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The Cape Northern Frontier
… expansion. These British settlers had been sent to South Africa to alleviate unemployment and poverty in England and …
ArticleThe Nile river and its influence on settlement
… followed by arid desert. The Nile is the biggest river in Africa, and is the result of the joining of three rivers from …
PlaceThe Durban Centre for Photography
… public auction of photographic prints ever held in South Africa. This was to raise money for the DCP. Buckland set up … approaches to the practice of…
PlaceWits School of Arts (WSOA)
… one of the top interdisciplinary school of arts in South Africa according to World Universities Ranking. Forming part … WSOA provides a platform and showcase…
EventFearon Fallows, the first Astronomer Royal at the Cape, is born
… Cape of Good Hope’from ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF SOUTHERN AFRICA [online] Available at www.assa.saao.ac.za[Accessed: 30 … et al. (eds) (1970) Standard…
PlacePort Natal Maritime Museum
… and a reminder that Durban is still the busiest port in Africa. Backed by a panoramic view of Durban Harbour, the … powered tug. It is the oldest surviving…
EventPresident P. W. Botha offers Nelson Mandela conditional release from prison
… violent protest, as a means to bring about change in South Africa. Mandela communicates his refusal of the offer through … Pan Africanist Congress (PAC)…
EventExplorer and navigator Vasco da Gama completes his voyage round the Cape of Good Hope to India
… sailed south and reached the coast of present day South Africa. Whereas previous explorers, such as Bartholomew Dias, … and subsequent development of a half…
EventAcclaimed South African poet Sheila Cussons dies
… After a divorce from CJM Niebaber, she returned to South Africa for two years and married Spanish businessman Juan de … in Die swart kombuis. In 1983 Cussons…
EventScientists uncover possible reason for SS Waratah’s disappearance 100 years later
… a luxury steamer, en route from Cape Town to Durban, South Africa, on 26 July 1909. The ship, built in Scotland, was … of the steamer, were spotted along the…
EventBeginning of the Waterberg Battle in the Herero Revolt
… The German colonisation of Namibia, then German South West Africa, took place in 1884. The Herero, a pastoral and … is often referred to as the Herero…
PlaceFicksburg
… Cherry Festival is the longest running festival in South Africa and is held in November each year. Treat yourself to a visit to the largest cherry farm in…
Document 59 - Letter from Ruth First to The Secretary, South African Institute of Race Relations’, 17 August 1944
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two … Relations', 17 August 1944 Young Communist League of South Africa Box …
EventYoussou N’Dour, Senegalese singer, is born.
… country of Senegal, as well as other countries throughout Africa & his efforts include organising & performing in a … own development projects such as…
ArchiveLetter to Zuma by David Goldblatt (Mail and Guardian), 25 November 2011
… from the official history of our National Orders: South Africa has taken many strides away from its past of exclusion … of the human spirit have become…
PlaceScottish War Memorial, Johannesburg
… enroll in the Transvaal Scottish, served in the South West Africa Campaign, was awarded a Military Cross for his heroic … of Union Castle Lines, to transport…
PlaceYzerfontein
… gives one expansive views of 16 mile beach which stretches all the way to the Northern tip of the West Coast Nature …
PlaceNatures Valley, Garden Route
… Valley. Later, Hendrik Barnardo became the sole owner of all the Land, which he then farmed. He allowed the first …
PlacePearston, Eastern Cape-Karoo
… short-lived and in 1861 the town management board acquired all the rights to manage the village from the Church for the …
PlaceShipwreck Trail, Eastern Cape
… beaches of the coast whilst evenings are spent inland. Not all of the campsites are close to the coast and you can …
EventZANU-PF under Robert Mugabe wins the first free elections in Zimbabwe and Robert Mugabe becomes president
… won just three seats. Ian Smith's Rhodesian Front won all 20 seats reserved for white voters on a separate roll. … of the 1980 Election in Midlands Province…
PlaceKoelfontein Wine Farm
… farm, one which continues to sustain the lives of all who toil here in the Ceres valley to ultimately bring its …
PlaceLekkersing, Namaqualand
… slabs of stone in earthy reds and gold, used for tiling all over the world. Extraordinary dendrite formations are …
PlaceFietas Museum, Johannesburg
… in the city to shop for bargains, drawing shoppers from all racial and economic backgrounds. In the 1970s the …
PlaceBurkina Faso
… Burkina Faso is a small, poor, landlocked country in West Africa . It is bounded by Niger to the east, Mali to the … known as Upper Volta, was once part of…
Document 44 - Letter from Leon Trotsky to T. W. Thibedi, 4 September 1932
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One … negro comrades unemployed in Johannesburg and in South Africa in general? The…
EventAngola becomes independent of Portuguese colonial rule
… Union and UNITA which went to war was supported by South Africa and the USA.The independence of Angola paved way for other liberation movements in Southern…
EventJean van der Poel dies in Cape Town.
… Society prize. In 1929 Van der Poel returned to South Africa and declined a position at UCT as lecturer for a post … 1951). Jean van der Poel, 'Native…
A French minister, Pierre Simond, joins the Huguenots at the Cape by order of the Heeren XVII (Lords Seventeen)
… in 1703, which is possibly the first book written in South Africa. This book was subsequently published in Amsterdam in … ou les Pseaumes de David mis en…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Timeline
… 1902 Treaty of Vereeniging 1910 31 May, Adoption of South Africa’s first constitution 8 Jan 1912 Formation of the ANC … military action in Bophuthatswana…