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PlaceBalule Private Game Reserve, Kruger National Park
… Reserve. The Balule Game Reserve covers 40 000 Hectares on the Western Boundary of the Kruger National Park. Here, … rangers use their vast knowledge and…
PlaceNelson Mandela Bridge, Johannesburg
… safe way for residents to travel between the two Districts on foot or by car! (Some of the trendiest places to visit in … society. In 2010 ahead of the World…
PlaceMostert’s Mill, Rhodes Drive, Mowbray
… In 1657 the VOC granted land on the slopes of Table Mountain to a number of free burghers … was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 15…
PlaceCarmel, George
… Roux, a Huguenot settler. After a post office was opened on the site during the latter half of 1905, it was realised … to Carmel in November 1905. The…
Document 57 - Letter from the Communist League of South Africa to the Workers’ Party of South Africa, 13 January 1936
… at the friendly tone and the evident agreement on the desirability of unity as expressed in your letter. We … your reasons for rejecting our "United Front"…
EventBritain refuses Uganda’s request for independence
… Africa soon developed into the British sphere of influence on the African continent. This was solidified by a royal … expense. To make up for this cost,…
EventJapanese attack American Naval Forces at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
… Japanese planes struck just before 8AM on a Sunday morning. Within a short time five of eight … between Pearl Harbor, and Japan's surprise attack on Russian…
EventFormer Kenyan President, Jomo Kenyatta, dies
… Jomo Kenyatta was born in Kamau, Kenya, on 20 October 1891 and grew up in Ichaweri, southwest of … He became the principal of the Kenya Teachers College on…
EventAnglo-Boer War 2: The Battle of Silkaatsnek begins
… and ultimately captured in the first battle of Silkaatsnek on 11 July 1900. After the fall of Pretoria on 5 June 1900, the British forces found themselves in…
PlaceBathurst, Eastern Cape
… Africa. Founded in 1820, this peaceful little Village on the left bank of the Kowie River has had a turbulent History. It was established on the Kaffraria…
PlaceBeachwood Mangroves Swamp, Durban
… was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 18 July 1980. Beachwood Mangroves Nature Reserve is located on the Northern side of the Umgeni…
PlaceAasvoelberg known as The Eye Of Zastron
… a rocky crag. The Zastron storyteller Reinier de Winnaar, on whose farm the town was founded, took responsibility for … said the devil after a moment, "That…
Call for Papers: Teaching Palestine: Pedagogical Praxis and the Indivisibility of Justice
… conference and study tour will be convened in South Africa on March 18-19, 2019 (international conferences), and March … inquiry. The Teaching Palestine…
Post NEC & Lekgotla Briefing, 30 January 2017
… Congress invites members of the media to a media briefing on the outomces of the NEC meeting and NEC Lekgotla held on the 25th to the 27th January 2017. The…
EventThe first Gay Marriage in South Africa
… On this day in South African history, Vernon Gibbs and Tony … gay marriage. This made South Africa the first country on the continent and the fifth country…
PlaceAlverstone, a Railway Station near Drummond
… from Lord Alverstone, president of the Royal Commission on Martial Law Sentences, who visited Natal in 1903 on an Immigration Commission. (when Richard…
PlaceAll Saints Mission, Eastern Cape
… 1860-61 by Rev. John Gordon, named thus because the Land on which it was established had been allocated to Archdeacon HT Waters by Chief Faku in 1859 on All…
Umsebenzi
… South African communists are included as are articles on Party history, trade unionism and workers' rights. Resistance issues are dealt with on an…
ArchiveSport: Threat to the security of the state
… Brutus expounds on Special Branch interference in sports in line with … and giving black athletes belittling awards. Inequality on the sportsfield is linked…
ArchiveThe Government of divided communities
… their social and economic development. The lecture focuses on the political history in communities as well as the … into societies religious differences…
ArchiveA survey of race relations in South Africa: 1953-1954
… in South Africa in 1953 and 1954 and includes chapters on: Politics and attitudes; The plans and activities of … race relations; Events ouside the Union with…
PlaceRooihuiskraal Battlefield, Pretoria
… Battlefield. where the Battle of Rooihuiskraal took place, on 12 February 1881 during the First War of Independence … was declared a National Monument under…
PlaceLighthouse, Beach Road, Green Point
… of its kind in South Africa, and was officially opened on 12 April 1824. The original building consisted of a tower … was declared a National Monument under…
EventSomaliland is granted independence by British government
… the night. During celebrations a big electric sign on a hillside carried the message: “Long Live independence.” Mohammed Haji Ibrahim Egal took an Oath on…
EventCapital City of Zimbabwe is renamed
… independence from Britain in 1980, Zimbabwe embarked on the process of renaming its cities, towns and streets. … with the British colonialism and White…
EventBenjamin Tyamzashe dies in East London
… On 4 June 1978, Benjamin John Peter Tyamzashe, Xhosa … failure at Free Hospital, East London and was buried on his farm, Zinyoka, King William's Town…
EventThe Pretoria Minute is agreed upon
… in Pretoria. The discussion group reached consensus on several issues such the release of political prisoners, … Act and suspension of violence by the ANC as…
EventMinister of Constitutional Development Roelf Meyer set to resign
… On the day the National Party (NP) launched a 'core values' … Minister Roelf Meyer would resign his Cabinet post on 1 March 1996 to become Secretary-General…
EventSA painter Frederick Timpson I’Ons (85) dies
… Grahamstown. He was born in Islington, Middlesex, England on 15 November 1802 and, accompanied by his wife, moved to … the sixth Frontier War broke out. His…
EventSouth African police close the investigation into the death of Steve Biko
… When Steve Biko was found dead on a cold cement floor in a Pretoria prison, police claimed … to produce concrete evidence and was officially closed on 17 May…