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BiographyChris Hani
… other daughters, Neo (then 20 years old) and Lindiwe (then 12 years old) were away at the time. Also implicated in the …
EventNasty C, the South African hip hop artist and song writer is born
Nsikayesizwe David Junior Ngcobo, stage name Nasty C was born in Durban[i] on 11 February 1997.[ii] He started rapping at the age of nine.[iii] Nasty C was…
EventEban Abba, Israeli statesman is born in Cape Town
… Israeli diplomacy, dies at 87' from The Facts of Israel , 02 November 2002 [online] Available at www.factsofisrael.com …
EventCharles Darwin and the HMS Beagle reached the Galapagos Islands
… the Beagle reached San Cristobal (Chatham) in September 1835. The Beagle spent 5 weeks in the Galapagos carefully … ,[online],Available at www…
EventSlavery is abolished at the Cape
… factors leading to the Great Trek (starting in 1835) from the Cape Colony. Piet Retief, in his famous …
ArticleEastern Cape Wars of Dispossession 1779-1878
… make a frontier line viable. Sixth Frontier War (1834-1835) By early 1830s the line of clashes had spread to the … of drought. On 31 December 1834 a large…
BiographyBartolomeu Dias
… River at Hamburg, 50 km south-west of East London. On 12 March 1488, a little west of Bushman's River mouth, they …
BiographySantu Mofokeng
… 2010: Remaining Past, Minshar Art Institute, Tel Aviv 2011–12: Chasing Shadows, Paris, Bern, Bergen, Antwerp 2016: …
Bush Radio mourns, Professor William T. McClain (1923-2011)
One of Bush Radio’s board members and a strong anti-apartheid activist Professor William Tilden McClain passed away on Sunday the 02nd of October 2011. We at…
EventPort Natal is renamed Durban in honour of Sir Benjamin D’Urban, governor of the Cape Colony from 1834 - 1837
… On 23 June 1835 Port Natal was renamed Durban in honour of Sir Benjamin …
EventLouis Trichardt, Voortrekker leader, is born near Oudtshoorn 225 years ago
… led a group of Voortrekkers from the Cape Colony in 1835. Trichardt was often described as a fearless but …
EventSlavery abolished in the Cape
… factors leading to the Great Trek (starting in 1835) from the Cape Colony. Piet Retief, in his famous …
ArchiveIndia’s African Sufis - Demystified! by Blanche Michael
… 14.05.2017. ↵ [5] Sufis, Sidis and saints, Mark Dummett, 02 February 2007. Url number … ↵ [6] Sufis, Sidis and saints, Mark Dummett, 02 February 2007. Url…
PlaceOld Morley
… they formed an alliance with the Cape government in 1835 and were invited by Sir Benjamin d’Urban to settle on …
BiographyGeorge Gangen Ponnen
… was prepared to finance. The factory was started but after 12 months Ponnen withdrew from the partnership as he did not … summoned to court to give evidence,…
PlaceGroote Kerk, Adderley Street, Cape Town.
… cause for concern, so the Kerkraad had it investigated in 1835 by the experienced builder, Hermann Schutte, and the … the building and build a new one, so at…
BiographyBessie Amelia Head
… and Bessie Head Literature Awards were established. On 12 July 2007 the library of Pietermaritzburg was renamed the …
BiographyCharles Robberts (Blackie) Swart
… minister, was Acting and Intermediate Prime Minister. From 12 January 1960 to 30 April 1961 Swart was the ninth and last …
BiographyJohannes Henricus Brand
… in the (second) Treaty of Aliwal North, concluded on 12 February 1869. Brand was allowed to keep territory on the …
BiographyEla Gandhi
… cannot teach African children”. In 1952, when Ela was 12 years old, her father started going to Defiance Campaign …
PlaceXuxuwa, Eastern Cape
… injured in a skirmish, which led to the Frontier War of 1835. Some authorities argue that the name predates the …
PlaceNqamakwe
… succoured or given help by local chiefs. In the wars of 1835, 1846, and 1851–53, the Mfengu fought on the British …
BiographyTeboho MacDonald “Tsietsi” Mashinini
… protesting students ended up killing Hastings Ndlovu and 12-year old Hector Pieterson , turned him into an instant …
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1652 - 1699 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… The Shaykh arrived on board 'De Voetboog' on April 02, 1694 along with his retinue of 49 which included his two … and Carepane], two slave girls [Mu'minah…
EventSA's Fifa membership reinstated
… soccer [Online]. Available at: news24.com/ [accessed 02 July 2010] Alegi, P.C. 2004. Entertainment, … [Online]. Available at: wiserweb.wits.ac.za/ [accessed…
References and links: Local History
… Journey through Pretoria’s Main Attractions” from ShowMe, 12 December [online], Available at … [Accessed: 12 January 2015]. ShowMe, (2008/8), “The 1956…
Online directory - archives and media sources
… 24 Hamilton Street, Arcadia, PRETORIA Telephone: +27 (0)12 - 323 5300 Fax: +27 (0)12 - 323 5287 Website: http://www.national.archives.gov.za … Church…
PlaceAdams College, Amanzimtoti
… educational, publishing, industrial and medical fields. In 1835 the first American Board missionaries arrived in South … Adams and the other missionaries…
PlaceKing Williams Town, Amatola
… Station in 1826, King William’s Town later (after 1835) served as a military headquarters for British Kaffraria …
PlaceDiep River
… was born in Stuttgart in 1811 and emigrated to the Cape in 1835. Following his marriage in the colony, he inherited a …