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PlaceAlexander Bay, Namaqualand
… Alexander Bay is way up the West Coast of the Northern Cape in South Africa . Virtually on the … Northerly, than this Seaside Town that lies on the mouth of…
Black ViewPoint - Introduction edited by B.S. Biko (1972)
… IT IS SIGNIFICANT that in a country peopled to the extent of 75% by blacks and whose entire economic structure is … Community Programmes to all those…
PlaceWestern Cape Province
… Province was divided into three smaller provinces. One of them is the Western Cape. The Western Cape was the first … Malay to serve them, and the Malay…
ICA launches 2017 Great Texts/Big Questions lecture series with Professor Ngugi wa Thiong'o
… Mangcu. Ngugi wa Thiong'o is Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Irvine, and one of the most…
PlaceOld Fort and Cemetery, Durban
… are situated in Umgeni Road, and are now an integral part of the city centre. The first formal European settlement of the Bay of Port Natal took place in…
PlaceChurch Square, Pretoria
… Church square is in the historic centre of Pretoria! The founder of Pretoria, Marthinus Pretorius declared the square to be … significant buildings surround…
Message by Oliver Tambo to Nelson Mandela an International Tribute for a Free South Africa, 16 April 1990, Wembley Stadium, London
… National Congress to pay its tribute to the millions of people who have made it possible for Nelson Mandela to … campaign. Our people within South Africa…
PlaceJeffrey's Bay
… Ocean to the South East and South. The Eastern portion of the former Griqualand East (surrounding the Umzimkulu River ) which is now an exclave- (a portion…
PlaceJohannesburg Botanical Garden
… The Johannesburg Botanical Garden is located in the suburb of Emmarentia in Johannesburg . The gardens were established … rose garden and subsequently…
PlacePella
… a huge Cathedral was built in the Bushmanland desert oasis of Pella by French Missionaries who at first had absolutely … idea what they were doing. They did,…
Book 1: Ancient Civilizations and Global Trade - Bibliography
… and Global Trade commissioned by The Department of Education Bibliography Caton-Thompson, Gertrude. Mixed … . Gabarone, The National Museum, n.d. Fage, J.D…
Our Vision is a Democratic Society, 1958
… a public meeting organized by the South African Congress of Democrats in Johannesburg in 1958 to hear the President General of the African National Congress…
PlaceConcordia
… The village of Concordia was established in 1863 as a station of the Rhenish Missionary Society. It seems probable that its founding coincided with the…
PlacePort St. Johns
… The wildness of the Coast of the Eastern Cape, with its deep Gorges and impenetrable … Forests, mangrove Swamps and the primitive force of freak waves that…
15. My son Gyapershad was decoyed
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai Gopinath Pandey, a headmaster of the village…
PlaceOude Molen, Alexandra Care and Rehabilitation Centre, Maitland
… to art workshops. In a large courtyard in the grounds of the Oude Molen Eco Village, Maitland, Cape Town, stands … to all Capetonians and tourists. Few…
Upcoming events at the Book Lounge
… and fun to be around. Today we’ll read about all kinds of friends, and talk about what being a friend means to you. … More here . Monday 14 th March, 6 for…
PlaceRustenburg House, together with its Summer House, Main Road, Rondebosch.
… free Burghers, Governor Jan van Riebeeck reserved a piece of this Land to be used as an Orchard by the Company. In February of that year the first bricks…
PlaceKimberley, Northern Cape
… impressive tourists attractions! It is the Capital City of the Northern Cape and surrounded by five of South Africa's big rivers, two of them being the…
PlaceDie Nederlandse Reherformrde Kerk (Paul Kruger Church) Pretoria
… The year 1859 marks the founding of the Reformed Church, in Pretoria and its first church was … tender by Daanen & Dorlas was accepted. The corner stone of…
Appeal For Funds For New Age, January 1956
… prepares to assemble for its new session, the people of South Africa face the grim prospect of more fascist attacks from the Strijdom police state on ……
Passive Resistance, 1946 by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Special Focus: Wrangling between political groups - 1948
… From the book: Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer 1948 SAIC in Court The refusal of the President and…
EventBram Fischer born today
… man, from staunch Afrikaans descent (he was the eldest son of Percy Ulrich Fischer, Judge President of the Orange Free State, and a grandson of Abraham…
PlaceTable Mountain Water Supply
… Table Mountain is probably one of the most famous iconic landmarks of the world and dominates much of the picturesque, Cape Peninsula. Extending for 2km from…
PlaceAalwynkop Peak, Mpumalanga
… Aalwynkop is a Hill 5 km West of Balfour and 20 km South-East of Heidelberg, in the Gauteng Province of South Africa . The name is of Afrikaans origin and…
PlaceThaba Tshwane or Voortrekkerhoogte
… ("Voortrekker Heights") in 1939 by the government of the Union of South Africa , following the beginning of the building of the nearby Voortrekker Monument ,…
EventAZAPO is re-launched in Roodepoort
… in Roodepoort for the second time. After the outbreak of the Student Uprising in 1976, the government responded by detaining several members of the South…
EventAnti apartheid activist Dr. Richard Turner is assassinated
… A passionate lecturer pioneering the teaching of radical political philosophy, Dr. Richard Turner was … assassinated. Turner met his untimely death on the…
EventWorld War I begins
… 19th century Europe had a complex system of political and military alliances in place. The assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand by a Serbian…
PlaceRobert Sobukwe Town, was called Graaf-Reinet
… Cape, the fourth oldest in South Africa and certainly one of the most atmospheric, Graaff-Reinet lies enclosed by a … its slave cottages, Graaff-Reinet has…