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… positions at Muizenberg during their campaign to capture the Cape Colony. The engagement saw Dutch East India Company troops, burgher … from districts including Swellendam and Stellenbosch, and the Korps Pandoeren attempt to resist the British naval …

… De Zuid-Afrikaan (The South African) was the first proper Dutch newspaper in South Africa, and was first published on 9 April 1830. The publication was initially published partly in English and …

… The Mac-mac falls is the second highest falls in the Mpumalanga tour route, its shimmering waters plunge to a depth of 65m. The Mac mac Falls is 13 km from Sabie on the R532 road …

… This natural water feature marks the beginning of the Blyde River Canyon . The potholes were named after Tom Bourke, a gold-digger who …

… The Queens Fort Museum fort erected in 1848, originally housed the Artillery Unit of the Free State, and depicts all major military conflicts from …

… The building of the Delagoa Bay railway line to Pretoria was completed on … to be opened for traffic on 2 November 1894, however, the official opening of the line only took place on 8 July 1895. The line was …

… The Portuguese expedition set off from the Tagus River on 8 July 1497 with a crew of 148 men in a squadron of three square-riggers, the Sao Gabriel, the Sao Raphael, the Berrio, and a supply … P. (undated). South Africa Encyclopaedia: Prehistory to the year 2000, unpublished papers with SA History Online.| …

… Ntsikelelo Sandi will lead you with questions on behalf of the Commission. ADV SANDI: Thank you Mr Chairman. Let me … You have made a request, Mrs Sobukwe, to appear before the Commission today to tell us about Mr Sobukwe. We all know … tell us briefly about Mr Sobukwe. MRS SOBUKWE: In 1963 on the 30th of May, my husband was to be released on the 30th of …

… them-May -took a keen interest in his work, attended all the meetings and social gatherings; the home of William Morris was famous for these. Bernard Shaw was one of the propagandists of that school. William Morris, having a …

… TB in 1988, Nelson's health had been good. At a time when the Press reported that he had cancer, he wrote to Winnie: … tremendous both in flesh and spirit. I am active during the day, relish both my physical and mental work, trot around in the early morning as I used to do with Jerry Moloi in the …

… Plumstead was developed on the site of an old VOC Military Camp some 13km South of Cape Town and, by 1823, was already a growing Village. The Cape Town-Wynberg suburban Railway reached Muizenburg on … 1882, and included a Railway Station at Plumstead. The fairly large Suburb of Plumstead, just South of Wynberg, …

… Pretoria is commonly known as Jaccaranda City, because of the purple flowered bush that flurishes there! It has recently changed its name to Tshwane! The Pretoria City Hall is the largest public hall in South Africa, was built to …

… On 1 January 1986 the South African Government closed its borders with Lesotho, cutting off fundamental food and fuel supplies. The relationship of the South African and Lesotho in the 1970s and early 1980s … Democracy and Governance, (2000),  Women marching into the 21st century: wathint' abafazi, wathint' imbokodo , …

… killing between 250 and 350 people in Kinshasa, Zaire (now The Democratic Republic of Congo). The plane, allegedly on its way to deliver supplies to Jonas … beyond its capacity and failed to take off.  It ran off the runway straight into the market where it tore through the …

… On 3 June 1954, a mining engineer at the Erfdeel farm in the Orange Free State pulled up a drill-core laden with ore from nearly 6,000-feet. The Essayists revealed that, based on the test, the gold ore …

… Commissioned on 11 May 1950 The Cape Seal lighthouse lies within the Robberg Nature and Marine Reserve on the seaward tip of what is known as Cape Seal in Plettenberg …

… The building was designed by architect Stanley Hudson and was erected in 1911 as the Old Court House, and is the oldest public building in the central business district. …

… Just behind “the Brickworks” is what is known as the Vlakfontein Monument.The Vlakfontein Monument was erected to commemorate the …

… One of the most gruesome attacks on township residents was carried … south of Johannesburg. In what has become known as the Boipatong massacre, township residents were butchered and assaulted in their homes by armed hostel dwellers in the middle of the night. Forty-six people including women and …

… Built in 1926, the aging steam ship was pressed into service as a troop transport by the Royal Navy and had already carried thousands allied of … destinations during World War II.  On that fateful day the Rohna carried 2388 souls on board, including 195 … Jackson, C.  Allied Secret: The Sinking of Hmt Rohna .  University of Oklahoma Press. …

… This was the first such declaration of a State of Emergency by the Apartheid state. During these periods, the government had free reign to suspend civil liberties. …   "State of Emergency in the mid-1980's."  Website: Overcoming … "Sharpsville Massacre: The Aftermath."  Website: South Africa History Online. …

… Rathfelder was born in Stuttgart in 1811 and emigrated to the Cape in 1835. Following his marriage in the colony, he inherited a halfway-house near Wynberg, on the Cape Town-Simonstown road. Rathfelder's Inn, as it soon …

… Drew In this statement an attempt is made to indicate the lines on which our work among Africans in urban areas should take. The statement is confined to work among Africans in urban areas because of the following:- a) Being in touch with modem forms of …

… The Property was purchased in 1940 by a Dutch diamond trader … prisoners of war were used to build Improvements on the estate. One of which, a windmill, was built in accordance with a magazine illustration. The windmill was functional and was used to pump water into …

… district records, named in honour of: Earl Grey , who was the renowned British politician. However it would seem that the Town was actually named after: Sir George Grey . Who was the Governor of the Cape from 1854 to 1861. Prior to this, on … - for a chronology of the town| …

… South African singer Miriam Makeba dies at the age of 76 after a 30 minute performance for Roberto Saviano in the Italian town of Caserta. Nicknamed 'Mama Africa' or the 'Empress of African Song', Makeba's music transcended …

… In the 1940s, as a result of the Second World War , the economy was in a dire state with the working and lower …

… In the 1940s, as a result of the Second World War, the economy was in a dire state with the working and lower …

… a 13 year-old Native boy in a torn vest was published in the front page of the London Labour paper, the Daily Herald, with the headline "The miner, aged 13." … 'Picture of "boy miner" used to smear S. Africa' from The Star, 10 March (Available at National Library of South …

… an Irishman, spent time in prison for his part in the struggle for independence of his own people. From 1973 to … Commissioner, he distinguished himself in his work for the independence of Namibia. President Sam Nujoma of SWAPO and President Tambo of the ANC were among those who paid tribute at his funeral in …