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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 …
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…
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: …
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 …
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…
EventSlavery abolished in the Cape
… factors leading to the Great Trek (starting in 1835) from the Cape Colony. Piet Retief, in his famous …
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,…
BiographyTeboho MacDonald “Tsietsi” Mashinini
… protesting students ended up killing Hastings Ndlovu and 12-year old Hector Pieterson , turned him into an instant …
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…
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…
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 …
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…
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…
PlaceDiep River
… was born in Stuttgart in 1811 and emigrated to the Cape in 1835. Following his marriage in the colony, he inherited a …
PlaceKing Williams Town, Amatola
… Station in 1826, King William’s Town later (after 1835) served as a military headquarters for British Kaffraria …
PlaceTranskei
… to its border, sparking off the frontier war of 1834 and 1835. On 21 December 1834 the Xhosa attacked the eastern … lands over the Keiskamma River…
ArticleMahatma Karamchand Gandhi Timeline 1930-1939
… 1930 - 1939 1930 May 4-5, Gandhi: At 12.45 a.m., arrested at Karadi, a village near Dandi where … Prison). Self-purificatory fast for 21 days started at 12…