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PlaceWinterberg Mountains, Amatola
… for leading a large group of Dutch farmers out of the area on their Great Trek, leaving their farms for occupation by …
PlacePhuthaditjhaba, Free State
… resonate with visitors and make for excellent photographs. On its south-eastern border lies the province of KwaZulu-Natal; while Lesotho is on the south-west…
PlaceCape Peninsula University of Technology
… The Cape Peninsula University of Technology was established on 1 January 2005, when the Cape Technikon and Peninsula … permission to have the Government’s…
PlaceUpington, Northern Cape
… known as: 'Kalahari Orange Museum'. It was established on the bank of the Orange River in 1870. The Mission Station … then these men were known as 'the…
PlaceMorgan Bay-Gxarha
… in 1822, under the command of Captain W.F. Owen. Then on the 26 August,2022 it was announced: “There was a need for … Lagoon. During the day you can gaze at…
PlaceGrassy Park, Cape Town
… Grassy Park is one of the Southern Suburbs of Cape Town set on the Cape flats , just east of the M5 and the Princess Vlei … and Muslim live alongside one…
PlaceCenturion, Gauteng
… Lyttelton'. The initial Lyttelton Township was marked out on the Farm: 'Droogegrond', in 1904 and Lyttelton Manor was … It was constructed around the…
ArchiveSteve Fataar could have had a rock star ego but didn’t by Rafs Mayet, 24 January 2020
… the VW Kombi and Hi Ace taxis today – with flames painted on the sides and back, which we would see all over the city. … the country, there is nothing to…
ArchiveState of the Nation Address by President Cyril Ramaphosa, Cape Town City Hall, 8 February 2024
… Address takes place in the 30th year of our democracy. On the 27th of April 1994, millions of South Africans cast … in a democratic election for the first…
Eye of the Needle - Chapter 9 - Postscript - South Africa: The Present as History
… to go out into the urban areas to work for most of their lives. But the pass laws and the other laws controlling … in the urban areas, which of course places…
Document 28 - Brian Bunting, “Problems of the Multi-Racial Conference”, Liberation, 28, November 1957
… the strength to bring the Government to its knees. On the other hand, there have been those who look upon the … the Congress movement, all should realise, is…
Some Personal Recollections of the Free Nelson Mandela Campaign by Mike Terry
… a Physics course at Birmingham University. The school was on a mission settlement some twenty miles from Plumtree and … anti-racist campaigning. Racism in…
Justice Arthur Chaskalson: President of Constitutional Court interviewed by Rupert Taylor, 2 February 2000, The Braamfontein, Johannesburg
… of the transition, where the focus very much is on political leadership and… international pressure, and what … and jurisprudence… - it didn’t just pop out…
Document 121 - A. Mon (M. N. Averbach), “The Colour Bar and the National Struggle for Full Democratic Rights”, Workers’ Voice, 1, 2, November 1944
… may still sound strange that we should put great emphasis on the national unification and organisation of the … is at variance with the ideas of class…
EventThe South African Astronomical Observatory celebrates 200 years of its existence
… On 20 October 1820, the Royal Observatory Cape of Good Hope, … kinds of instruments used in the Sutherland Observatory. On 20 October 2020, the SAAO will be…
PlaceOhrigstad
… in the canyon Area is varied. There are Mountain Reedbucks on the escarpment, Dassies on the Canyon Walls, Hippo and Crocodile in the Blyde Dam as … well as…
PlaceYzerfontein
… of quirky stops for refreshments and the white lime kilns on the sides of the road never fail to pique people’s … Nature Reserve and is the longest…
PlacePearston, Eastern Cape-Karoo
… would gather in the shade of a large pear tree on the farm Rustenburg, owned by Casper Lotter, to celebrate … would gather in the shade of a large pear tree…
PlaceGrootvaderbosch Farm, Heidelberg
… aardwolf, honey badger, leopard, lynx... the list goes on...There are many walking trails on the Farm and mountain bike routes. The Historic homestead …
PlaceLuneburg, Kwazulu Natal
… is located between the towns of Piet Retief and Vryheid on the border of the KwaZulu Natal Province and the … Natal and lies in the northern Drakensburg,…
EventJazz veteran Dorothy Masuka dies
… On 23 February 2019, Dorothy Masuka died at her home, … after suffering from hypertension. Dorothy Masuka was born on 3 September 1935 in Zimbabwe . Her…
PlaceSterkfontein Dam, Free State
… in the topmost reaches of the Vaal Dam catchment on the Nuwejaarspruit. The cool, fresh, deep waters are ideal … in the topmost reaches of the Vaal Dam…
EventVergelegen Wine Estate Owner Samuel Kerr Dies
… Somerset West from 1901-1917. He acquired the estate on 29 March 1901 at a price of £11,404. He was also the owner … and vandalism due to the changes they…
PlaceoThongathi, previously Tongaat
… changed from the anglicised version to, oThongathi on 1 Oct 2010. Originally established around 19th-century …
ArticleCaste - meaning, profession, religion
… Pradesh). Gadaba means a person who carries a load on his shoulders. … Mothi - sub-caste of Pasi. Pasi -Toddy-drawer caste lives by tapping palm for its…
ArchiveNothing groundbreaking in Mandela debate by Steven Friedman, 09 December 2015
… Mandela’s passing has coincided with a heated debate on whether he saved or sold out the country. His critics are … is to the idea that the country’s…
PlaceLangeberg Municipality
… They have since then re-aligned Viljoensdrift to focus on their own label production and have entered the … Fish Eagle . Besides crafting exquisite wines on…
Archive‘It’s Dangerous and Difficult’: Artist William Kentridge on the Challenges for Young Artists Facing Quick Fame and Market Speculation by Devorah Lauter (news.artnet.com), October 20, 2021
… to Artnet News about the pressures of the art industry on young artists, identity politics, and the need for freedom … new techniques and new ways of working…
Interview with Albert Luthuli by Studs Terkel, 6 May 1963, Chicago
… From Perspective on Ideas and the Arts TERKEL: Here in a suburb of Durban, … is, the white man when he settled here concentrated more on what he could get…
Chapter 5 - The Indian Tobacco Workers Strike of 1920: A Socio-Historical Investigation by Evangelos A. Mantzaris
… IN NATAL There is a great lack of information and research on Indian worker organisations and trade unions, their … African labour movement, and was as off…