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PlaceSasolburg
… used this Town to house employees at the World’s first oil-from-coal Plant. They produced commercial quantities of oil. … are any of a large group of…
PlaceCape Columbine Lighthouse
… Lighthouse is situated on a prominent headland +/- 5km from the picturesque fishing Village of Paternoster (“Our Father”), deriving its name from the…
PlaceSidwadweni Village, Queenstown-Eastern Cape
… crowned Miss South Africa, Zozibini Tunzi, as she arrived from Johannesburg to her home province, to celebrate her … already waiting with excitement for her…
PlaceGordons Bay, Cape Province
… Village is situated only a few minutes away from Somerset West and Strand and only 30 minutes from Cape Town International Airport . The climate is typical ……
PlaceHilton College an Independent Boy's Boarding School
… At the end of a road eight kilometres from the Village of Hilton, on an Escarpment above … on a 1762 hectare estate, Hilton caters for 555 boys from Grade 8…
PlaceMamre, Cape Town
… From one of South Africa’s oldest Churches to the delight of … Post in this Area to protect the European settler's cattle from theft by the indigenous…
PlaceSimon's Town Museum
… Simon’s Town was a town of many nations and cultures from its inception. Simon’s Bay was named by Simon van der … soldiers and slaves that had been bought to…
EventAllan Boesak's plea for the acquittal on fraud charges is rejected and the case is postponed to the following year
… Allan Boesak graduated from the Belville Theological Seminary and worked as a pastor … in Paarl between 1967 and 1970. After received his PhD from a…
PlaceTokai, Cape Town
… The Suburb of Tokai took its name from Tokaj, a range of Hills in Hungary. It was built in the … need for housing for South African soldiers, returning from…
PlaceFernkloof Nature Reserve, Caledon
… Hermanus Pieters, used to walk ‘over the mountain’ from Caledon, year after year, to camp at the coast and enjoy … also found Hermanuspietersfontein a good…
PlaceKhorixas, Town in Namibia
… Bantustan and most of the people living here today are from the Damara ethnic group. "Khorixas is the ideal town to … 2007, Twyfelfontein is located 430…
PlaceBains Kloof Pass, Western Cape
… The Bains Kloof Pass provides a more direct route from the town of Wellington to the more Northern towns of … Worcester, in the Western Cape. It is 26,8 km…
PlaceGraafwater
… accommodation in the 17th and 18th centuries is 25 km from Graafwater on the Vredendal road. Graafwater lies midway … in 1910, for the transportation of…
EventPresident Cyril Ramaphosa appoints Justice Raymond Zondo as Chief Justice
… Chief Justice of the Republic of South Africa with effect from 1 April 2022. With Justice Zondo assuming the position … as Deputy Chief Justice in 2017. He…
PlaceMitchell's Plain, Cape Flats
… erected by former Apartheid rulers to separate Whites from other race Citizens. Mitchells Plain lies about 20 kilometres from the City of Cape Town at the…
PlaceRorke's Drift, KZN
… (a State which was founded by King Shaka Zulu ). Just up from the Fjord, Rorke built a typical frontier home … the War where; 140 British 'Redcoats' fought…
PlacePietermaritzburg Botanical Gardens
… of plants (mainly wattle and eucalyptus) were distributed from the Garden. Present-day KwaZulu-Natal probably owes much … Two notable curators were G.W…
Epidemics Affect Everyone By Elron Kleinhans
… the early 19th century. Flies attracted by offal and blood from slaughterhouses, overcrowding with an insufficient … There were several serious epidemics in…
PlaceZithulele Hospital, Mqanduli
… known as the Wild Coast. It is 85km (90 minutes drive) from the nearest Town, Mthatha (formerly Umtata). It is almost four hours from the nearest City, East…
PlaceBennebroek Wreck, Hamburg
… sailing vessel. This type of sailing vessel's were built from in the 16th to the 19th Century for the trade between … came to dominate the trade. The ships…
PlaceA History of Ottosdal and Letsopa
… Khoe-San people moved into the interior of South Africa from the Cape (what is today the Western Cape). A branch of … called Gestoptefontein. [1] The Koranna…
Countdown to the elections July 1993 – April 1994
… From: A Crime Against Humanity - Analysing the Repression of … was now being anticipated with a range of emotions from jubilation to apprehension. For those…
PlaceBats Cave Trail, East London
… a moderate/difficult status. It is suitable for children, from 6 years old. The Bat’s Cave Trail is the most popular … sites of giant kingfishers. Walkways…
PlaceFouriesburg
… a Church are needed. The Farm: 'Groenfontein', was bought from: 'Christoffel Gerhardus Fourie', for £5000. A surveyor … was laid on 31 December 1892. The…
PlaceThembuland
… people inhabited the region in scattered nomadic groups from c. 30,000 BCE. In the 16th century, iron-working Nguni farmers entered the area from the north…
PlaceHondeklipbaai, Namaqualand
… Kingdom. The Town never developed, as it was too far from the Springbok Magistrate. The small Village or Harbour … and limited water resources have strained…
Debating Lineages of Socialism in Africa Webinars
… African Communist Party in 2021. The programme, which runs from July to November 2021, aims to present new research on …
ArchiveLong live Ruth First by Gavin Williams, 17 August 2019
… and often impatient. Ruth’s remarkable body of writing—from investigative journalism to memoir to political and … Sisulu of the ANC Youth League. She…
PlaceNoordhoek, Cape Town- Southern Peninsula
… that follows the Railway Line, along the False Bay shore from Muizenberg via St James , Kalk Bay and Fish Hoek to … only way over the Mountains was little…
PlaceCape Town City Hall, Darling Street
… in 1905. It was designed by architects Reid and Green from Johannesburg and was built in Italian Renaissance style, … South Africa. City Hall’s various…