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EventPeter Clarence van Riet Lowe, archaeologist and civil engineer who built 109 bridges in SA, is born in Aliwal North, CC.
… Clarence van Riet Lowe was born on 4 November 1894 in Aliwal North, Eastern Cape. A civil … honored greatly for his service to the discipline. He died on in…
EventAt Botha, SA artist, is born.
… Africa’s most renowned artists. He was born in Kroonstad on 23 December 1949. Botha studied drama at the … received any formal training and has had to rely…
Black Student Politics
… to democracy in South Africa. However, few works on political resistance to apartheid and capitalism during … and terrain it occupied and its movement and…
EventTogo and South Africa establish diplomatic relations following a visit by Nelson Mandela
… to review the situation in West Africa. A year later, on 13 January 1996, diplomatic relations were formally … ambassador, based in Abidjan, and is…
PlaceStevenson Gallery, Woodstock-Cape Town
… international exhibition programme with a particular focus on the region. From the start, the gallery has had a particular emphasis on publications. This…
A short history of the oldest graves in Plettenberg Bay by Patricia Storrar (The Heritage Portal), 12 September 2016
… the area, the gravestones (all of slate) now rest securely on concrete slabs and the paths between the stones are neatly … following is a copy of the…
PlaceMadagascar
… about 88 million years ago, allowing plants and animals on the island to evolve in relative isolation. It has an area … Ocean, threading between the island…
PlaceNamaqua Coastal Route
… of breathtaking divergence and jaw-dropping beauty. Set on the tipping point between coastal plains and an arid … the country's ability to host the SKA. Its…
PlaceDarlington Dam- Lake Mentz
… Shop, House and several Outbuildings were established on the Farm and later still, they all disappeared under the … Koettlitz. He had accompanied Captain…
PlaceMauritius
… usually around February or March, many Hindus go on a pilgrimage journey to Grand Bassin on foot, and carry offerings and statues, while volunteers … of the…
PlaceSterkfontein Caves, Krugersdorp (within the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site)
… The caves are situated about 11km from Krugersdorp , on the Farm- 'Swartkrans'. They are believed to have been … Previously, in 1895, geologist Dr D Draper…
Document 79 - “What is the Communist Party? Lesson 4: What will be Done in the Bantu Republic?”, Umsebenzi, 17 March 1934
… would end. It will scarcely be credited by those not on the spot, but this produced as much sensation as though I … the beginning. At every station at which…
Document 18 - Letter from S. P. Bunting to the South African Federation of NativeTrade Unions, 20 September 1930
… as its General Secretary a member expelled from the Party on a serious charge and that until the intolerable situation … as the labourers are still far too…
Document 1 - Keir Hardie, “Stoned in South Africa”, 1907
… would end. It will scarcely be credited by those not on the spot, but this produced as much sensation as though I … the beginning. At every station at which…
EventZulu King Cetshwayo address his warriors at the great military kraal of Nodwengu
… On the afternoon of 17 January 1879 the Zulu king Cetshwayo … Drift and drive it back into Natal." During the Zulu War, on 20 January 1879, British and Natal…
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Glossary
… common identity embargo ”” an official ban, especially on trade or other commercial activity with a particular … apartheid system, such as the creation of…
PlaceWaaihoek Farm
… left at the bottom of a pot of mealie-meal. AFRA worked on land rights and agrarian reform in Natal. Its main aim was … Stendahl Misson near Weenen were…
PlaceCathcart District, Eastern Cape
… in January 1877, and it was raised to a fiscal divisional on 1 December 1879. Its economic base was largely agrarian, … However it followed a steady pattern…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Royal Visit - 1947
… to pay homage to the man who had legalised oppression on one section of his subjects. Why should they pay homage to … over flowing and the people crammed the…
83. South African Indian Council elections, November 1981: To vote or not to vote
… and the Cape entered the field in the hope of serving on the 45-member South African Indian Council. Only 10,5 … Council. This significant criticism is being…
ANC condemns hijacking of Spokesperson, 24 November 2009
… "One came from the driver`s door direction and another on the passenger side. They cocked their guns and were ready … ordered me out of the car at gunpoint,…
EventTravis Logie, South Africa’s world champion surfer is born
… Travis Logie was born in Durban on 11 May 1979.[i] Logie was crowned the International … every world champion, except for Sunny Garcia.[iv] On 2 June 2012,…
Declaration by Oliver Tambo, Deputy President of the African National Congress of South Africa, and J.R.D. Chikerema, Vice-President of the Zimbabwe African People`s Union, 05 August 1967
… In fact the fighting in this area has been going on continuously for a full six days. Both the Rhodesian and … to declare here that the fighting that is…
Thanks, Jimi, this is good for you and the broader SA (The Times Editorial), 28 June 2016
… to stomach nonsense and take the public broadcaster on a wrong path. The broadcaster's chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng, who has a final say on…
PlaceHout Bay East and West Forts
… Found on opposite sides of the Bay entrance, on the mountain. Origanally built to protect the Bay … 3 metric tons and as children frequently climb and play…
PlaceGanesha Temple, Mt Edgecombe
… Declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 18 February 1977. Believed to be the oldest surviving … bricklayer and temple architect Kristappa…
PlaceGroote Schuur Campus, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch
… JM Solomon in 1918. A number of important structures on the property inherited from previous eras include the … which was built originally by the Dutch East…
PlacePolokwane Game Reserve
… the Polokwane Game Reserve is possibly one of the finest on which to cut your teeth if you’re new to the pursuit of … main attraction must be the amount of…
Document 61 - Minutes of the meeting of the Workers’ Party of South Africa, Johannesburg Branch, held at 90 President Street, Johannesburg, 25 March (1936) at 8.30 p.m.
… changed to 1) sapire, 2) Gosani. Com Phashe reported that on Saturday night among native miners he had spoken on trade unionism. Com Gosani reported that in…
Document 46 - Letter from the International Secretariat of the International left Opposition to Johannesburg comrades, 23 October 1932
… The great importance the Left Opposition takes on the question of communist negro workers, also appears in the letter of Trotski relative on the question…