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PlaceWynberg Park, Southern Suburbs
… In the heart of Cape Town lies the beautiful Wynberg Park! This spans over an area of 22 square kilometres and showcases some of the Western Cape Vegetation,…
PlaceGoodwood
… One of the Northern Municipalities adjoining the metropolitan of Cape Town , 11 km from the centre of the City and in the … and named by Charles D. Bell ,…
EventFawcett Commission into Concentration Camps in South Africa
… The Fawcett Commission headed by Millicent Fawcett in 1901, … Standard Encyclopedia of Southern Africa Vol. 3, Cape Town: Nasou, pp. 378 - 380. Barker, B. J…
EventFormer South African Prime Minister and State President John Vorster is born
… Balthazar John Vorster was born in in Uitenhage in the Eastern Cape on 13 December 1915. Vorster began his political career … Mulder, then Minister of…
PlaceMowbray
… The village of Mowbray was established in about 1853 on the … into Durban Road. Mowbray lies close to the University of Cape Town and Groote Schuur Hospital…
History of Muslims in South Africa: Introduction by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… From the book: History of Muslims in South Africa by Ebrahim … from 1652 onwards - since the time of their arrival at the Cape of Good Hope and their…
ArticleCommemoration, remembering and memorialising June 16 Soweto uprising
… Since the early 1990s, June 16, now known as Youth Day, has been … There have been different ways and forms through which the June 16 1976 student uprisings…
PlaceGreatmore Studios
… studios and exhibition space in Woodstock , and is one of the few active non-commercial spaces in Cape Town . The Triangle Arts Trust, which was founded in ……
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.1 No.2 May-Jun 1978
… Content and Contributors Letters on the banning of Staff rider No 1 Athol and Sheila Fugard, … Open School Group, Johannesburg ,Poems Stephen Watson Cape…
EventDr Piet Koornhof, one of the most controversial figures in South African history, dies
… Dr Piet Koornhof, one of the most controversial figures from South Africa's apartheid era, died in a Stellenbosch frail care centre at the age of 82,…
PlaceGriqualand East
… The territory of Griqualand East is located South of the … of migrating from their ancestral lands in the Northern Cape. Although the Griqua were granted…
Address by I. B. Tabata, AAC Conference, December 16,1941
… I must admit at the outset that when we first met in this hall six years ago, … or at the hands of the police? Can they point to better schools and improved…
Interview with Oliver Tambo in Luanda after summit meeting of Presidents of frontline states and Southern African Liberation Movements, 01 March 1977
… Question : How did the Luanda summit go? TAMBO : This has been a very important … African situation for many whites to participate and to join and to…
O. R. Tambo interviewed in Luanda after Summit Meeting of Presidents of Frontline States and Southern African Liberation Movements, 1977
… Question: How did the Luanda summit go? TAMBO: This has been a very important … African situation for many whites to participate and to join and to sacrifice…
PlaceUniversity of Pretoria
… The foundational Years of the University of Pretoria were welcomed with great turmoil. … display at the Bridge Gallery at the Javett-UP. Please join us for…
EventAnti-SAIC political rally ends in Lenasia
… On 19 and 20 August 1981, in response to the National Party (NP) government’s attempts to co opt … At the same time, similar bodies were formed in the Cape…
ArchiveSouth Africa’s Marikana 10 years on: survey shows knowledge of massacre is low, by Benjamin Roberts, Jare Struwig and Steven Gordon (theconversation.com), 16 August 2022
… To explore the patterns of collective memory in South Africa after … rural residents, and those living in North West, Northern Cape, Free State and Eastern…
Chapter 8. Capitalists without Money
… In 1928 the clothing industry presented a picture of primitive … but as they were not members of the union and afraid to join or give information for fear of…
EventuMkhoto weSizwe (MK) launches its first acts of sabotage
… On this date, uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the military wing of the African National Congress … attacked with a majority of these being in the Eastern Cape. This…
PlaceIrma Stern Museum
… played a leading role in introducing avant-garde art to the country. Born in 1894 in South Africa, Irma Stern … her work is exhibited to great success. She…
PlaceSomerset Road, Green Point
… The Settlement of Green Point was established sometime before … it from another Settlement also called Green Point, in Cape Town. Somerset Road is heart of…
PlaceDurban, Kwa-Zulu Natal
… Durban is South Africa’s third-largest City and one of the fastest-growing urban Areas in the World. It's Port is … given to the Afrikaners, who had left the…
PlaceHawston
… Close to Hermanus, the town of Hawston with its long, white unspoilt beach lies … a beautiful town. Walton (1995) describes in his book “Cape Cottages” the…
PlaceA History of Ottosdal and Letsopa
… people moved into the interior of South Africa from the Cape (what is today the Western Cape). A branch of the … area had been connected to a telephone line…
EventPetronella Nellie du Toit South African soprano singer is born
… began her singing career at tender age of nine, and by the age of sixteen she began to sing opera. After completing … in Opera Singing at the South African…
ArchiveHighlights on successes and experienced challenges during the 25 years of freedom and democracy.
… Senior Secondary School. I write this letter to highlight the successes and experienced challenges within the 25 years … have been provided for disadvantage…
ArticleHIV/Aids in South Africa timeline 1940s-2009
… 1940s The oldest Human Immunodeficiency Virus-2 (HIV-2) jumps from … Talking Hands Puppet Company works with over 100 pupils in schools in Grahamstown to…
PlaceDwarsvlei, near Pretoria
… The Farm Dwarsvlei is situated 15 kilometres North of Krugersdorp, on the road to Hekpoort, past Sterkfontein of Archaeological … were to leave Krugersdorp…
ArchiveNew ball-game in South African politics
… The launching of the United Democratic Front in Cape Town marked the beginning of a new ball-game in South Africa. …
Retief manifesto, (Graham's Town Journal), 2 February 1837
… Piet Retief's published manifesto, setting out the reasons for the Voortrekker's departure from the Cape colony. Photographed in a display in the Senotaph…