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EventCharlotte Maxeke, politician and founder of the Bantu Women's League of South Africa, is born
… was born on 7 April 1847 in Fort Beaufort in Cape Town. From a young age Maxeke showed musical talent. She finished …
EventAfrica Women's Peace Train leaves Kampala for Johannesburg
… train, leaving Kampala on 16 August, was made up of women from across Africa who wanted to raise awareness around the …
PlacePorterville
… after William Porter , Attorney General of the Cape Colony from 1839 to 1866. According to the 2011 census, Porterville … after William Porter, Attorney…
PlaceJagersfontein
… rough diamonds ever discovered in the World were taken from this mine. The 'Excelsior' of 995 carats (in 1893) and …
PlaceOviston Nature Reserve, Eastern Cape
… into six concrete chutes, which lead the water away from the base of the Dam wall into the downstream flow of the … the East. Oviston and Venterstad , are…
PlaceMooi River, a Town of the Midlands Meander- Natal
… during the 1800's. The Village took its enduring name from the Voortrekker description: ' of its River being … is Mpofana: 'Place of the Eland'. The…
PlaceMaputo National Park
… Island and the Machangulo Peninsula and a stretch of Ocean from Inhaca to Ponta do Ouro ' . … Island and the Machangulo Peninsula and a stretch of ocean from…
PlaceVlakplaas, Pretoria
… Brigadier Schoon. These unit comprised of recruits mostly from the Local population. They were then trained to take …
PlaceSutelong a township in the West of Mortele, Pretoria
… or Asian are 5 people. White is 1 person. (This was taken from a 2011 statistics survey. The first language is Setswana …
PlaceElands Bay, Western Cape Province
… world. Elands Bay is 95 km northwest of Piketberg and 70km from Velddrif and this is where the magnificent Verlorenvlei , …
PlaceBotlierskop, Private Game Reserve
… gives visitors the opportunity to view African wildlife from the safety of 4x4 vehicles, in its natural habitat. …
EventElsa, the lioness made famous by Joy Adamson's book Born Free, dies in Kenya
… three cubs and that she still remembered them. Elsa died from Babesia felis, a tick-borne blood disease, on 24 January …
EventFormer ANC President, Oliver 'OR' Tambo, is born
… Council (SRC). Subsequently, he was deregistered from the institution and could not complete his Bachelor of …
EventMike Gatting's rebel cricket tour is curtailed
… SACU and the NSC included reducing the number of games from seven to four and cancelling the second test match. It …
EventS.P. Botha, Minister of Water Affairs, proposes new schemes to ease the Western Cape's water supply problem
… distribute and use it more efficiently." Four decades from the day Botha made his statement, a worse drought struck …
ArchiveThe romantic rewriting of Haile Selassie’s legacy must stop by Dr Yohannes Woldemariam, 4 February 2019
… over Ethiopia. Emperor Haile Selassie, who ruled Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974, died in 1975, but he lives on through the … (also known as the Glory of Kings)…
PlaceKumalosville, Kwa Zulu Natal
… both were full. With this money 250 acres were bought from Mr Bester. The great attraction was not only that this …
Special Screening of Wat Was Hie? Followed by an engaging discussion with filmmaker Luke De Kock
… colonialism, indigenous erasure, and resistance. Adapted from a multidisciplinary theatre piece, it brings to life …
PlaceSwartberg Mountain Pass
… scenery. The Pass is not suitable for anyone suffering from acrophobia. It can be driven in any vehicle in fair …
PlaceCasper Nek Pass
… over Casper’s Nek Pass in the Winter of 1844, with 28 men from Potchefstroom, setting up a trade route to Delagoa Bay. …
EventEducation Minister, Sibusiso Bengu warns Stellenbosch University that it can’t to be exclusively Afrikaans-speaking
… institutions designated for the use of one race group from enrolling or allowing students of other races to mix …
PlaceMapungubwe Collection at the University of Pretoria
… have a collection of gold bangles, nails, and foil. Apart from the gold items they have glass beads, iron and copper …
EventEducation Minister, Sibusiso Bengu warns Stellenbosch University that it can't to be exclusively Afrikaans-speaking
… institutions designated for the use of one race group from enrolling or allowing students of other races to mix …
PlaceDriefontein, Mpumalanga
… died so that people of this place should not be removed from it. A true liberation fighter. It had a Population, in …
PlacePilgrims Rest
… Attraction, in 1970. It was changed then very little from its Historical History and is now a protected Historical … a tourist attraction in 1970 it was…
PlaceWest Coast National Park and Postberg Reserve
… there is game here that hasn’t quite learned to shy away from humans. Keep an eye out for Zebra, Wildebeest, Antelope, … that this elusive predator has…
PlaceNamaqua National Park
… plant germination rates. The wind in winter is usually from the east, which can turn to a cold northwesterly with … of a frontal system. In summer the wind…
PlaceWalvis Bay, Namibia
… and Namibia ’s second largest City, which is protected from wind and waves by the long arm of Pelican Point (SHOWN …
PlaceSunset Beach, Cape Town
… Beach. This beach runs flat and uninterrupted, extending from Milnerton Beach ( Woodbridge Island ) Northwards until … This beach runs flat and uninterrupted…