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PlaceHuguenot Memorial Museum, Franschhoek
… Building was the home of: Baron Willem Ferdinand van Reede from Oudtshoorn , who built it in 1791. His Estate was in …
ArchiveAnton Fransch and the Battle of Athlone
… the washing as he was when a comrade needed to be hidden from the apartheid secret police. His defining qualities were … of Athlone had begun. They fired…
PlaceKathu
… been used for a porridge that its local population brewed from powder found in Camel Thorn pods. Kathu’s Camel Thorn …
Reclaiming Radical Traditions of Workers' Education by Linda Cooper and Sheri Hamilton
… This is unfortunate as there is much to be learned from this history. However, there exist a few important …
PlaceCalvinia
… means of transportation for the agricultural products from this remote corner of South Africa. Sadly the Railway …
PlaceTrafalgar High School
… was also the first person of colour to get a BA degree from the University of Cape Town . Both these men understood …
PlaceWelgelegen Manor House, Belfour
… Ferreiras Camp (Johannesburg) to build the railway line from Braamfontein to Elandsfontein. This resulted in him …
PlaceKgodumodumo Dinosaur Interpretation Centre
… De Lille. Additionally, she revealed that 30 tour guides from the local community, trained by the Department, will be …
PlaceBronberg Conservancy, Pretoria
… features of the Bronberg, make it worthy of protection from conventional urban development and other inappropriate …
PlaceWeenan
… bloodshed. " The total casualties were staggering!" Apart from the Voortrekkers, about 250 to 252 Khoikhoi and Basuto …
PlaceMitchell Park Zoo, Durban
… an African male elephant named Bob, which arrived in 1909 from 'Fillis’s Circus' and soon became hugely popular for … life as Durban's oldest park animal…
ArchiveDavid Koloane fought for the right to define himself – and his art by Ruth Simbao, 24 July 2019
… art” as a means of differentiating the artist’s work from mainstream art produced by white practitioners. The art … of skills and resources. There is still…
EventThe Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB) invade the World Trade Centre, during constitutional negotiations, in Kempton Park, Johannesburg, Transvaal
… President-to-be Nelson Mandela immediately flew back home from a vacation and demanded that the transition be …
“Human beings with Souls”: Reconsidering The Durban Strikes Pamphlet by Alex Lichtenstein
… activists concluded that ‘consensus seems to have emerged from continuous discussion’ on the shop floor and in the …
PlaceTiffindell Ski Resort, Eastern Cape
… types. Three and four night packages are sold from a Wednesday to Sunday or Sunday to Wednesday. Packages …
PlaceLangebaan Lagoon
… salt water lagoon. Daily tides bring nutrient rich water from the ocean into the lagoon, provided by the cold benguela …
PlaceVarsche River, Table Mountain
… Camissa , Place of Sweet Water. " As anyone who has drunk from Table Mountain’s streams would attest to!" When … emountain.co.za/where-does-the-water-on…
PlaceHuguenot Monument, Franschoek
… its main focus. The Huguenots were devout Protestants from France and Southern Netherlands , who followed the … Political Freedom. The Huguenots were devout…
PlaceBrandfort, Free State
… Site) in 1997. The Florisbad Skull , an early hominid from the Middle Stone Age, was found here. The first …
PlaceChristiana, North West
… petered with the diamonds, although some are still found from time to time. The first, 'Residential Stands', were sold …
PlacePort Alfred
… West and East piers, at the new mouth of the Kowie River. From 1863 up to 100 vessels called in annual, but sadly, the …
PlaceKwaNzimakwe, South Coast
… in KwaNzimakwe, meaning that visitors can choose from different walking trails with different sites, it is … Centre, where local arts and crafts are…
PlaceuKhahlamba Drakensberg Park
… fauna have not changed. Uniquely, it is possible to turn from rock paintings of Eland, Reebok and other animals to …
PlaceDe Vlugt, Garden Route
… of fynbos to the West of De Vlugt. Burchell traveled from Skuurbeknek to Romanskraal, Jaggakamma and Knoetskraal …
PlaceFetcani Pass, Eastern Cape
… and into the remoter part of the Southern Drakensberg . (From here you won't see tar again for a long time!) The 5,7 …
Archive25 Years of Democracy and Now!
… My name is Naledi Seloane from MD Coovadia Combined School a Grade 9 learner. I take …
PlaceNahoon River Point Nature Reserve
… and the tranquil coves that make for idyllic retreats from the real world. The Nahoon Point Nature Reserve boasts …
PlaceSodwana Bay National Park
… Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife’s (Ezemvelo) mandate is derived from the KwaZulu-Natal Nature Conservation Management Act …
PlaceBenoni, Ekurhuleni Municipality
… at the Chimes Mine. This mine was then established by men from England. Sir George Farrar , the Chairman of a Mining …
Archive‘It’s Dangerous and Difficult’: Artist William Kentridge on the Challenges for Young Artists Facing Quick Fame and Market Speculation by Devorah Lauter (news.artnet.com), October 20, 2021
… film Sibyl, which questions fate—the work was developed from his chamber opera Waiting for the Sibyl, which premiered … think the situation is different for…