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… Forced to Leave Meeting." Article in Dome (University of Natal), March 27, 1969 Four students of UND [University of Natal-Durban] walked out of a student body meeting at Alan …

… Katlehong is a township located 35km East of Johannesburg and South of Germiston between two other townships — Thokoza and … after Soweto. Katlehong is home and birthplace to some of South Africa’s celebrated personalities and sports …

… the zoo is the largest in South Africa and rated as one of the top zoos in the world and is run by the National … also has a reptile park and the third largest collection of exotic trees. They have an "adopt an animal scheme" and … in South Africa with National Status and is rated as one of the top Zoos in the world, attracting hundreds and …

… Elizabeth owes its origin and development to the arrival of British settlers in 1820. Sir Rufane Donkin was the Acting Governor of the Cape at the time, and he changed the name of Algoa Bay to Port Elizabeth in memory of his deceased …

… other Karoo Villages. It was started by a determined group of people who lived in the area and who wanted a Church … – these days it takes just over half an hour. The Village of Nieu Bethesda was established on the farm 'Uitkijk' which … is a gravel road in South Africa that leads to the Village of Nieu-Bethesda, contrasting with the name of the video game …

… Monument at the Union Buildings in Pretoria. The aim of the monument was to commemorate the role of women in the struggle and marked the 44th anniversary of the march of 20 000 women to the Union Buildings. The … at www.news24.com [Accessed: 08 August 2013]| ‘UNVEILING OF THE WOMEN'S MONUMENT, WOMEN'S DAY’ [Online], Available at …

… Key facts and history of Burkina Faso from the 2015 elections and coup attempt to … Overview : Burkina Faso's poor economic outlook and lack of resources have largely kept it out of the eye of Western media. The overthrow in 2014 of …

… Located 60 km North-West of Prieska and 26 km North-East of Marydale, site of the present Pypklip. Located in the Siyanda Municipality … New Dictionary of South African Place Names by Peter E. Raper. …

… Close to Hermanus, the town of Hawston with its long, white unspoilt beach lies cosily … historical fishing village has many stories to tell, one of whom is the abalone one. It was refuge and home to many … France, Holland, USA, Sweden and England. The major part of the town was laid out in 1860 and named Hawston, after …

… Though Mauritius lies in the waters of the Indian Ocean , between the continents of Africa and Asia, it is situated below the equator, it is considered part of Africa. Mauritius is an island nation comprised of smaller … ageresorts.mu/blog/chamarel-a-sweet-escape-to-mauritius-art-of-living …

… and funds were raised by donations from the friends of the Herschels in Cape Town. The stone for the memorial was … to the Cape, where it was erected in 1841. The piece of ground around the obelisk was given to the Claremont … in 1934 the obelisk was declared a national monument, one of the first to be so recognised. Today it is within the …

… in 1839 by the Reverend Richard Birt as a station of the London Missionary Society. At that stage it was … Mission, and was located a short distance from the village of Chief Bhotomani, near Fort Beaufort. The station was destroyed in 1846 during the course of the frontier war of 1846-48, better known as the War of …

… was carried at its third reading by a joint sitting of both houses of Parliament last Monday night. The voting was: 169 for, 11 … Among those voted for the Bill were the three members of the " Labour Party ". We record their names that posterity …

… This Village of Greyton, in the Cape , was established in 1852. Although the first plots of land were only sold in 1854. It was named in honour of Sir George Grey , Governor of the Cape 1854-61. By 1891 …

… A brief report appeared on the 13th of November in the Times, which was the last of the legal conclusions around the sinking of the SS Mendi troopship, from which 616 South Africans lost … Norman. Black Valour. Pietermaritzburg: University of Natal Press, 1987.|“World War 1”, South African History …

… From the book:  A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … Indians were henceforth to be regarded as a permanent part of the population. The hope of repatriating Indians, faint though it once might have …

… Multi-party Planning Conference: BEING FULLY CONSCIOUS of the responsibility we individually and collectively bear for the well-being of our country; BEING DESIROUS that the problems of our country should be resolved peacefully through a …

… a shack or informal housing), is Omar Badsha's second book of photographs. Badsha's groundbreaking book documents how … despite being located just thirty kilometres northwest of Durban. The intimate nature of Badsha's photographs is a direct result of Badsha's …

… Ebenezer was established in 1831 as a station of the Rhenish Missionary Society . The 1875 census indicated that the Village had a population of 291. It was visited by James Backhouse in March 1840, when he reported that: "The missionary-station of Ebenezer, was an original kraal of ( Khoikhoi ); it was …

… A dissertation presented in partial fulfilment of the MSc in Urban Planning (Housing in Development), … the University College, London (Development Unit). The aim of this dissertation is an attempt to expose what lies hidden … urbanization" policy for Africans are essentially devices of political control. This is done by presenting a critical …

… The Automobile Association of South Africa (AA) was formed at a meeting in Port … motoring organisation to protect and promote the interests of motorists in South Africa. The first motoring club, the Automobile Club of SA, based in Cape Town, was founded on 23 October 1901. …

… After the completion of World War One's Treaty of Versailles, German South West Africa was declared a mandate of the new international peace-keeping body, the League of … Muller, C.F.J. (ed)(1981). Five Hundred years: a history of South Africa; 3rd rev. ed., Pretoria: Academica, p. 570. …

… It was a major setback, not only for Ghana but the whole of Africa! A few days after the overthrow of the Convention People’s Party government of Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana’s pioneer president, in a bloody coup …

… Posthuys is considered of the earliest buildings along the False Bay Coastline and … entering False Bay. Posthuys features early photographs of the Muizenberg area and some material on the Battle of Muizenberg. First recorded on a map in 1687, the actual …

… for the clothing industry, which contained the award of the arbitrators, on the grounds that it had a "closed … the employers, but Schoeman had hoped that the elimination of the closed shop would break the union's-power over its … association that we had no objection to the deletion of the closed shop clause from the agreement. We went …

… between Ploegberg and the Oemsberg about 14 km South-East of Kuboes. The name is said to mean, 'the one which is well … used by travellers in former times. The formation of a Spring may be the result of a Karst Topography, where surface water has infiltrated …

… experiences that had never  been accessible to the people of Durban. KwaMuhle is in no sense an apartheid museum.  Nor … and confrontations that made up the everyday events of ordinary people. KwaMuhle portrays the points of contact between Durban's cultures and represents aspects …

… nobody can cross!  It was erected in 1827 by the widow of Peter Woutersen. His granddaughter married, Jacobus … Wessels, whose son, Sir John Wessels, became Chief Justice of South Africa. Various members of the ‘family lived on the estate. Because the vault had …

… Haile Selassie was born Lij Tafari Makonnen, in the village of Ejersa Gor, in the Harar Province of Ethiopia. Heir to a 13th century dynasty, he ascended to the throne of Ethiopia in 1930, proclaiming himself "Haile Selassie", …

… Roodepoort is actually a City of its own, although it has now merged with the Suburbs of Johannesburg to such a degree, there is barely a … line over which you cross, other than a sign on the side of the road indicating that you have now entered the Valley. …