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PlaceHelderberg, Somerset West
… mountain range , in the Western Cape, South Africa. The Helderberg Nature Reserve is situated on the … newly declared Wilderness Nature Reserve protects…
PlaceDzata Venda Ruins and Museum of the Drum, Louis Trichardt
… municipality, Vhembe district, in the north of South Africa. Scholars who have made a study of the various legends … Dzata ruins is now one of the national…
PlaceTiffindell Ski Resort, Eastern Cape
… Tiffindell Ski Resort - South Africa's only ski resort situated in Barkley East, Eastern Cape, South Africa's only snow ski resort! Tiffindell Ski Resort…
PlaceKings Park Stadium, Durban
… Kings Park Stadium is the eighth-largest Stadium in South Africa by capacity (52,000). The Stadium has also been used … In 1996, the Stadium was one of the…
Neville Alexander interviewed by Rupert Taylor and Adam Habib,25 April 1998, Cape Town
… of what they feel the conflict was about in South Africa, and who they think the major protagonists were. … of literature that describes the type of conflict…
EventWaaihoek women embark on anti-pass passive resistance campaign
… White areas – a phenomenon familiar to the rest of South Africa at the time. Black people had already been segregated …
Remember Soweto 16 June 1976
… activists, journalists and academics from the UK and South Africa sharing the views and experiences of a key turning …
Place'Aba Mponjwana', Drakensberg Mountains
… contrast to the dry canyons found elsewhere in Southern Africa. (link in further reading) …
PlaceMaclear's Beacon
… of the Table Mountain National Park in Cape Town , South Africa. This World Heritage Site was origanally caled; … of the Table Mountain National Park in Cape…
ArchiveInterview with Peter Donald Hjul
… by the security police, Hjul and his family left South Africa for Britain on an exit permit in 1965. Hjul continued …
PlaceRhodes Cottage, Main Road, Muizenberg
… estate of JR Reid. Historical events in the rest of South Africa kept Rhodes away from his home, and it was only in …
PlaceOld Railway Station Museum, Uitenhage
… reputed to be one of the oldest Railway Stations in South Africa. At this quaint museum, two vintage locomotives, a …
PlaceGeorge Harrison Park
… gave rise to the largest and most vibrant city in South Africa. The original 10-stamp battery mill that was used to …
PlaceSt Michael and All Angels Anglican Church, Boksburg
… of the last designed by the architect before he left South Africa in 1913. …
EventAndries Dreyer, church archivist and collector of Africana, dies
… an honourary doctorate from the University of South Africa. He died on 31 August 1938 in Cape Town. … D.J et al. (eds) (1971) Standard Encyclopaedia of…
EventPolitical activist Molly Blackburn is born
… where she learned more about the problems that faced South Africa.The National Party (NP) regarded her as a trouble …
EventDaily Dispatch editor, Donald Woods, arrives in Britain with his family
… arrived in Britain with his family after fleeing South Africa via Lesotho and Botswana. Woods was prosecuted seven … South African Guide, (2010), South…
EventSoweto agrees to pay rent
… to create a just local government system in South Africa. The two parties agreed to: To end the five year rent …
EventFearon Fallows, first Astronomer Royal at the Cape, is born in England
… et al. (eds) (1970) Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa. Cape Town: NASOU, v. 4, p. 424. …
EventThe Dutch East India Company decides to send French Huguenot refugees to the Cape
… England, America, the Netherlands, Poland and South Africa, where they could enjoy religious freedom. The Dutch … & Rousseau.| Giliomee et al. (2007), New…
EventTruck drivers strike in major cities
… in the Vaal Rand area. The dispute affected half of South Africa's transport businesses and had a considerable impact … wsws Workers Struggles: Europe &…
EventWorld Red Cross and Red Crescent Day
… have achieved a 75% decrease in the cases of measles in Africa and are among the leaders in their campaign to …
EventThousands are killed after terrorists crashed hijacked airliners into the World Trade Centre in New York and the Pentagon in Washington
… they suspected of having al-Qaeda ties. In South Africa, flights to the USA were suspended, security measures …
EventResearchers proclaim they found a type of SIVcpz that is almost identical to HIV
… Troglodytes, which were once widespread in west-central Africa. The team of researchers, led by Paul Sharp of …
EventGandhi leads Satyagraha Passive Resistance Campaign
… Transvaal (now known as Gauteng Province), Union of South Africa. The campaign was prompted by the introduction of the …
EventThe cornerstone of Cape Town City Hall is laid
… 39 bells making it one of the largest carillons in South Africa. The City Hall overlooks the Grande Parade, flanked by …
EventChief Malaboch is taken prisoner
… et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 7. …
EventFirst Tramway Company in Cape Town commences operations, with a horse
… Public transport in South Africa commenced in Cape Town in May 1801, when a weekly …
EventThe official Commission of Inquiry into the mass media tables its report
… held between the Government and the Press Union of South Africa on matters concerning the Press. On these occasions …
EventThe Native Affairs Commission went once more to Ntabelanga for negotiations
… a pilgrimage of his followers from all over South Africa. About 3 000 people arrived in the area and proceeded … ‘Because They Chose the Plan of God’, …