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… Guinea-Bissau, one of the world’s poorest and most fragile countries, has a … is composed of more than 100 islands known as archipelago, the Bijagos . The country of Guinea-Bissau, borders Senegal to the North …

… The Magwa Waterfall lies in the middle of the 1 800 hectare Magwa tea plantation , South Africa's last … a fifty minute drive from Port St Johns , (43,0 km) on the R61.   "The Magwa Waterfall is pretty impressive!" It is …

… It is now known as Piketberg. (prior to 1910) The division of Piquetberg originally fell under the district of Tulbagh, whose drostdy was transferred to … 1822, but in about 1838 most of its area was brought under the district of the Cape. It was proclaimed a separate …

… All of history, said Marx, is the history of class struggle. All societies are divided into classes. In a capitalist society, the two main classes are the middle class (also known as the bourgeoisie) who owned …

… An immigrant from Lithuania, the young Charles Back I, landed on these shores in 1902. … his life in South Africa as a butcher boy in what is now the Cape Town CBD, he later opened his very own butcher shop … purchasing Backsberg in 1916 and Fairview in 1937. 1693 the Farm was called 'Bloemkoolfontein'.  Before the Beck …

… da Roca named in 1488, by Bartolomeu Dias when he was the first European to land there. He planted a wooden cross … small Island now, St Croix or Santa Cruz island. he named the bay Agra da Roca, which in Portuguese means- 'bay of … was changed to Algoa bay. Algoa bay is a wide inlet along the South African, East Coast of the Cape of Good Hope. It is …

… 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 of the Cape in 1806 it was …

… played a leading role in introducing avant-garde art to the country. Born in 1894 in South Africa, Irma Stern … exhibited to great success. She returns to Cape Town and “The Firs”, now the Irma Stern™ Museum, became her home and studio! The Irma …

… up of 115 small Islands. They were first settled on by the French, leading a small party of Whites, Indians and Africans. The Islands remained in French hands until the defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo. Evolving from humble …

… The appointment of Lord Roberts as Supreme Commander of the British forces in South Africa came after a series of failed campaigns against Boer Commandos in the South African War (Second Anglo-Boer War). The Commandos … of South Africa (Cape Town), p. 214|Pakenham, T (1979). The Boer War . (New York) …

… Kimberley. After completing his matric, Woods enrolled at the University of Cape Town in 1952 to study law but switched to journalism.  Woods initially supported the idea of separate development but was critical of the way National Party (NP) led government implemented the …

… The South African 46664 concert, 46664 being the prison number of South African president Nelson Mandela during the apartheid era, was staged at the exclusive golf resort of …

… On 14 October 1931, Pretoria achieved official city status. The city was established in 1855 by Marthinus Pretorius, a leader of the Voortrekkers who named it after his father Andries Pretorius. Andries Pretorius became a hero of the Voortrekkers after he defeated the Zulus in the Battle of …

… The measurement of any collective is not when the executive tasks in the normal course of organisational work, but when leadership …

… lodge, a formal garden and an oak plantation. It remained the property of the VOC, and over the years became a gracious residence for high-ranking …

… 1929 Dear Ballinger, Thanks very much for your letter and the report on Kadalie' resignation. I do not think you have seriously altered the main conclusions of my article. Of course we all believe … we are more virtuous than other people. In this matter of the I.C.U. and the Communists I think any unbiased observer …

… 1.3 Million (2008, Joburg archive).  Soweto was created in the 1930's when the White Government started separating Blacks from Whites . … Industrial Area or a highway etc., they did this by using the infamous 'Urban Areas Act' in 1923. Soweto became the …

… article is a reprint, and first appeared in June 1976 in The Educational Journal of March-May issue. The author provides the reader with a very detailed background and history of the …

… Report of the Head Office of the National Union of South African Students to the Annual Congress of the National Union, University of …

…   The Hillbrow Tower (JG Strijdom tower) is a tall tower located in the suburb of Hillbrow in Johannesburg, South Africa. At 269 m, it has been the tallest structure and tower in Africa for 45 years, and …

… Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) rally at Jabulani Stadium. In the ensuing battle between residents and Inkatha supporters, hand grenades were allegedly thrown into the crowd of Inkatha supporters, killing five. The other eight people were later killed allegedly by Inkatha …

… Mr Velaphi Ndlovu, an IFP parliamentarian in the Kwazulu homeland claims that attacks by Inkatha Freedom … family members were self-defence. This was despite the fact that they were not party to any attack against the IFP. Close to 150 people had been killed in this war that …

… African Trade Union (COSATU) was viewed as a threat by the government. COSATU officials and members were subjected to physical attacks and arrests by the government agents. In the early hours of the morning of 7 May 1987, two large bombs …

… The African National Congress commends the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality, the Department of Arts and Culture, Department of Transport …

… The three heads of state met for 13 days of secret meetings at Camp Devid, the Presidential Retreat in the Catoctin Mountains of Maryland, about 100 kilometers … ,[Accessed : 23 August 2013]| Infoplease," The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, sixth edition. Camp …

… of safety' and is quite appropriate as it protects the Cape Vulture! Endemic to Southern Africa, but a few … Cape. There are small remnant breeding populations in the Western Cape and Western Swaziland and non-breeding … groups in Namibia and Southern Zimbabwe. One of the largest southern African vultures with a total length of …

… On 29 July 1990 the South African Communist Party(SACP), which had been … which was attended by approximately 45 000 people. At the time the SACP faced allegations of conspiring with the African …

… The m'Bashe lighthouse lies on the Wild Coast , part way between East London and Port St Johns. It was back in 1890's that the Cape Colonial Lighthouse Commission, originally recommended putting up a few beacons on the coast East of Port Alfred. And a beacon was finally …

… The Union Defence Force was created in 1912 and served as the South African Army. It was renamed as the South African Defence Force (SADF) by the passing of the …