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BiographyCharles Sidney Groves
… Charles Sidney Groves Arca was born in Leicester, England, 1878. Stained … emulated at the Grahamstown School of Art, where Charles Groves came to teach in…
ArchiveForeigners voted in droves
PlaceGrove Road 4, Green Point
Construction of this dwelling dates from the late 19th century and it is a good example of Victorian architecture. It was declared a National Monument under…
PlaceCottam Grove Hotel, 303-309 Florida Road, Durban.
These two impressive verandah houses were erected in about 1903 on the instruction of mining magnate Sir Abe Bailey. After WWII the properties were joined and…
ArchiveWhere are their graves in Soweto
White poster with charcoal title and drawings of two people. Very small touches of red on heads.
EventMagnus Malan and Constand Viljoen deny knowledge of mass graves
Former Minister of Defence Magnus Malan and General Constand Viljoen, former commander of the South African Defence Force (SADF), denied accusations on two…
Watson Mzwandile Majova
Watson Mzwandile Majova was born in 1958. His parents were teachers. Watson Mzwandile Majova, Paulos Madiba, Aaron Makwe, members of the African National…
The Cemetery, Graveyards, Memorials and War Graves Pages (external link)
PlaceVictorian terrace House complex, Grove Road and Albert Road, Mowbray
These 9 dwellings form part of a unique Street Block that dates from the 1880s, and consisted of two terraced rows, of identical late-Victorian Double-storey,…
A short history of the oldest graves in Plettenberg Bay by Patricia Storrar (The Heritage Portal), 12 September 2016
In the following article Patricia Storrar provides a brief history of the Harker graves in Plettenberg Bay. The piece was published in the 1977 edition of…
Stefans Grové, SA pianist and composer, is born in Bethlehem, OFS.
BiographyCleopas Madoda Nsibande
Cleopas Nsibande was born into a family of seven on 25 March 1928, in Nyibe Location near Ermelo in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. He attended…
Cleopas Madoda Nsibande
Cleopas Nsibande was born into a family of seven on 25 March 1928, in Nyibe Location near Ermelo in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. He attended…
Discovery of sea-shells in Algeria proves that the Sahara was once partially submerged.
BiographyChris Kirchhoff
Born in 1962 in Johannesburg, Kirchhoff spend his early years in Norway and Massachusetts before returning to Johannesburg to complete his schooling. He…
South Africa’s Western Front Great War Memory and the Commonwealth War Graves Commission by Jacques de Vries
About 500 members of a doomsday cult die in a church fire in a remote part of southwestern Uganda. Mass graves containing 4
SA signs treaty with Greece concerning the graves of members of the armed forces of the Commonwealth in Greek territory.
South Africa signs treaty with Japan on certain portions of land granted to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission at Yokohama.
BiographyJames M. Thaele
James M. Thaele was born in Basutoland in 1888 and was reputed to be the son of a Basuto chief and a Coloured mother. From 1906 until about 1910, he studied at…
Anglo-Boer War 2: The Battle of Poplar Grove (or Modderrivierspoort) takes place. President Paul Kruger escapes with the help o
Hester Henriette Grove, born Venter, SA author and dramatist, is born in the Potchefstroom district, western Transvaal. She was
List of exhibitors - South African Society of Artists
… Glossop, Allerley Goodman, Robert Gwelo Greaves, Constance Groves, Charles Sidney, ARCA H Hazell, Amy Beatrice …
Anglo-Boer War 2: A council of war at Poplar Grove, OFS, gives Danie Theron permission to form a Scout Corps consisting of abou
BiographyElize Botha
Elizabeth Botha (née Lindes) was born on 19 November 1930 and grew up in Krugersdorp, West Rand, Transvaal (now Gauteng). She enrolled at the University of…
BiographyWilhelmina Louisa Freund
Wilhelmina Louisa Ida (Minna) Freund was born on 17 March 1890 in Holstein, Germany. She was the youngest child of John Freund and Metha Mentzel, German…
PlaceLookout, Uitenhage
… Kingdom. A panoramic view of Kirkwood and the orange groves is visible from The Lookout, where James Somers …
BiographySicelo Mhlauli
Sicelo Mhlauli was born on 25 May 1949 in Cradock. After completing high school, he trained as a teacher at Lovedale College and upon completion taught at…
BiographyNise Bulelwa Malange
Nise Malange was born in 1960, in Cape Town Western Province (now Western Cape Province), South Africa and grew up in Clovelly. As a young teenager she became…
BiographyDawood Seedat
Dawood Seedat (1916-1976) was the grandson of a Ladysmith, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) trader M.E. Seedat, who had nine children, one of whom, Ahmed, moved to…