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Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Opening Ceremony of the Second Festival of the Cultures and Civilisations of World Deserts, Dubai: 16 April 2005.
… these and other issues at all levels and ensure that we work better together so as to achieve our objectives. We also …
Address at the UN General Assembly, New York, 12 September 2002
… governance. I am confident that the United Nations will work closely with the African Union, and that this premier …
PlacePrimville, Soweto- Johannesburg
… (after Howard Pim, a man who had dedicated a large part of his life to the ‘upliftment’ of Africans in Johannesburg) … of the JNEAC gave a rousing welcome…
PlaceIxopo, Kwa-Zulu Natal- Midlands
… the Umkamaas Valley . This is where Cecil John Rhodes and his brother Herbert , first farmed cotton , in 1870. The … located on a farm road between Ixopo and…
ArchivePretoria Central Prison execution register entry and prison photograph of Petros Sipho Sibusiso Mkhize, recorded as "Mkhise P", File V963
… record: although Petros Sipho Sibusiso Mkhize spelled his own surname "Mkhize", the state recorded him as "Mkhise". …
EventField-Cornet Jan Potgieter’s commando burns Chief Sikhobobo’s kraal at Qulusini
… a party of men outside the town to try to recover some of his stolen cattle. That night a Qulusi impi of 300 men …
EventKing Sekhukhune is defeated by the British in war
… was murdered shortly afterwards on 13 August 1882 by his half-brother Mampuru. Click here to read more about the …
EventField-Cornet Jan Potgieter's commando burns Chief Sikhobobo's kraal at Qulusini
… a party of men outside the town to try to recover some of his stolen cattle. That night a Qulusi impi of 300 men …
Segregationist Legislation Timeline 1930-1939
… the entire tenant family if any one member defaulted on his or her labour obligation. The Act had additional elements …
ArticleIndian South Africans Timeline 1910-1919
… the passive resistance campaign. In reaction, Gandhi and his supporters withdraw from the meeting and form a new body, …
PlaceHeritage Route of Transvaal, Limpopo and Mpumalanga
… River Sovereignty (1848) . Rivalries between Potgieter and his fellow leaders Andries Pretorius and W.F. Joubert … the Transvaal’s forces in the war, Gen…
PlaceAugrabies Fall National Park, Northern Cape
… During the Middle Stone Age man had created more formal work tools and began to utilise fire. The Late Stone Age, … During the Middle Stone Age man had…
PlaceOld Biscuit Mill, Woodstock- Cape Town
… Cocoa Fair allows you to watch the artisan chocolatiers at work, while browsing the selection of handmade truffles and …
PlaceSutherland, Northern Cape
Sutherland can be found in a relatively remote part of the country. Situated in the Northern Cape, this Karoo town is not on any major highway. It is however a…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at a breakfast meeting of the Foreign Correspondents Association 24 April 1995
… to implode upon itself. Such was South Africa under apartheid. Loyalties were premised on racial factors. Being …
EventElsa, the lioness made famous by Joy Adamson's book Born Free, dies in Kenya
… her three cubs. Adams took the cubs home and together with his wife, Joy, raised them. The two older cubs were later …
ArticleRemembering the Battle of Adwa
… army (under the leadership of Emperor Menelik II and his wife, Empress Taytu – sometimes spelt Taitu) took place. …
PlaceiSimangaliso Wetland Park, former Greater St. Lucia Wetlands Park
… visited the region as early as 1250 and Vasco Da Gama and his crew are said to have been the first European settlers on …
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Johannesburg
… first as minister and later as retired minister. Since his unfortunate death in October 2010, the congregation was …
Address at the World Food Summit, 10 June 2002
… opportunity to thank the Director-General of the FAO and his colleagues for working so well in partnership with the …
PlaceClifton and Camps Bay Beaches, Cape Town
… Charles Somerset hunted there, using the Roundhouse as his Lodge. Kloof Nek, the road which links Camps Bay to the …
Chapter 2 - SADF Speaks...
… in entertaining two girlfriends. Why did Jo not grab his weapon and do what he was trained to do? Where is this …
PlaceKumalosville, Kwa Zulu Natal
… been told to bring £5 (R10) with him, and how each man put his money into one of a pair of enamel dishes, until both … by blacks, either as individuals or as…
PlaceLevubu, Limpopo
… of the area, JJ "Ou Kat" Coetser, who named it after his wife, Maria. After representations from the Coetser …
PlaceCasper Nek Pass
… flies, and provided a grim echo of the fatal trek of his father, Louis Trichardt, in the previous decade. …
PlaceSlangkop Lighthouse, Kommetjie- Cape Town
… in 1906 by the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, His Excellency, the Honorable Sir Francis Hely-Hutchinson, …
PlaceBarnyard Theatre in Cape Town
… it’s a show that they would enjoy, meet some friends after work and share a few bottles of wine, host a birthday party, …
PlaceLazanou Wine Farm
… produce of the farm with them, the past and current life’s work of Lazanou Organic Vineyards owner Josef Lazarus, has …
PlaceJohannesburg Public Library
The Library opened its doors to the Public in 1890, operating from several short-lived spaces provided, until a site was acquired in Kerk Street where it would…
PlaceCrocodile River Bridges
… the first expedition to the area from the Cape in 1725 . His party was attacked by local inhabitants in the Gomondwane … the Bronze Medal of the Royal Humane…