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BiographyColine Williams
… on 30 May 1967 and grew up in Bonteheuwel, a township in the Western Cape , South Africa. The eldest of three siblings, Coline, … the school boycotts of 1985…
EventFirst postage stamp in Africa is issued in the Cape Colony
… On 1 September 1853, the first adhesive postage stamp in Africa was issued in the Cape of Good Hope, a British colony at the time. The triangular shaped…
BiographyNorman Stewart Middleton
… was 10. In 1940, after finishing school, he signed up to join the army. He was a soldier during World War II in North … the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP)…
BiographyCharles Nupen
… 19 June 1950 in Durban. After starting a medical degree at the University of Natal, he switched to studying for a … 1975 and with his wife still studying at…
Another Victory for Trade Unionism: The 1918 Cape Town Musicians’ Strike
… Nineteen-eighteen was a significant year for Cape Town (and South Africa generally). The influenza epidemic with many thousands of deaths and the … as it did…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Freedom Day Celebrations: Landsdown Stadium, Cape Town, April 27, 2008
… Arts and Culture, Dr. Pallo Jordan, Premier of the Western Cape, Mr. Ebrahim Rasool, Deputy Mayor of Cape Town, … Africans: Molweni! Goeiedag! Dumelang! I am…
PlaceOns Huisie, Bloubergstrand, Cape Town
… The cottage was, for many years, the property of the Stadler … building found on the coastal areas of the Western Cape. It retains its original plain side…
BiographyGraça Simbine Machel
… Machel was born on 17 October 1945, in Gaza, Mozambique , the last in a family of six children. Her father, a Methodist … for independence from the…
BiographySunny Girja Singh
… five brothers and two sisters. There were very few primary schools in the area, so he ended up going to primary school … his political consciousness. It was…
ArchiveAppendix 2 The Political Landscape of Cape Town, by Dr Z. Pallo Jordan
… Table Mountain and the curved spine of hills associated with it define the city of Cape Town. The prevailing summer and winter winds, from the … seafarers to…
ArchiveCape Western Report
… Cape Western Report …
Mme Makwena Matlala
… The Native Affairs Department (NAD) report for 1949-50 noted … Native Reserve, King William’s Town District, Eastern Cape [now Eastern Cape] . She was …
EventThe governor of the Cape, Sir Alfred Milner, opens the Graaff-Reinet-Middelburg railway line
… Africa in May 1897. In South Africa he became governor of the Cape. The cape was under British rule, as opposed to the Transvaal … Doyle, A.C., (1902), The…
PlaceCompany Gardens in Cape Town
… Garden is a large Public Park and Botanical Garden, set in the heart of Cape Town . This Garden features: a Rose Garden; Japanese … ships stocked with fresh…
ArchiveSummary of relocation : Eastern Cape
… Statistical report showing the scale of removals and relocations in the Eastern Cape … Summary of relocation : Eastern Cape …
The first French Huguenots arrive at the Cape in the Voorschoten.
… The first French Huguenots arrive at the Cape in the Voorschoten. …
Andries Dreyer, missionary, church historian and first archivist of the DRC in the Cape, is born in Cape Town.
… missionary, church historian and first archivist of the DRC in the Cape, is born in Cape Town. …
ArchiveSingle mens hostels, Cape Town
… Photograph showing two men sitting in one of the single men's hostels, Cape Town. … Single mens hostels, Cape Town …
PlaceSouthern Cape
… This region includes the Garden Route , the Central Karoo , and the Eastern part … and George since the mid-17th Century. The Southern Cape and Karoo…
PlaceAmathole Mountain Region, Eastern Cape
… The Amatola Region is one of the most beautiful and diverse in the Eastern Cape. The Amathole's stretch into the hinterland just North … forests of white…
PlaceBree Street 122, Cape Town
… old NMC legislation on 15 July 1977. This house is one of the few remaining Georgian double-storied houses in Cape Town, and is therefore a vital part of the…
BiographyDirk Johannes Coetzee
… Dirk Johannes Coetzee was born in 1945. The son of a postmaster, he grew up in the Northern Cape. Coetzee and Generals Jan Viktor and Jac Buchner started ……
PlaceAchab se Berg, Northern Cape
… Hill 23 km East of Aggeneys and 34 km from Pofadder, in the Northern Cape of South Africa. The name is taken from the Farm Achab. Aggeneys the Town was ……
The railway line from Cape Town reaches Stellenbosch.
… The railway line from Cape Town reaches Stellenbosch. …
The Mount Nelson hotel opens in Cape Town.
… The Mount Nelson hotel opens in Cape Town. …
Street post boxes are introduced in the Cape
… jaar, Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau.|Rahul Das, ' Past of the postbox ',from The Tribune Online , India. [online], Available at … [Accessed: 9 June 2014]|SAPO,…
Map of The Cape Colony 1656 with Legend
… Map of The Cape Colony 1656 with Legend …
ArchiveWestern Cape Winter School: a challenge for the future
… Western Cape Winter School: a challenge for the future …
The Groote Kerk in Cape Town is inaugurated.
… The Groote Kerk in Cape Town is inaugurated. …
The corner stone of the St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Somerset Road, Cape Town, is laid by the acting governor of the Cape
… The corner stone of the St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Somerset Road, Cape Town, is laid by the acting governor of the Cape …