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EventGideon Nieuwoudt dies
… apartheid-era security police colonel, who was involved in the murder of several political activists in the Eastern Cape, died in Port Elizabeth after a…
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Bloemfontein
… Also known as the Tweetoring Kerk , The Dutch Reformed congregation of Bloemfontein was … 13 November 1848, and its services were initially held in the…
PlaceCross erected by Bartholomew Dias
… The original cross is currently housed in the Library of the University of the Witwatersrand, and was declared a …
PlaceAliwal North, Eastern Cape
… Town on the banks of the Orange River, some 195 km from Bloemfontein, on the road to to East London. It was founded in 1849 and named … Town on the banks of…
Biography: Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Liberia's 'Iron Lady' by Alistair Boddy-Evans updated 08 August 2016
… Monrovia, Liberia. Ellen Johnson was born in Monrovia, the capital of Liberia, amongst the descendants of original colonists of Liberia (ex-African … from…
EventAnti-apartheid activist Sister Bernard Ncube dies
… anti-Apartheid activist Sister Bernard Ncub e died at the age of 80. She was a practicing Roman Catholic nun and was recruited into the anti-Apartheid…
PlaceFort Schanskop
… After the Jameson Raid in 1896, Pres Paul Kruger of the “Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek” decided to protect Pretoria … funds, only four were completed. Germans…
EventMedical Association agrees to investigate Biko’s death
… it was found that no particular person could be blamed for the death of Steve Biko . The case was then submitted to the South African Medical and Dental…
EventuMkhoto weSizwe (MK) launches its first acts of sabotage
… On this date, uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the military wing of the African National Congress (ANC) announced its existence by launching its first acts of…
PlaceColesberg, Northern Cape
… The Village of Colesberg was founded in 1830 on the site of an abandoned station of the London Missionary Society, and was named in honour of Sir …
Zweli Mkhize slams Zuma in hard-hitting statement, 01 April 2017
… Cape Town - ANC treasurer general, Zweli Mkhize, says the ANC leadership should have been consulted on President … said in a statement on Saturday said that…
PlaceBeau Soleil Music Centre, Salisbury Road, Kenilworth
… The original portion of this double-storey manor house was … house with its elegant rustication, were made towards the end of the 19th century. It was…
PlaceFranschhoek, Western Cape
… Originally known as the Valley of the Huguenots , a Community of French Huguenots were granted land in this Valley by the Dutch Government of the Cape ,…
Event1 575 people are detained under a state of emergency
… The events which led to mass detentions in April 1960 were the following: A state of emergency was called after … at Sharpeville, Langa and Nyanga, organised…
PlaceOld Post Office, Rissik Street, Johannesburg
… Johannesburg has many historic landmarks and the Rissik Street Post Office is one of them. Built in 1897, it’s among the city’s oldest surviving buildings…
PlaceDitsong Museum of Natural History
… The Ditsong National Museum of Natural History used to be the Transvaal Museum of Natural History, which in turn developed from the 1892 Zuid Afrikaanse…
South Africa: Writer Mafika Gwala Passes Away (allAfrica), 9 September 2014
… Minister Nathi Mthethwa has sent his condolences to the family and friends of legendary poet and short story … on Sunday. "It is with deep sadness that we…
PlaceFederated Union of Black Artists Arts Centre
… The Federated Union of Black Artists Arts Centre was … artists, writers, actors and musicians in Johannesburg . The objective was to work with artists in…
PlaceLinden, Johannesburg
… Nestled in the foothills of Northcliff Hill, Linden is one of the prettiest and oldest suburbs of Johannesburg, lying to the North-West of the city centre…
PlaceRondebosch Fountain, Main Road, Rondebosch.
… The fountain was, in reality, only an ornamental trough used for the watering of horses, and consists of a round cast-iron drinking bowl supported on legs in…
PlaceOld Pretoria Iron Mines Ltd Buildings, Iscor, Pretoria
… The simple brick structure and its adjacent chimney contained the boiler and blower house of a blast furnace and formed part of the iron works established by…
PlaceRotunda, Bay Hotel- Camps Bay
… The Victorian Rotunda, a landmark in Camps Bay, is a beautiful, geometrical domed building, was the epitome of high society in Cape Town at the turn of the…
PlaceHector Pieterson Memorial and Museum, Soweto
… The museum is located on 8288 Khumalo Street, Orlando West ( Soweto ). The museum is named after one of the first casualties. But commerates all of those…
EventLanga, Uitenhage Massacre: 20 killed by police on Sharpeville Commemoration Day
… 25 years to the day after the infamous Sharpeville Massacre, in which 69 people were killed, the South African Police opened fire on a crowd of people in ……
EventWW2: British 8th army marches into Tripoli
… On 23 January 1943 the British 8th army marched into Tripoli, later occupying the Libyan capital in this World War Two battle. This was … part of a series of…
EventBoers occupying Magagabe Hill shell Rhodesian positions at Basuto Kop
… The action that culminated with the Boers shelling Rhodesian positions at Basuto Kop on 16 … 1900 can be traced in part by Rhodesian fears that the Boers…
National Arts Festival 2017
… The National Arts Festival is an important event on the South African cultural calendar, and the biggest annual celebration of the arts on the African …
PlaceStanford, Western Cape Overberg
… Africa’s Favourite Village', Stanford has become quite the popular Weekend Break Destination with its cozy … Accommodation and welcoming Eateries, scattered…
PlaceAi-Ais, Namibia
… Ai-Ais Hot Springs Resort is at the source of a mineral and sulphur-rich hot Spring, and means 'burning water' in the Local Dialect. One of the eyes of the…
PlaceAG Bain Monument, Grahamstown
… This is a bronze plaque on a cairn at the top of the Ecca Pass, 12 km South of Grahamstown. It was erected in 1964 by the Historical Monuments Commission in…