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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…
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…
PlaceCurry's Post
… Curry’s Post is a beautifully scenic area in the heart of the Midlands Meander that lies between Mooi River and … hole’ during the gold and diamond rushes as…
PlaceCity Hall, Cape Town
… This is a large Edwardian building in the centre of Cape Town city. It was built in 1905, on the Grand parade, West of the Castle of Good Hope. Messrs Henry…
EventArchbishop Owen Cardinal McCann becomes South Africa’s first cardinal.
… Roman Catholic Church Archbishop of Cape Town, Owen McCann, an enemy of Apartheid, became South Africa's first Cardinal when he … policy and related matters…
EventLuc Montagnier, virologist who discovered the human immunodeficiency virus, is born
… France. He studied natural sciences at the University of Poitiers and received his license of sciences from the University of Paris in 1955. In 1960 he…
EventRiots erupt in Soweto
… On 27 August 1986 a crowd of more than 500 marched to council offices in Soweto, … and that they had also been setting fire to several homes of local Black…
EventNkosi Sikelel’iAfrica composer, Enoch Sontonga dies
… Enoch Mankayi Sontonga, writer and composer of the National Anthem Nkosi Sikelel' IAfrica (God Bless Africa) died at the age of thirty-two. He wrote Nkosi…
PlaceAlbany, Eastern Cape
… by Sir John Craddock, In 1811, he was appointed Governor of the Cape Colony and commander of the forces on that station, resigning in 1814 and being … was…
ArchiveANC womens section : South African women march to freedom
… List of womens demands reprinted by the Federation of South African Women as set out in the 1955 Congress of the People. Green, yellow, black and white…
PlaceEmpangeni
… just off the N2, is positioned in the hilly countryside of the Uthungulu district. The area around Empangeni brings … languid days. It is only 15 km away are…
PlaceAlberton, Germiston
… Town 6 km West of Germiston and 11 km South of Johannesburg. It was laid out on the Farm, Elandsfontein … Named after General Hendrick Abraham Alberts,…
Ubuntu Awards 2018
… recognise South African citizens who embody principles of Integrity, Passion, Patriotism and Humility. 2018 marks the centenary of the first democratically…
PlaceHaarlem
… Sixteen kilometers East of 'Avontuur' and 29 kilometers from Uniondale , a village … City, near Amsterdam in Holland!) The tiny settlements of Haarlem and …
PlaceJansenville, Eastern Cape
… Willem Janssens (1762-1838), the last Batavian Governor of the Cape. Lying North West of the Upper reaches of the Addo Elephant National Park, Jansenville…
PlaceOld Town House, Greenmarket Square, Cape Town.
… As the town of Cape Town grew in size and sophistication, so then its … began to require a meeting place to discuss the affairs of the Burgher Council. Early…
PlaceElim
… fishermen’s cottages and fig trees. This town is one of the few surviving South African mission stations . It was … historical town! Elim is worth a visit…
EventDelagoa Bay railway line is officially opened
… railway line was completed a few years after the end of the first South African War (Anglo-Boer War) and the restoration of the Transvaal Republic after it…
PlaceFreedom Park
… The site of Freedom Park was carefully chosen, a 52 hectare undeveloped hill overlooking the city of Pretoria. It was here that the nation’s heroes would be…
EventMandela smuggled out the country and appears in Addis Ababa
… in 1962, Nelson Mandela was smuggled across the borders of South Africa. He was granted an Ethiopian passport by … attacks were committed by uMkhonto we…
EventSt James Church massacre
… Azanian Peoples' Liberation Army (APLA - the armed wing of the Pan-Africanist Congress) operatives attack St. James Church in the Cape Town suburb of…