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PlaceWestoe, Westoe Road, Mowbray
The property was originally granted to Francois Pieter de Necker in 1785 and formed part of the Farm Coornhoop. The House, Built in a Cape Dutch style and…
PlaceMea Vota, Rissik Street, Sunnyside, Pretoria
This dwelling was designed and built in about 1899 by A Westenberg and C van der Made, both engineers employed by the Netherelands-South Africa Railway Co, for…
Document 29 - Letter from S. P. Bunting to E. R. Roux, 5 December 1928
… have seen. [-----,-- -] reported in the Star & Mail of Nov 19 which you may also have seen. We were threatened or warned … will be the next - he [-] 1/3 ) of…
ArticlePoor Whites and their Political Weapon: Constructing the Kakamas Dam
… already provided land, food and work for 3000 settlers. [19] This grew to 574 families by 1945. [20] These settlers … armoedeverligting”, Historia (Vol. 57),…
PlaceWandel and Barnet Streets, Gardens
The five properties involved are part of a larger complex of Georgian terrace Houses, The original portions of this House reputedly served as an out-building…
PlaceRust-en-Vrede, Wellington Road, Durbanville
Construction of this complex dates from the mid 19th Century and reflects a blending of Cape Dutch, Georgian and Victorian Architectural Features. During its…
EventGriffiths Mxenge is buried
… civil rights lawyer and political activist murdered on 19 November, was buried at his home village of Rayi, near …
EventSir James Liege Hulett dies in Durban, South Africa
… 1838 in South Yorkshire, England. In 1857, at the age of 19, he came to South Africa. Sir Hulett founded Tongaat …
PlaceCentral African Republic
Diamond prospectors in the Central African Republic have found polished flint and quartz tools that are at least 8,000 years old. About 2,500 years ago local…
PlaceLighthouse, Beach Road, Green Point
… 1865, improved in 1906 and electrified in 1929. Standing 19.5m above high water, its light has a range of over 20 km. …
ArticleThe Linton Panel & the San language
Very little is known about the languages of South Africa's San people, as most of these beautiful, ancient languages were never recorded. Fortunately, the /Xam…
ArticleANC and the early development of apartheid 1948-1950s
… ended tragically when police started shooting, killing 19 and injuring 30. The ANC declared 26 June as a national …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1980-1989
… outside Pretoria, using Soviet Grad P rockets. 19 November , Griffiths Mxenge, an attorney and a member of … in Lesotho. The incursion is widely condemned…
Call for Papers: Teaching Palestine: Pedagogical Praxis and the Indivisibility of Justice
… study tour will be convened in South Africa on March 18-19, 2019 (international conferences), and March 20-25, 2019 … Palestine South African conference on…
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 23 May 1983, Volume 77 and Volume 78
… Transcript of evidence (continued from 17, 18, 19 and 20 May 1983) from Bishop Desmond Tutu, to the …
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 20 May 1983, Volume 76
… Transcript of evidence (continued from 17, 18, 19 and 20 May 1983) from Bishop Desmond Tutu, to the …
PlaceKeur River Bridge
Situated on the Historic Montagu Pass this bridge was built in 1847. This solid bridge was designed by Charles Michell and built by Henry Ford White (who…
EventSouth Africa win the most medals at the 7th All African Games
… with 128 medals. The closing ceremony of the games was on 19 September. The 1999 Games included: athletics, baseball, …
PlaceHouses Brill and Andrew Murray, together with Tuck Shop, Grey-College, Bloemfontein
… designed by Frank Taylor, and were officially opened on 19 December 1907 by the then Governor of the Orange River …
PlacePrince Edward Islands
The sub-Antarctic Prince Edward Island Group consists of; Marion Island (19km long 12 km wide) and Prince Edward Island (10 km long and 6.5km wide). These…
PlaceRavenswood House, Hatfield Street, Gardens
Ravenswood House is the only known example in Cape Town of the late classical Georgian Architectural Style of the beginning of the 19th Century. This Double…
ArchiveThe Women’s Jail at the Old Fort and its Impact by Claire Ennis
… racial group to disease-ridden, crammed quarters. [7] In 1959, a typhoid outbreak exposed the gross conditions … and water sources sat directly beside one…
EventSolly Sachs leaves South Africa
… of Communism Act (1950) had been served on him on 19 May 1952 and his arrest on two occasions during the same …
EventNelson Mandela was issued with his first passport after being released from prison
… was issued with his first South African passport on 19 February 1990, 8 days after he was released from prison. …
EventUN approves embargo against Ethiopia and Eritrea
… http://www.bangla2000.com/News/Archive/International/5-19-2000/news_detail1.html …
EventAhmed Ben Bella is moved to a French hospital after 11 days of hunger strike
… bases of the latter across the border in Morocco. On June 19, 1965, after less than three years as Prime Minister and …
EventFormer Kenyan President, Jomo Kenyatta, dies
… Following a five month trial, he was imprisoned until 1959 and detained until 1961. Kenyatta became Prime Minister …
General South African History Timeline: 1970s
… general election held in April, a new cabinet is sworn in. 19 May, John Vorster visits Malawi and stresses the desire … Signs multilateral treaty on the…
PlaceJohannesburg, Gauteng Province
… 4.9 Million People - the majority of whom are aged between 19 and 39. According to the Mastercard Global Destination … * Gary Jim Player , SA PGA golfer (US…
EventInsulin is first introduced to the American public
… the Nobel Peace Prize committee subsequently regretted. On 19 July 1923, insulin was introduced to the public. It had …