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PlaceRustenburg House, together with its Summer House, Main Road, Rondebosch.
… When the VoC granted land in Rondebosch to the first free Burghers, Governor Jan van … of this Land to be used as an Orchard by the Company. In February of…
EventThe Pondoland Revolts
… The Pondoland revolt in the Eastern Cape refered to the action taken by iKongo to … Bantu Authorities Act of 1951. During a protest gathering in the district…
The Trust Feed Massacre
… An incident occurred in December 1988 which shocked the nation and forever changed … community of Trust Feeds, a rural village near New Hanover in the Natal…
PlaceFrankfort
… farming town situated on the banks of the Wilge River in the Free State province of South Africa. The town was laid out in 1869 on the farm Roodepoort, and…
PlaceOld Drostdy Museum, Rawson Street, Pearston
… This former government building, an architectural treasure in itself, containing some impressive artifacts. Particularly … Drostdy Museum was built by the…
PlaceThe Roman Catholic Church, Polokwane
… This was one of the earliest Churches established in Polokwane (then Pietersburg). Building began in 1895, and the church was completed in 1897. Prior to…
EventFormer Springbok captain Bobby Skinstad is born
… the youngest ever Springbok rugby captain, was born in Bulawayo, Rhodesia (Zimbabwe). Skinstad captained the Springboks in twelve tests. After a semi…
EventTrader and art collector Habib Rajab is born
… Habib Mohamed (A.M.) Rajab was born in Durban. He was a trader and collector of oriental art, remembered for his role in preventing the Grey Street complex…
EventExplorer Karl Gottlieb Mauch dies
… Mauch, allegedly the first person to discover gold in South Africa, died in poverty in Stuttgart, Germany. He made geologic and archaeological …
EventMalawi’s Kamuzu Banda losses election
… Dr. Hastings Kamuzu Banda since independence from Britain in 1964 concedes defeat to Bakili Muluzi in the country's first multi-party election. With 30 years…
EventRev. Robert Selby Taylor, Bishop of Grahamstown, is elected Archbishop of Cape Town and Metropolitan of the Province of South Africa.
… Rev. Robert Selby Taylor was born in the United Kingdom in 1909. His parents later sent him to New Zealand in the hope of broadening his experience. Taylor…
Address, Thabo Mbeki, at the Opening of the World Summit for Sustainable Development Johannesburg, 26 August 2002
… this high post, and count on your support and cooperation in this regard. I am privileged to join His Excellency Mr Nitin Desai, in warmly welcoming you all,…
PlaceNelson Mandela Bridge, Johannesburg
… status, with an impressive 295 metre span that is lit up in all the colours of the rainbow at night. (It's one of the … which separate the Newtown and…
PlaceVredefort Dome, Free State Province
… the oldest and largest Meteorite Impact Site (Astrobleme) in the World. Formed an estimated 2000 Million Years ago when … today. The Vredefort Dome is a…
PlaceCarmel, George
… In 1721 the farm Langverwacht was allocated to Jean le Roux, … realised that its name coincided with that of Langverwacht,in the division of Oudtshoorn, and…
PlaceOrange River
… It rises in the Drakensberg in Lesotho ( where it is known as the Senqu ) it flows … at Alexander Bay . At the source of the Orange River, in Lesotho , which…
21. Pariah constables pollute Hindus
… complaint reflects the difficulty individuals experienced in adjusting to new realities. Source: I.I. I.I1.166, … Natal Archives. We the undersigned Indians…
ArchiveCAS: Conscription Advice Service
… shapes. Blue and white photograph of four young men in centre. One in business suit, one in uniform, one in sports clothes and one in casual wear. …
Address by Deputy President Jacob Zuma at the 40th Anniversary of the Execution of Vuyisile Mini and five others, 6 November 2004
… ultimate price for freedom. We today join their families in celebrating their lives and their selfless contribution to … Comrades and friends, I am sure that…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the AU-African Diaspora Ministerial Conference Gallagher Estate, Friday 16 November 2007
… sponsored the first Pan-African Congress which was held in London in 1900. One of the most important and indelible results of … comments on these sub-themes…
ADDRESS AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE 24TH REGULAR MEETING OF THE CARICOM CONFERENCE, Montego Bay, Jamaica, 2 July 2003
… behalf of the African Union and your brothers and sisters in Africa, I would like to thank you most sincerely for the … apartheid regime. But by then we knew…
EventCricketer Omar Henry born
… Omar Henry was born in Stellenbosch on 23 January 1952.[i] In 1987, at the age of 34, Henry became the first South African cricketer of colour to be selected…
PlaceMaloti-Drakensburg Park
… site composed of the uKhahlamba Drakensberg National Park in South Africa and the Sehlathebe National Park in Lesotho. The site has exceptional natural…
EventSenzo Mfundo Vilakazi, the South African hip hop artist and lyricist is born
… Senzo Mfundo Vilakazi, stage name Kwesta was born in Katlehong, Gauteng on 11 February 1997.[i] Kwesta debut … studio album was “Special ReKwest”, which was…
EventGabon gains independence from France
… to rule Gabon after she achieved independence, but early in the 1990s Gabon introduced a multiparty system and a new … was first explored by the Portuguese…
EventAdelaide Tambo returns to South Africa after 30 years
… where she met Oliver Tambo. The Tambos' were married in December 1956, and in 1960, they were asked by the ANC to continue their work abroad. They then…
EventPiet Retief, Voortrekker leader, is born
… as Wellington. Retief grew up on the vineyard, Welvanpas, in what became the Cape Colony under British rule. At the age of 27 he left for Stellenbosch, but…
PlaceCape Maclear, Malawi
… Cape Maclear or Chembe is a town in the Mangochi District of Malawi's Southern Region. The … to the islands of Domwe and Thumbwe on Lake Malawi and is in…
EventSir George Gray, governor of the Cape, lays the cornerstone of the New Somerset Hospital
… Cape, laid the cornerstone of the New Somerset Hospital in Green Point, Cape Town. The hospital was established in 1818, after Dr S. Bailey saw the need for…
EventFormer Springboks player, Naas Botha is born
… Hendrik Egnatius Botha was born on the 27 of February 1958 in Breyten, in the Eastern Transvaal (now Mpumalanga). He schooled in Pretoria, where he…