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… This structure was erected in 1883 and was used as a repeater-station for harbour signals between the observatory and Signal Hill. In 1895 its height was increased from 5.1m to 10.2m. … ball was hand operated but its mechanism was electrified in 1903 and in 1934 the system was replaced altogether by …

… Sir Patrick Duncan was born on 21 December 1870 in Fortrie, Banffshire, Scotland as the second son of a crofter. He received a Master of Arts in Classics from Balliol College in Oxford in 1981. After writing his law examinations in 1893 …

… artist, priest and humanitarian was born on this day in Pittem, western Belgium. After completing his studies, he immigrated to South Africa in 1946 as a Catholic missionary. He was initially posted to … Free State, where he worked among the black people living in and around Bloemfontein. He served primarily in …

… Sir Thomas Cullinan was born in the The Cape Colony in 1862. He settled in Barberton, before moving to Johannesburg in 1887. He began …

… military means. The political events which have occurred in the last few years have convinced the overwhelming … It can also be gauged by their reluctance to participate in orthodox political struggles in which they expose themselves to massive retaliation …

… under the auspices of the Market Theatre Foundation. In the last two years Windybrow has been Restored. The team … Books Reading Room. It is a centre that is bursting in its response to new opportunities and Educational needs.     Going back in time, Windybrow started as a large family Home. It dates …

… the Western Front,” the German sociologist Max Weber wrote in September 1917, there “stands a dross of African and … who were then fighting with British and French forces in Europe, as well as in several ancillary theatres of the first world war. Faced …

… Context In the 1960s, Senegal was a new, independent nation. It had previously been ruled in succession by the Portuguese, the Dutch and finally the … Senegal struggled to create its own cultural identity. In 1963, the young nation wrote its first constitution, and …

… committees, or local affairs committees, was introduced in 1963. These bodies were to be given increasing powers over the years in the running of local affairs. In the following document, Yunus Moolla, president of the …

… a close. The last month of this year will be remembered in the Southern hemisphere for the total solar eclipse in some parts that for six seemingly long minutes blocked out the sun from view. I am told by those who were present in the Limpopo Province that when this occurred, it felt as …

… Shula Marks about Allison Champion’s influence on workers in the years leading up to his banning in 1930. The first of this two-part series focuses on Champion’s rise to prominence in Durban by winning a number of legal battles on behalf of …

… violence, tension and conflict. That is unacceptable and in nobody's interest. The well-being of all in this country is linked inextricably to the ability of the … aim is a totally new and just constitutional dispensation in which every inhabitant will enjoy equal rights, treatment …

… to be proclaimed at the Cape; after the British occupation in 1806. It then embraced the present Districts of: "Mossel … Site, John Campbell of the London Missionary Society , in 1813, wrote: "A more pleasant one I have not seen in Africa, it abounds with wood, water and majestic scenery". …

…   In 1835, Captain Allan Gardiner retired from the navy and … the Zulus as a whole were singularly disinterested in both his and most other Missionary efforts, when he … wooded Hill West of the Bay. He named his Mission, Berea, in honour of St. Paul. The land upon which the Mission …

… looks down majestically from Thomas Street, Simon’s Town in the Western Cape. Passers-by, especially Tourists, gaze up in wonder at its fine Architecture, curved lines and … where yachts sail serenely by. The Mosque is situated in a quaint Area of Simon’s Town, steeped in the History of a …

… Events across the globe in the past twelve months have moved at a new speed, in some instances, a dazzling pace. The period from the … coup to the installation of a transitional government in Mozambique, representing a rapid process of demolition of …

… to encourage co-operation between town councils in matters of common interest. The body was composed of … of town councils and performed some useful work in subjects such as public health and sanitation, police … One of its special concerns was to safeguard the towns in the three cornered contest between the central government, …

… 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 by Swedish boat builder, John Louis, …

… South African artist and musician Gerard Sekoto (80) died in Paris. Often cited as the pioneer of urban black art and … studied to be a teacher and his art career only began in earnest when he moved to Sophiatown, Johannesburg in 1939. Life in Sophiatown provided him with his subject …

… Muafangejo died suddenly of a heart attack at his home in Katutura Township, Windhoek. He was 44 years old. Muafangejo was born on 5 October 1943 in Etunda lo Nghadi, Ovamboland, Angola. He came from the Kwanyama people and spent his childhood tending cattle in his father's kraal. After his father's death in 1955, his …

… In 1949 Kwame Nkrumah formed the Convention People's party … After his 'positive action' campaign created disturbances in 1950, Nkrumah was jailed, but when the CPP swept the 1951 … government, and he led the colony to independence as Ghana in 1957. A firm believer in African liberation, Nkrumah …

… Karel Schoeman was born on 26 October 1939 in Trompsburg, Orange Free State.  He matriculated from the HoÁƒÂƒÂ«r Jongenskool in Paarl in 1956, obtained a BA in languages at the University of the …

… This day in history, Robert Broom, known for having discovered “Mrs Ples”, was born in Paisley, Scotland. Though Broom was educated as a doctor, specializing in the field of midwifery, he was fascinated by the origin of …

… word among the Indian community. I faintly realised in those early days the powers of the simple man who was to achieve in the fullness of time such miracles as even in their heyday warriors like Napoleon could only dream of. …

… Gandhi arrived in Durban , Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) in 1893 to serve as legal counsel to a merchant Dada Abdulla! In June, Dada Abdulla asked him to undertake a rail trip to …

… of Segregation as a solution of the 'Native question in South Africa has for fifteen years been associated with … the name of General Hertzog. He became the Prime Minister in 1924 and introduced his segregation scheme in the shape of the Civilized Labour Policy; the Colour Bar …

… The elegant gazebo in the Civic Square was built in 1924.  It was the home of a coach magnate, Doel … service between Pietersburg (now Polokwane) and Bulawayo (in Zimbabwe, then Rhodesia) in 1894.  It is a reminder of an …

… In 1969 Somalian president Abd-i-rashid Ali Shermarke was assassinated in a military Coup. Major General Mohammad Siyad Barre took … strong ties with the USSR and other Soviet-bloc nations. In 1978 the Barre government lost Soviet support when it … Bobby-Evans, A., This day in African History: 26 January , from About.com , [online], …

… Marie Koopmans-De Wet followed in her father’s footsteps as she established herself in the social and cultural life of Cape Town. In 1864, she married Johan Christoffel Koopmans, who was an …

… On 3 October 1844, Sir Patrick Manson was born in Oldmeldrum in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. He was an important physician at the time, and contributed to research in the field of parasitology, and the founder of tropical … Kelvin, KWT, 2012. In memory of Patrick Manson, founding father of tropical …