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PlaceNieu-Bethesda
… other Karoo Villages. It was started by a determined group of people who lived in the area and who wanted a Church closer than the one in Graaff-Reinet –…
PlaceMorocco
… Mountainous country of western North Africa, Morocco borders Algeria to the east and southeast, Western Sahara to the south, the Atlantic Ocean to the west,…
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Buitenkant Street, Cape Town
… This complex dates from 1892 and includes the church building, Cornelia House, and the William Frederick School. It was built by the Tafelberg … rightly…
Analysis: Is South Africa doing enough to prevent heritage flight? by Rebecca Davis (Daily Maverick), 07 March 2017, South Africa
… David Goldblatt was the first South African to be granted one of the art world’s major benchmarks for international success: a …
Cape Slave Naming Patterns by Robert Shell
… Robert Semple visited Cape Town in 1804 he correctly noted the significance of the naming pattern for Cape Slave owners: It may here be …
Some remarkable women who helped Gandhiji in South Africa by E. S. Reddy
… long struggle in South Africa from 1907 to 1914 for the security and dignity of the Indian settlers in that country who were subjected to …
PlaceThaba Tshwane or Voortrekkerhoogte
… area) in Pretoria , South Africa. Founded around 1905 by the British Army, and called: Roberts Heights , after Lord … Voortrekkerhoogte ("Voortrekker Heights…
EventANC celebrates its 79th anniversary in Durban
… The African National Congress (ANC) celebrated its 79th anniversary in Durban on 8 January 1991 for the first time as a legal organisation. At the time of…
PlaceStellenberg, Stellenberg Avenue, Kenilworth
… The Cape Dutch Homestead known as Stellenberg has played many … Heritage Site and much-loved family Home. Situated at the Crossroads of what were once four…
Silent Cries from a Beloved Country by Ken Johnson, 20 August 2009
… Looking at the series of large color photographs called “In the Time of AIDS” by the South African David Goldblatt, you …
PlaceXamdeboo was called Aberdeen, Eastern Cape
… Aberdeen is about 50 km South-West of Graaff-Reinet and only 3 hours drive from Port Elizabeth. … renamed Xamdeboo in February 2026, is a small town in the…
PlaceWoutersen Vault, Wessels Road, Green Point.
… 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,…
Enuga S Reddy: Meeting with SWAPO in Dar Es Salaam -1969
… Mr. Peter Nanyemba, Chief Representative, said the only way to end apartheid in Namibia was to expel South … Africa from Namibia. South Africa was making…
PlaceManenberg, Cape Flats
… Manenberg is a Township of Cape Town , South Africa, that was created by the Apartheid government, for low-income Coloured families in the Cape Flats and…
PlaceBerg River
… The Great Berg river used to be navigable for a distance of about 45 km from its mouth and, during the 1880's, it was accessible to a variety of Schooners…
Chapter 7. An Afrikaner Working Mother
… and became a mounted policeman at Thaba Nchu, on the border of Basutoland. When I was three years old, the family went to live in Thaba 'Nchu. During the…
PlaceMostert’s Mill, Rhodes Drive, Mowbray
… In 1657 the VOC granted land on the slopes of Table Mountain to a number of free burghers under the leadership of Steven Bothma. The …
Chapter VIII - Treason - South African style 1
… From the book: Side by Side by Helen Joseph Six months later, in August 1958, we came to trial. The government wanted us out of Johannesburg this time, to…
ArchiveHugh Lewin, 1939–2019, RIP by Jennifer Malec, 17 January 2019
… University before beginning his journalistic career at the Natal Witness in Pietermaritzburg. He also worked at Drum … magazine and Golden City Post in…
EventFirst enslaved people arrive in Cape Town
… On 28 March 1658 the Dutch East India Company (VOC) ship the Amersfoort, dropped anchor in Table Bay. In her hold she … had a human cargo: 174 slaves. This…
PlaceGuinea
… Guinea is the traditional name of coastal Western Africa . The historical colonies of French Guinea, Spanish Guinea and … news/press-release/2023/05/09…
Resist Apartheid Campaign Message to Meeting in Johannesburg, 11 July 1954
… in Johannesburg on July 11, 1954, in protest against the Western Areas Removal Scheme--the forcible removal of Africans from their homes in Johannesburg to…
Chapter VI - HEAR US!
… From the book: Side by Side by Helen Joseph The Congress of the People was over. We had come down from …
PlaceNdabeni
… The racially segregated suburb of Ndabeni was established in about May 1901 near Maitland,North of Pinelands and some 8 kilometres East of the city centre. …
Extract from a speech made at Koffiefontein on 11 August 1967
… The Prime Minister's Koffiefontein speech is very well-known … opportunity to reply to numerous questions which were in the air, thus throwing welcome light…
Siyanqoba Bafana-Bafana Siyanqoba!!! Siyavena Bafana Bafana Siyavena!!!, 3 June 2010
… The African National Congress joins all soccer loving … Africans, and South Africans in particular by hosting the ANC 2010 FIFA World Cup Street Bash,…
PlaceOld Presidency
… This building served as the official residence of the presidents of the former Republic of the Orange Free …
ArchivePostscript Ante by Howard Barrell
… In July 1990, five months after the South African government had unbanned the ANC, security police in Durban raided a local house. An informer had tipped…
PlaceParow
… Parow was a Residential Suburb of Cape Town located some 16km from the City Centre . It was established by: ' Johann Heinrich … in Table Bay in 1865, 19…
Thabo’s pen versus perceptions by Tinyiko Maluleke (Sunday Independant), 24 January 2016
… Since the rising of the sun of democracy upon the magnificent Drakensberg, none of the …