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BiographyOscar Hollander
… Oscar Hollander was born in Cologne, Germany, 1864. He lived in SA … date and place of death not known. Information on Oscar Hollander, who apparently…
BiographySarah Gertrude Holland
Sarah Gertrude Mary Christina Holland was born on 11 April 1952, in Durban. On 9 February 2010, Holland’s house was destroyed by a fire which claimed the lives…
BiographyDutch Holland
BiographyNita Holland
PlaceHottentots Holland Mountains Nature Reserve
The rocky mountains, bright wildflowers and still natural pools makes the Hottentots Holland Nature Reserve perfect for challenging hikes, pulse-racing…
List of exhibitors - South African Society of Artists
… Groves, Charles Sidney, ARCA H Hazell, Amy Beatrice Hollander, Oscar Hope, Rosa ARE K Kay, Dorothy Moss, ARBC …
Durban Mayors and other city officials
… ) C Henwood (1905 - 09 ) Waiter Greenacre (1909 - 10 ) FC Hollander (1910 - 13) W Holmes (1913 - 15) JH Nicolson (1915 …
BiographyStanislaus Skumbuzo Mzilankatha Sangweni
Professor Stanislaus (Stan) Skumbuzo Mzilankatha Sangweni was born on 13 September 1933 in Natal, (now kwaZulu-Natal). He studied at some of the best…
BiographyPercival Henry Frederick “Percy” Sonn
Born in Cape Town on September 25, 1949, Percival Sonn, universally known as Percy, dedicated much of his life to the development of the game of cricket in the…
BiographyMohammed Tikly
Mohammed Tikly became involved in the liberation struggle in South Africa when he was in secondary school, in the 1950s. He lived in Pietersburg, (now…
BiographyJohn Jack Curtis
John (Jack) Curtis was born on 31 August 1912 in Geelong, Australia, the third of nine children. He left school at 14 to start work and help provide for the…
BiographyDiana Ferrus
Internationally renowned South African poet, writer, and activist for marginalised groups, Diana Ferrus, was born on 29 August 1953 in Worcester, Cape Province…
Biographyde Villiers Graaff
Sir de Villiers Graaff (Div) was born on 8 December 1913 in Cape Town, Western Cape. He attended Western Province Preparatory School, Claremont, Cape Town from…
BiographyRajes Pillay
Rajaluxmi Pillay (also known as Rajes) was born on 4 August 1944 in Pietermaritzburg, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal – KZN). Her parents were from Kimberley in the…
ArchiveMot fortryckarna!: stod Chiles volk!: no. 18: Chile
Yellow, blue, red, black and white poster. Black and white poster of military men in centre. No.18 in bottom left hand corner. Leif Thollander in bottom right…
Colonial history of Rustenburg
… Church. Dutch emigrant Jacobus Stewart, in his book The Hollander Afrikaners and their Republic in South Africa , …
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki at the Opening of the Brickfields Housing Development, at the Newtown Cultural Precinct, Johannesburg, on 12 August 2005.
… will show you fear in a handful of dust." (Kermode, F. and Hollander, J., The Oxford Anthology of English Literature, …
EventDutch Foreign Minister Luns is asked by the Johannesburg
On 16 February 1960, the Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs J.M.A.H Luns was asked by Johannesburg-based Dutch Immigration Committee to cease what they call …
BiographyMohamed Farouk Asvat
POLITICAL HARASSMENT FAROUK ASVAT was banned by the South African regime between 1973 and 1978; and nominated an Amnesty International "Prisoner of…
ArticlePaul Kruger Timeline 1825-1904
Historical Context to Paul Kruger 1825 Paul Kruger is born to Casper Jan Hendrik Kruger and Elsie Francina Steyn 1835 Paul Kruger's father situated…
PlaceOverberg District Municipality, Western Cape
With its pristine Coastlines, where the Atlantic and Indian oceans meet at the Southern-most tip of Africa. With its headquarters in Bredasdorp, the Overberg…
PlaceGouda, Cape Winelands
Gouda is a little Village just 37 km South of Porterville, at the Western entrance to the Nuwekloof Pass that links Tulbagh to Wellington. "The Town does not…
PlaceFaure Marine Drive and Clarens Drive, Gordon's bay
Faure Marine Drive, which eventually becomes Clarence Drive, is a stretch of scenic coastal road leading to Gordon’s Bay. This is one of the best scenic drives…
PlaceSomerset West, Cape Helderberg
Somerset West It is situated in the Hottentots Holland, mountians area, which is right in the heart of the Cape Winelands. Somerset West is situated in the…
PlaceStrand, Cape Province
Lying at the foot of the Hottentots Holland Mountains, between Macassar and Gordons Bay and just 40 minutes’ drive from Cape Town, Strand is a town in its own…
PlacePearston, Eastern Cape-Karoo
Pearston, in common with many of the small town and villages scattered across the Great Karoo, had its origins as a parish of the Dutch Reformed Church. Since…
PlaceVilliersdorp
Lying in the centre of a flourishing apple-growing region, which also happens to produce grapes, onions, peaches and apricots, it’s not hard to imagine…
PlaceGranger Bay
Granger Bay was named after a Captain Robert Granger, a merchant and owner of five ships. In 1647 a ship named the Haarlem ran aground at what was later named…
Reports Concerning Slaves from India in South Africa
Jacob van der Heiden, a political prisoner, spent part of his confinement in April-May 1706 in a dungeon in the Castle in Cape Town, which he shared with Ari…
PlaceHelderberg, Somerset West
The district takes its name from the mountain of the same name, which is Afrikaans for: "clear mountain". This is referring to the way in which the western…