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… attained Municipal status in 1895. Named after the owner of the land on which it was established, Johannes J.T. Venter. It is one of the smaller towns that currently forms part of the Gariep Local Municipality, with its seat in … New Dictionary of South African Place Names by Peter E. Raper. …

… illuminate Table Bay Harbour, 10 years before the rest of Cape Town. The building dates back to 1892.  At the beginning of the 19th century an improved system of water supply was introduced whereby water from the …

… Sauvignon Blanc is grown on the Northern bank of the Jackals Creek, near the rustic seaside town of Lamberts Bay. The small boutique vineyard overlooks the nutrient rich kelp coast of the Atlantic Ocean, five kilometres to the West. During …

… On April 3, 1702, she hit reefs on the Southwest point of Jutten Island and within hours was smashed to pieces. Only 99 of the 200 people aboard the Merestein survived. Jutten Island is part of a marine protected area.  The Cape Cormorant uses it as …

… Zimbabwe, Mann intended to procure arms to equip a group of mercenaries to overthrow the government of President Teodoro Obiang, allegedly on the instigation of Severo Moto, the leader of the opposition in Equatorial … at: www.channel4.com [Accessed 26 July 2010]| Will the Dog of War Simon Mann put Mark Thatcher behind bars?  [online] …

… languages. In 1968, he became an assistant professor of English at New York State University. A year later he … published in 1974. Following three other publications, one of which won Britain's Booker Prize, Coetzee taught … in the United States, while also holding a number of prominent positions at the University of Cape Town. On 25 …

… House on 31 August 1988. The building was the headquarters of the South African Council of Churches(SACC) and housed a number of other progressive organisations. Van der Merwe claims that … Release By Deputy President Mr TM Mbeki On The Statement of The Bombing of Khotso House  from  South African …

… on his subjects to take part in the election. The details of the meeting were not made public. Independent Electoral … broken the election deadlock, side-stepped the question of international mediation which led to the breakthrough and … democratic polls the following week. The main elements of the Agreement for Reconciliation and Peace were:   the IFP …

… acrimony. On 18 July 1966 the International Court of Justice ruled in a split vote that they had no power to … (Britain, France and Malawi) to terminate the mandate of South Africa over South West Africa and to declare the administration of the region the responsibility of the United Nations. The …

… and overcrowded. These factors contributed to the spread of disease. There was a shortage of both medical supplies and medical staff. At least 25 000 children and women died from epidemics of dysentery, measles, and enteric fever. Emily Hobhouse …

… dire conditions prevailing in the camps to the attention of the British parliament, resulting in the appointment of a Ladies' Commission (Fawset Commission) to investigate … conditions in the camps. Lord Kitchener, supreme commander of British forces in SA and responsible for the policy of …

… Stewart  (Bill) Ainslie, South African artist and founder of several art training projects, was born in Bedford, Eastern Cape as a descendent of an early British settler who had arrived in the Cape … graphic artist and sculptor himself, he was keenly aware of the damage Apartheid inflicted on local art. To combat …

… and spends six months in prison. King is recognised as one of the greatest human rights leaders of all time. His moving speech, "I have a dream", spoke to the hearts of people the world over, about injustice and racial …

… newspaper focused on Indian rights, poor living conditions of indentured labourers and racial discrimination. It provided an important historical record of the social and political lives of the Indian community in South Africa and also publicised …

… students nationwide should close down Black institutions of higher education through lecture boycotts in support of the expelled Onkgopotse Abram Tiro from the University of the North (now University of Limpopo, Turfloop Campus). … ' Graduation Speech by Pnkgopotse Tiro at the University of the North ', from South African history online , 29 April, …

… Deby on 10 October. Thus the small West African republic of Chad joined the group of oil-producing African nations. The opening of this pipeline raised hopes for many of the country's …

… Restoration of South African citizenship, announced on 15 December 1993 … four months before the first South Africa non-racial polls of 27 April, 1994. More than seven million people in the former homelands, forced to accept citizenship of their various homelands, regained their South African …

… inside South Africa and abroad to oppose the legality of the South African Government, was published by the ANC Department of Religious Affairs in Zambia. Phakamani acknowledged the role of religion in the oppression of many South Africans and …

… and comments on them, and he marvels at the growth of grandchildren. They come with their mothers as infants in … you look well and it pleases me very much to see you full of smiles, to know you are with close family friends. Zazi's picture at once reminded me of you shortly after your Mum returned from Baragwanath …

… You wrote on the back page of my last essay ("Political Education in The Republic") "Good ideas, but style too literary. Use of images evades the final point." When I left, you thought me still evasive, trying to pass off my own fear of suffering as a form of wisdom. I'd said, "There's nothing …

… was achieved by 1988. Josephine Mill's is a little slice of history in the heart of the green, leafy suburb of Newlands. It is situated on the banks of the Liesbeek …

… in Tshwane, built by Alexander Anderson at the corner of Pretorius and Paul Kruger streets, has an appealing … for all intents and purposes, and was sentenced to a year of hard labour by the Provincial Government. He somehow … that should he build the prison in under an allocated time of 12 months, he would be pardoned. He built a shoddy …

… artifacts. Particularly noteworthy is a collection of late 18th and early 19th century Cape furniture. The … Johannes Theophilus Rhenius and he was assisted by a board of burger heemraden and subordinates like secretary and a … who, with the resident magistrate, replaced the board of Landdrost and heemraden when they were abolished by the …

… Regina Mundi Catholic Church is located in the Township of Soweto, in the Suburb of Moroka. The Church forms part of the rich History of Soweto and is the largest Catholic … ica.net/na/en/travel/article/take-a-journey-into-the-centre-of-africa-s-rich-heritage-at-the-regina-mundi-church …

… been commissioned by the Cape Government, powers of construction were transferred to the British South Africa … Salisbury in Rhodesia. On 16 October 1899 a local force of 270 men under Police Inspector Snow withdrew from Fourteen … can still be seen crossing the Vaal river.   The village of Fourteen Streams, is a junction of the C.G.R. line to …

… by Shaka and his Zulu armies in the Mfecane wars. Most of them fled westwards and settled amongst the Xhosa. After some years of oppression by the Gcaleka Xhosa (who called the Fengu … invited by Sir Benjamin d’Urban to settle on the banks of the Great Fish River in the region that later became known …

… and prostitution has become rife in the syndicates of Cape Town, Johannesburg and Durban. Children who are … The most vulnerable children are girls between the ages of 12 and 16, who are often kidnapped in broad daylight. They … caught on film and sold as pornographic material. Some of the girls who are trafficked are even exchanged by gangs …

… Yellow, red, black and white poster. Photograph of Oscar Mpetha behind bars. Artwork of fists raised at top of poster. Artwork of a fist breaking handcuffs at bottom of …

… Orange, black and white calendar for 1987. List of principles and policies of two organisations. List of unions affiliated to CUSA/AZACTU. List of Offices. Artwork …

… so much youth, so much enthusiasm, and so much love of our country. To impose your world on us, you killed, … in March 1960 was wrong. It was a mistake. Your embrace of a non-racial democracy goes further and says that we were … our non racist ideas for South Africa. All the killing of anti - apartheid activists would not have happened. That …