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EventUmkhonto we Sizwe bombs Church Street, Pretoria
One of South Africa’s deadliest terror attacks took place in Church Street, Pretoria, in 1983, when Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the armed wing of the African…
PlaceCypress Tea Gardens, Hermanus
Mystery and romance surround the original building. In those days it consisted of two stone and clay fisherman's cottages built in 1875 in the vernacular style…
PlaceBoys High School, Pretoria
It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 26 May 1978. National Cultural History and Open Air Museum, Pretoria. Pretoria Boys High…
EventVerney Cameron is first European to cross equatorial Africa
Verney Lovett Cameron entered the British navy in 1857, taking part in the Abyssinian campaign of 1868 and in the suppression of the East African slave trade…
EventThe corner stone of the Union Buildings in Pretoria is laid
The Union Buildings is the seat of the South African government and is situated in the capital city, Pretoria, now known as Tshwane. It was designed by Sir…
EventThe corner stone of the Union Buildings in Pretoria is laid.
The Union Buildings is the seat of the South African government and is situated in the capital city, Pretoria, now known as Tshwane. It was designed by Sir…
PlaceGrey Street Complex
Grey Street is the teaming business and residential Indian sector of the Durban City Centre, and is also the educational, cultural and business heart of; the…
EventCol. Muammar Gaddafi seizes power in Libya
On 1 September 1969, Muammar Gaddafi seized power in Libya after a coup d'etat. Gaddafi, the leader of the Free Unionist Officers movement, overthrew the…
PlaceNairobi National Museum, East Africa
The history of the institution dates back in 1910 when a Museum was established in Nairobi by the then East Africa and Uganda Natural History Society …
PlacePrince Mangosuthu Buthelezi or Ulundi Airport, Kwa-Zulu Natal
The Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi Airport is also often known as: the 'Ulundi Airport'. It is situated in the beautiful South African Province of- KwaZulu-Natal…
PlaceLuneburg, Kwazulu Natal
Lüneburg is located between the towns of Piet Retief and Vryheid on the border of the KwaZulu Natal Province and the Mpumalanga Province of South Africa, has…
PlaceKatberg, Eastern Cape
About 30 kilometres from Hogsback and close on two hours from East London, the little town of Katberg lies in enviable countryside. Citrus orchards, green…
EventVergelegen Wine Estate Owner Samuel Kerr Dies
Samuel Kerr,an Irishman, wastheowner of the Vergelegen Wine Estate, Somerset West from 1901-1917. He acquired the estate on 29 March 1901 at a price of £11,404…
PlaceNigel, an East Rand Mining Town
The Town of Nigel began as a gold Mining Town in the late 1800's. It was named after a book the Prospector, (which is a person who searches for mineral…
PlaceZonnebloem College, Cape Town
The College was founded in the 1850s on the farm Zonnebloem (sunflower) by controversial Cape Governor Sir George Grey in his drive to strip the Xhosa people…
57. The Agreement does not touch the root of anti-Asiaticism
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai P. S. Aiyar, Leo R. Gopaul and 45 other Indians in…
57. The Agreement does not touch the root cause of anti-Asiaticism
P. S. Aiyar, Leo R. Gopaul and 45 other Indians in Durban sent a 'manifesto' to the Prime Minister in March 1927. The document argued that the settlement…
ArchiveNothing groundbreaking in Mandela debate by Steven Friedman, 09 December 2015
SOUTH Africa’s mainstream does not debate ideas — it debates people. Which is why the argument about the Mandela legacy is really about where the country is…
PlaceUmdoni Municipality
Umdoni Local Municipality is located under the Ugu District Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal Province. It is made up of 10 wards, most of which are rural…
ArticleColonial history of Bloemfontein
The area between the Orange and Vaal rivers, originally known as Transoranje, with its abundance of permanent water sources, was the hunting grounds of the San…
Extract from a speech made at Bethlehem on 2 September
The Prime Minister described and analysed the political dispensation of the day in an exemplary fashion. It was his first public appearance following the…
ArchiveMarikana: The blame game - A special report by Niren Tolsi and Paul Botes
Introduction On August 16 2012 the South African police shot and killed 34 striking miners at the Lonmin platinum mine in Marikana. Nearly three years later…
PlaceAmatikulu, a Nature Reserve in Kwa-Zulu Natal
Town some 130 km North-East of Durban, near Gingindlovu. Where the first sugar factory in Zululand was established in 1908 by Sir J.L. Hulett. Roughly an hour…
EventProVerb, the South Africa hip hop artist, television and radio presenter is born
Tebogo Sidney Thapelo Thekisho, stagename ProVerb was born in Kimberley, [i] Northern Cape on 12 April 1981.[ii] He is a on-air radio presenter, radio…
PlaceXanadu Nature Estate, Hartebeespoort
The beautiful Xanadu Nature Estate, in Hartbeespoort, is set on 240 Hectares and overlooks the majestic Magaliesberg Mountain Range. A natural Wetland runs…
PlaceNapier
The road to Napier takes you through never ending fields of wheat and barley, where the endangered Blue Crane can often be seen gathered together in large…
PlacePinetown and its Museum
About half an hour’s drive from Durban is a thriving industrial and commercial town named after Sir Benjamin Pine, Governor of Natal (1873-75). At the heart of…
PlaceUganda
Uganda is a landlocked Country in East Africa, whose diverse landscape encompasses the snow-capped Rwenzori Mountains and immense Lake Victoria. Its abundant…
Document 2 - Letter from the Cape Labour Party to James Ramsay, 12 August 1908
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 2 - Letter from the Cape Labour Party to James…
EventSouth Africa is told by IAEA to open all nuclear plants to international inspection
On 28 September 1984, the 266th plenary meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) was held. In a summary document of the meeting entitled 'South…