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PlaceVredefort Dome, Free State Province
… Vredefort Dome is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in South Africa’s Northern Free State. The Town of Vredefort, lies … in 2005, making it one of 8 World…
PlaceMalawi
… to the San societies found in most parts of Southern Africa. Between the 1st and 4th A.D, the Bantu people … a landlocked, long stretched country in south…
EventBritain refuses Uganda’s request for independence
… missionaries had also followed suit by 1879. East Africa soon developed into the British sphere of influence on … rule are still felt in present-day Uganda…
EventArchibald Campbell Mzoliza Jordan, Xhosa writer and linguist, dies
… work in the United States of America. He then left South Africa on an exit permit. He was made a professor in African … into English under the title Tales…
EventThomas Titus Nkobi is born
… was a migrant labourer in the South African mines to South Africa. In 1941 he went to Adams College in Natal and … 1977. After the fall of apartheid Nkobi…
EventCanada offers a second contingent of troops to the British in the South African War
… contingent of 1000 troops sailing from QuÁƒÂƒ©bec to South Africa on 30 October 1899 and landed in Cape Town on 30 … War are scattered across an estimated 51…
PlaceGlen Grey Division
… in Chris Hani District Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Chris Hani District Municipality is a second-order … in Chris Hani District Municipality,…
PlaceAbiquasput, Northern Cape
… in Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa. The estimate terrain elevation Above Sea Level is 942 …
PlaceGrydo Pass
… Pass is situated in the Western Cape, province of South Africa on the Regional road R303 between Ceres and Citrusdal. …
EventThirty people die in a 5.7 magnitude earthquake in Algeria
… Algeria is one of the few earthquake prone countries in Africa. …
EventThe Khoi and San National Language Body is officially launched in Upington, Northern Cape
… form part of the eleven official languages of South Africa, they are still highly regarded. The government set up … South Africa.info Pan South African…
EventFormer South African Prime Minister Strijdom dies
… Former National Party leader and Prime Minister of South Africa, Advocate J. G. Strijdom dies. It was during his …
EventSA artist, Dumisani Mabaso is born
… of a recording studio in Soweto. He exhibited in South Africa and in five group shows in the USA. …
EventSADF raid Southern Angola
… Refugees. Click here to read an in-depth analysis of South Africa's raids in Angola. …
EventJames Ranisi Jolobe, Xhosa author and poet, and Presbyterian clergyman, dies in Tsolo, Transkei
… On 16 May 1976, South Africa lost a poet, author and a clergyman. James Ranisi …
EventMillions Regain SA citizenship
… Klerk, became effective four months before the first South Africa non-racial polls of 27 April, 1994. More than seven …
EventSA struggles to fight HIV/AIDS pandemic
… News 24 reported that South Africa's ambitious HIV/Aids treatment plan was lagging behind …
EventFuneral service of Wilton Mkwayi takes place in Eastern Cape
… and contribution to building a free and democratic South Africa. His cremation in East London on 2 August was attended …
EventBantu Holomisa is dismissed
… the sum of R5 million to secure his residence in South Africa. His responsibilities were assigned to former ANC …
EventPastor Sekano Ntoane is born
… Church moderator and pastor of the Dutch Reformed Church in Africa (DRCA), S.G. Sekano Ntoane, was born in Hebron, …
EventKen Oosterbroek is killed
… two weeks before South Africans went to the polls in South Africa's first historic democratic elections. It was a …
EventFormer Minister of Public Works, Thoko Didiza, is born
… Mafeje Research Institute at the University of South Africa. She holds an honours degree in Politics. She is also …
EventGolfer,Nick Price beats Tiger Woods at Nedbank Million Dollar Golf Tournament at Sun City
… his first in 1993 and his second in 1997, beating South Africa’s Ernie Els. The tournament has attracted the best … South Africa.info The Nedbank Golf…
PlaceKhami Ruins, Zimbabwe
… of Zimbabwe tradition; initiated in Mapungubwe (South Africa), extending to Great Zimbabwe, and through the … to the minimal interventions that have been…
PlaceLake Fundudzi, Thohoyanda
… the rains and plentiful harvests, express gratitude for all the positives that happened over the year, and ask for …
PlaceRiviersonderend, Cape Overberg
… human tummies in need sustenance on the long road, are on all entry and exit points of the Town! Riviersonderend is a …
PlacePrince Edward Islands
… south-east of Cape Town and are politically part of South Africa. The only way to travel to Marion Island is on board a …
ArchiveCultural considerations for a democratic South African Constitution
… on Constitutional guidelines for a democratic South Africa, held in Lusaka, Zambia. Argues that the formation of …
PlaceKoedoespoort Aerodrome, Pretoria
… 1920 it was the first landing place in the Union of South Africa for the aircraft Voortrekker , whose epic flight from …
EventCourt commutes James Mange’s sentence
… Movement, and non-governmental organisations in South Africa, the Bloemfontein Appeal Court commuted James Mange's …