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PlaceBonnievale, Langeberg Municipality-Cape Town
… was founded by Christopher Forrest Rigg. Rigg and his wife. They moved to Bonnievale in 1900. Their only … playground, the lucerne field near her home. Rigg…
PlaceVereeniging, a City in Gauteng
… become a movie favourite in most homes, because of his funny personality! Leon Schuster, a comedian, actor, … country singer, also stayed in Vereeniging,…
PlaceMitchell Park Zoo, Durban
… became hugely popular for giving rides to children. But his was a tale of tragedy. The summer of 1913/14 was … had an effect, Bob turned rogue and took the…
EventThe People's Progressive Party (PPP) is banned
… in Bophuthatswana by President Lucas Mangope. He announced his banning order immediately after the aborted coup attempt …
PlaceDoornfontein, Johannesburg
… Lace demonstrated this one day to a group of friends while his Wife Josie Lace, was still in the bath. The Visitors were …
PlaceTable Mountain, Cape Town
… 1503 the Portuguese navigator Antonio de Saldanha anchored his fleet in Table Bay and named it ' Aguada de Saldanha ', …
PlaceHamilton Primary School, Visagie Street, Pretoria
… and lead every primary school learner to develop to his or her full potential. Mr W J Berg (Headmaster 1969 – …
“Let Me Live - Letter to a European”: June 1946
… Minister who has justly earned an international fame for his genius in statesmanship, will find a solution to the …
Document 20 - Letter from S. P. Bunting to the Secretary, Communist Party of South Africa, 22 September 1930
… a request for reinstatement, and never replied to by him), his defiance of the Party since, amounting to very serious …
PlaceSprings
… is that he wanted to name it after himself, but because his name (Brooks) resembled the Afrikaans word ' broek ' …
Document 68 - Letter from the Workers’ Party of South Africa, Johannesburg, to the Cape Town branch, 26 February 1937
… by the detective in charge withdrawal of charges and his job back at higher pay if he would scab. He refused. The …
Appeal To Students by Nelson Mandela
… and progressive education calculated to prepare him for his responsibilities as a fully fledged citizen, the African …
PlaceOld Presidency
… in 1886 with President Brand taking up quarters until his death in 1888. Presidents F.W. Reitz (1888–95) and M.T. …
PlaceLadysmith
… War’. Lieutenant General Sir George White made Ladysmith his centre of operations after having to retreat from a …
EventNelson Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa's first democratic President
… F.W. de Klerk as President. Mandela spent the first 18 of his 27 years in jail at the Robben Island Prison. In June …
EventDjibouti and Cote d' Ivore strengthen diplomatic ties with SA
… to Nigeria by the state president, F.W. de Klerk, and his foreign minister Roelof "Pik" Botha a number of other …
ArticleCaste - meaning, profession, religion
… Dhed - a caste assigned to do menial work e.g. sweeping, fetching water etc. … Pradesh). Gadaba means a person who carries a load on his shoulders. ……
PlaceMushroom Farm in Hillcrest, KZN
The Mushroom Farm offers a delightful array of eateries, play areas, local retailers and a nursery. "The Mushroom Farm is one of Hillcrest's hidden gems,…
PlaceDzata Venda Ruins and Museum of the Drum, Louis Trichardt
… has shed some lights on these events, but a great deal of work still remains to be done. It is certain that Dzata was …
PlaceAuwal Masjid, Cape Town
… was the first Muslim to own properties in Cape Town. On his death, his wife, Trijn van de Kaap, inherited the properties, as he …
Kaunda to be discharged from hospital, 25 September 2012
… director Lackson Kasonka told AFP. “We are consulting his family to know where he will be accommodated, because he …
EventIan Roberts is born
… on this day in Fort Beaufort in the Eastern Cape. It was his character of Boet in a series of television …
PlaceSoebatsfontein, Northern Cape
… has it that a man named Hendrik Stievert pleaded for his life here, but was subsequently murdered by a group of …
EventJan van Riebeeck is born
… 6 April 1652 in order to create a settlement for the DEIC. His arrival therefore opened South Africa for white …
African and Indian in Durban by Fatima Meer
… a family unit, with personal ties as deep and manifest as his own, that the roots of primary social contact were sunk. … demonstration in a local factory,…
PlaceBredasdorp, Overberg
… livestock to the area when he started farming sheep on his farm; 'Zoetendals Vallei'. Besides his valuable inputs into the farming industry of Bredasdorp, …
Artists' Forum with Kemang Wa Lehulere
… at the Iyatsiba Lab. In this Forum, Kemang will discuss his practice which traverses sculpture, installation, …
EventGeneral Muhamed Lamari, head of Algeria's army, resigns for health reasons.
… Ahmed Gaid, commander of ground forces and an ally of his, as chief military staff. Lamari had been an influential …
EventPres Mandela's testimony in SARFU affairs set aside
… court's decision, while SARFU boss Dr Louis Luyt announced his own independent investigation into allegations of racism, …
PlaceSwellendam
… named after the Cape Governor- Hendrik Swellengrebe and his wife, whose maiden name was Damme. The Town, stretching … named after the Cape Governor, Hendrik…