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EventDavid Livingstone “discovers” Lake Nyasa
… Livingston was a renowned explorer, doctor and missionary. Of course, he is most remembered for his exploits as an … consul at Quelimane (now in Mozambique)…
EventEdenburg is founded
… to build a church. The initial application for recognition of Edenburg as a town was rejected by the Volksraad, but … Municipal status was only attained in…
EventSouth Africa readmitted to United Nations
… For South Africa this date signaled the end of decades of international isolation . The General Assembly of the United Nations (UN) recalled resolution 48…
EventDRC President Laurent Kabila is assassinated
… On 16 January 2001, Laurent Kabila President of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was killed by gunshot. According to reports Kabila was shot by one of…
Regarding the white male gaze in South African photography by Daniel Gallan, 14 Jun 2017
… probing me to consider this question in the context of the South African white male and the responsibility he … photographer and activist Omar Badsha accuses…
ArchiveThe South African Choir’s pathbreaking tour: 1891 – 1893 by Martin Plaut, 6 January 2017
… United States played an important part in the development of the South African intelligentia. They found in America currents of thought that they could learn…
PlaceAkkedisberg Mountain Pass
… coastal pass on the R 326 links the small Farming Town of Riviersonderend with the quaint coastal hamlet of Stanford and the coastal road to Hermanus. The…
PlaceRissik Street Post Office, Johannesburg
… The correct name of Johannesburg's Old Post Office clock is the "Coronation … next apply to the prevailing authority for the demolition of the Old Post…
EventThe Dutch Indiaman, the Nieuwe Haerlem, is wrecked in a storm in Table Bay
… 1488 in an attempt to find a sea route to the spice lands of East Asia, numerous Dutch ships, called Indiamen, dared … navigational instruments that could…
PlaceSprings
… The Town of Springs, East of Johannesburg, is on the East Rand, or what is now known as the Metropolitan area of Ekurhuleni , in the Gauteng Province. It was…
PlaceOld Presidency
… This building served as the official residence of the presidents of the former Republic of the Orange Free State, it was declared a National Monument …
PlaceTable Mountain, Cape Town
… The World famous Table Mountain is part of the scenic Peninsula Mountain chain that stretches from … Valleys, Bays and Beaches bound by the cold waters of…
PlaceGoodman Gallery
… instrumental to the development and professionalisation of how commercial galleries are structured within South … Africa and the continent, as well as the…
EventFirst enslaved people arrive in Cape Town
… had a human cargo: 174 slaves. This was the first shipment of slaves to arrive in South Africa, and marked the beginning of almost 200 years of slave trade…
EventOn 17th November 1921 Professor Richard van der Ross was born in Plumstead, Cape Town
… completed his higher education diploma at the University of Cape Town (UCT) in 1940 and became a teacher at the Karoo … in 1946. In 1952 he was appointed as…
PlaceElaandslaagte, a Mission Station in Kwa Zulu Natal
… Elandslaagte was a mission station of the Dutch Reformed Church of South Africa, and was probably founded in about 1860. The … 1875 census indicated that the…
PlaceRaadsaal Building, Church Square, Pretoria
… Raadsaal Building is located on the South-Western corner of Church Square and forms an important part of the Historical Architectural character of early…
PlaceSAAF Memorial and Museum
… This memorial is built on Bay Hills and offers a clear view of the Air Force Base at Zwartskop. The outline of the Voortrekker Monument is also visible from…
EventViolence erupts during Defiance Campaign
… that followed, four White people were killed. The Campaign of Defiance of Unjust Laws (commonly known as Defiance Campaign) started on 26 June 1952 as a…
EventPetronella Nellie du Toit South African soprano singer is born
… Nellie du Toit began her singing career at tender age of nine, and by the age of sixteen she began to sing opera. After completing her … the Diploma in Opera…
EventThree British mercenaries are sentenced to death for their part in the Angolan civil war
… In January 1976, a group of 100 mercenaries crossed over from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (then Zaire) to Angola in order to support The National…
PlaceCuylerville
… A party of 256 from London led by Lieutenant John BAILIE, R.N. sailed … after Colonel Jacob CUYLER, 59 Regiment. Divisions of the party were directed by…
PlaceColesberg, Northern Cape
… The Village of Colesberg was founded in 1830 on the site of an abandoned station of the London Missionary Society, and was named in honour of …
Observatory - Steeped in History and Heritage by Patric Mallet
… A couple of days back I had a dream where I visited the renovated premises of my once favourite shop as a kid in Salt River just around … The shop was…
PlaceKuboes, Northern Cape
… Regarded by the local people as the heartland of the Nama Culture , the little Town of Kuboes lies nestled between the Mountains of Ku Boesberg to the North,…
PlaceSammy Mark’s Residence, Zwartkoppies, Pretoria
… The Estate became a Museum in 1986 and the opulent life of the Marks family is remembered today, in this carefully preserved House Museum and it is one of…
Introduction
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai The first set of documents in Part II relates to…
EventInaugural Women’s Legacy Dialogue
… was in context with Women’s month. The event consisted of women leaders from government, the corporate sector and … Wendy Luhabe, social entrepreneur, chair,…
EventPresident F. W. de Klerk rings in cabinet changes
… in size and for the first time appointed non-White members of Parliament (MPs) to cabinet posts. Five members retired to … the system. The five among others…
EventClampdown on 'conflict diamonds' begins
… Representatives of the diamond industry and government, from more than thirty countries agree to certify all legitimate shipments of rough diamonds, in an…