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PlaceMorocco
… people of Moroccan are primarily Arab and Berber, as in other neighbouring countries in the Maghreb region. The Berbers are native to North Africa … are…
PlaceWalter Sisulu National Botanical Garden, Krugersdorp/Roodepoort
… This Botanical Garden was founded in 1982, but has been a popular venue for outings since the … Garden has been voted the best place to get back to nature in…
PlaceDie Nederlandse Reherformrde Kerk (Paul Kruger Church) Pretoria
… The year 1859 marks the founding of the Reformed Church, in Pretoria and its first church was built in the town in 1863. Only on 21 December 1894 did the…
EventW. E. B. Du Bois (95), writer, scholar, intellectual, Pan
… NAACP, the largest and oldest civil rights organization in the United States, and from 1910 to 1934 served it as … During this period NAACP advocacy was…
EventSouthern Rhodesia rejects joining the Union of South Africa
… (now Zimbabwe) rejected joining the South African Union in a referendum. Voters had to choose between establishing … the area north of the Transvaal with…
PlaceMariammen Temple, Pretoria
… Established in 1905, the temple is the oldest Hindu temple in Pretoria. The temple gets its name from Mariammen, the … This is the most impressive Gopuram…
Graveside tribute to Robert Shell by Joline Young, 3 February 2015
… there is not a history book about Cape slavery written in the past four decades that does not have the name Shell in it. These are the things you already…
PlaceRobertson, Route 62
… In about 1853 the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) in Swellendam resolved to establish a new congregation to serve the spiritual needs of residents in its…
Address at the Opening of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2003 February 8, 2003
… Cup, some 1.2 billion people across the globe will join us in this celebration of sport and sportsmanship. After a … of South Africa, Kenya and Zimbabwe, who…
PlaceArtillery Road Barracks at the H.Q. of South African Defence
… Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek by Sir Theophilus Shepstone in 1877 led to the establishment of a military camp on the … the five thousand strong British force…
EventNelson Mandela is arrested
… African National Congress (ANC) leader and first commander-in-chief of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), was captured in Cedara, a small town near Howick, Natal,…
EventWinkie Direko is born
… teacher, winner of the Bloemfonteiner of the Year Award in 1993 and Premier of the Free State since 17 June 1999, was born in Botshabelo, Bloemfontein in…
PlaceClumber, Eastern Cape
… The Village of Clumber was established on land allocated in 1820 to Dr Thomas Carlton, leader of a party of settlers from Nottinghamshire. In October 1893…
EventHumphrey Ndlovu, veteran IFP leader dies
… Humphrey Mpumele Ndlovu was born at Emzweni in the Qamu Tribal Authority at Msinga, Natal … Liberation Movement, now Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP), in 1976. He…
I have written it by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - International Support: UNO - 1948
… the Natal and Transvaal Indian Congresses 9 January 1948 In terms of the Joint Council decision I left Johannesburg to … 1947, and were escorted by United…
Speech on Receiving the Freedom of Durban, Durban, 16 April 1999
… to be receiving the Freedom of Metropolitan Durban today. In extending to me the privileges of the citizens of this … divisions of centuries, by reaching out…
The Struggle against our Weaknesses by A. B. Xuma, 1956
… for inability to attend this important Annual Conference. In following up the affairs of the African National Congress … as distressed over certain…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Introduction
… Education Chris Hani The most talked-about turning point in South African history is the 1994 transfer of political … the South African Communist Party (SACP…
Book 2: The Impact and Limitations of Colonialism - Chapter 3 - What is Your Name, Age, and Whose Slave are You? by Rayda Jacobs
… Europeans had visited the Cape before, 1652 was the year in which they took permanent possession of the Cape … from outside the Cape. The first group of…
PlaceRehoboth
… Rehoboth is a Town in Central Namibia and lies on a high elevated plateau with … the steam seen, at the hot springs on winter mornings. In 1870, the Basters,…
PlaceLutheran Church, New Germany
… The New Germany Lutheran Church is the oldest congregation in the ELCSA(NT). Located in the greater Durban area, this congregation is characterized by…
PlaceGroote Schuur High School
… English-medium school Groote Schuur High School was founded in 1959 as a co-educational Afrikaans High School in the Vredenhof residence, presently the Frank…
PlacePiquetberg
… of Tulbagh, whose drostdy was transferred to Worcester in July 1822, but in about 1838 most of its area was brought under the district … on 9 March 1848, and…
EventThe Aula, auditorium of the University of Pretoria, is opened by the Governor
… as the Transvaal University College (TUKS) was founded in 1908, and recently celebrated its centenary year in 2008. The University of Cape Town Act (Act 14…
EventThe first Cape to Rio yacht race takes place
… as guardship for the voyage which started from Table Bay in Cape Town. The race was called the Cape to Rio, but was … has changed from time to time to…
EventChief George Mzimvubu Mathanzima, former Prime Minister of Transkei, dies
… Chief George Mzivubu Mathanzima dies at Frontier Hospital in Queenstown. George Matanzima was born on 26 December 1918 in Qamata in the Transkei. Together…
Burkina Faso: Key Facts and History by Angela Thompsell updated 13 February 2016
… from the 2015 elections and coup attempt to independence in 1960. Overview : Burkina Faso's poor economic outlook and … kept it out of the eye of Western…
PlaceHawston
… that long ago the Quena (Khoi-Khoi) grazed their cattle in the area. Before 1830, people lived at Herrie’s Bay and at … and England. The major part of the…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the Opening Session of the South Centre’s Council of Representatives New York, 21 September 1998
… gathering. Fresh from the Twelfth Non-Aligned Summit in Durban, I bring warm greetings from the Movement's … Mwalimu Julius Nyerere, first of all as a friend…
Document 16 - Letter from Clements Kadalie to E. R. Roux, 10 October 1928
… well as deceitful when you speak very high of your Party in this country. With your Party, you are not making any … its Adviser.31 We are establishing…