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EventAnton Hammerl, South African photographer, is killed in Libya
… by Libyan forces on the Brega frontline. According to eyewitnesses, Hammerl’s injuries were such that he could … bring his body back home so that his family…
EventSix Treason Trialists miss resumption of trial
… Fischer told the court that transport which was suppose to bring the accused to the court, had broken down. The adjournment came as a blessing to many of the…
PlaceAhrens, Kwa-Zulu Natal
… Railway Siding 16 km west of Greytown, on the route to Kranskop. It was named in honour of Wilhelm Ahrens, … the Umvoti Local Municipality Administration. In…
PlacePolokwane
… Is a City of 1 30,000 people counted in the census of 2011 . It now has a Population of about about 640,000 inhabitants. Spoken … Africa's largest urban…
PlaceBeaufort West, Cape Town
… A Town 573 km from Cape Town , established in 1818 on the … . It is currently the name of one of the Suburbs in which a section of Beaufort West's "coloured"…
PlaceLusikisiki near Port St. John's
… remote and untamed, and time has virtually stood still in a part of the world known as ‘God’s country’ or Pondoland. … the wind moving through the grass…
Homeless Giving Tourists a Negative Perception - Fietas Museum by Wim Pretorius and Iavan Pijoos, (News24.com), 15 February 2016
… – In the heart of Pageview in Johannesburg lies a small, but almost forgotten museum, rich with the city’s … Sontonga Memorial Park, the Fietas Museum was…
PlaceJan De Waal House, 93 Bree Street, Cape Town
… erf on which this double storey house stands was granted to him in 1752 by Governor Ryk Tulbagh The house and … of the nineteenth Century, 1830. Jan de Waal…
PlaceKing’s Blockhouse, Devil’s Peak, Cape Town.
… up the mountainside. The first two have since fallen into a state of disrepair but the King's Blockhouse, a massive stone structure 7m square, located on a…
PlaceRaadsaal Building, Church Square, Pretoria
… Transvaal Republic. Originally the site was occupied by a simple elongated thatch cottage with end gables and a front verandah, which remained in use until…
EventDonald James Wood journalist and Anti apartheid activists is born
… Woods enrolled at the University of Cape Town in 1952 to study law but switched to journalism. Woods initially … by joining the Federal Party. In 1957 he…
EventFather Michael Lapsley, an Anglican priest, is injured by a letter-bomb
… as an Anglican priest in Australia, where he joined a religious community, The Society of the Sacred Mission. This organisation transferred him to South…
EventPaedophile Gert van Rooyen and mistress commit suicide
… and his accomplice and lover, Joey Haarhoff, were linked to the disappearance of five girls between 1988 and 1990. … Pretoria. Gert killed Joey and committed…
EventPort Natal is renamed Durban in honour of Sir Benjamin D’Urban, governor of the Cape Colony from 1834 - 1837
… mentioned by Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama, who came to the KwaZulu-Natal coast while searching for a route from Europe to India. He landed on the…
EventFreak storms create havoc in the Eastern Cape and President Mandela narrowly escaped injury
… rare in South Africa. Therefore, the radar equipment used to predict and track these killer storms are not in huge … 50 youths from disadvantaged…
EventMalawi voters take part in the first multiparty election in three decades
… his cabinet resigned, partly on this issue, and in protest to the autocratic style of government which Banda adopted … assistance, increased. In October,…
PlaceColesberg, Northern Cape
… remote outposts of European settlement at the Cape and, as a result, became a major base for commercial hunters, explorers and settlers … had a population of…
ArchiveImmorality Amendment Act, Act No 21 of 1950
… The Act was to amend the Immorality Act, 1927, so as to prohibit illicit carnal intercourse between Europeans and non-Europeans, and to provide for matters…
Insurrections III: The Storming
… The Insurrections Ensemble returns to the Homecoming Centre at District Six for two performances … more ambitious. It will be titled, The Storming and it is…
PlaceFort Wonderboompoort, Wonderboom-Pretoria
… as Fort Schanskop. Ramparts were built around the fort to improve defence. Intially, the forts were manned by the … , consisting of 100 men. The German forts…
EventHarry Frederick Oppenheimer is born in Kimberley
… Oppenheimer was born in Kimberley on 28 October 1908 to Ernest Oppenheimer and Mary Lina Pollock. Oppenheimer … became actively involved in politics and was…
PlaceCookhouse, Eastern Cape
… of Cookhouse was located on the Farm; 'Roodewal', near a River crossing. It probably derived its name from a small stone structure, over the Great Fish river…
PlaceBeachwood Mangroves Swamp, Durban
… near one of the Country's largest Cities, they benefit a number of important educational institutions. It was declared a National Monument under old NMC…
PlaceMalawi
… and the mountain range of southern Malawi have been added to the UNESCO World Heritage List. The Bijagós Archipelago is … in most parts of Southern Africa…
PlaceCape Town Civic Centre and the CBD of Cape Town
… The Cape Town Civic centre is a Building in the centre of Cape Town , which is just under … the mayor of Cape Town . Cape Town CBD (sometimes referred to as…
PlaceChurch Square, Pretoria
… of Pretoria, Marthinus Pretorius declared the square to be used as a church yard and market place! The square was surrounded … amidst the trek oxen and the…
PlaceMichaelis School of Fine Art
… of Cape Town , is located on Hiddingh Campus, which is a cluster of university buildings between Orange Street and … d. Zurich, Switzerland, 26 January 1932)…
PlaceWild Coast
… The Wild Coast, known also as the Transkei , is a 250 Kilometre long stretch of rugged and unspoiled … Wild Coast is Rural South Africa at its best and the…
PlaceSabie Sands Game Reserve
… The Sabi Sands Game Reserve is a 65,000 Hectare Reserve, pioneered by local Landowners in the 1950s , and shares a border with the' World-Renowned': Kruger…
PlaceNiger
… Niger (was a former French colony to the north of Nigeria) and Nigeria (was a former British colony) were both named after the Niger …