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PlaceAggeneys, a Town at the foot of the Aggeneys Mountain in the Namaqualand
… Pofadder. It has been suggested that the name is derived from the Nama language, meanings include "Place of blood", … the Aggeneys Airport. No scheduled…
PlaceBeach houses, Main Road, Muizenberg
… Fever , a picturesque thatched dwelling presumed to date from the late 18th century located at 82 Main Road, St James, … 1983, Stonehenge , a double-storey…
PlaceTime Ball Tower, Table Bay Harbour, Cape Town
… and Signal Hill. In 1895 its height was increased from 5.1m to 10.2m. Initially the ball was hand operated but … to enable navigators to verify their marine…
PlaceKhomani Cultural Landscape
… The Khomani Cultural Landscape has changed little from its original form, the desert of the Southern Kalahari … Gemsbok National Park . The Khomani San…
PlaceGanyesa
… which the vast majority speaks Tswana. It is 70 kilometres from Vryburg and 450 kilometres from the urban metropolis of Johannesburg and its …
Notes on the Life of Ernest Cole 1940–1990 by Gunilla Knape
… of Cole’s photography was his commitment to humanity. From the late 1950s until 1966 he portrayed the everyday … their struggle. This text is a compilation…
PlaceIrish House, Polokwane Museum
… area, cultural groups and some archaeological finds from nearby sites, these include pottery, woodwork, weaving, … this provides guidelines on what should be…
EventProf. Hudson Ntsanwisi, former Chief Minister of Gazankulu, dies in Johannesburg
… Louis Trichardt. He later obtained a Master of Arts Degree from the University of South Africa before proceeding to … study on Tsonga idioms was also…
EventPolice arrest members of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) High Command at Lilliesleaf Farm
… privately owned by Arthur Goldreich, but bought with funds from the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA). At the farm … Motsoaledi. Goldreich and Wolpe…
EventNelson Mandela is appointed the Secretary of the National Action Council
… the All Africa Conference attended by 1 400 delegates from 145 institutions. The conference was held in … * We call on democratic people the world over to…
EventAfrican Mineworkers’ strike starts
… were subsequently convicted and given sentences ranging from R30 (or three months) to R100 (or six months). The … movement; almost immediately it shifted…
EventThe Trial of strength between the Conservative Party and the National Party begins as three Members of Parliament resign
… resignation of Fanie Botha, Dr Treurnicht, and Tom Langley from parliament on the 21 February 1983. It was not clear … of Fanie Botha wanted Treurnicht and…
EventThe Federation of South African trade unions
… partners were democratic, and that leaders were elected from the working class. This approach encouraged the … Political History: a chronology of key…
EventOldest example of written Afrikaans appears in a poem
… saw Dutch East India Company troops, burgher militia from districts including Swellendam and Stellenbosch, and the … forced to retreat following sustained…
EventRebels take control of Kinshasa, Zaire
… Kabila, however soon proved to be not much different from Mobutu. Other than renaming the country from Zaire to the Democratic Republic of the Congo Kabila …
EventThe Vereeniging peace conference begins
… attempts to reach peace. On 15 May 1902, thirty delegates from each republic, Transvaal and Orange Free State attended … Lord Kitchner and Alfred Milner in…
EventThe siege of Mafeking starts
… the town in the meantime, causing only minimal damage. From January 1900 food stocks in Mafeking fell low, but … remedied this difficulty by withholding…
EventThe first rugby match that is played in SA
… the Rugby Union Board was formed. After SA was banned from international sporting arena, it meant that it could no … also involved in annual competitions…
EventThe Cape Agulhas lighthouse begins operating
… The seas around Cape Agulhas - about two hours drive from Cape Town - are very treacherous and have caused … of the Seven Ancient Wonders of the world and it…
EventVoortrekkers are defeated during the Battle of Boomplaats
… This commando evicted the British Resident, Major Warden, from his small barracks in Bloemfontein. The Battle resulted … ‘Memorials of the Battle of…
EventSouth Africa signs SADC treaty
… Due to its policy of apartheid, South Africa was excluded from any talks on economic co-operation amongst African … Political History: a chronology of key…
EventAnton Hammerl, South African photographer, is killed in Libya
… could give him a decent funeral. The Hammerl family said: "From the moment Anton disappeared in Libya we have lived in … were abducted: “Dear Anton, this is…
EventBophuthatswana is granted independence by the South African government
… South African History Online (2011). ‘Bophuthatswana’from South African History Online [online]. Available at … A. (2011). ‘This Day in African History: 6…
EventSir Patrick Duncan, Governor-General of the Union of South Africa, is born
… son of a crofter. He received a Master of Arts in Classics from Balliol College in Oxford in 1981. After writing his law … public health, education and of…
16. Advice to a son about coming to Natal
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South … Pachai Madline Alexander Pillai wrote on 22 January 1906 from Pinetown (near Durban) giving her son…
PlaceuMnambithi was called Ladysmith
… during the Anglo Boer War. After it it fell under siege from October 1899 to March 1900. Set on the banks of the Klip … , 6000 hectares of Reserve is a mere,…
PlacePolokwane
… a stepping stone to a diversity of natural attractions from Mountains to wilderness Areas. Polokwane has a lively … green building with a comprehensive…
The fall of the ANC: what caused it by Chris Kanyane (News24), 11 December 2016
… and outside the country, massive trail of buses and cars from Botswana, Lesotho, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Zambia, … meditations during the festive season…
ArchiveTribute to Ottilie Schimming Abrahams (2 Sept 1937-1 July 2018) – some notes and memories by Heike Becker
… Executive Committee until the Abrahamses were suspended from SWAPO a few months later for raising questions about how … for the ‘South West Africa’ territory…
PlaceForts Around Pretoria
… the earth-protected ramparts. This design had stemmed from a remarkable siege which had taken place at the town of … . However, the number of incompletely…