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Place"Tracing the Old Holiday Routes Across South Africa"
… holiday boom. Start in Montagu , famous for its hot springs, before winding through Barrydale , where Diesel & …
PlaceHermanus
"This Town is known for many things, not least of all the abundance of whales that skirt past the coast every Year in Spring and Summer! A Seaside Town, South…
EventThe AA is formed to coordinate motoring clubs
The Automobile Association of South Africa (AA) was formed at a meeting in Port Elizabeth attended by several provincial and other motoring clubs, in order to…
Launch of uMkhonto weSizwe (MK)
Umkhonto we Sizwe logo 16 December 1961 is seen as the date of formation because Umkhonto performed its first acts of violence on this date. Popularly called…
Re-Emergence of Congress Activity 1980s
… ANC leaflets were discovered by police in a township near Springs on the East Rand. Later in the same month, a Pretoria …
Interview with Harry Gwala conducted by Tony Karonat, January 1989, Dambuza Pietermaritzburg
… the townships then. I remember an occasion when we visited Springs - Thema in Springs. I didn't have a pass, and they were demanding the … a school teacher,…
72. The Defiance Campaign, 1953
… Kimberley, Mafeking. (c) Transvaal: Johannesburg, Springs, Brakpan, Boksburg, Benoni, Germiston, Roodepoort, …
72. The Defiance Campaign, 1952
… Kimberley, Mafeking. (c)Transvaal: Johannesburg, Springs, Brakpan, Boksburg, Benoni, Germiston, Roodepoort, …
PlaceWarden, Thabo Mofutsanyana Municipality
The N3 passes right through Warden on the route between: Johannesburg and Durban, just North of Harrismith. It falls under the jurisdiction of the Thabo…
PlaceWynberg Park, Southern Suburbs
In the heart of Cape Town lies the beautiful Wynberg Park! This spans over an area of 22 square kilometres and showcases some of the Western Cape Vegetation,…
PlaceCape Flats Nature Reserve, University of the Western Cape, Bellville
It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 25 August 1978 The Cape Flats has the world’s highest rate of plant extinction, is highly…
PlaceCamdeboo was called Aberdeen, Eastern Cape
Aberdeen is about 50 km South-West of Graaff-Reinet and only 3 hours drive from Port Elizabeth.Aberdeen was founded when the Nederduits-Gerefomeerde Kerk …
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Timeline 1961-1990
… A large cache of arms is discovered in a township near Springs, East of Johannesburg. Together with the buried arms …
Burkina Faso: Echoes of a Revolution Past by Ernest Harsch, December 22nd, 2014
Burkina Faso: Echoes of Revolution Past Ernest Harsch discusses the enduring appeal and influence of the revered revolutionary leader, Thomas Sankara. There is…
PlaceWindhoek, Capital City of Namibia
… has had several names, many inspired by the hot water springs found in the area, the earliest of which were the …
PlaceKwaDukuza timeline
Iron Age Shell middens containing early Iron Age pottery fragments have been found at Umhlanga Rocks, Ballito and Shaka's Rock Village, which date back to…
Keynote address on the launch of Mafika Gwala’s Collected Poems Howard College, UKZN, 6 October 2016 by Mandla Langa
… argument detailing a quotidian existence before the poet springs open the trap-door into a passage that leads to new …
Draft Report of the National Executive Committee of the ANC, submitted to the Annual Conference, December 15-17, 1950
… done by the four branches viz. Port Elizabeth, Newclare, Springs and Durban Youth League. The standard of these …
PlaceClearwater, Now Known as Griquastad- in the Northern Cape
In 1801, William Anderson and Cornelius Kramer, of the London Missionary Society, established a Missionary Station, among the Griqua at Leeuwenkuil. The site…
The Afrikaner Bond
… to cover the costs of railways and wars. One of the springs to action in the Afrikaner revival was the excise …
ArticleWalter Sisulu Timeline 1912-2003
… the congress of the Transvaal branch of the ANC, held at Springs. 6 December, Sisulu acts as one of the speakers at a …
Political assassinations 1974 - 1994
… being set alight by a group of youths. September Kwa-Tema-Springs Samuel Motha IFP chair of Kwa-Tema branch Shot in the …
ArticlePolitical changes from 1750 to 1835
… mountain, all of them easily guarded. It also had natural springs and could support up to 3000 people and their …
Adapted from De Rietfonteyn: Founding of Grahamstown By Elron Kleinhans
… mouth. We next returned to the old kraals, examined the springs, then galloped across the flat to Governor’s Kop, …
PlaceRooipoort Nature Reserve, Kimberley
Situated roughly 70 kilometers West of the town of Kimberley in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa prime plains for game hunting. Rooipoort is a…
Submissions by the McGill University students 2012
Ben Forstate Ben Forstate is a U3 Student at McGill University studying Political Science and Geography. He enjoys basketball, reading, writing and…
Document 30 - W. M. Tsotsi, “Presidential Address to the All-African Convention Conference”, Edendale, 14 to 16 December 1958
… so-called leftists in our movement. Basically this idea springs from the influence of African nationalism. This …
Johannesburg Timeline 1800-1991
… on, this is extended to Krugersdorp in the west and to Springs in the east. May, Thethe MacArthur-Forrest cyanide …
PlacePlettenberg Bay, Garden Route
The Town of Plettenberg Bay lies almost on the border of the Western and Eastern Cape. "Built on the hillside, most of the Town is on a steep slope leading…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1930s
… rights and ownership of property in the municipal areas of Springs, Krugersdorp, and Norwood and Braamfontein in … strictly enforced after 1 May 1930, even…