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President Jacob Zuma delivers the President Thabo Mbeki Centenary Lecture, Aliwal North, Eastern Cape, 9 November, 2012
… President Jacob Zuma delivers the President Thabo Mbeki Centenary Lecture, Aliwal North, Eastern Cape, 9 November, 2012 …
Petrus Jacobus (Pietie) le Roux, leader of the “Stellenbosch-Boerorkes”, is born in Moorreesburg, Cape Colony.
… Petrus Jacobus (Pietie) le Roux, leader of the “Stellenbosch-Boerorkes”, is born in Moorreesburg, Cape Colony. …
Friederich Wilhelm Jannasch, co-founder of the SA Music Academy, is born in Mamre, Cape Colony.
… Friederich Wilhelm Jannasch, co-founder of the SA Music Academy, is born in Mamre, Cape Colony. …
Zacharias Johannes (Zac) de Beer, former leader of the Democratic Party, is born in Cape Town.
… Zacharias Johannes (Zac) de Beer, former leader of the Democratic Party, is born in Cape Town. …
The fishing trawler Disa is sunk after a collision at Green Point, Cape Town, killing ten people.
… The fishing trawler Disa is sunk after a collision at Green Point, Cape Town, killing ten people. …
The Neptune, with 288 convicts on board, enters Simon’s Bay amid strong resistance of Cape inhabitants.
… The Neptune, with 288 convicts on board, enters Simon’s Bay amid strong resistance of Cape inhabitants. …
The restored Cape manor house Groot Constantia is opened again after a fire devastated it in 1925.
… The restored Cape manor house Groot Constantia is opened …
Dr Gerrit Viljoen, first rector of the Randse Afrikaanse Universiteit (RAU), is born in Cape Town.
… Dr Gerrit Viljoen, first rector of the Randse Afrikaanse Universiteit (RAU), is born in Cape Town. …
Fire breaks out in the Pembroke Castle in Cape Town docks and ten lives are lost.
… Fire breaks out in the Pembroke Castle in Cape Town docks and ten lives are lost. …
Dr. Walter Rubusana (African) and Dr. Abdullah Abdurahman (Coloured) are elected to the Cape Provincial Council.
… and Dr. Abdullah Abdurahman (Coloured) are elected to the Cape Provincial Council. …
Joachim A. van Plettenberg is sworn in as governor of the Cape after Ryk Tulbach passed away.
… Joachim A. van Plettenberg is sworn in as governor of the Cape after Ryk Tulbach passed away. …
Joachim A. van Plettenberg is sworn in as governor of the Cape after Ryk Tulbach passed away.
… Joachim A. van Plettenberg is sworn in as governor of the Cape after Ryk Tulbach passed away. …
Zacharias Wagenaer, commander of the Cape who succeeded Jan van Riebeeck, is born in Dresden, Germany.
… Zacharias Wagenaer, commander of the Cape who succeeded Jan van Riebeeck, is born in Dresden, …
Zisiwe Nosimo Beauty Balindlela, Premier of the Eastern Cape Province since 22 April 2004, is born.
… Zisiwe Nosimo Beauty Balindlela, Premier of the Eastern Cape Province since 22 April 2004, is born. …
Siamese twins are separated in Cape Town, the first successful operation of that kind in SA.
… Siamese twins are separated in Cape Town, the first successful operation of that kind in SA. …
An ordinance is issued whereby Dutch is allowed in courts in the Cape next to English.
… ordinance is issued whereby Dutch is allowed in courts in the Cape next to English. …
The first railway line between two towns in SA, Cape Town and Wellington is officially opened.
… The first railway line between two towns in SA, Cape Town and …
Four youths are killed in an Apla attack on the Heidelberg Tavern In Observatory, Cape Town.
… Four youths are killed in an Apla attack on the Heidelberg Tavern In Observatory, Cape Town. …
PlaceBreederivier/Breede River, Western Cape
… The Breede River enters the sea at Witsand in the Indian Ocean, forming a large estuary in the Western Cape of South Africa. The mouth is located in San…
PlaceSlangkop Lighthouse, Kommetjie- Cape Town
… The Slangkop Point Lighthouse in Kommetjie has a long history … of a commission appointed in 1906 by the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, His Excellency,…
EventJan van Riebeeck’s statue, presented by Cecil John Rhodes, is unveiled in Cape Town
… On 18 May 1899, a statue of the first European to settle at the Cape, Jan van Riebeeck, was unveiled. The statue stands on Heerengracht Street in Cape Town…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the opening of the Congress of the South African Agricultural Union (SAAU) Cape Town, 18 October 1994
… Mr. President, Honoured Delegates, Distinguished Guests, The honour you have bestowed on me of opening your Congress is all the greater because this is no…
PlaceBains Kloof Pass, Western Cape
… The Bains Kloof Pass provides a more direct route from the … more Northern towns of Ceres and Worcester, in the Western Cape. It is 26,8 km in length from…
PlaceElandsberg Nature Reserve, Western Cape
… Elandsberg is a Mountain and is located in the Swartland District, near Riebeeck Kasteel, in the Western Cape. The estimate terrain elevation above seal…
ArticleThe House in session
… With the parties and their representatives elected, the Tricameral … people from other race groups to attend so-called Coloured schools, the HoD baulked at…
Article16 June 1976 - Soweto Uprising
… English was made compulsory as a medium of instruction in schools in 1974, black students began mobilizing themselves. … attending white universities (mainly…
Sadecque Variava
… (now Polokwane), Northern Transvaal (now Limpopo), the fourth of seven siblings. His father held various jobs … year, Variava led the first ever protest…
Address by ANC President Jacob Zuma to National Worker`s Day Rally, 1 May 2011, Athlone Stadium, Cape Town
… chairperson, Comrade Marius Fransman, General Secretary of the SACP, Comrade Blade Nzimande, Leadership of the Alliance, … goeie middag, good afternoon in…
BiographyDan Sleigh
… 1938, on a farm, Geelbeksfontein, near Langebaan in the Western Cape . He was born to Francis and Susanna; whose fathers were … after matriculating from…
PlaceSidwadweni Village, Queenstown-Eastern Cape
… village with about a 150 people for its population, in the Eastern Cape which has produced a Celebrity! Mthatha - Hundreds of people descended onto Mthatha…