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PlaceRichtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape, Northern Cape
… The 1600 square kilometers in area is the Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape. This is a dramatic Mountainous Desert in the Northern Cape of South…
PlaceGordonia Division
… Magisterial district and division in the North-West in the Cape Province. Named after Sir Gordon Sprigg, who was … principal town. It is the largest…
PlaceDolobran, Parktown, Johannesburg
… Dolobran was built in 1906 for Sir Charles Llewellyn Andersson, son of the … and brilliant accountancy. He was a prominent figure in the mining and financial…
EventSouth Africa celebrates the first National Women’s Day
… In one of the largest demonstrations staged in this country's history, 20 000 women of all races marched … famously challenged the idea that 'a woman's place…
EventPaarl Riots report submitted
… weapons, marched from the Mbekweni location to Paarl in its most determined effort to destabilise South Africa and … and killed a man and a woman before…
EventGeneral Law Amendment Act No 37 is approved
… suspected of a political crime. They could be legally held in solitary confinement for ninety days and denied access to … Since detention without trial was…
EventThe apartheid government establishes a Department for Coloured Affairs’ (CAD)
… Long before the inception of apartheid "Coloured" people in South Africa occupied this precarious position between … of this was the Separate Representation…
EventWorld Health Day
… Day. This date commemorates the formation of the WHO in 1945. The WHO's Constitution came into effect on 7 April … awareness campaign, the WHO hopes to…
EventAfrikaans is declared an official language of South Africa
… This is substantiated by the variety of influences present in Afrikaans. These would include Khoisan, Malaysian, French, … language of a region influencing…
EventThe Vereeniging peace conference begins
… Free State attended the Peace Conference, which was held in Vereeniging. The delegates were elected by the commandos … Gen. L. Botha and M.T Steyn held…
EventThe South African War: The lifting of the siege of Mafeking
… Mafeking (now known as Mafikeng) was an important battle in the South African War (Second Anglo-Boer War). The war began in late 1899; President Kruger…
PlaceHout Bay, Atlantic Seaboard- Western Cape
… fishing village of Hout Bay was probably established in about 1867 when a German immigrant , Jacob Trautmann, began to Farm and fish in the Area. Its name…
EventSir John Frederick William Herschel dies
… Herschel, died. Herschel began to take a serious interest in astronomy from about 1816. Herschel's father was the … used it to construct one of the most…
EventThe Cape Agulhas lighthouse begins operating
… the construction of a lighthouse at Agulhas was requested in March 1837 by the Cape's surveyor-general and civil … 1847. On 8 January 1848, the foundation…
EventAmina Lawal’s sentence upheld
… On 19 August 2002, an Islamic high court in the Katsina state of Nigeria, upheld a sentence of death … filed another appeal to the Upper Sharia court of…
PlaceuMnambithi was called Ladysmith
… Harry Smith’s, Spanish wife' . Ladysmith was established in 1850 and served as a staging-post for fortune hunters on their way to the gold fields in the then…
PlacePolokwane
… Is a City of 1 30,000 people counted in the census of 2011 . It now has a Population of about … or “Place of Safety” is the largest urban centre in the…
ArchivePostage stamps: fourth quarter 1990
… White background, red scrollwork in four corners, with grey oval centre, containing coloured replicas of postage stamps issued in Southern African countries…
PlaceWelgelegen Ilanga Colliery, Mpumalanga
… iLanga Coal Mines (Pty) Ltd. owns and operates Coal Mines in the Ermelo and Witbank Coalfields. The company was founded in 1996 and is based in Middelburg,…
ArchiveMayibuye : Journal of the ANC
… Mayibuye in black, green and gold lettering on yellow background. Notice of April issue - On sale now in red letters. List of contents in green lettering…
ArchiveMulticoloured poster of miltary attack on people waving red flags.
… of soldiers attacking a line of people waving red flags, in the countryside. Number 5 'Arkebuseringen' in bottom left hand corner. 'Albin Amelin' in bottom…
Archive1 May 1975: arbetarpolitik socialism: no. 19: Chile
… Orange poster. Title in red and black lettering. Artwork of a black hand holding a red carnation. No. 19 in bottom left hand corner. Torsten Bergmark in…
ArchiveDust can take away your life
… Title in maroon letters and story of George Motaung, who contracts silicosis, in red lettering on grey background. Black and white photo of workers in…
ArchiveYoung progressives uniting for peace
… White poster with title in red lettering in black block. SRC Stamp. Words 'put the hands together' in red. Artwork of red, pink, black and white hands joined…
`We will come back with Msholozi`- erupts Pondoland, 12 December 2008
… a visit to King Mpondombini Sigcau and traditional leaders in one of ANC`s strongholds in the province - the birthplace of the late ANC leader … should be…
ArchiveStatement Celebrating Ten Years of Democracy, ANC Chief Whip Nkosinathi Nhleko, 10 May 2004, Parliament Cape Town South Africa
… Parliament is today taking part in celebrating the first decade of freedom and democracy in our country. And as we so, we remain cognisant of the … that all…
PlaceOost-Eind Primary School, 70 Meintjes Street, Trevenna, Pretoria
… The school was founded in 1897 and is the oldest surviving school in Pretoria. The original portion of the building was … & Weijers, erected by GJ Dorlas,…
PlaceSAAF Memorial and Museum
… who died during WWII. Initially the project was conceived in 1950 and Architect Mr JA Hoogterp, had offered to carry … but had to later withdraw. Mr RF McGAW…
EventBoeremag bomb blasts rock Soweto and Bronkhorstspruit
… detonator from another bomb exploded at a Buddhist temple in Bronkhorstspruit, about 30 kilometers east of Pretoria, … police commissioner, Jackie Selebi,…
PlaceThe Fountain and Garden of Remembrance, Chatswood-Sydney. Willoughby Park Centre
… the Memory of those Local Volunteers who lost their lives in the service of the Empire, during the South African Boer War of 1899-1901.’ The marble Memorial…