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… Peninsula Mountain chain that stretches from Signal Hill in the North (rightmost peak in the image above) to  Cape Point in the South, some 60km. Around it are many beautiful …

… 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 among Hindu buildings in South Africa, (A Gopuram or Gopura or Vimanam, is a … Gordon Verhoef & Krause, November 2011. Places of Worship in South Africa. Halfway House: Southern Book Publishers. pg …

… 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 church board decide …

… 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 between 30 and 40 Million Berber, speaking people in Africa. These Berber, form the majority of the population …

… 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 Gauteng for 9 years in a row. The Walter Sisulu Botanical Garden in Ruimsig , is …

… 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 instrumental in securing anti-lynching legislation. Besides serving as … important works on race.  By the time of his death in 1963 he had written 17 books and edited four journals, and …

… (now Zimbabwe) rejected joining the South African Union in a referendum.  Voters had to choose between establishing … the area north of the Transvaal with unlimited powers. In 1890 the BSAC founded the town of Salisbury (now Harare) in Mashonaland and named the territory Rhodesia in honour of …

… 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 include Punta del Este in Uruguay and Salvador in Brazil. The race was inspired by South African sailing … Flag showing cruises by South African Warships , from SA Navy,  25 November [online], Available at  navy.mil.za …

… 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, who had migrated out of the Cape Colony in 1868. They were granted permission to settle at Rehoboth …

… 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 Joubert Art and  Design Centre in the leafy suburb of Newlands. The school started with 37 …

… The New Germany Lutheran Church is the oldest congregation in the ELCSA(NT). Located in the greater Durban area, this congregation is characterized by transformation in membership and leadership structure whilst attempting to …

… 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 was raised to divisional status in 1857. The following census figures are available for the …

… Chief George Mzivubu Mathanzima dies at Frontier Hospital in Queenstown.  George Matanzima was born on 26 December 1918 in Qamata in the Transkei. Together with his brother Kaizer Matanzima, … John D. Battersby, (1987), ' Six Cabinet Ministers Resign in Transkei Scandal ' from the New York Times, 25 September …

… 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 of 1916) and … of the University of South Africa, which included TUKS. In 1958, in its 50th year, UP unveiled the Aula, an …

… Madagascar came under the colonial French Protectorate in 1890. By the late 1940's, the Malagasy had started to demand independence. A national uprising took place in 1947, but was crushed by the French government. … but to move towards granting Madagascar independence. In 1958, eleven years after the uprising, the Malagasy …

… Smiso Zwane, stage name Okmalumkoolkat was born in the Umlazi township of Durban on 27 July 1985. [i] Along … [iii]He has released three mixtapes, namely “Holy Oxygen” in 2014; “100k MaCassette” in 2015; and “Holy Oxygen II” in 2017. Okmalumkoolkat …   (9 June 2017). OkMalumKoolKat behind bars in Australia, …

… high treason. These anti-apartheid activists sought refuge in the British consulate in Durban after the South African Government was hot on their heels for organising a boycott of elections in August 1984 of the new Indian and Coloured chambers of …

… of the Transvaal University College (TUC), situated in Johannesburg, started its classes in Kya Rosa, a house in Skinner Street, Pretoria .  This department, consisting of …

… South West Africa), established its capitol at Otjimbingwe in 1885, then at Windhuk in 1891.  It covered the core of what is today Namibia. Over the next hundred years, African peoples living in Southwest Africa, inland from the arid coastal strip of …

… Saviours Church is at the Corner of Bowwood and Main Roads in Claremont, Cape Town, South Africa. St. Saviours has stood … neo-Gothic church was designed and erected by Sophia Gray in 1850. The bell tower, the two bays for the nave, and the north-west porch were added subsequently, in honour of Bishop Gray and his wife Sophia, who died in …

… family, also known as the Miracle Cannon , was salvaged in May 1977 from the Shipwreck site of the Portuguese Ship-  … ran aground near Schoenmakerskop on her maiden voyage in 1647. It was declared a National Monument under old NMC … stone: DONATED BY COMMANDER C J ALLEN 30 JUNE 1993 IN MEMORY OF PORT ELIZABETHAN DAVID ALLEN AND DEDICATED TO …

… African National Congress (ANC) leader and first commander-in-chief of uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK), was marked by a call for his release by China. This was publicized in the Communist Party organ, The People’s Daily, and an … made public by the United Nations Centre Against Apartheid in New York. Mandela’s long-term incarceration began when he …

… Mazisi Kunene was born on 12 May 1930 in Amahlongwa, Southern KwaZulu Natal to a Swazi mother and a … the organization.  He became a representative of the ANC in the United Nations (UN). At the end of his studies he was … Literature and Languages at the University of California in Los Angeles. He was banned by the apartheid government in …

… This was the first lecture in a series of the Hoernle Memorial Lectures delivered by Jan … of Professor Hoernle at the South African College back in 1908. As an introduction to the lecture, there appears … on Professor Hoernle with regard to his involvement in academia in especially the field of philosophical …

… This was the first lecture in a series of the Hoernle Memorial Lectures delivered by Jan … of Professor Hoernle at the South African College back in 1908. As an introduction to the lecture, there appears … on Professor Hoernle with regard to his involvement in academia in especially the field of philosophical …

… welcome you all to our newly democratic country, still in the infancy of its freedom. We are especially proud to do … of the critical role of the Movement and its members in the liberation of all the people of our country from the … support, we thank you from the bottom of our hearts. In as much as the achievement of democracy in South Africa …

… as children off the coast of Mozambique. She was born in the late 1870s and grew up in Worcester. She came under the tutelage of one Miss … her life to helping the downtrodden and destitute in Cape Town, especially women prostitutes. Her work resulted …

… Nokugcina Elsie Mhlophe known as Gcina Mhlophe was born in Kwazulu-Natal South Africa. She is most famous for writing … and music for children. Some of her work has been used in different schools and universities around the world. She … SABC television series called Gcina and Friends on SABC. In 1983 Gcina was a leading actress in a play called …

… novel 'Cry, the Beloved Country', which was published in 1948 is still in print. Paton was a founding member of the Liberal Party and was much involved in South African politics and efforts at social reform. In …

… The South African Police in Pretoria announced the arrest of Moses Sithole, named the … Sithole, thirty-one years of age at the time, was arrested in connection with the murders of at least thirty-seven women and one child, and the rape of forty women in Gauteng during the previous eighteen months. He was …