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PlaceKoeberg Nuclear Power Station, Cape Town
… Construction of Koeberg began in 1976 and Unit 1 was synchronized to the … 25 July 1985. It is situated at Duynefontein, 27km North of Cape Town on the…
PlaceTown Hall, 25 Market Street, Uitenhage
… the 1820’s there was a strong move locally for the Capital of the Colony to be situated in Uitenhage. When the Town Hall … rose again. The huge Wild Fig Tree…
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Zoutpansberg
… The Nederduits Gereformeerde congregation of Zoutpansberg was established at Renosterpoort, by S … lived to be 91 years old. The photos portray what the area…
PlaceThe Wilds Park, Houghton Estate, Johannesburg
… In 1925 the Township owners of Houghton Estate, the Johannesburg Consolidated Investment Company Ltd. Donated the original portion of The Wilds to the…
EventThe SA author and journalist, Herman Charles Bosman, shoots and kills his stepbrother David Russell during a quarrel
… He was educated at Jeppe High School and the University of the Witwatersrand (WITS), and later appointed to a teaching post in the Marico district of the…
EventNomsa Mapongwana is assassinated
… Thirty-four year old Nomsa Mapongwana, wife of chairperson Michael Mapongwana of the United Democratic Front (UDF) affiliated Western Cape … West. Mapongwana…
EventMigrant workers ransack Phola Park
… In the middle of the night, a group of migrant workers aligned with the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) ransacked the Phola Park squatter camp of East Rand…
EventNamibia gains Independence
… under the South African administration by the League of Nations after the First World War. When the United Nations … Prime Minister, General Smuts argued for…
EventBlast opposite the Athlone Magistrate’s Court and police complex kills two people
… Court and police complex, which took the lives of two African National Congress (ANC) activists. Two … the underground cell Williams and Waterwitch were…
EventAlleged Mk members are killed
… received about a planned infiltration, via Botswana, of a group of six heavily armed MK guerrillas. When the minibus carrying … to meet the group at the…
EventBophuthatswana is granted independence by the South African government
… with other homelands, was incorporated to form part of South Africa’s nine provinces. It is now part of the North West Province. Other parts of the homeland…
PlaceYokohama, Muizenburg
… house called “Yokohama”, it was constructed in 1906 out of paper maché, imported from Japan. The house is a historical heritage property of Muizenberg and…
EventLesotho and Swaziland threatened with sanctions
… The government of South Africa threatened Lesotho and Swaziland with … regard meant their citizens were going to suffer, as both of them were dependent on…
EventPrime Minister Botha visits Soweto
… R9m. would be written off. He told surprised residents of Soweto and of the independent 'homelands', which he also visited in … time, "we are all South…
EventTranskei announces plans to unban ANC and PAC
… During the celebration day of independence not recognised by the international community, the President of the Transkei homeland, Tutor Ndamase, announced…
EventCOSATU delegates are left at Beitbridge
… In spite of being refused to visit, the thirteen delegates of the Congress of South African Trade Union (COSATU), left for Zimbabwe with …
EventA coalmine explosion in Rhodesia kills over four hundred workers
… stunned the whole country and the world. Over a third of those who perished were citizens of Rhodesia’s neighbouring countries of Malawi, Namibia, Mozambique…
PlaceDurban Natural Science Museum
… on Biodiversity Conservation, and Ecology. The mission of the Durban Natural Science Museum is to acquire and … its history, and life on Earth, both past and…
EventJohn Langalibalele Dube is born
… 11.02.1946) was born at the Inanda Mission station of the American Zulu Mission (AZM) in Natal to James and Elizabeth Dube. His father, James Dube was one of…
PlaceAdelaide, Eastern Cape
… A rural Town some 91 km North of Grahamstown , Eastern Cape . The Area of Adelaide, was first inhabited by Bushmen , estimated about … there and named it…
PlaceAddo Heights, Uitenhage
… than it's vertical profile. Despite its very long length of 18,7 km and a respectable altitude variance of 286 m, it only has 10 bends, corners and curves…
PlaceMaclear/Nqanqarhu
… India.) The route they followed passed a few miles South of Maclear. According to all Historical records they were the first Europeans ever to enter the Area…
EventFormer African Springbok captain, Welile Nkohla dies
… James Nkohla, also known as ‘Bomza’, died at the age of 71 years of age in Livingstone Hospital in Port Elizabeth, after a … 1946. He started playing…
EventFirst Indian workers arrive in South Africa
… grew rapidly in the late 1800s in Natal as a result of very cheap “indentured labour” sourced from India. The first group of Indian workers arrived in Durban…
ArchiveAfrica South Vol.2 No.3 Apr-Jun 1958
… Marais. The Fight is on, Rev. Joost de Blank, Archbishop of Cape Town. The Widow of the Reserves, Phyllis Ntanala. Bethal Case-Book, Ruth … Multi-Racial…
PlaceSt Saviours Church Anglican Church and Cemetery, Bowwood Road, Claremont
… St. Saviours Church is at the Corner of Bowwood and Main Roads in Claremont, Cape Town, South … since 1854 and has immense Historical value. The nucleus of…
EventIndependent African States resolve to impose sanctions against South Africa
… During the Second Conference of Independent African States held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia a … to the Government and companies registered under the laws of the…
EventNelson Mandela is sentenced to five years for “incitement and leaving South Africa illegally”
… behind a call for a national strike and the formation of Umkhonto we Sizwe (Spear of the Nation). Mandela founded Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) with … the apartheid…
PlaceBourke's Luck Potholes
… This natural water feature marks the beginning of the Blyde River Canyon . The potholes were named after Tom … to create these formations are the Treur River…
B.J. Vorster - Select Speeches
… The Honourable B. J. Vorster is not only one of the most active speakers in the Republic of South Africa, but also one of the most sought after. As a speaker…