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EventPat Boone, American singer, actor and writer, begins a 10-day tour of South Africa
… South Africa for a 10 day tour. In later life he switched from rock and roll to gospel and country music. By the 1970’s … Associated Press Pat Boone News…
EventFake tickets lead to stampede in Johannesburg
… Grobelaar, the tickets were printed as if they were from Computicket, a ticket marketing company. Further … Stadium management SA to probe origin of fake…
EventZambian journalist, Fred M'membe is born
… Zambia Post constantly clashed with the government, from the time of President Kenneth Kaunda up until President …
EventANC's Walter Sisulu and Duma Nokwe rally support against Urban Bantu Councils Act
… Congress (ANC) leaders, Walter Sisulu and Duma Nokwe went from house to house in Orlando, Soweto near Johannesburg …
EventAfrikaner women march to the union buildings in protest of SA's involvement in WW2
… united in their request that South Africa should withdraw from the war. The first Afrikaner women march took place on 4 …
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the Occasion of the 108th Anniversary of the African National Congress by Cyril Ramaphosa, 8 January 2020
… conference. Just over two years ago we emerged from the ANC’s 54th National Conference tasked with the … Much progress has been made, but this task remains…
PlaceSouth African Royal Astronomical Observatory, Cape Town
… edifices such as domes and dwelling houses, most dating from the Victorian period and forming a pleasant coherent …
PlaceMatroosfontein
… four kilometres, in fact) and is fewer than 20 kilometres from the City Bowl. This Suburb has a deep, poignant History, …
PlaceNzhelele Nature Reserve
… can be accessed via the R525 off the N1 to Musina, or from the Pafuri Gate in the Kruger National Park via the …
EventProtest against gender- based violence throughout South Africa
… one of a 19-year-old first year student, Uyinene Mrwetyana from the University of Cape Town. who was raped and killed by … (2019). We want Cyril, gender-…
EventHip-hop star Jabulani Tsambo known as HHP dies
… that it was a possible suicide as he was suffering from depression. Tsambo was one of the iconic Motswako … (2018). HHP ' saw his own death’ says childhood…
PlaceThe South African Police Service Museum
… items such as uniforms. Other displays include two coins from the Dutch East-India Company (VOC) era and a depiction …
EventSongwriter, film producer and actor Joe Mafela dies
… legendary actor Joe Mafela passed away on his way home from Soweto, after he was involved in a car accident in …
EventSAA flight 295 crashes
… killing all 159 people on board. A fire, which started from the main deck cargo hold, caused the crash of the jet. …
EventGertrude Shope, former president of the ANC Women's League, is born
… convening the ANC's Internal Leadership Corps Task Force from 1990-1991. In 1994 Shope became a member of parliament …
EventThe first part of the South African Press Commission's report is tabled in parliament
… declared itself a Republic and disassociated itself from the Commonwealth of Nations. In 1964, The New York Times …
EventCoup attempt on S Doe's government in Liberia
… a faction of the Liberian military failed to take power from Samuel Doe. It was a third coup attempt since Samuel Doe …
PlaceTouwsrivier
… in the Western Cape , South Africa and can be seen from the N1 highway . Established in the 1800's, this … Taking a ruler, he drew his pen along it, in a…
PlaceUniversity of Pretoria Museums
… and valuable, comprising a vast art collection, ceramics from southern Africa, and signature ceramics from around the world. Collections include South…
ArchiveObituary for Andrew Verster
… Durban Berea home environment which attracted creatives from around the country and the world. Andrew led a good … did and his influence will live on. We…
PlaceSutherland, Northern Cape
… any major highway. It is however a little more than 100km from the N1 and merely a: “sho’t left”, at Matjiesfontein . … up to the little town at the top…
PlaceKogelberg Biosphere Reserve, Kleinmond
… Reserve is situated in the Western Cape Province , 40 km from Cape Town . This first South African Biosphere Reserve … reserve and it encompasses the entire…
PlaceBethal
… mines and 3 gold mines in the region! The town originated from an old farm called: 'Blesbokspruit' . The town, … were reburied in the Bethal cemetery , after…
PlaceNamib Desert, Namibia
… beauty of the Namib draws travellers and photographers from around the world! They come to experience Sossusvlei and … beauty of the Namib draws travellers…
PlaceStilbaai, Garden Route- Western Cape
… The name translated from Afrikaans , means 'Still Bay', for those people who are … The name translated from Afrikaans, means 'Still Bay', for those people…
EventThe father of South African Jazz Hugh Masekela dies
… horn’, he began to play the trumpet. His first trumpet was from Archbishop Trevor Huddleston , an anti-apartheid … K., (2018). Legendary musician Hugh…
The Causes of the Boer War by Prof. Marius Swart
… 19th Century it was British policy to withdraw somewhat from its colonies in Africa. But almost immediately she … of the Boer War . Historia , Volume 21,…
PlaceSwartvlei Estuary, Sedgefield
… aboard the "Loose Goose" that leaves at regular intervals from Pine Lake Marina every day. Swartvlei estuary, the area …
EventSA's first official commercial airline service is launched
… in Port Elizabeth, flew a regular service to and from Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town. Its main object was …
PlaceMaputaland, Northern Part of KZN
… Maputaland, a Region of KwaZulu Natal which stretches from the scenic splendour of iSimangaliso Wetland Park in St. … Maputaland, a Region of KwaZulu Natal,…