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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
O. R. Tambo Interviewed by RIXAKA, January 1985
… conditions and can acquire unlimited skills and benefits from exposure to world culture. There are cultural …
Interview with Oliver Tambo by Rixaka, 05 January 1985
… conditions and can acquire unlimited skills and benefits from exposure to world culture. There are cultural …
Address by President Nelson Mandela to a joint sitting of both houses of the parliament of Lesotho Maseru, 12 July 1995
… underground in the mines of South Africa alongside workers from across the southern region of our continent. Over the …
PlaceKuGompo was called East London, Eastern Cape
… Buffalo City by the locals, is situated 1000 kilometres from Cape Town on the South East coast of South Africa. Lying …
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
PlaceWakkerstroom
… Heritage , this charming Town offers a perfect escape from the hustle and bustle of City life." From outdoor adventures like bird-watching, hiking and ……
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…
PlaceMapungubwe Interpretation Centre
… exemplifies contemporary African architecture. Visible from its entrance gate, the Mapungubwe Centre is approached through a valley from where the outcrop of…
PlaceSomerset West, Cape Helderberg
… in the Hottentots Holland area, about a 30 minute drive from Cape Town along the N2 (national road). Close to … to Cape Town daily. Somerset West…
EventArmistice day 11th Nov 1918
… waged around the globe. According to Col Lionel Crook from the SA Legion there were 18500 military casualties from South Africa in this war. The 1884 Berlin…
PlaceTankwa Karoo National Park
… Eco-trail and the Watervlei 4x4 Route'. Situated 18km away from the Park Reception is Elandsberg . This little National … Roggeveld Escarpment. The cottages…
PlaceBokoni, Mpumalanga
… by long stone passages, cover the landscape stretching from Ohrigstad to Carolina , connecting over 10 000 square … homesteads, terraced fields and linking…
PlaceMorgan Bay-Gxarha
… shorelines, Shipwrecks and traditional Xhosa Culture. From marine safari activities to local Cultural encounters … something for the whole family!) Morgan…
ArchiveRadio Freedom: A History of South African Underground Radio by Chris A. Smith
… of apartheid, an incendiary radio broadcast beamed out from Lusaka, Zambia. It began with the clack of machine-gun … years in prison. ANC Radio Freedom - Kea…
PlaceKhami Ruins, Zimbabwe
… Site, is located to the west of the Khami River, 22 km from the City of Bulawayo. The property, located on a 1300 m hilltop downstream from a dam built…
ArticleShipwrecks in South Africa
… like shipwrecks, we would only understand history from a fairly narrow perspective. …
PlaceGreat Fish River, Eastern Cape
… The Great Fish River, distinguishable from the Namibian Fish River by the word ‘great’, that runs … River and Northeast of Middelburg. The Tarka River,…
ArchiveCelebrating 25 years of Democracy and Freedom
… fought for our freedom I can hear the echo of his voice from that cold courtroom when he said, “Freedom is the idea, … he did it just like a true boxer. You…