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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 ……
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…
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…
PlaceKoingnaas Diamond Minning Town, Northern Cape
… after De Beers departed the population has fallen rapidly from its peak of about 1,000 inhabitants to approximately … with the bare necessities. Travelling…
PlaceTurffontein Race Course, Johannesburg
… 1887. A wide variety of cuisine is available at the track from fast food to more formal restaurants. The track is … Suburbs of Johannesburg, Turffontein is…
EventZANU-PF under Robert Mugabe wins the first free elections in Zimbabwe and Robert Mugabe becomes president
… War, marked a decisive moment in the country's transition from white minority rule to majority government. Joshua … Front-ZAPU won 20 seats, drawing support…
PlaceKatberg, Eastern Cape
… About 30 kilometres from Hogsback and close on two hours from East London, the little town of Katberg lies in enviable … Katberg forest is the scene of…
PlaceKomatipoort
… have been discovered under rock ledges, that date back from a hundred to a thousands of Years ago. The Town of … came into being in 1887. The name of the…
PlaceValdezia Mission Station, Soutpansberg District
… In 1874 they received permission to buy Klipfontein farm from Mr. Scot J. Watt and this is where they built the … numbers of Vatsonga people began moving…
PlaceMsunduzi River
… then came up with the idea of formalising a race downriver from Pietermaritzburg to Durban! After an initial expedition … but then abandoned halfway in 1950,…
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…
PlaceAugrabies Fall National Park, Northern Cape
… bank of the Orange River about 100 kilometres downstream from Upington . The Khoi people called the Augrabies Falls … Orange River provide sanctuary to a…
PlaceSeweweeks Poort, Swartberg
… changing and for cyclists, the Pass is a joy to ride from North to South. The Pass provides a considerable … for travelers wanting to go to Ladismith or…
EventMilton Obote (81), Uganda's former dictator, dies in a South African hospital
… Obote, a member of the legislative council of Uganda from 1957, founded the Uganda People's Congress in 1960. … Uganda's Prime Minister after independence…
PlaceMushroom Farm in Hillcrest, KZN
… Hillcrest's hidden gems, offering something for everyone - from kiddies to moms, antique collectors, animal lovers, … owned and run, this farm has literally …
ArchiveApartheid's Sporting Afterlife by Clark Easley
… was inherently political and could never be separated from the realities of apartheid. More than thirty years after … The current state of South African…
ArchiveThe Man Before Mandela by Steven Gish
… hundred years ago, Alfred B. Xuma (B.S. 1920) graduated from the U of M. The first western-trained Black physician to … grip. As president of the African…
Mapping Sites of Memory: The Sobukwe Letters
… reading and conversation in the gallery space. Drawn from Lie on Your Wounds: The Prison Correspondence of Robert … Workshop Gallery and Gallery 1989 in…
PlaceCity of Matlosana Local Municipality
… North West Province , South Africa . Only two hours away from the bustling city of Johannesburg ! This municipality is … 'This is where rich history meets…
PlaceNgqushwa Local Municipality
… by good quality of service for all. " An Extract from: "The Eastern Cape, Then and Now" ( link in FURTHER … seemingly, of a distinct and plangent power…
PlaceGouda, Cape Winelands
… Esperance', owned by three Sisters who had Immigrated from Gouda, in Holland. They donated their Farm to establish … however, that believe that the name…
PlaceWalker Bay Nature Reserve
… The largest area, known as Walker Bay, stretches from Klein River to De Kelders at Gansbaai . 'Die Plaat' is … Plaat ', a vast area dominated by drift-sand…