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PlaceKamastone and Bulhoek
… The Cape government established the settlement of Kamastone in the Queenstown area, in 1854. … that people who were living there had to be given titles of…
Art Matters by Suzanne P. Blier, 05 December 2014
… Last month, the Harvard Art Museums reopened, and with them another addition to Harvard’s museum landscape: the Ethelbert Cooper Gallery of African and…
David Goldblatt, TJ, 1948-2010 - review by Claire Guillot, 25 January 2011
… One morning, in the middle-class suburb of Johannesburg where he lives, David Goldblatt found his camper van on bricks. "Someone had stolen the wheels during…
PlaceVredefort Dome, Free State Province
… The Vredefort Dome is the oldest and largest Meteorite Impact Site (Astrobleme) in … Site in South Africa’s Northern Free State. The Town of Vredefort, lies…
PlaceAddo Elephant Game Reserve, Port Elizabeth
… This Reserve lies East of the Sunday's River and North of Port Elizabeth . In about 1931, about 680 ha. was enclosed to form the Addo Elephant National Park…
PlaceBo-Kaap, Cape Town
… The stone shown in PHOTO is off the Well, uncovered at the Bo-Kaap Market site upgrade. (LINK … IN FURTHER READING) Cape Town is a city built on layers of…
PlaceEquatorial Guinea
… Equatorial Guinea is a West African nation bordering the Bight of Biafra, between Cameroon and Gabon . The earliest indigenous population of this country…
PlaceMariammen Temple, Pretoria
… Established in 1905, the temple is the oldest Hindu temple in Pretoria. The temple gets its name … is a monumental tower, usually ornate, at the entrance of…
’Under Investigation’ video material going live on facebook
… development project being run in Steytlerville in the Eastern Cape. The project has several elements but centres on the enquiry of five young people eager to…
Land mine kills 6 in South Africa by Sheila Rule (New York Times), 16 December 1985
… JOHANNESBURG, Dec. 15 — The South African Army reported tonight that six people were … wounded when a light truck set off a land mine close to the border…
ArchiveHow a slave from Mauritius led a rebellion in Cape Town by Nigel Worden (Ground Up), 30 March 2016
… In this drawing of Greenmarket Square in Cape Town in 1764, a slave in chains appears to be driven by a master on the left side of the image. Some four…
PlaceGoshen
… It was established by the Transvaal Boers in 1884, as a Republic. Their flag was … black-white-red stripes with a green vertical stripe at the hoist also the…
Introduction
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai Indian traders arrived in the wake of indentured…
Introduction
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai Indian traders arrived in the wake of indentured…
Education for Service
… We, the duly authorised representatives of political parties, political organisations, administrations and the South African Government, coming together at…
PlaceLookout, Uitenhage
… The Lookout stands on a high promontory overlooking a Valley … noted for its Indigenous Vegetation. Although it is a spot of great natural beauty, it is also…
15. My son Gyapershad was decoyed
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai Gopinath Pandey, a headmaster of the village…
PlaceOak-Villa Cottage, Baviaanskloof Road
… Oak Villa is one of the first townhouses in Hout Bay and the first to be erected in the Baviaanskloof area. The …
PlaceVryburg, Bophirima Region
… Vryburg lies on the N14, due West of the Towns of Klerksdorp and Orkney - as in 'Orkney Snork Nie' … Vryburg lies on the N14, due West of the Towns of…
PlaceAlfred Nzo District Municipality, Kwa-Zulu Natal/Eastern Cape
… District in the Alfred Nzo Municipality, of which Harding is the principal Town. Encircled by Mount Currie , Umzimkulu , … New Dictionary of South African…
PlaceiSimangaliso Wetland Park, former Greater St. Lucia Wetlands Park
… A World Heritage Site, iSimangaliso Wetland Park (the former Greater St. Lucia Wetlands Park ) incorporates an astonishing variety of habitats from the…
PlaceFranschhoek, Western Cape
… Originally known as the Valley of the Huguenots , a Community of French Huguenots were granted … https://heritagesa.org/wp/a-different-history-of-franschoek…
PlaceOld Fort, Hospital Hill, Johannesburg
… Following the invasion of the ZAR in January 1896 by a troop of cavalry led by Dr Leander Jameson, the Executive Committee …
PlaceSt George’s Anglican Cathedral, Cape Town
… The Cathedral of St George the Martyr stands at the bottom of Parliament Street in Cape Town and was erected to provide …
EventRonald Harwood , Oscar winning screenwriter, is born in Cape Town, South Africa
… from South Africa to London in 1951 to pursue a career in the theater. He changed his name to Harwood after an English … foreign and too Jewish for a stage…
PlaceLiberia
… Liberia, which means ‘freedom’ formerly known as the Grain Coast, is one of the few African countries including Ethiopia that were not … For a broad overview…
Appeal For United Front, July 1948
… Yusuf Dadoo and Dr. G. M. Naicker, respectively Presidents of the Transvaal Indian Congress and the Natal Indian Congress, at a function in Cape Town in July…
PlaceRooipoort Nature Reserve, Kimberley
… Situated roughly 70 kilometers West of the town of Kimberley in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa prime plains for … Situated roughly 70 kilometers…
PlaceGugulethu Township
… Gugulethu is a township 15 km away from Cape Town. The name is a contraction of igugu lethu, which is Xhosa for 'Our Pride'. This township was established…
ArchiveSt James Church Massacre
… 58 wounded. At about 7:30pm, on Sunday 25th July, while the congregation of 1400 listened to a hymn of worship, a group of gunmen burst into the church and…