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Address by President Mandela at a Masakhane rally in Vosloorus Katorus, 21 September
… made. Only those who want a return to apartheid benefit from this. I am proud to see that branches of our Alliance …
ArticleA Luta Continua Dialogues, Episode 2: Policing and Resistance
… such as Black Visions Collective , which Miski Noir from the dialogue is a part of, and many others have called … Police Department in efforts to shift power…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 2 Essay Questions
… settlers who farmed with vegetables and bought livestock from the Khoikhoi, which they would trade to passing ships. … Wine and wheat farmers started to buy…
PlaceThulamela, an Archaeological Site
… built the Thulamela Stone Citadel , which was occupied from 1250 to 1700 AD. They extracted Iron Ore from up to; 200 mines, converting it into Iron for trade…
PlaceUmhlanga, Durban
… magnate, Sir Marshall Campbell . uMhlanga derives its name from the Zulu language and means "place of reeds", referring … red and white Lighthouse was built…
PlaceZorgvliet Wine Estate, Stellenbosch
… sent to the first commander of the Cape, Jan van Riebeeck, from Germany’s Rhineland in 1654, but arrived rotten! … praise be the Lord, wine was made for the…
PlaceVictoria Falls, Zimbabwe and Zambia
… an experience that leaves a lasting impression! From its discovery by European explorers to its current … Victoria Falls continues to attract millions of…
PlaceRiviersonderend, Cape Overberg
… Route between Cape Town and Mossel Bay on the N2 - 160 km from Cape Town, and is surrounded with Farms. The Town offers … of other activities. The Town is…
PlaceVergelegen Wine Estate
… 1819, and in 1825 was named Somerset West to differentiate from Somerset East , a small Town in the Eastern Cape . … which is a direct translation of the…
EventThe reburial of Flora
… the Slave Lodge at Vergelegen.The remains were unearthed from a wooden box possibly made from yellow wood, with thirty-six iron nails that were recovered…
PlaceComrades Marathon, Durban-Pietermaritzburg
… for the World's biggest and oldest ultra-marathon from 15 000 to 20 000. When the start is from Pietermaritzburg City Hall, the athletes then run along … and…
PlaceGranger Bay
… Granger Bay and 62 VOC sailors survived there for a year from the available resources and from the soil. Their home was a fort made from the ship's salvage…
PlaceElands Bay Cave
… of Cape Town also has an Archeological Site not far from this spot. Since the climate has continuously become drier from the time of habitation of hunter…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Address at the National Council of Provinces, Cape Town 12 October 2000
… also agreed that we have to attend to this issue. Apart from anything else, this should ensure that we give real … access to resources, both human and…
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…
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 …
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…