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Document 31 - Letter from E.R. Roux to Victor Danchin, 6 March 1929
… your letters, for which thanks very much. I take it that the second book was confiscated by the authonties, as I sent them in a single package. I hope you…
PlaceSeal Island
… Hout Bay has now become well known as the port of departure for scenic day trips to Seal island or Duiker … been offering daily scenic cruises to Duiker…
PlacePeter Mokaba Stadium
… In preparation of the FIFA World Cup of 2010 , South Africa had to upgrade … and build a variety of Stadiums, and as a result, some of the most impressive…
EventHajara Ibrahim appears before a Nigerian Islamic court to launch an appeal against her conviction for adultery
… Sharia law refers to a body of Islamic religious laws and deals with aspects of everyday … sexuality and hygiene. Since 1999, 12 states across the mainly…
EventA South African spy is released from jail
… her arrival, she was greeted by President F.W. de Klerk. The release apparently came after a formal request by the African National Congress (ANC) and…
Save South Africa calls ‘People’s Assembly Against State Capture’
… The Save South Africa campaign is calling on all South Africans to unite behind that great symbol of our nation, the National Flag, to a “People’s Assembly…
PlaceMagwa Waterfall, Lusikisiki-Port St. Johns
… The Magwa Waterfall lies in the middle of the 1 800 hectare Magwa tea plantation , South … "The Magwa Waterfall is pretty impressive!" It is one of few…
PlaceWorld War Cenotaph
… The Cenotaph on Du Toitspan Road, is a Memorial to 400 of Kimberley’s Men who died in the Great War (World War I) between 1914 and 1918. Designed … Standard…
EventKitchener’s opinion on Concentration Camps
… Anglo-Boer War 2 (also called South African War) between the two former Boer Republics (the South African Republic and the Orange Free State … dire…
EventInkatha Freedom Party is formed
… The Inkatha National Cultural Liberation Movement was founded … in Northern KwaZulu. Inkatha emerged, along with the Black Consciousness Movement, to fill…
EventAdam Tas is arrested
… Magistrate Starrenburg arrested Adam Tas because of the role he played in drawing up a petition for the Cape burghers against the incumbent Governor W. A…
No.46 - Steve Biko by Hilda Bernstein, 1978, South Africa
… Steve Biko was the number forty sixth person to die in security police detention in South Africa. And for the first time, the inquest revealed full and…
EventScientists uncover possible reason for SS Waratah’s disappearance 100 years later
… The SS Waratah was a luxury steamer, en route from Cape Town to Durban, South Africa, on 26 July 1909. The ship, built in Scotland, was meant to serve as a ……
Nelson Mandela Correspondence around financial problems
… Introduction The people sent a hero to prison, but generally ignored the fact that he had responsibilities and dependants. Nelson, in the loneliness of his…
EventRichard Horatio Edgar Wallace, South African author and newspaper editor, is born in Greenwich, England.
… Both his parents were actors. He started his career at the age of eleven working on Fleet Street selling newspapers at Ludgate Circus. In 1894 he enrolled…
PlaceBalule Private Game Reserve, Kruger National Park
… In the language of the Shangaan people , the name 'Balule' is the Tsonga word … Reserve covers 40 000 Hectares on the Western Boundary of the Kruger National…
PlaceMaclear's Beacon
… It is the highest point of Table Mountain, which is a 'Seven Wonder' of the world! Discover the vast natural beauty of the Table … https://theculturetrip.com…
PlaceOld Government Building, Church Street, Boksburg
… The building was designed by Sytze Wierda, chief architect of the ZAR's Public Works Department. Its foundation stone was …
EventFirst World Haemophilia Day
… Day was first celebrated in 1989 to increase awareness of haemophilia and to bring the needs of those affected by the disorder to the attention of the wider…
PlaceConstitution Hill Museum, Johannesburg
… Constitution Hill is a Living Museum that tells the story of South Africa’s journey to democracy. The site is a former Prison and military Fort that bears … …
EventAnti-apartheid activist, Norman Levy is born
… and Mark Levy, immigrants from Lithuania. Levy attended the Yeoville Boys’ primary school and Athlone High School in … in his early teens, when he joined and…
EventWorld Red Cross and Red Crescent Day
… these organisations in caring for vulnerable communities. The Red Cross Society was founded in 1863 after Henry Dunant; a Swiss national, who witnessed the…
!U’S STORY - Photographs 16 - 19
… big is a family and who belongs to it? A family consists of a mother, father and children. A man can have more than … and no one has no relative whatsoever…
PlaceHazyview
… quicky being modernized but will always keep it's charm! The name "Hazyview" aptly describes the hazy, lazy days during summers, typical of the African…
PlacePhiladelphia
… Not the Philadelphia one attributes to the Eastern parts of North America, this Philadelphia lies …
SACTU press release in ‘New Age’, 22 November 1962
… in Luckhardt, K. & Wall, B. (1980). Organize or Starve! The History of the South African Congress of Trade Unions , New York: …
NDCA Statement, 3 April 2012
… The NDCA of the ANC has informed Comrade Julius Malema and Comrade Floyd … Appeal against the sentence handed out to them by the NDC of the ANC will be held…
EventDr Robert Broom is born
… Though Broom was educated as a doctor, specializing in the field of midwifery, he was fascinated by the origin of mammals and used his medical profession to …
ArchiveZuma's rape accuser questioned (BBC News), 07 March 2006
… The woman accusing South African ex-Deputy President Jacob Zuma of rape is being cross-examined in court. The judge has agreed to the defence's request to…
Nomzamo Winnie Madikizela-Mandela on Fatima Meer
… Every time I land at Durban Airport, I am haunted by the memory of Fatima Meer – my dearest friend, sister and adviser whom I … No words seem eloquent enough…