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… A Town 100 km away from Pretoria North. It was laid out in 1882 on the Farms: 'Het bad; Noodshulp; Roodepoort and Tufbult'. This Area attained Municipal status in 1932. The Town was proclaimed as Hartingsburg in 1882 but renamed Warmbad in 1920. Afrikaans for 'hot …

… Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR, pronounced 'kammelar'), in Canberra, Australia. CCAMLR entered into force in 1982 in order to regulate exploitation of marine living resources …

… The monument created by Anton van Wouw , was put up in 1913 in remembrance of the 26 370 Boer women and children who died in prison camps during the South African War . This …

… Nedbank Million Dollar Golf Tournament for the first time in his career on home soil since he turned pro in 1989. The Million Dollar Tournament was played at the Gary Player Country Club Golf Course in Sun City. Els finished the tournament with a remarkable …

… The Centre for Indian Studies in Africa (CISA) presents a talk by Emery Patrick Effiboley, … the concept of decolonisation has become a clarion call in the academic discourse. In this presentation, Effiboley will discuss what the concept …

… In February 1964 the International Labour Organisation (ILO) voted in favour of the suspension of South Africa from its Annual … Africa declined to withdraw, but on this date it stated in a communication its decision to withdraw from the …  [Accessed: 13 February 2014]|ILO,  ILO activities in the post-war world (Part 2: 1960-1988) 1964 ,  …

… Abdelhamid Abou Zeid was born Mohammed Ghadir in Algeria. He was an Islamist militant who became one of the top three military commanders of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), a Mali-based militant … Zeid made millions by kidnapping Westerners for ransom. In 2012, AQIM took control of Timbuktu, established sharia …

… Language Association and other societies like Our Language in Bloemfontein, the language was finally recognised in 1925. The South African Academy for Language, Letters and Art society, which was set up in 1909 to reconcile the champions of Dutch and Afrikaans, …

… and devout Muslim, Mohamed Hajee Joosub, died in Pretoria. Joosub left his birth place Ranavav, India where he was born in 1862, at the age of 14. He undertook a voyage to South Africa in 1876 and opened a general dealer’s in 1883. He had …

… Bernstein, 1978, South Africa The cause of death revealed in the medical evidence was not disputed. Death was brought … pathologists testified to the primary injury sustained in Room 619. The Post Mortem Witness; Professor Johan Loubser, Chief State Pathologist in Pretoria He had performed a post mortem examination of …

… White poster. Title in blue letters in oblong boxes outlined with three blue lines. COSAW Logo in blue . Civil Association of Southern Transvaal Logo in …

… whether the Bill published does not break the compromise in almost every particular. I ask you, then, to go back to … as well as the risk of the Government refusing in a huff what otherwise they might have granted. "If we do not admit our inferiority as human beings in any sense whatever and if we believe that we possess the …

… not agree with me and he argued that there is some value in getting white students at least to be aware of some of the things that make people (black and white) in this country see things differently and he assured me that … to state very clearly where some of us stand at this time in our history. Very often the viewpoint of the so called …

… White background. Yellow scrollwork in four corners. Grey oval in centre containing replicas of postage stamps issued in Southern African countries in 1990. Philatelic services …

… The discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand in 1886 was a turning point in South African history. Far more than diamonds, this … agricultural society to become the largest gold-producer in the world. "...In chemistry the diamond, being pure …

… of the Gold Coast became part of the Gold Coast management in 1897. Led by Osei Tutu together with his chief priest, … Ashanti changed the constitution and the symbols of office in order to expand the power of the kingdom. That change was made prior the annexation by Great Britain. Located in West Africa, the country (Ghana) became the first nation …

… Montecasino is located in the suburb of Fourways in Northern Johannesburg. The casino and entertainment … and is named after the village of Monte Cassino near Rome in Italy. The property is owned by Tsogo Sun and houses a …

… Andrew Charles Hudson was born on 17 March 1965 in Eshowe, Natal (KwaZulu Natal). He distinguished himself as a cricketer by playing in 35 tests and 89 One Day International cricket matches for South Africa in the 1990s.  Hudson was a right-handed batsman and was most …

… pro-Patrice Lumumba troops and United Nations (UN) forces in Congo. The fight came almost a year after parliamentary elections in May 1960, where the National Congolese Movement (MNC) … to Elizabethville, Katanga, where he was murdered in January, 1961. In an official broadcast just days before …

… residents were forcefully removed to Meadowlands in Soweto . In January 1955 the government deployed security police in Sophiatown in anticipation of a major resistance effort …

… author of Afrikaans books, mostly for children, was born in Carnarvon, in the Karoo region of South Africa. Latsky was known for her … science editor for the Nasionale Pers and collaborated in the publication of the Kennis vir Almal series, to which …

… Mgijima (Mgizima), Fingo prophet of the Israelites sect in the Eastern Cape, died in Ntabelanga, Queenstown. His followers, believing Enoch's … outside Queenstown. This had lead to the Bulhoek Massacre in 1921. In the conflict with police, his followers charged …

… Natal. Ngubane occupied many high political positions in the IFP and other spheres of government. He was minister of arts, culture and technology in President Mandela's Government of National Unity from 1994 until August 1997. In March 1997, Ngubane was appointed as premier of …

… of France, Eugene Louis Jean Joseph Napoleon, who studied in England at the Royal Military Academy and joined the British forces, was killed in the Anglo-Zulu War when he and a British reconnaissance party were attacked by about forty Zulus in the vicinity of Itelezi Mountain and Ityotyozi River in …

… Former Commander-General of the Boers in Natal and later Republican statesman, Andries Wilhemus Jacobus Pretorius, died on his farm in the Magaliesberg area. In 1838, Pretorius led a Voortrekker commando to defeat Zulu …

… Daniel Arap Moi was elected President of Kenya in what would be his twentieth year in office since his swearing in, in 1978 following the death of Mzee Jomo Kenyatta.   …

… Chambers Business and Labour Leaders, Distniguished Guests In 1937 Franklin D. Roosevelt made the following statement … subsistence. But here is the challenge to our democracy: In this nation I see tens of millions of its citizens -a … over them day by day. I see millions whose daily lives in city and on farm continue under conditions labeled …

… Aggett had been a couple for the better part of a decade. In that time, they both became doctors, then followed … not always shared. Often they were so intensely involved in their work that they were apart even when they were … one morning 13 months ago and the security police burst in, their working lives were suspended and time froze. …

… Situated on the ground floor of University Corner in the heart of Braamfontein, The Wits Art Museum is one of … from the Nelson Mandela Bridge . Its’ collections begun in the 1950’s and was known as the first collecting … classical African art. Named the Getrude Posel Gallery in 1972, it was established on the ground floor of Senate …

… Initiative (ASAI) is a non-profit company, specializing in research and publication on the visual Arts in Africa. ASAI began in 2005, concerned with the lack of engagement by South …