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PlaceEritrea
… second half of the 20th century, Ethiopia became the power from which the Eritrean people had to free themselves in … three decades. Eritrea formally…
PlaceJoubertina
… hand furniture, or pick up a packet of home-made rusks from your hairdresser, who also sells coffins and bully beef … the railway line runs along Route 62…
PlaceHaarlem
… Sixteen kilometers East of 'Avontuur' and 29 kilometers from Uniondale , a village was established by the Berlin … giant who left his legend – and offspring …
PlaceWynberg Park, Southern Suburbs
… sometimes, host to Fun Days and Live Concerts. Summer from 08h00 tio 19h00. Winter from 08h00 to 18h00. and Entrance is Free. …
PlaceXanadu Nature Estate, Hartebeespoort
… Bird-Hides, residents are afforded a tranquil environment from where they can observe bird and game activity. (link … within the estate, offers an over 50s…
EventJack Parow, the Afrikaans rap artist is born
… first being “Cooler as Ekke” in 2009 and the other being “From Parow with Love” in 2016. Theunis Engelbrecht also wrote … also produced his own brandy,…
PlaceHugh Eksteen Photographic Museum, Polokwane-Limpopo
… Exton. (Exton also spelled Eksteen) Eksteen moved North from Cape Town in 1886, visiting the Marabastad Goldfields … black and white people, migrant laborers…
PlaceRailway Station, Muizenberg
… a fully functional Metro train station. The train journey from Cape Town to Simon’s Town, known as “The Southern Line”, … awesome views of the ocean as it…
PlaceLodge de Goede Hoop, Stal Square, Cape Town
… its first lodge in the Cape under a warrant obtained from the Grand Lodge National of the Netherlands. Initially … next to the Lodge and this housed the Cape…
PlaceVan Riebeeck’s Hedge, Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, Cape Town.
… of the Settlement that would also prevent the Khoikhoi from raiding their livestock. In 1659 they started Building a wooden fence, with watch towers, from…
PlaceGoodwood
… adjoining the metropolitan of Cape Town , 11 km from the centre of the City and in the Bellville district. It … and printing-works. Goodwood is separated by…
PlaceCote D’Ivoire or Ivory Coast
… empires dominate the history of the Ivory Coast. It was from these empires that Islam spread to the northern regions … Africa until 1960 when the country…
PlaceGod’s Window
… fantastic walks, hiking, horse and mountain bike trails. From the parking area a very steep stepped footpath along the … best lookout points and exotic…
PlaceOld gaol, Seventh Avenue, Roodepoort
… built over a century ago and is one of the few buildings from the Zuid-Afrikaanse Republiek (ZAR) era still in … by high walls that would have prevented any…
Document 5 - “Trade Union Notes”, The Bolshevik, March 1920 (Extract)
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary … or race the spectre of racial warfare would be banished from the land. If we do not open our unions…
EventPansy Tlakula, Chairperson of the Independent Electoral Commission, announces her resignation
… and provincial elections, Tlakula came under attack from political parties with many of them calling for her … as then-Chief Executive of the IEC warranted…
EventPenny Heyns, South African swimming star, is born.
… the attention. She was offered an athletic scholarship from the University of Nebraska, were she later earned her … career. In the year 2000 Penny announced…
EventThe company, IBM, re-forms in South Africa
… services, and technologies. IBM would also profit from interest on loans it makes to the South African buyers … responded to criticisms that it was…
EventCharles Darwin and the HMS Beagle reached the Galapagos Islands
… slowly over the eons as individual they became isolated from one another.Darwin is often credited with the theory of … were soon accepted by most scientists,…
EventInauguration ceremony of the South African College School (SACS) takes place
… in the Cape. After the British took over Cape Colony from the Dutch, the governor of the Cape, Lord Charles Henry … college school had emerged as a distinct…
EventFormer Minister of Defence and others are charged with murder
… and I'm proud of it." The prosecution drew criticism from second Vice-President F.W. de Klerk, who claimed that it … Political History: A Chronology of Key…
Bush Radio mourns, Professor William T. McClain (1923-2011)
… Radio mourn his death. Professor McClain was originally from a small town in Indiana in the United States, and after … to do research and collect documents…
’Asinamali’
… From the book: My Spirit Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner In 1957 a message came through from SACTU that we must organize this campaign…
PlaceHazyview
… creative souls to this, lush haven! Situated only 13 km from the Kruger National Park, the area surrounding Hazyview … name for the Kruger National Park, and…
EventThe full citizenship of Coloured people is called for
… completely disenfranchised, with their final removal from the voter's roll in 1956. By 1958, a Department of … to Parliament and the Provincial Councils. It…
Interview with Harry Gwala conducted by Tony Karonat, January 1989, Dambuza Pietermaritzburg
… existed in Natal. The Natal Province had broken away from the national body to form the Natal ANC under the … take off. So it was not until 1947 that Percy…
ArchiveStatement by Moltino Mtantalala on his employment and subsequent resignation at Lyndhurst Farm
… circumstances surrounding his resignation and eviction from Lyndhurst Farm …
ArchiveChamber of mines must negotiate
… Press statement from Albetina Sisulu about the negotiations that chamber of …
ArchiveGlenmore to boost local businesses
… article about business opportunities that would result from the development of Glenmore Township …
ArchivePhotograph of Korsten slum dwellers
… Black and white photograph showing families being removed from Korsten, Port Elizabeth, slum dwellings …