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… as the culmination of a two-phase programme commissioned by the Department of Public Works . The restoration is part of a long-term programme initiated by the PWD during which attention has been deliberately … the State-owned "Old Cape Archives" has been occupied by the South African Library . This sandstone building, …

… Robertson some time before 1874, when it was acquired by August Schoch. After the South African War, the farm … photographs. They were deposited in the library in 1974 by a family descendant, Mr. H.E. van Santen, Johannesburg.   … of a book entitled 34 Jahre Im Lande der Buren, published by Brieg, Kubisch, 1910. Both this book and his Mss of …

… Designed by Hans and Roelof  Botha, the theatre was completed in 1981. … and Music with 2 Bars, a Restaurant and a Museum. Works by South African Artists, decorate the walls and foyers of … and accessibility and complements the presented work, by providing Development Opportunities for Emerging Arts …

… Coast, in a village near a lagoon, cut off from the sea by a mighty cliff, was seen by one of the sea people who became overwhelmed by her beauty and tried to woo her. To cut a long story …

… A tentative name had already been fixed to the plan drawn by the surveyor and this was quickly adopted. Greytown, just … Rebellion . This uprising against white authority by a local Zulu chief forced white residents to shelter in … and the winding roads to the Muden Valley, are overlooked by a collection of aloes and euphorbia that cluster on the …

… London, and was located immediately south of the town. By the early 1900s it had been overtaken by suburban residential development, and in about 1909 a … 250 kilometre Coastline between the two rivers is taken up by these ten nature reserves that include; Cape Morgan, …

… him orphaned at the age of two. He was then taken care of by friends and family before being given to a Methodist … in England in 1940. Almost the entire print was destroyed by a bomb in London during the World War II . During World … the war, he went to live in Namibia where he was taken in by an Afrikaans family. It was here that he obtained his …

… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 12 - Letter from T. W. Thibedi 19 to … to attend open air meetings. I am asked although dismissed by Kadalie Champion + Co for refusing to leave the … on the 23 July 1926 to speak in Pretoria on the 30/1/27 by the I.C.U. branch there. I am leaving on Saturday morning …

… A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai There are many cases on record of indentured Indians being assaulted by employers. Such assaults had to be reported to the … The following document is a deposition drawn up by Hureebhukut on 10 February 1877. Source: I.I./l/3, …

… A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai In 1885 thirteen … the Legislature respecting the disabilities imposed by an 1884 Ordinance. They wished to be classified as … class, and that they favour the inhabitants greatly by the reasonable prices at which they sell their goods. 7. …

… recorded attempt of a blood transfusion was described by the 15th-century chronicler Stefano Infessura. In 1492, … boys died. After the discovery of intravenous circulation by William Harvey in 1628, more sophisticated research into … blood transfusion occurred on 15 June 1667, administered by Dr. Jean-Baptiste Denis. A physician to King Louis XIV of …

… of the Cape Colony to join the cavalry division commanded by Major General French. Over the course of the war, New … casualty in combat of the New Zealand troops was suffered by Seventh Contingent at Langverwacht (or Bothasberg) in … A total of 65 troop casualties were sustained contingent by the out of a total of 80 in a single combat confrontation …

… a serious unemployment problem. Therefore, encouraged by the British government to immigrate to the Cape colony, … as farmers made a significant contribution to agriculture, by planting maize, rye and barley. They also began wool … lucrative trade. Some of the settlers, who were traders by profession, also made a significant contribution to …

… character, role and significance is framed and guided by the conceptual framework advanced in Chapter 1. There is … politics during the late 1970s and early 1980s, is that by J. D. Brewer in his After Soweto: An Unfinished Journey … of SANSCO is highly simplistic and characterised by many contradictory, and even astounding, assertions, and …

… The temple was erected by members of the Jewish community who had originally … Jewish families of Poswohl they left behind were murdered by the Nazis during WWII. It was declared a National Monument …

… of a wijnhuis. After the property had been purchased by Jan Gysbert Hugo, two semi-detached houses were erected, … garden was laid out in 1897 in accordance with a design by JE Vixsebokse. It was declared a National Monument under …

… The building was designed by Frank Taylor and was officially opened on 16 October 1909 by the then Prime Minister of the Orange River Colony, …

… of Daveyton, near Benoni. The incident, which was followed by a barrage of criticism, prompted the government to … Congress (ANC) claimed that its supporters were shot at by police while defending themselves against Inkatha Freedom …

… to the state president, P.W. Botha. The petition, signed by 30 000 White South Africans, was organised by a Durban housewife, Mrs Lolly Mackenzie. An incident in …

… to the Olympics in Barcelona 1992, adding to the two won by swimmer Penny Heyns in Atlanta and the marathon gold by Josia Thugwane at the same Olympics. …

… the funeral was not a State occasion, it was attended by dignitaries as well as by family members and friends. She accompanied the royal …

… Thusago, a reporter for the SABC, was stabbed to death by a mob of youths as he and a colleague were on their way … where they had filmed the desecration of Black graves by right-wing extremists. His colleague, Dudley Saunders, was …

… Rugby Union World Cup. Pienaar was preceded as captain by the legendary Naas Botha, and succeeded by Gary Teichmann. …

… Transcript. Address by Advocate K P C P von Lieres, to the Commission of Inquiry … into the South African Council of Churches (SACC), chaired by the Honourable Mr Justice C F Eloff, to inquire into, …

… and family affairs. However, in 1986 Matanzima was forced by the South African government to retire from the presidency. He was succeeded by his brother George Matanzima, who resigned after it was …

… It was SAA’s third fatal crash. The Dakotas were replaced by the  Hawker Siddeley 748 turbo-prop aircrafts in 1970. By 1971, all Dakotas had been phased out. Today, South …

… The twenty first in the Heornle Memorial Lectures delivered by Meyer Fortes in which he describes and evalutes pluralism … tribal separatism and the divisions between groups by race and culture, and ultimately they gravitate together …

… Zaudito. After 45 years of rule, Selassie was ousted by Marxist dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam during the 1974 … transformed Ethiopia into a Republic. He is worshiped by Rastafarians as a Lion of Judah, meaning that he is an …

… The strike by mineworkers on the Witwatersrand, also known as the Rand … ended on March 18 1922. The rebellion was a response by White mineworkers to a perceived injustice that Black …

… Following delegates of the Boer Republics' agreement by 54 to 6, to accept the British proposals for peace on 31 May 1902, the Treaty of Vereeniging was finally signed by representatives of both sides at Melrose House, Pretoria. …