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EventTakudzwa Ngwenya, Zimbabwean-born American rugby player, is born
… for Vainona High School in his home country. He then moved to Texas, USA, where he played for Plano Rugby club before … is one of the best wingers in rugby…
EventSA raises concern with the Dutch government
… The South African government instructed its ambassador to The Hague to inform the Dutch government of its displeasure over a grant of 100,000 guilders being…
EventUN investigative team visits SA
… A United Nations (UN) team, led by Mr. Abdulrahim Abby Farah, … under-secretary-general, visited South Africa from 9 to 10 June to meet representatives of…
SAHO Commemorates 40 Years since Soweto Uprising: Intergenerational Dialogue by Roanne Moodley
… own future- without media coverage- while June 16 remains a beacon in our past) I wonder about the differences that may exist between you and I. Me, a middle…
PlaceNew Brighton Location
… African War the British military authorities imported a large number of horses from Argentina. Unfortunately their … McNamee, Boastville, Elundini and…
Book 1: Ancient Civilizations and Global Trade - Glossary
… is the same as AH 304 in the Islamic calendar alienate - to cause to feel isolated; lose or destroy support or … have left behind them artefact - an object…
What the lives of two South African music giants tell us about culture under apartheid by Gwen Ansell (The Conversation), 13 July 2017
… in South Africa, Soweto Blues, regularly asserted: I’m not a politician. How could this be, the interview team wondered, … emerged was: I didn’t say I wasn’t…
“Let us dream you, forbidden landscape”: the Storming project sings change, 17 July 2017
… ‘It’ll work someday’. There’s no such thing. If we have to change things, let’s change them radically now.” – Ray … as ‘personalities’, evading the content…
Archaeology - A way of discovering the past
… there was personal involvement, memory can be relied on. To know about events earlier than this, elderly relatives and … almost impossible for people who…
PlaceLimpopo Province
… like Venda, Gazankulu and Lebowa. The Limpopo River is a river the South African Province, Botswana , Zimbabwe and … River) in the Witwatersrand , South…
ArchiveInternational Bulletin, No 20, December 1988
… African Communist Party. Issue covers an SACP delegation to Scandanavia, a letter sent to comrade Meir Vilner, General Secretary of the Communist Party in…
PlaceMarket Theatre
… the demise of the apartheid regime in the 1990’s. Due to the fact that the Market Theatre ran as a non-racially biased theatre, which at the time, was…
PlaceTanzania
… Gama explored the East African coast in 1498 on his voyage to India. By 1506, the Portuguese claimed control over the … observed annually across the…
EventA fishing trawler off the South African Coast catches a coelacanth
… two-year-old Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer was the curator of a small museum in the port town of East London, northeast of … waters of the Indian Ocean. When he…
EventA Dutch ship, the Rosenberg, carrying Huguenots, leaves for the Cape from the Netherlands
… in France. The Edict of Nantes, passed in 1685, inspired a great deal of resentment among non Catholics. Fleeing … free burghers. In the 1690s the Huguenots…
ArchiveDurban and Districts Council of Churches Cultural Festival 10 June 1990
… a gathering of black Christian youth. Different choirs and other groups were invited to perform and show off their talent. The topic for the … death. The…
ArchiveNegotiations, armed struggle and the ANC
… Congress. Covers the African National Congress approach to negotiations and the armed struggle in a historical context, what negotiations should be achieving…
EventWomen call for alternative ways of conscription
… The Star reported that a number of women called on the government at a press conference to permit those men who refuse to serve in the army to make …
ArchiveGroup Areas Development Act, Act No 69 of 1955
… The Act was to provide for the control of the disposal and for the … development of such areas, and for the said purposes to establish a board and to define…
Milton Obote by Angela Thompsell updated 28 February 2016
… was the 2nd and 4th President of Uganda. He first came to power in 1962 but was ousted by Idi Amin in 1971. Nine … are the easier questions to answer. Obote…
PlaceThe AVA Gallery
… that was founded in Cape Town in 1850. The Society aimed to form a permanent art gallery and art library that exhibited and … in 1871. Their first meeting…
A short history of the oldest graves in Plettenberg Bay by Patricia Storrar (The Heritage Portal), 12 September 2016
… In the following article Patricia Storrar provides a brief history of the Harker graves in Plettenberg Bay. The … the Heritage Association of South Africa)…
PlaceCape Point and the Lighthouse, at the Southern Point of the Cape Peninsula
… Cape Point is a promontory at the South East corner of the Cape Peninsula , which is a mountainous and scenic landform that runs North-South for … . Table…
PlacePondoland
… 1899 provisions of Proclamation 314 allowed for Umsikaba to be partitioned into the divisions of Lusikisiki and … resettlement. This was followed by the…
PlaceBarton Keep, Jacob Mare Street, Pretoria
… the latter part of the 19th century. It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 16 July 1982. Two blocks to the west of Melrose House…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the State dinner hosted by the Governor-general of New Zealand, Dame Catherine Tizard Wellington, 15 November 1995
… Distinguished Guests; Ladies and Gentlemen. I would like to use this opportunity to thank Your Excellency as well as … during this visit. I had the privilege…
ArchiveSt James Church Massacre
… A terrorist attack on St. James Church in Cape Town, South … Sunday 25th July, while the congregation of 1400 listened to a hymn of worship, a group of…
PlaceThe Old Presidency Museum, Bloemfontein
… their lives, plus art exhibits & performances. It is now a Military Museum, which can be visited between the hours of 8am to 4pm. The Old Presidency or Ou…
PlaceSilikamva High School, Penzance Estate-Hout Bay
… of Individuals and Communities through the creation of a School environment that fosters Academic excellence, … believe that every student should have the…
EventThe inquest into the death of Black Consciousness leader, Steve Bantu Biko, opens in Pretoria
… Steve Biko died naked and unattended on the cement floor of a cell in a Pretoria prison hospital after it had been established that … for a person who had…