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PlaceMpumalanga
… Mpumalanga means ‘Place of the Rising Sun’ and is the name given to the new Province in Eastern Transvaal in 1993. It includes part of the old Transvaal and…
Excerpts from Priscilla Jana’s book 'Fighting for Mandela' that relate to Solomon Mahlangu
… the right thing to do, just as using every possible angle of the law to fight cases and win acquittals was the right … in the work I took on. So when the…
ArchiveNUSAS - its background and history
… and history. Informal talk delivered at National Seminar of the National Union of South African Students, April 1973. Pages7 to 10 of Appendix to the Report…
PlaceAmathola/Amatole District Municipality
… The Amathola Mountain Range which is a subsidiary of the Winterberg Range, 15 km North-East of Alice, extending Westwards to the Great Fish River. The ……
PlaceAllemansfontein, a Farm in the Eastern Cape
… Baartman District Municipality, Eastern Cape. Former name of the Farm- Almondsfontein, given by Colonel Robert Jacon Gordon, who was the Commander of the…
ArchiveSPRO-CAS Occasional Publication Number 9: Law, justice and society
… Report of the Legal Commission of the Study Project on Christianity in Apartheid Society. Content includes: Statement by the Members of the Commission; The…
King Kong a venture in the theatre
… This is the story of an inter-racial venture in South Africa. Many hundreds of white people and Africans in the Union’s four largest cities worked selflessly…
EventFrederick Courteney Selous, traveller, hunter, writer and naturalist dies in Beho-Beho, Tanganyika. He came to Southern Africa
… Frederick Courtney Selous came to South Africa at the age of nineteen in 1871. Inspired by the writings of explorers such as Dr. David Livingstone and…
PlaceRobben Island Museum
… to the 20th centuries, Robben Island served as a place of banishment, isolation and imprisonment. Today it is a … a poignant reminder to the newly democratic…
PlaceRhodes Memorial, Vredehoek- Table Mountain
… Situated on the Northern slope of Table Mountain is a must see Memorial too Cecil John … This vantage point not only allows a panoramic view of the Cape…
EventConnie Mulder announces banning off WCC officials from SA
… The Minister of the Interior, Connie Mulder, announces that senior officials of the World Council of Churches (WCC) have been banned from South Africa. Entry…
EventAngola, Cuba and South Africa allegedly signed a cease fire treaty
… South Africa agreed to a formal ceasefire. Under the terms of the ceasefire and later treaty, Cuba was to withdraw its … The treaty was signed on 22 December…
EventRashaad Staggie shot dead
… Gangsterism and Drugs (PAGAD), resulted in the killing of a highly suspected drug dealer, Rashaad Staggie, leader of the Hard Livings gang. Staggie was set…
PlaceLegogote Mountain Region, Mpumalanga
… Mountain 1 194m high, situated just South-East of eLundi and 12m North-East of White River. The name is said to be Swazi for "the large … National Botanical…
PlacePaul Kruger’s House, 60 Church Street West, Pretoria
… single-storey structure with few architectural features of note. However it was spacious and well built, and remains … living on the farm Boekenhoutfontein ,…
EventApartheid becomes official policy
… Havenga. Dr D. F. Malan became prime minister at the age of seventy-four and formed the first government dominated by Afrikaners. Havenga was appointed the…
52 STEPS TO HEAVEN
… prison on Tuesday at nine o'clock in the morning. A number of white warders at the prison immediately sprung into … the whole day I had no clothes on. They…
PlaceVredefort Dome, Free State Province
… Site in South Africa’s Northern Free State. The Town of Vredefort, lies more or less in the Centre of the Vredefort Dome – the remains of the largest impact…
PlaceBathurst, Eastern Cape
… Bathurst in the Eastern Cape, is one of the smallest but most interesting Municipalities in South … in 1820, this peaceful little Village on the left bank of…
PlaceBeachwood Mangroves Swamp, Durban
… in the tidal environment. The Beachwood Mangroves are of significant botanical, educational and Historical value, and being located near one of the Country's…
Book 1: Ancient Civilizations and Global Trade - Introduction
… and Global Trade commissioned by The Department of Education This first volume in the series, Turning Points … two important events that occurred prior to…
PlaceVryburg, Bophirima Region
… Vryburg lies on the N14, due West of the Towns of Klerksdorp and Orkney - as in 'Orkney Snork Nie' (Orkney … the popular Afrikaans toilet humour television…
National Arts Festival 2017
… cultural calendar, and the biggest annual celebration of the arts on the African continent. Starting at the end of June/beginning of July, it runs for 11…
EventKhoikhoi warriors defeat Portuguese thieves
… de Almeida served as the viceroy to the Portuguese State of India from 1505 to 1509. Upon his successor taking over he sailed back to his homeland with a…
PlaceOns Huisie, Bloubergstrand, Cape Town
… The cottage was, for many years, the property of the Stadler family, and is a typical example of the type of vernacular building found on the coastal areas…
EventHendrik Verwoerd becomes Prime Minister
… Frensch Verwoerd assumed office as the Prime Minister of South Africa after the death of J.G. Strijdom. An ardent advocate of Apartheid, Verwoerd firmly…
EventSimon Petros Matseke, prominent in African social and political life, dies in Pretoria
… experience, he learnt to speak Dutch as well as a number of African dialects, which assisted him in his work as a … Matseke became prominent in the social…
EventVan Riebeeck lands at the Cape
… set off from Texel in The Netherlands for the Cape of Good Hope. Van Riebeeck had signed a contract with the … Dutch East India Company (VOC) to oversee the…
EventAn international measure is adopted in Antwerp to block rebel groups from trading conflict diamonds
… The sale of diamonds in some African countries has been linked to the funding of African rebel groups, which have in turn funded some of Africa's most…
EventGeneral Louis Botha wins elections
… South African Party (SAP) won the majority number of seats in the House Assembly forming the first government of the Union of South Africa. The Union was…