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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 …
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 …
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 …
ArticleSudan’s Revolution
… pressures on the TMC to some degree. Furthermore, in his corruption trial in August, Al-Bashir admitted [vi] to … million was found in the ex-president’s…
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, …
Adapted from De Rietfonteyn: Founding of Grahamstown By Elron Kleinhans
… During the early frontier wars of the 1790s, he abandoned his farm and headed westwards for security. The house was … Cape Colony. When Col John Graham of…
Document 139 - “The coming Anti-African Bill”. Workers’ Voice.6.2. December 1947
… Council should be compelled to throw in its weight and work with the African unions in this struggle, but the main …
Address to Foreign Correspondents association Johannesburg, 26 November 1998
… globalisation and the imperatives of interdependence. Your work, we have no doubt, has contributed to the understanding …
Preface
… is a photographic print in a newspaper reÂcording the work against the audience on the occasion of its exhibition. …
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 …
ArticleGrade 5 - Term 1: Hunter-gatherers and herders in Southern Africa
… the painting shows a San figure gaining great power from his main god. The San were said to use the power from the … in the community. The role of chief…
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1900-1909
… Transvaal comes down with smallpox, but the isolation of his contacts and his removal to hospital prevents any spread of the disease. …
Post-Election Political Violence
… A Crime Against Humanity - Analysing the Repression of the Apartheid State edited by Max Coleman As South Africa went to … A Crime Against Humanity -…
PlaceWitwatersrand, Johannesburg (Gauteng)
… vacant mining lands in the heart of the city. The end of apartheid, in 1994 , brought a large influx of rural …
Indian Slaves in South Africa: Notes for monograph, 26 June 1995
… to be taken with caution. The following are from three of his nine tables. TRANSACTIONS PERTAINING TO SLAVES COMPILED … 1.31 Total 3…
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…
PlaceBreederivier/Breede River, Western Cape
The Breede River enters the sea at Witsand in the Indian Ocean, forming a large estuary in the Western Cape of South Africa. The mouth is located in San…
PlacePort Alfred
… of the River mouth as a Port was realized, and in 1843 work commenced on the West and East piers, at the new mouth …
PlaceLiesbeek River and Park, Cape Town
Liesbeek River is only 9 km long and arises as several streams off the Eastern slopes of Table Mountain above Kirstenbosch, winding through: 'Bishopscourt,…
PlaceHermannsburg School and Mission Museum, (Greytown)
… Saxony, Germany resulted in great interest in mission work. Pastor Louis Harms trained suitable young men as …
PlaceSodwana Bay National Park
… KZN Wildlife administration model has been shown to work well whereby the eco-tourism operations provide …
African People’s Organisation (APO)
… He also informed Rubusana through the newspaper of his cooperation and intended alliance. Consequently the APO …
EventThe Durban Supreme Court cancels the SA government's announcement concerning reclamation of the Ingwavuma region
… of Development and Cooperation, Dr. Piet Koornhof made his speech to the KwaZulu Legislative Assembly. …