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PlaceKing’s Blockhouse, Devil’s Peak, Cape Town.
… Following the first British occupation of the Cape in 1795, the … and at one stage served as the official boundary between Cape Town and the country…
BiographyDorothy Nomazotsho Zihlangu
… Zihlangu was born in 1920 at Dyamala Village in Alice in the Eastern province (now Eastern Cape ). She received her Standard Six primary education at Ncerha…
EventBritain returns the Cape to the Netherlands and the flag of the Batavian Republic is hoisted on the Castle
… In terms of the Treaty of Amiens, signed in 1802 (between England and France), the British officially returned the Cape Colony to the Netherlands on 21…
BiographyReggie Vandeyar
… apartheid state. Vandeyar was among the first to agree to join the armed struggle, and the ANC’s armed wing, Umkhonto … or three months and then taken to…
BiographyDr Alfred Bitini Xuma
… Ngcobo District, in the Eastern Province (now Eastern Cape). Xuma was the seventh child of Abraham Mangali Xuma and … old. Between 1912 and 1913, Xuma taught…
ArchiveAfrican National Congress, Western Cape regio
… African National Congress Western Cape Region Secretary's Report for September 1991. Reports on the Regional Executive membership, the various Western Cape…
ArchiveThe economic effects of the removal of Africans from the Western Cape
… The Black Sash … The economic effects of the removal of Africans from the Western Cape …
ArchiveThe story of the Coloured vote and the myth of Cape liberalism
… The story of the Coloured vote and the myth of Cape liberalism …
ArchiveAdministration Board for the Cape Midlands: Tenders: Contract 9G
… Invitation for tender for the design and supply, delivery and installation of … plant at Glenmore, a town which was being developed for the Ciskei homeland. …
PlaceMasiphumelele Township, Cape Town
… succeed” in Xhosa. This spirit of endurance was needed by the people for decades - and these words are still an … joined by a few thousand people from the…
EventFearon Fallows, first Astronomer Royal at the Cape, is born in England
… Fearon Fallows, the first Astronomer Royal at the Cape, was born in … established, but yet to be constructed, observatory at the Cape of Good Hope. He…
PlaceVictoria and Alfred Waterfront, Cape Town
… as part of his task to establish a Refreshment Station at the Foot of Africa for the Dutch East India Company. Cape Town Harbour had become a stopover for…
Lucas Mangope
… From 1947 to 1949 he worked in the Department of Native Affairs and in 1951 commenced studying for the Higher Primary Teacher's Diploma at Bethel College…
EventManne Dipico, former Premier of the Northern Cape, is born in Kimberley
… Manne Dipico, activist, politician and former Premier of the Northern Cape Provincial Legislature, is born in Kimberley. Emsley Manne Dipico was the first…
EventCape Colony Prime Minister opposes War
… William Philip Screhreiner, prime minister in the Cape Colony at the start of Anglo-Boer War 2 (South … (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern…
BiographyJob Shimankana Tabane
… his school work with tending his grandfather’s cattle. At the age of 12 he left his paternal home in Mosenthal and … train to Zeerust on his way to exile…
BiographySydney Sekwati Choma
… Middelburg, Eastern Province (now Mpumalanga Province) on the 6 June 1956. He started his primary school education at … High School. In February 1976, Choma…
Sheik Yusuf, Islamic leader and brother of the sultan of Macassar, who was banished to the Cape, arrives at the Cape on board t
… (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 11, p. 567. … Sheik Yusuf, Islamic leader and brother of the sultan of Macassar,…
PlaceStrand, Cape Province
… Lying at the foot of the Hottentots Holland Mountains, between … Macassar and Gordons Bay and just 40 minutes’ drive from Cape Town, Strand is a town in its…
EventNqwiliso cedes land to Cape Government
… Elliott in which he ceded sovereign rights and shipping in the Umzimvubu River mouth to the Cape government - a step his father had refused to do during ……
PlaceAlphen; Constantia Road, Constantia- Cape Town
… The Alphen Estate was granted to Theunis van Schalkwyk in … its setting, is widely considered to be one of the finest Cape Dutch houses. It was declared a…
EventSimon van der Stel, commander and governor of the Cape, is born
… van der Stel was born on 14 October 1639 in Mauritius, the son of Adrian van der Stel, a Dutch East India Company … der Stel was appointed by the DEIC as the…
PlaceCala, Eastern Cape
… A Town in the Sakhisizwe Local Municipality, part of the Chris Hani District Municipality. With a population of around 15,000 inhabitants. The Village is…
PlaceCaledon Museum, Eastern Cape
… The Caledon Museum is split into two Buildings depicting very different parts of local History. The Victorian House, houses an abundance of artifacts that…
BiographyAndries Wilhelmus Jacobus Pretorius
… was born on 27 November 1798 near Graaff-Reinet in the Cape Colony. He was educated by travelling teachers and … with the British government in this regard…
PlaceSacramento Cannon, Cape Recife
… This bronze artifice, cast by the Bocarro family, also known as the Miracle Cannon , was salvaged in May 1977 from the Shipwreck site of the Portuguese Ship-…
PlaceAluimkloof, Calitzdorp- Western Cape
… A Ravine at the Eastern end of Badspoort, 16 km South-East of Calitzdorp. The name is Afrikaans for 'Alum Gorge', which refers to the occurence of the double…
PlaceRiversdale Division, Western Cape
… The Division of Riversdale was originally located on the Eastern boundary of the District of Swellendam, which had been proclaimed in … Riversdale Division,…
BiographyGertrude Shope
… and Soweto . When she was 29 years old she decided to join the African National Congress (ANC) , and soon afterwards … in 1966 the ANC convinced her to…
PlaceAmeva River, Eastern Cape
… Xhosa name for the Doorn River, now known as; Indwe! It means 'thorns' referring to the Acacia trees that grow in the Area through which the River flows. ……