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PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Buitenkant Street, Cape Town
This complex dates from 1892 and includes the church building, Cornelia House, and the William Frederick School. It was built by the Tafelberg Congregation and…
PlaceTable Mountain, Cape Town
… WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OF AN EXPERIENCED CLIMBER! " Posted on 19 January 2026 By Lee-Ann Steyn One of the most elusive wild …
PlaceSudwala Caves, Nelspruit
The Sudwala Caves are the oldest known caves in the World and lie in the Drakensberg Escarpment, which separates the Highveld from the lowlands of Mpumalanga. …
PlaceSprings
The Town of Springs, East of Johannesburg, is on the East Rand, or what is now known as the Metropolitan area of Ekurhuleni, in the Gauteng Province. It was…
PlacePeddie
… 16,525 residents, of whom 2,025 were literate 1904 census: 19,739 residents, of whom 3,384 were literate. Fort Peddie …
43. Resolutions adopted at a mass meeting of the Natal Indian Patriotic Congress, 1909
… at a mass meeting of British Indians held at Durban on 19 and 20 December 1909. Only one of the six resolutions is …
PlaceGugulethu Township
… were apparently moved from Windermere to the new camp on 19 December 1958. History of Gugulethu Gugulethu is also …
PlaceBlue Crane Municipality, Sarah Baartman District- Eastern Cape
… Municipality of seven in the District, accounting for 19% of the Geographical Area, and is an an Administrative … Municipality of seven in the District,…
PlacePhilip Kgosana Drive, Devil's Peak Estate- Cape Town
… underground and into militarization. Kgosana died on April 19, 2017 aged 80 after a short illness. President Jacob Zuma …
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1960 - 1969
… academic and economic boycott of South Africa. March 19, The Pan-African Congress (PAC) announces, that it will … Congress as being the dominant liberation…
EventDeath in detention of Ahmed Timol
Ahmed Timol was born on the 3rd November 1941 in Breyten in current-day Mpumalanga. He grew up in Roodepoort and trained as a teacher. In 1964 he attended the…
PlaceKakamas, Northern Cape
Kakamas is a rather small town situated in the Northern Cape of South Africa. This interesting town was originally built by a church and named after the Khoi…
EventAmina Lawal's sentence upheld
… On 19 August 2002, an Islamic high court in the Katsina state of …
PlaceCullinan
… at Westminster Hall, awaiting her funeral on September 19, 2022. The Town of Cullinan offers many outdoor …
Bibliography: Missionary settlement in southern Africa
… University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. 1959. The Missionary on the Eastern Frontier of the Cape …
ArticleDefiance Campaign timeline 1948-1952
… Defiance Campaign accused are charged with High Treason. 1959 The Pan-Africanist Congress (PAC) splits from the …
ArchiveCelebrating 200 years of the South African Astronomical Observatory by Karel van der Vyver (Daily Maverick), 16 October 2020
… of the SAAO as a National Heritage Site; due to Covid-19 the celebrations will be held virtually, starting in the …
ArticleFanakalo: the language of mining culture
… Historically, however, Fanakalo was taught formally.. [19] Mesthrie states that it ‘[was] taught via a … . ↵ [15] Ibid. ↵ [16] Ibid. ↵ [17] Ibid. ↵ [18] Ibid…
Outbreak of bubonic plague
… The building was completed and ready for occupation within 19 days from the date of its commission. On 24 April the … Plague Board and Doctors . These…
ArticleJune 16 Soweto Youth Uprising timeline: 1976-1986
… the police and using them to shoot back at the police. 19 June, The Government Gazette announces that 123 persons … die in detention. Ten people died in…
PlaceTransvaal Province
The Transvaal is a historical region and former Province of South Africa, located North of the Vaal River, that existed from 1910 to 1994. It's now part of the…
PlacePhalaborwa, Limpopo Province
… eruptions left an astounding geological feature measuring 19 spare kilometres, filled with phosphates, copper iconium, …
PlaceTsolwana Game Reserve, Eastern Cape
Nestled against the Northern slopes of the Winterberg Mountain range at the edge of the Karoo, Tsolwana Game Reserve lies between Cradock and Queenstown, near…
PlaceoThongathi, previously Tongaat
The area was formally developed around 1848–1850 when land was granted to settlers for sugar cultivation. Derived from the Zulu word 'uThongathi', which…
PlaceRepublic of Congo
… British and French colonies, made the situation worse. In 1959 there were riots in Leopoldville (later to become … working conditions of those living in the…
ArticleXhosa
The four major ethnic divisions among Black South Africans are the Nguni, Sotho, Shangaan-Tsonga and Venda. The Nguni represent nearly two thirds of South…
ArticleInkatha Freedom Party (IFP)
The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) is a South African political organization, established by Chief Gatsha Buthelezi, which encouraged a resurgent Zulu nationalism…
ArticlePaul Kruger Timeline 1825-1904
… Paul Kruger crosses the Komatipoort border October 19, Paul Kruger goes on board the Dutch cruiser, De …
ArticleSefako Mapogo Makgatho Timeline 1861-1961
1861 Sefako Mapogo Makgatho is born at Ga Mphahlele, Pietersburg district in Transvaal (now Limpopo province). 1870 The death of the King of the Baostho…
ArticleForced removals on Highveld and "black spots", 1912-1991
… had been on the Highveld since the last quarter of the 19 th century and had come to the end of an era of lucrative …