat from the…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - New Workers, New Unions
… It has shown how racial divisions of labour in the mining and iron and steel industries, as well as on the …
Address to the Botswana National Assembly, Gaborone, 11 March 2003
… following areas: Agriculture and Livestock; Water Affairs; Mining and Tourism; Environmental co-operation; Monetary and …
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 11
… the huge fortunes made by the few in the diamond and gold-mining industries. Kajee was not a rich man by this judgment. …
PlaceDonkerhoek
… of the first entrepreneurs, playing a significant role in mining, industrial and agricultural development in the …
Outbreak of bubonic plague
The outbreak of Bubonic Plague in Cape Town appears to have given a measure of warning to other coastal cities in the Cape, and a number of preventative and…
PlaceNtabankulu Municipality
… and is primarily known for Agriculture, sand and quarry Mining, Forestry, and Tourism. …
EventIsidingo will air it's last episode
… followed the lives of residents based in the fictional mining town of Horizon Deep. The writers of the soapie aimed …
EventVergelegen Wine Estate Owner Samuel Kerr Dies
… renovations were attempts at modernizing the estate. When mining magnate Sir Lioneland his wife art enthusiast …
PlaceVanderbijlpark
… about 3 km from this city. This is unlike many of its gold-mining neighbours in the Vaal Triangle (which include …
1947-Joint Declaration of Cooperation
 1947 "Joint Declaration of Cooperation" Signed by Dr A.B. Xuma, President of the African National Congress, Dr G.M. Naicker, President of the Natal…
Indian South Africans timeline 1950-1959
Indian South Africans Timeline: 1950-1959 1950 A.K.M. Docrat, a popular activist, was named under the Suppression of Communism Act. He was jailed for thirty…
PlaceBraamfontein, a Suburb of Johannesburg
Bordering the City Centre and joined to Newtown by the Nelson Mandela Bridge – Joburg’s landmark equivalent of Cape Town’s Table Mountain – Braamfontein is…
PlaceBarton Keep, Jacob Mare Street, Pretoria
This imposing Victorian dwelling was erected in 1888 by EF Bourke, who later became the first mayor of Pretoria. It is one of the last remaining examples of…
PlaceAddo Elephant Game Reserve, Port Elizabeth
This Reserve lies East of the Sunday's River and North of Port Elizabeth. In about 1931, about 680 ha. was enclosed to form the Addo Elephant National Park…
PlaceOttosdal and Letsopa
The Town of Ottosdal, was established as a Dutch Reformed Church on the Farm 'Korannafontein'. This occurred in 1913 and was named after its owner, GP Otto…
Indian Community in Lenasia
… 30% Finance 22% Social services 21% Manufacturing 17% Mining 1% Year Population 1960 650 1970 21037 1996 48211 2001 …
ArticleGrade 7 - Term 2: The Transatlantic slave trade
… Songhay, Benin and the Asante, all built on wealth from mining gold. In spite of the evidence, Europeans justified …
ArticleConstructing heritage and heritage resources
… inland and sold it to traders on the East coast. Gold mining was very widespread in traditional Shona society. It …
America, Spanish conquest
… many settlers to Peru. Most settlers were involved in mining the vast amounts of silver and gold that existed in …
PlaceA History of Ottosdal and Letsopa
… the town. Industries like brickworks, steelworks, mining and farming all had labour demands. There used to be a … The farming environment is very violent as…
PlaceKopanong Local Municipality, Free Sate
The Kopanong Local Municipality is a Category B Municipality situated within the Xhariep District of the Free State Province. It is the largest of the three…
2012 ANC National Policy Conference: Statement by the head of the ANC NEC policy sub-committee on the release of Policy Discussion documents, 05 March 2012
… downstream job creation. The study also noted that mining has been severely constrained by infrastructure such …
ArchiveThe Black Consciousness Movement and Steve Biko By Jonathan Ansumana
… labor system, established with the onset of industrialized mining in the late 1800s took men of working age to the mines …
Chapter 23. How the United Party Betrayed South Africa - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… towards Malan's ultimate victory. Leaders of the mining unions, of the engineers, electricians, boilermakers …
PlaceHeritage Route of Transvaal, Limpopo and Mpumalanga
… the new republic’s first president. South Africa’s diamond mining industry dates back to 1867 , when diamonds were … Calvinist Afrikaners and the new British…
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BiographyB J Vorster [John Vorster]
Overview Balthazar Johannes Vorster (also known as BJ Vorster or John Vorster) was the Prime Minister of South Africa from 1966 to 1978, after having served…
ArticleEarly African Civilisations: Ancient Egypt, Nubia and Swahili
Ancient Egypt The ancient Egyptian civilisation grew for thousands of years intact because the Nile River Valley and Mediterranean and Red Sea border kept…
PlaceYsterplaat, Cape Town
Ysterplaat is an old Northern Suburb of Cape Town and home to: An Airforce Base; School's and a Museum. Amongst many Churches and a nearby Synagogue. This Area…