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BiographyGary Jim Player
Please note: This biography is a modified extract from the following source: Laubscher, L. (1999) “Gary Player” from They Shaped our Century: The Most…
PlaceGaries
… To describe Garies as in the middle of nowhere does not do any damage to … experience would be forgiven for driving straight through Garies, it appears so…
President Mandela’s Speech at a Community Project at Garies Garies, 12 Oktober 1998
… President Mandela’s Speech at a Community Project at Garies Garies, 12 Oktober 1998 …
Abraham Jacobus Kotzé de Klerk, missionary of the Dutch Reformed Church in Ceylon, is born in Garies, Namaqualand.
… of the Dutch Reformed Church in Ceylon, is born in Garies, Namaqualand. …
Abraham Jacobus Kotzé de Klerk, missionary of the Dutch Reformed Church in Ceylon, is born in Garies, Namaqualand.
… of the Dutch Reformed Church in Ceylon, is born in Garies, Namaqualand. …
PlaceBethulie Bridge across the Gariep River
Gariep Dam is located in South Africa, near the Town of Norvalspont, bordering the Free State and Eastern Cape Provinces. The stone Bridge spanning the Gariep…
National Children’s Day. (Date varies, first Saturday of the month).
Kora: A Lost Khoisan Language of the early Cape and the Gariep by Menán du Plessis - Acknowledgement
From the book: Kora: A Lost Khoisan Language of the early Cape and the Gariep by Menán du PlessisThis project has been beset throughout by many difficulties,…
Kora: A Lost Khoisan Language of the early Cape and the Gariep by Menán du Plessis - Introduction
From: Kora: A Lost Khoisan Language of the early Cape and the Gariep by Menán du Plessis Introduction Background to the project This book had its origins in…
Kora: A Lost Khoisan Language of the early Cape and the Gariep by Menán du Plessis - The linguistic classification of Kora
… Northern Cape is to be found in local place names, such as Garies, Komaggas and Nababeep, to mention only a few. A number of sources have been suggested for…
Kora: A Lost Khoisan Language of the early Cape and the Gariep by Menán du Plessis - 1. The linguistic classification of Kora
… Northern Cape is to be found in local place names, such as Garies, Komaggas and Nababeep, to mention only a few. A number of sources have been suggested for…
PlaceGariep River Mouth, Namibia
The Orange River, Southern Africa’s longest waterway, rises high in the Drakensberg Mountains of Lesotho, only 195 km from the Indian Ocean. Flowing 2 300 km,…
ArchiveKora: A Lost Khoisan Language of the early Cape and the Gariep by Menán du Plessis
This project has been beset throughout by many difficulties, so that it has taken far longer to bring it to fruition than initially expected. This makes me all…
The largest single construction work undertaken in South Africa, the Hendrik Verwoerd Dam (now Gariep Dam) on the Orange River,
The H F Verwoerd Dam in the Orange Free State has been renamed the Gariep Dam with immediate effect, Water Affairs and Forestry
EventGary Player won the US Open golf tournament and became the fourth winner to earn all four top-pro golf titles
Gary Player won the US Open golf tournament and became the fourth winner to earn all four top-pro golf titles. Player, from South Africa, was the first non…
BiographyRichard Owen Dudley
Richard Owen Dudley was born in Cape Town and grew up in the house bought in 1852 by his great-grandfather in Palmboom Road, Newlands. The large house was…
ArchiveKora: A Lost Khoisan Language of the early Cape and the Gariep by Menán du Plessis (Full Text)
ArchiveReview of Kora: A lost Khoisan language of the early Cape and the Gariep (Unisa Press), by June Bam-Hutchison (Centre for African Studies, University of Cape Town)
There have always been general assumptions that the KhoeSan people (‘Khoe’ is the correct spelling) are extinct and that their languages at the Cape died out…
BiographyHorst Gerhard Hermann Kleinschmidt
Horst Gerhard Hermann Kleinschmidt was born on 17 October 1945 in Swakopmund, Namibia. At the age of four his family moved to Johannesburg where he grew up…
BiographyShaka Zulu
Sigidi kaSenzangakhona commonly knows as Shaka was a great Zulu king and conqueror. He lived in an area of south-east Africa between the Drakensberg and the…
PlaceNamaqualand
… lies at the intersection of the N7 and Route 363 between Garies and Vanrhynsdorp , just South of the equally small …
ArticleKora
The Korana or Kora were a nomadic Khoikhoi group that probably derived their name from a chief called Kora (or Gora), who was originally a leader of the…
Silent Cries from a Beloved Country by Ken Johnson, 20 August 2009
… dried up, and she abandoned her farm and went to live in Garies, the nearest village.” Again, a sad state of affairs, …
Bambatha Rebellion 1906 bibliography
References Gillings, K.G. (1989). "The Bambata rebellion of 1906: Nkandla operations and the Battle of Mome Gorge, 10 June 1906" Military History Journal,…
ArticleBambatha Rebellion 1906
In mid 1906, the Natal colonialist in the face of rising Zulu resentment against the imposition of a 'Poll Tax' unleashed one of the most brutal and bloody…
ArticleThe Khoisan
In around 2300 BP (Before Present), hunter-gatherers called the San acquired domestic stock in what is now modern day Botswana. Their population grew, and…
ArticleGrade 5 - Term 4: A Heritage trail through the provinces of South Africa
What is our heritage?Heritage is what we have inherited from the past.Each of South Africa’s nine provinces is rich in diverse heritage that belongs to all…