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… Back for the 17th year in a row! Magnet Theatre in patnership with The UCT Drama Department, The UCT College … Dance Theatre, will be working with some 700 learners in the Western Cape town of Clanwilliam to resurrect the …

… it served as a private preparatory school for boys and in 1982 the building was restored by the Seardel Investment … 27 December 1985. Monterey Nursery School opened its doors in January 1972 in Clayton House, Klaassens Road, Wynberg and was formed as …

… on 13 November 1848, and its services were initially held in the Raadsaal, a humble thatched building in St George's Street. On 6 January 1849 Major Henry Warden, … a new hall was proposed. The project was only undertaken in 1874 when architect AW Wocker was commissioned to design a …

… is a Hundred Years old (the Town celebrated its Centenary in September 2013). There is a larger than most Dutch … (seating as many as 1750 people at a time), and lies in the middle of a significant potato, maize and meat farming … roadside, the foothills of the Drakensberg just visible in the far distance. Several of the Buildings have been …

… girder Bridge is one the first of its kind to be Built in South Africa. It was Built in 1891 and is based on the hinge system, with heavy … being lower than the water line. The Bridge was Designed in the offices of the Department of Public Works, ordered …

… Boitumelo “Tumi” Molekane was born in Tanzania on 16 August 1981. [1] At the time of his birth his parents were living in exile due to the Apartheid regime. However in 1992, he was repatriated as a South African. [2] Tumi was …

… Bevil Gordon d’Urban Rudd was born on 5 October 1894 in Kimberley, Northern Cape.[i] He is the grandson of Charles … company.[ii] Bevil was educated at Saint Andrew’s College in Grahamstown.[iii] He became the first South African to win … of Olympic medals, for which he received a gold medal for in the 400 metres, a silver medal in the 4 X 400 metres …

… Boitumelo “Tumi” Molekane was born in Tanzania on 16 August 1981.[1] At the time of his birth his parents were living in exile due to the Apartheid regime. However in 1992, he was repatriated as a South African.[2] Tumi was …

… fragility, dating back to its independence from Portugal in 1974. The country is one of the most coup-prone and politically unstable countries in the World. Since the independence, four successful coups have been recorded in Guinea-Bissau, with another 16 coups attempted, plotted, …

… was a non-racial coalition group that was initially formed in protest to the Tricameral Parliament. It was one of the … Albertina Sisulu and Helen Joseph. The UDF was launched in 1983, and began its work by promoting protests and … A year later, the Township Uprising broke out, resulting in a partial state of emergency being declared. This was …

… policies (Apartheid) of H.F. Verwoerd resulted in the 'awarding' of 'self-government' to four of these 10 homelands including an area known as the Transkei in 1963. This was followed by 'full independance' in 1976. Section 4 of the Transkei Constitution Act of 1963, …

… Committee on South West Africa visited South West Africa in 1961 with the approval of the South African Government.] … to take over the administration.     There was some talk in the corridors about the possibility of the Council going … serious. I am not sure that the matter was discussed in a closed meeting of the Council. In the meantime a group …

… his early life. Da Gama was said to have been educated in the town of Evora, where he studied navigation and mathematics. In 1497, he set out with a crew of 148 men on the Sao … on the East African coast and negotiations on arrival in India led to conflict. In August 1498, Da Gama set out to …

… The ANC in KwaZulu Natal strongly condemns the killing of our people in an ANC stronghold at Tin Town, Ntshanga near Durban … 6. Bongani Hadebe The ANC calls upon the ANC structures in the area and the people in general to exercise …

… Kingdom formally recognised the independence of the Boers in the area between the Orange and Vaal rivers, which had … been known as the Orange River Sovereignty. This resulted in the formation of the independent Boer Republic of the … was signed on 23 February 1854 at the Green Lodge in Bloemfontein. The convention did not state what the …

… formed part of the apartheid system of racial segregation in South Africa. The Act enforced segregation of all public facilities, including buildings, and transport, in order to limit contact between the different races in South Africa. The Act also stated that the facilities for …

… collectively known as the "Big Three", were arrested in April 1989 and charged with treason. At the time of their … School, rent and consumer boycotts, which culminated in widespread rioting followed by clashes between police and civilians, were common, particularly in the Vaal Triangle. The government accused the United …

… from three particular newspaper articles which appeared in the New York Times, New York Post and the Wall Street … of the pressure the apartheid government was feeling in 1987. Events in 1988, culminating in the removal of P. W, Botha in 1989 … ' Chronology Of Some Pointers To The History Of The Media In South Africa'  from O'Malley, The Heat of Hope, [online], …

… were separated to form new divisions at Mossel Bay in 1848, Knysna in 1856, Oudtshoorn in 1858, and Uniondale in 1879. Originally the region had …

… racket after reports that people with al-Qaeda links were in possession of South African documents. Although she was … promised her British counterpart that her department was in the process of devising means to eliminate the ease with … hinted that there was a need for more intelligence work in the elimination of the scourge, saying that from what had …

… In 1997 the Library and Information Association of South … to promote libraries and to instil a culture of reading in South Africa. In 2001, LIASA initiated a drive to have one week recognised …

… as one country. It served the British to have the country in turmoil because it would make it much easier for them to … 300 ethnic groups, with the more dominant being the Igbo in the East, the Hausa-Fulani in the North and the Yoruba in the West. When Nigeria gained …

… annual congress of the Transvaal Anti-SAIC Committee held in Johannesburg, it was decided to revive the old Transvaal … a national scale to participation by Indians and Coloureds in the new Constitution. In 1983, the National Party (NP) Government introduced an …

… called Market Square, was home to the first church built in Pretoria, which burnt down in 1882.  The square's current layout was designed by Vivian S. Rees-Poole in 1912, to imitate London's Trafalgar Square and Paris' …

… City Hall on 29 August 1900, but the hall was only opened in 1905. It was designed by architects Reid and Green from Johannesburg and was built in Italian Renaissance style, one of the last major Victorian buildings to be erected in Cape Town. It was built from sand stone and has 39 bells …

… confirmation that Britain sought to annex their territory. In response to public outcry, the British Colonial Office in South Africa appointed a Mr Labouchere as head of a South … to investigate the circumstances surrounding the raid and in effect to absolve the British Government of all …

… The South African Reserve Bank was established in terms of the Currency and Banking Act, 1920 (Act No. 31 of 1920) in Parliament.This came into being after a Gold Conference was held in October 1919. Prior to its establishment South African …

… On 5 June 1918 disaffected Afrikaners were brought together in a new organisation called Jong Suid-Afrika (Young South Africa). In 1919 the organisation changed its name to Afrikaner … society, its rituals and membership remained secret. In 1993, the Afrikaner Broederbond, under its new …

… marched into Tripoli, later occupying the Libyan capital in this World War Two battle. This was part of a series of … thrust was eventually supported by the German Africa Corps in the hope that the whole of North Africa would be occupied … Allies access to the reserves of labour and raw materials in the North African/ Middle Eastern Region. However, during …