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EventGermany invades Poland, starting World War II
… Three years of mounting international tension - encompassing the Spanish Civil War, the Anschluss (union) of Germany and Austria, Hitler's … The New York…
PlaceElukhanyweni
… Elukhanyweni is a small settler village in the foothills of the Amatola Mountains, located some 50km from King William's …
PlaceMalawi
… The Coastal and Marine Ecosystems of the Bijagós Archipelago – Omatí Minhô in Guinea-Bissau and the mountain range of southern Malawi have been added to the…
PlaceKwaMuhle Museum, 130 Ordnance Road, Durban
… context. This museum shows a history experienced by the residents, a reality portrayed without criticism or bias, and reflects the history and experiences…
PlaceSouth End Museum, Port Elizabeth
… Click on image to enlarge The South End Museum Trust was started in 1999 when a group of people from the disadvantaged communities of Port Elizabeth and who…
PlacePreller-Rondawels, Pelindaba
… Monument under old NMC legislation on 2 March 1973. The farm, Welgegund was awarded to Swart Martiens Pretorius a nephew of President M.W Pretorius, founder…
PlaceKing’s Blockhouse, Devil’s Peak, Cape Town.
… Following the first British occupation of the Cape in 1795, the existing Dutch line of defence, known …
PlaceSAAF Memorial and Museum
… This 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 …
PlaceCuylerville
… A party of 256 from London led by Lieutenant John BAILIE, R.N. sailed in "Chapman". Their locations was between the Wellington and Palmiet Rivers and their…
PlaceDiepkloof, Soweto
… Diepkloof covers an Area of approximately 2,50218 square kilometres and houses a … 104 098 persons (2001 Census). It is located on the Eastern Border of…
PlaceDutch Reformed Church Hall, Uitenhage
… The Dutch Reformed congregation of Uitenhage, the 10th oldest Dutch Reformed congregation in South Africa …
PlaceShri Jagannath Puri Temple, Tongaat
… The property, with the Historic Indian temple thereon, being the remainder of Lot 79, Tongaat Township, situated in the Township of Tongaat, Province of…
EventUN passes resolutions on South Africa
… The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) passed resolutions … Africa's relations with its Southern African neighbours. The UN General Assembly re-affirmed…
SASO Newsletter, 1970 - 1976
… By the late 1960s many black students increasingly began to feel the frustration and disillusionment similar to that which had … from NUSAS in 1952. For some…
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 …
PlaceSouth African National Archive in Cape Town
… The South African Archive is made up of records pertaining mostly to Governance and Laws Enacted, … to Titles Deeds, Wedding, Birth and Death Certificates…
EventAfrikaner nationalists rebel against a Union Jack in new South African flag
… nationalists rebelled against plans to have a Union Jack (the British flag) in the centre of the national flag. The controversy followed the … (Accessed: 22…
PlaceOld House Museum, 31 Diakonia Street, Durban
… This museum is also known as the Natal Settlers Museum. The property originally extended from the Bay to St Andrew's … 1849 it was purchased by John Goodrick…
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Bosman Street, Pretoria
… Church Square used to house the Dutch Reformed Church building in Pretoria, with the open space around it used as ‘outspan’ during the … church has its…
PlaceCoffee Bay, Wild Coast
… Coffee Bay and the Hole in the Wall are virtually synonymous - mention the one and you … the other - and one cannot describe the full extent of the beauty of…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Bibliography
… From the book: Freedom In Our Life Time by Anton Muziwakhe Lembede Abraham, Peter. Tell Freedom: Memories of Africa. London: Faber and Faber, 1954. Basner,…
PlacePiquetberg
… 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 …
PlaceEnon
… Enon is a small town in the Eastern Cape in South Africa. It is named after the biblical place mentioned in John. It lies 13 kilometres East of Kirkwood and…
South Africa’s Radical Tradition, a documentary history, VolumeTwo 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew - Bibliographical note and further reading
… Congress (1977), ANC Speaks: Documents and statements of the African National Congress 1955-1976. Alexander, … Neville (1986), "Aspects of Non-Collaboration…
ArchiveZuma rape case judge stands down (BBC News),13 February 2006
… The judge presiding over the rape trial of South Africa's former Deputy President … Ngoepe might be biased as he issued warrants for a search of Mr Zuma's…
Statement "Algeria honours Chief Luthuli" by Oliver Tambo, 30 November 1964
… From: South Africa Freedom News, Dar es Salaam The University of Algiers has conferred an honorary Doctorate of Literature on Chief A.J. Luthuli, President…
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 … New Dictionary of South African Place Names…
UCT defends stance on artistic freedom after Goldblatt pulls out by Paul Herman (News24), 4 March 2017
… Cape Town - The University of Cape Town has defended its protection of freedom of artistic expression, after the David Goldblatt Collection chose to move its…
Entering Namibia without visas
… It was on 27 October 1966 that the United Nations General Assembly terminated the mandate over South West Africa and declared that … the territory comes…
PlaceDe Waal Park, Camp Street, Oranjezicht
… The land was originally part of the van 'Breda Estate'' in Oranjezicht, and was purchased by the Town Council of Cape Town in 1877 for the building of the…