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PlaceTaj Hotel, Cape Town
… Board of Executors (BoE). Located in the centre of the old City, it boasts a strong sense of place. Spread across two Heritage Buildings, all 176 rooms at ……
15th Anniversary of 1922 Rand Strike - South African Worker, 27 February 1937
… DEMONSTRATION ON SUNDAY EVENING, MARCH 14, at 8p.m. on the City Hall Steps, Johannesburg, to commemorate the 15th … KEEP THE DATE OPEN Sunday Evening, at 8 o…
PlaceBotshabelo
… and founded the station at Botshabelo, which means,"city of refuge”. This soon became the most important station … government of South Africa set up a…
PlaceDan Pienaar, suburb of Bloemfontein
… of the safest suburbs in the country! It is an excellent place to raise one’s family. It is one of the most popular … facilities in Bloemfontein, namely…
Homeless Giving Tourists a Negative Perception - Fietas Museum by Wim Pretorius and Iavan Pijoos, (News24.com), 15 February 2016
… lies a small, but almost forgotten museum, rich with the city’s history. Located between the Brixton Cemetery and the … "The visitors leave with a very…
PlaceSt George’s Anglican Cathedral, Cape Town
… Street in Cape Town and was erected to provide a place of worship for English settlers of the Anglican denomination in the City. Construction on the…
PlaceDurbanville
… is conveniently a mere 20 minutes, North of the City of Cape Town. Durbanville is one of the oldest … called: 'Pampoenkraal'- (pumpkin fold), after a…
BiographyFranco Frescura
… also written extensively on the structure of the Apartheid City and is now busy researching the nature of sign and …
BiographyShaleen Surtie-Richards
… for her roles as Ester ‘Nenna’ Willemse in M-Net’s Egoli: Place of Gold, South Africa’s first soap opera; as Mattie in …
BiographyAubrey Mokoena
Mokoena was born in Orlando West, Johannesburg during World War II. He grew up in the township, but due to his mother’s bad health was brought up by Anna Khomo…
BiographyStella Nyanzi
… acquittal. After it was proposed that her hearing take place behind closed doors, her legal team protested and this …
BiographyMalcomess Johnson Mgabela Kondoti
… named Mjo who involved him in political discussions taking place in the community. Very soon after, he joined the …
BiographyFanele Mbali
… in 1941 then moved to Middledrift, his mother’s birth place the following year. Here he began his primary school …
Lindiwe Charity Nyembezi Mthembu
Lindiwe Charity Nyembezi Mthembu was born on 28 February 1969 in KwaMashu, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). She was the fifth daughter born to Sonnyboy Nkwana and…
ArticleWomen in African Literature: Writing and Representation
… such as The Observer/Guardian, Sunday Independent, City Press, Mail & Guardian, La Republica, Open Society, … for her academic work while in school, such as…
ArticleRustenburg Timeline 1850-2001
… a full Volksraadvergadering (People’s Council) takes place in Rustenburg. To inaugurate the event a Council House … Church Meeting of the Reformed Church) in…
Article2016 in Review
… Government of the African Union (AU) in Addis Ababa takes place. - FEBRUARY - 1st: Zuma greets Sudanese president … elections - The ANC lost three metros …
ArticleSouth Africa’s Academic and Cultural Boycott
… for nine concerts, the largest of which was held at Sun City Casino with a massive entertainment complex located in … Europe. One of the most successful…
ArticleCommunity histories in Port Elizabeth
… their labour sources close to the harbour and the inner city area. These conflicting vested interests created … on the outskirts of Port Elizabeth, some 8km…
PlaceRobben Island Museum
… the 17th to the 20th centuries, Robben Island served as a place of banishment, isolation and imprisonment. Today it is … on Robben Island. In 1967, when the…
ArticleFootball in South Africa
… clearly demonstrates. The first documented matches took place in 1862 between White civil servants and soldiers in … home crowd of 90,000 people at FNB…
ArticleA history of Apartheid in South Africa
… inside white areas, by moving all black people out of the city. Well known removals were those in District 6, … and were moved to undeveloped areas far away…
Islam
… every Muslim must try to make a pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca at least once in his or her lifetime. There are … year millions of Muslims travel to…
PlaceDarling, West Coast
… Retreat from the stresses and strains of the hectic City life. A chance to escape the daily grind and re-energize … History, of Darling . This section is…
Speech delivered on the condolence motion in honour of the late Ebrahim "Cas" Saloojee in the national assembly – 5 February 2009
… residents facing evictions in the Johannesburg inner-city. He called upon people to act to stop evictions. He … and Indians - to reclaim their ownership over…
ArchiveGoldblatt: I'm after a particular sense of stillness by Ivan Vladislavic, 27 September 2013
… that's not what I'm after. I'm after a particular sense of place and of stillness. As an antidote to Johannesburg? On … noises. Then again, you find…
PlaceVarsche River, Table Mountain
… San hunter-gatherers – the area now occupied by Cape Town City Centre were known as- Camissa , Place of Sweet Water. " As anyone who has drunk from Table … ,…
PlaceMilnerton
… is situated approximately 11 kilometers from Cape Town’s City centre . It is well known for its stunning properties, … staff makes certain that daily patrols…
ArticlePhotography and the Liberation Struggle in South Africa
… that how things are is how they ought to be and that the place provided for us is the place we ought to have." [7] Nichols' statement is … configuration of…
Women at the start of the 20th century
… front against white oppression, but amazingly there was no place for their women in their plans to do so. Similarly, … Following the Second World War rapid…