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PlaceElim
… The charming little village known as Elim, is dominated by … fishermen’s cottages and fig trees. This town is one of the few surviving South African mission…
EventSt James Church massacre
… Azanian Peoples' Liberation Army (APLA - the armed wing of the Pan-Africanist Congress) operatives attack St. James Church in the Cape Town suburb of…
EventSA and Mozambique revive Nkomati Accord
… During the 1980's P. W. Botha, the President of South Africa and leader of the National … Digest Illustrated History of South Africa-The Real Story, Cape…
ArchiveWorld Press Photo Exhibition 84
… of photo exhibition at Shell Gallery, 9 Riebeek Street, Cape Town on 26th April 1984. Black and white photo of small …
EventDulcie September's 's life commemorated at Athlone High School
… 20 August 1935. From her early years of activism she chose the path of resistance against the apartheid regime. She was a member of the Cape Peninsula…
PlaceHaarlem
… kilometers from Uniondale , a village was established by the Berlin Mission Society and was named Anhalt-Schmidt , in … Haarlem and bears that name today. …
PlaceLittle Lions Head, Mt. Above Llandudno
… look almost identical. " We went for our third hike to the top on Sunday and it was such a gorgeous day so I decided it would be wrong not to share some of…
PlaceHugh Eksteen Photographic Museum, Polokwane-Limpopo
… Housed in an 1890 Dutch Reformed Church in Polokwane, is the Hugh Eksteen Photographic Museum. Browse through over … lived to be 91 years old. This talented…
EventSA judge jails former state assassin Eugene de Kock for more than 200 years
… During the Apartheid regime, Eugene de Kock was a colonel in the South African Police force. He acted as the commander of … at the Frranschoek Literary…
PlaceCradock Division
… The Cradock division is known as The Inxuba Yethemba Local Municipality or District. It is situated in the Chris Hani District in the Eastern Cape Province…
ArticleShipwrecks in South Africa
… impact on how we live today. These vessels are what opened the seas for trade, travel and communication across … around Africa’s southern coast, particularly…
EventWayne Ferreira was born on this day
… his tennis partner, Pietie Norval won a silver medal in the men’s tennis doubles at the Barcelona Olympic Games of 1992.[ii] Wayne reached his … David van…
EventLlewellyn Herbert was born on this day
… born on 21 July 1977 in Bethal, Mpumalanga.[i] Herbert was the South African 400 metre hurdle champion from 1996 to 2003.[ii] He earned a silver medal at the…
PlaceUniversity of the Witwatersrand, (Wits)
… The University of the Witwatersrand is the 1st picture in the Banner! With an interesting Link … Environment; Health Sciences; Humanities; Science) and 33…
Ahmed Timol: Three Documents by Politicsweb, 27 June 2017
… The inquest has recently been reopened into the death of the … us—wherever we, are—in our factories,- on the land, in our schools and universities, in our…
ArchiveOpen hearts : Open minds : Open city
… at very bottom on white border with blue lettering of DA, Cape Democrats, Black Sash, Jews for Justice and NUSAS. …
EventJazz veteran Dorothy Masuka dies
… is known for her contribution to jazz in South Africa and the entire world. Masuka’s talent was discovered when she … at St. Thomas Catholic Boarding School…
EventMalebane-Metsing stages a coup in Bophuthatswana
… A dissatisfied faction of the Bophuthatswana Defence Force and some members of the National Executive Committee of the People's Progressive Party, led by…
PlaceKlein Karoo
… The Klein Karoo (Little Karoo) is a spectacular 350 kilometre … to the Klein Karoo from the Winelands of the Western Cape, the Southern Coastal strip and the…
ArchiveRemembering the Blue Notes: South Africa’s first generation of free jazz by Gwen Ansell, 11 September 2017
… of a feather, [we] flocked together.” He’s talking about the Blue Notes, a multiracial modern jazz outfit formed in Cape Town in the early 1960s. White…
PlaceUnion Buildings, Pretoria
… The Union Buildings are considered South Africa's … Designed and built by Herbert Baker and completed in 1913, the Union Buildings houses the Administrative…
EventViolence erupts during Defiance Campaign
… The first violence during the Defiance Campaign erupted in New Brighton, near Port Elizabeth . According to reports the riots followed after a Black person…
PlaceComoros
… The Comoros Archipelago African Islands are situated in the Western Indian Ocean . It is 3572.4 km from the 'Mother City", Cape Town, South Africa! The…
PlaceSAAF Memorial and Museum
… memorial is built on Bay Hills and offers a clear view of the Air Force Base at Zwartskop. The outline of the Voortrekker Monument is also visible from ……
PlaceRobert Sobukwe Town, was called Graaf-Reinet
… The oldest town in the Eastern Cape, the fourth oldest in South Africa and certainly one of the … Howcroft, P. ' The South African Encyclopaedia: Prehistory…
PlaceLusikisiki near Port St. John's
… Lying on Route 61, just inland from the beautiful coastal villages of Port St Johns and Mbotyi, Lusikisiki is wild. The countryside is rugged, remote and…
PlaceOld Stables, Oatlands, Simonstown
… This building was originally erected in the 18th century as a set of stables on the well-known Oaklands property. Shortly after the second British occupation…
EventDonald James Wood journalist and Anti apartheid activists is born
… Kimberley. After completing his matric, Woods enrolled at the University of Cape Town in 1952 to study law but switched to journalism. Woods initially…
EventField Marshal Lord Roberts is appointed British supreme commander in South Africa
… The appointment of Lord Roberts as Supreme Commander of the British forces in South Africa came after a series of … immediately set about relieving British…
ArchiveThe 1957 Alexandra Bus Boycott and its unsung heroes by Roseinnes Phahle, June 2019
… This essay discusses my experiences and recollections of the 1957 bus boycott in Alexandra, the township in which I … When the COD members went on a hunger…