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… tucked into an avenue of majestic Jacaranda trees is the home of Hamilton School. This school in the heart of Pretoria has a diverse and proud history which … spans a period of more than a hundred and eighteen Years. The learners of this school are drawn from a feeder area …

… Babanango is located about 58 km North-West of Melmoth in the KwaZulu-Natal Province. Initially the Town was part of land granted to White farmers, in 1885, … who succeeded his father Chief Cetshwayo as King of the Zulu nation in 1884, upon his death. The Town was founded …

… The mill was erected in 1840 and continued to function as such until after the turn of the 20th century when its mechanism and top portion were …

… is located in Cape Town.  It was started in 1872 with the donation of Sir Thomas Butterworth's personal Gallery. … paintings presented in 1871 by Thomas Butterworth Bayley, the collection of Iziko South African National Gallery has … of South African, African and Western European Art. The richness of the Foreign Collection is almost entirely due …

… From: The South African Communist Party In Exile 1963 - 1990 On 10 December 1996, the signatures on the country's new and final Constitution fixed a milestone …

… A visit to Matjiesfontein is like stepping straight into the Victorian era. Established in the late 1800s, this tiny railway town boasts beautifully … an old-world atmosphere, and a fascinating history. The Lord Milner Hotel, with its grand colonial design, still …

… The Coastal and Marine Ecosystems of the Bijagós Archipelago – Omatí Minhô in Guinea-Bissau and the mountain range of southern Malawi have been added to the …

… Elukhanyweni is a small settler village in the foothills of the Amatola Mountains, located some 50km from King William's Town, at the confluence of the Gxulu and Keiskamma Rivers. It has long …

… The Amatola Region is one of the most beautiful and diverse in the Eastern Cape. The Amathole's stretch into the hinterland …

… day in 1980, Southern-Rhodesia gained independence from the British, taking the name Zimbabwe. The day marked the end of racial segregation after a … Bute, E.L. & Harmer, H.J.P. (1997). The Black Handbook, London: Cassell. Fraser, R (1998). …

… The First River Temple, built the banks of the Umbilo River, near Bayhead Durban, in 1875. This is the first Hindu Temple that was built in Africa. It was …  https://www.wheretostay.co.za/topic/3427-the-umbilo-shree-ambalavaanar-alayam-temple …

… It was established by the Transvaal Boers in 1884, as a Republic. Their flag was … black-white-red stripes with a green vertical stripe at the hoist also the colours of Imperial Germany - which I am sure worried the …

… system of political and military alliances in place. The assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand by a Serbian nationalist threw this system off balance. The assassin, Gavrilo Princip, was a Bosnian Serb teenager and member of the radical nationalist group Mlada Bosnia (Young Bosnia), …

… name for 'Almond tree'. These trees were found near the Rhenish Mission Station from which the Town developed. The name Amandelboom was used from 1845 to 1919. Should you …

… A delegation of the South African Council of Churches (SACC) met with … P W Botha and other government leaders, following calls by the church for urgent discussions on the causes of unrest, forced removals and the emergency …

… The arrival of Lord Kitchener and Lord Roberts, with the latter taking up the role of Supreme Commander of British forces in 1900 …

… Presumed to be named after the Harbour City, on the West side of the Bay of Algiers, Capital City of Algeria. Algiers is the …

… It was on 27 October 1966 that the United Nations General Assembly terminated the mandate over South West Africa and declared that henceforth the territory comes under the direct responsibility of the …

… The vault is huge, well looked after, with a fence that nobody can cross!  It was erected in 1827 by the widow of Peter Woutersen. His granddaughter married, … became Chief Justice of South Africa. Various members of the ‘family lived on the estate. Because the vault had been …

… On 1 February 1994 President F.W. de Klerk announced the withdrawal of the Internal Stability Units (ISU) from the East Rand townships of Kathlehong and Thokoza. They were … ANC, (1993),  'Goldstone Commission: Report on the Investigation Units of the Commission' , from  African …

… In 1815, tensions between the British and Dutch were running high. The Dutch settlers strongly (and correctly) suspected the British of resenting their presence in the Cape Colony. …

… Committee for Liberation, Announcement [20 December 1961] The National Committee announces that on 20 December 1961 it destroyed power lines in Johannesburg. The National Committee for Liberation has been responsible for: 1. The removal of banished people to places of safety 2. The …

… Mauritania, Country on the Atlantic coast of Africa. Culturally it forms a transitional zone between the Arab-Amazigh (Berber) populations of North Africa and the African peoples in the region to the south of the Tropic …   https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/mauritania/   …

…   Kookfontein’s Sauvignon Blanc is grown on the Northern bank of the Jackals Creek, near the rustic seaside town of Lamberts Bay. The small boutique …

… J. Okumu urged Chief Buthelezi to participate in the forthcoming general election. Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) … Nelson Mandela and Mangosuthu Buthelezi to participate in the elections. Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini called on his subjects to take part in the election. The details of the meeting were not made …

… This study of "protest art" in South Africa for the period 1968 to 1976 presented me with several … period of South African art history, I was faced with the fact of having almost no documentation readily at hand, indeed even available. The whereabouts of several key works are unknown, exhibition …

… greetings from His Excellency Dr Sam Nujoma, President of the Republic of Namibia and the Honourable Theo-Ben Gurirab, Minister of Foreign Affairs, … a most successful Symposium. Today, exactly 40 years ago, the Anti-Apartheid Movement was launched in London at the …

… In the mid-1920s African protest escalated throughout the Transvaal countryside. African labour tenants and farm … for black organisations to assist them. Although the ICU took the lead in responding to their grievances, the …

… The Division of Robertson was originally part of the district of Tulbagh, whose drostdy was transferred to … 1822. It was proclaimed a separate division in about 1858. The region is well-watered with good, fertile soil, and …

… a bomb attack by South African security agents during the arduous fight to end apartheid. Sachs, 78, went on to help negotiate South Africa’s peaceful transition from the racist apartheid system to a constitutional democracy in the 1990s and served for 15 years on the Constitutional …