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… Frederick Courtney Selous came to South Africa at the age of nineteen in 1871. Inspired by the writings of explorers such as Dr. David Livingstone and William … Charles Baldwin, Selous wanted to explore the continent of Africa. He travelled from the Cape of Good Hope to the …

… Report of the Legal Commission of the Study Project on Christianity in Apartheid Society. Content includes: Statement by the Members of the Commission; The image of the law in the minds of White …

… Guinea is a West African nation bordering the Bight of Biafra, between Cameroon and Gabon . The earliest indigenous population of this country were the pygmies and Ndowe societies. Around the 12th and 13th Century a wave of Bantu migration settled in the area. The prominent Bantu …

… Welgegund was awarded to Swart Martiens Pretorius a nephew of President M.W Pretorius, founder of Pretoria, at the end of the 19th century by the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek (ZAR). …

… is a monumental tower, usually ornate, at the entrance of a temple, especially in Southern India. This is a prominent feature of Hindu temple architecture!) The Tamil Society of Pretoria replaced an early wood-and-iron structure with a … by Gordon Verhoef & Krause, November 2011. Places of Worship in South Africa. Halfway House: Southern Book …

… The Township of Imizamo Yethu is situated in the picturesque seaside Suburb of Hout Bay in Cape Town . Hout Bay is like a microcosm of South Africa , with a wealthy, mainly White Community, …

… British, taking the name Zimbabwe. The day marked the end of racial segregation after a protracted war of liberation that claimed many lives. In the ninety year … after Ian Douglas Smith made a Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI) from Britain. This was after the …

… From the book:  A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai On 11 September 1906, a mass meeting of Indians took place at the Empire Theatre in Johannesburg. Two documents are produced below, both of which appeared in the Gujarati sections of the Indian …

… Island prisoners settled down to the mindless timetable of imprisonment, filling hours with manual labour which … routine repeated itself in the endless rising and setting of the sun, in the waxing and waning of the moon. The waiting for letters and visits, the joy of …

… The parliamentary by-election in Waterberg was of particular significance to both the National Party and the … a great deal to them if they could conquer this fortress of the late Adv. J. G. Strijdom, while the NP was also thoroughly aware of what possible effect such a victory for the HNP could have …

… South African statesman and the last prime minister of the Cape Colony before the formation of the Union of South Africa in 1910, John Xavier Merriman, died in … D.J. et al. (eds)(1970).  Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa , Cape Town: NASOU, v. 7.  …

… Not Banned by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner The start of a bad time The treason trial was the start of a very bad time. At that time they were after all of our organizations, wanting to stop what we were doing and …

… be the oldest surviving ‘solid’ temple in Africa and one of the finest examples of temple architecture in South Africa , the ' Ganesha Temple … vault, the temple’s design shows a strong appreciation of architectural elements, although these are now diffused by …

… young men, was passed on 9 June 1967 - with the support of the opposition. Conscription was instituted in South Africa in the form of 9 months of service for all white males between the ages of 17 and 65 … (1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997. …

… Broom was educated as a doctor, specializing in the field of midwifery, he was fascinated by the origin of mammals and used his medical profession to support his … South Africa. From 1903 to 1910, he worked as a professor of zoology and geology at Victoria College in Stellenbosch, …

… an ad hoc Committee. The Anti-CAD and the Local Committee of the NEUM, opposed in principle to ad hoc committees and ad hoc campaigns which highlighted one or other aspect of oppression and failed to struggle against it as part of the whole system, nevertheless joined the TARC. The first …

… Situated on the Northern slope of Table Mountain is a must see Memorial too Cecil John … This vantage point not only allows a panoramic view of the Cape Flats to the Helderberg and Hottentots Holland Mountain ranges but is one of the few vantage points where both the Atlantic and Indian …

… South Africa agreed to a formal ceasefire. Under the terms of the ceasefire and later treaty, Cuba was to withdraw its … The treaty was signed on 22 December 1988. The battle of Cuito Cuanavale and the Cuban intervention in Angola is one of the turning points in Southern African History. It led to …

… Gangsterism and Drugs (PAGAD), resulted in the killing of a highly suspected drug dealer, Rashaad Staggie, leader of the Hard Livings gang. Staggie was set alight by the group … him, they wanted to hand over an Ultimatum to end the sale of drugs in Cape Town to Staggie and his brother Rashied. In …

… Mountain 1 194m high, situated just South-East of eLundi and 12m North-East of White River. The name is said to be Swazi for "the large … National Botanical Garden with an enormous collection of Cycads and an African Rainforest. The Lowveld Legogote …  New Dictionary of South African Place Names by Peter E. Raper …

… The passing of Nadine Gordimer is a tremendous loss, both to South Africa … was to discover that South Africa was worth writing about. Of course she was by no means the first writer in South … she belonged to; the energies, passions and frustrations of the black townships; the personal experience of the …

… where the first church was built would become the centre of the newly established town, Pretoria (1855). The …  This church has played an enormous part in the shaping of the Reformed Church tradition in and around Pretoria.  It … very interesting part to play in the socio-political story of our country especially with regards to the Apartheid era.  …

… means ‘freedom’ formerly known as the Grain Coast, is one of the few African countries including Ethiopia that were not … born in America became the first President. The founding of Liberia in the early 1800s was motivated by the domestic politics of slavery and race in the United States as well as by U.S. …

… Oral History Programme celebrates heroes and heroine of the liberation struggle The 2016 edition of the iNkosi Albert Luthuli Oral History programme is on and … to the "Honouring our Heroes and heroines programme" of Freedom Park. The iNkosi Albert Luthuli Oral History is a …

… The Gateway and Walls of this property date from the end of the 18th Century and are situated on a portion of the Historic Nooitgedacht Estate, in Nooitgedacht. Because …

… The land was originally part of the van 'Breda Estate'' in Oranjezicht, and was purchased by the Town Council of Cape Town in 1877 for the building of the Molteno Reservoir, below Camp Street. The land below …

… Situated at the foot of Signal Hill, on the fringe of the city centre, and formerly known as the Malay Quarter , … and were brought from Malaysia, Indonesia and the rest of Africa to work in the Cape. The oldest Building in the …

… Party government was determined to curtail any sign of dissent that might lead to unrest. And the period, 1980 to 1984, was marked by a series of political trials flowing from the unrest that had gripped the country in the second half of the 1970s. It is therefore possible that the student …

… Bertrams characterises the down-to-earth, friendly appeal of this Country. There is an undeniably calm, inviting ambience, despite the high rate of Unemployment here.   The greater Ellis Park precinct has … Development Agency (JDA) for a R2-billion upgrade ahead of the 2010 World Cup, which will impact upon Bertrams (as …