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PlaceLodge de Goede Hoop, Stal Square, Cape Town
… In 1772 the Masonic Order established its first lodge in the Cape under a warrant obtained from the Grand Lodge … National of the Netherlands. Initially…
PlaceOld Town House, Greenmarket Square, Cape Town.
… As the town of Cape Town grew in size and sophistication, so then its management committee … place to discuss the affairs of the Burgher Council. Early in…
PlaceVan Riebeeck’s Hedge, Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, Cape Town.
… These trees are a remnant of the hedge planted in 1660 by Jan van Riebeeck as a Boundary to the newly … of the Dutch East India Company (VOC), Arrived at the…
PlaceThree Anchor Bay
… Three Anchor Bay is a small anchorage in Table Bay. Its name was first recorded in Dutch records of 1661, and probably refers to a defensive … which…
PlaceGoodwood
… of Cape Town , 11 km from the centre of the City and in the Bellville district. It was originally a Village … Mile Stone'. The Village was established by…
PlaceNapier
… endangered Blue Crane can often be seen gathered together in large flocks. Napier is situated under the Soetmuisberg … Century old cottages blend with modern…
PlaceCote D’Ivoire or Ivory Coast
… Ivory Coast is a West African State bordering Ghana in the East, Burkina Faso, Mali in the North, and Guinea and Liberia in the East. To the South lies, the…
PlaceOld gaol, Seventh Avenue, Roodepoort
… The original building was apparently already in existence in 1890 when it was converted to use as a gaol for the mining … house on the corner of Goldman…
Document 2 - Letter from the Cape Labour Party to James Ramsay, 12 August 1908
… & disappointed that nothing seems to have been done in the matter of our appeal before your Parliament rose. You … the awful position the workers here are…
EventThe Republic of South Africa is established
… his plea for a republic. This was also the first time in 12 years of government that the National Party (NP) was able to gain a majority in parliament. Given…
EventThe UN orders Libya to hand over two suspects linked to the Lockerbie bombing
… and crew on board were killed, as were eleven people in the town of Lockerbie, where large sections of the plane … were considered to have been responsible…
EventCharles Darwin and the HMS Beagle reached the Galapagos Islands
… Darwin's experience in the Galapagos would be the principle inspiration for his … fundamentally changed the people think about the world in which they live…
EventSlavery is abolished at the Cape
… On 1 December 1834, slavery came to an end in the Cape Colony. The move to abolish slavery in the Colony came a year after the Slavery Abolition Bill of ……
EventWolraad Woltemade drowns at sea after saving 14 people from a sinking ship
… India ship, was anchored at the mouth of the Salt River in Table Bay. In the early hours of the morning, a storm that had been … and hit the jagged rocks of…
EventThe Directors of the Dutch East India Company propose Hout Bay to Jan van Riebeeck as a possible area to settle some Dutch families
… Europe's seafaring powers. Thus did Jan van Riebeek arrive in Table Bay (Cape Town) in 1652 to set up a refreshment station for the Dutch East … the…
EventSouth African artist Gerard Sekoto is born
… Jan Gerard Sekoto was born on 9 September 1913 in Botshabelo, a mission station established by the German missionaries amongst the Pedi community in the…
PlaceCradock Division
… Yethemba Local Municipality or District. It is situated in the Chris Hani District in the Eastern Cape Province. It is approximately 240km north ……
Bush Radio mourns, Professor William T. McClain (1923-2011)
… death. Professor McClain was originally from a small town in Indiana in the United States, and after his studies served as Deputy … of Indiana. His first…
Introduction
… The energies of South African Indians, mobilised in the 1890s against growing anti-Indianism in various parts of South Africa, were channelled into a … and…
ArchiveSubbiah Moodley - "Voices Of Resistance" - University Of Durban Westville, Documentation Centre, Oral History Project , 2002
… about your days as a young child. The family you grew up in, your grandparents, your parents. Can you tell us a little bit about that, please. SM: Yes. I…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the National Day of Safety and Security Vosloorus, 15 October 1994
… of Safety and Security. The people of the East Rand, and in particular Katlehong, Thokoza and Vosloorus, have suffered … Projects, a priority within the RDP…
Address by the President of South Africa, Mr. Thabo Mbeki, at the Opening of Civil Society Forum of the WSSD, Johannesburg, 23 August 2002
… and Prosperity. We are especially moved that you are in this country, because in the past you stood side by side with us as we struggled together to defeat…
The South African Congress of Trade Unions
… African Congress of Trade Unions). All the unions there in Port Elizabeth took part in SACTU. I remember the Textile Workers' Union and the Food … I don't…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Intelligence Services Day 10th Anniversary Awards Ceremony and Inauguration of the Wall and Garden of Remembrance: Musanda, Tshwane: 24 November 2005
… and gentlemen: Thank you for inviting me to participate in this important celebration of a most historic occasion - … on the Wall of Remembrance and the…
Address to The 3rd Summit of The ACP Heads of State and Government Nadi, Fiji, 18 July 2002
… of State and Government under the theme - "ACP solidarity in a globalised world." This theme recognises two critical … One of these is the reality that the…
Address to the Joint Sitting of the National Assembly and the National Council on the New Partnership for Africa’s Development, 31 October 2001
… These are Africans who have chosen to define themselves in action. They had grown tired of being told who they are, … Union. It is important that our…
Address at the Africa Regional Disability Consultative Conference Johannesburg, 6th May 2003
… Conference. I hope that our visitors had a good stay in our country and would take memorable experiences back … am confident that the deliberations that have…
Bernard Shaw and May Morris
… daughters, but only one of them-May -took a keen interest in his work, attended all the meetings and social gatherings; … as an architect and designer, was a…
PlaceAmaLinde, West of King Williams Town
… of the Battle of Amalinda between Gaika and Ndlambe, in October 1818. The long standing rivalry between the senior … of Xhosaland, Ngqika, and his uncle,…
PlacePhilippi
… was established sometime before December 1896, and in August 1898 its name was changed to Philippi. Philippi is one of Cape Town’s Townships formed, in the…