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… history in South Africa starts back at the beginning of the last century when my grandfather arrived at the shores of Cape Town as a penniless political and religious refugee … Should you visit the cellars you will see pictures of my grandfather and father standing proudly at Cape Town …

… UNESCO World Heritage Site , is a must-do on the itinerary of any tourist to Cape Town .  Forget palm trees and … elected president – Nelson Mandela – spent 18 years of his 27 years in prison on Robben Island. Easily the most famous of the island’s political prisoners, Mandela was by no means …

… During the 1850s Sir George Grey, Governor of the Cape from 1854-61, played a leading role in the establishment of educational institutes throughout the colony. At the instigation of John Paterson, one of Port Elizabeth's the first Town …

… Table Bay is a natural inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, overlooked by Cape Town  and the … first European to explore the region in 1486. The region of the Western Cape which includes the Table Bay Area (where the modern City of Cape Town is located) was inhabited by Khoikhoi …

… the SA Defence Force (SADF) admitted to the existence of a secret unit called the Civil Cooperation Bureau (CCB), … De Klerk said in March 1990 that he had been informed of the CCB only in January of that year, and that he would not protect any minister …

… building where Cecil John Rhodes held up during the Siege of Kimberley from 1899 – 1900 . The fist curator of the museum was Ms Maria Wilman and in the forty years that she was in charge, she transformed it into one of the most important museums in South Africa. Since her …

… sick, [blank] in number, to be allowed to be lodged by one of our burghers ... which was politely granted ..." [Journal] "... through the Blessing of the Almighty we had a faire view of the Land ... as we stood in we kept our lead working & … William Pearse - Manuscript in collection of Sir Hans Sloane, 1st Baronet, PRS (16 April 1660-11 …

… which broke out on 9 October, 1899. The Burghers were part of the war as they would sometimes pass messages from one place to another, serving as a vital source of communication among Boer guerrilla commandos. The war that saw the shift of power and the occupation of territories would end on 31 …

… As part of realising ANC stalwart Comrade Nelson Mandela`s dream and that of his organisation - taken as far back as 1942 - to grow the ANC membership to one million, members of the media are reminded of the address by ANC President …

… Situated on the ground floor of University Corner in the heart of Braamfontein, The Wits Art Museum is one of Johannesburg’s foremost tourist attractions. The museum is …

… African academic, Dr Olive Shisana was born in the town of Pietersburg, South Africa, on the 27th of November 1950. [1] She holds a BA degree which she obtained from the University of the North, South Africa. She holds a Master’s degree in …

… Polokwane means:'place of safety' and is quite appropriate as it protects the Cape … non-breeding groups in Namibia and Southern Zimbabwe. One of the largest southern African vultures with a total length of about 106 cm and is the lightest in colour being mostly …

… On 29 July 1999, a team of AngloGold mineworkers at the Mponeng mine in Carletonville accidentally drilled into a pocket of flammable methane gas in the rockface. They were … a tunnel to a working area, which required the drilling of deep holes into rock to check for pockets of water or gas, …

… "Whale Bay", is situated in Namibia, along the west coast of southern Africa, formerly the German colony of South- West Africa. According to archaeological finds, the area was home to groups of Khoikhoi (Topnaars) and Aoni, who had lived in the area …

… . This extraordinary event which pushed the boundaries of science into the dawn of a new medical epoch took place inside Charles Saint Theatre at Groote Schuur Hospital. After a decade of heart surgery, Barnard and his gifted cardiothoracic team … 2011]|Malan, M. (1968). Heart Transplant: The Story of Barnard and the "Ultimate In Cardiac Surgery. …

… by Norman Levy I literally fell into politics at the age of fourteen, a happening that set my life on a path to … triggered the event was a cycle ride round the streets of Hillbrow on my elder brother’s bicycle when, not expecting to find a meeting by the side of the road, I made a sudden slide from the street onto the …

… all their money and scores committing suicide. This set of the world wide depression of the 1930s, which at its worst saw one in three people … as well as political implications. The lives of millions were affected and resulted in the loss of land, …

… Xhosa war hero and regent of the AmaNgqika (Gaika) Xhosa clan during the youth of Sandile, Maqoma (also spelled Makoma or Macoma), died on … ranging from August 1856 to February 1857. The slaughter of cattle was incited by Nongqawuse's vision on the banks of …

… story Part 1: Our home is the Kalahari. We are the !Kung of Nyae Nyae. The Kalahari is a very big desert which takes up almost a third of southern Africa. Where we live, it is very dry. The big … rains come in January, February and March but for the rest of the year, the rain never falls. During the season of the …

… stroll around Amandelboom, the so-called coloured township of Williston Village in the Upper Karoo, best you not be … Church services begin. Amandelboom was the original name of this little Northern Cape Village on the Sak River, which … first missionaries encamped, and then renamed in honour of the then-Colonial Secretary of the Cape, Colonel Hampden …

… studios and exhibition space in Woodstock , and is one of the few active non-commercial spaces in Cape Town . The … Trust, which was founded in 1982 as an organized network of artists, visual art organizations and artist-led … This initiated and facilitated an international network of workshops and residencies hosted by various artists around …

… The Phoenix Settlement comprised of 100 acres of land and was purchased by Gandhiji in 1904. It was on this Settlement that Gandhi started his journey of transforming from a successful Lawyer to a simple Peasant …

… left standing in Bloemfontein . It is an extension of the National Museum and functions to tell the fascinating story of the Free State and its establishment. It is a relatively … gables. In November 1848, Maj Henry Warden sold a number of erven in Bloemfontein, raising for the Government a sum of …

… 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, that makes this Area so …

… In evidence furnished before the Amnesty Commission of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, policemen Eric … revealed that May Ledwaba (Squish) had been the target of the attack. The fourth applicant, Jan Hattingh Cronje had … the only "judge" who could impose an execution by means of the notorious necklace method. At the time of the incident …

… at the house. According to General George Meiring, Chief of the Defence Force at the time, " There were actually only … twenty-six projectiles were found in the house, with four of the children found with gunshot wounds to the head. … Two years after the cold blooded killings, the Minister of Justice, Dullar Omar on behalf of the Government of …

… erected by the British military during the frontier war of 1818-19, and was named in honour of Lt-Col Thomas Wiltshire of the 38th Regiment, who commanded the British troops during …

… by Millicent Fawcett in 1901, was established as a result of an outcry against the treatment of Afrikaners in concentration camps during the South African … War. A British woman, Emily Hobhouse became the champion of Afrikaners after investigating degrading conditions in …

… Germany's occupation of Namibia was accomplished through military conquest of the numerous groups in the region, with the Khoikhoi being … all her colonies, including South West Africa. At the end of the war, the colony was handed over to South Africa to …

… Frere who was appointed in 1877 wanted to pursue the idea of creating a Confederation of all Southern African territories, with a view to being appointed Governor of the entire region. Frere immediately realised that … Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds) (1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, (Cape Town), p.0157, Wallis, F. (2000). …