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The Arniston
Article
Aug 01, 2022

The Arniston

​The Arniston was built on the River Thames, England in 1794. It was a three-decked and three-masted British East Indiam...

The Johanna
Article
Jun 29, 2022

The Johanna

The Johanna, or Joanna, was a British East Indiaman vessel sailing from Kent, England, to Surat, India, under the comman...

Regina Mundi, Catholic Church, Soweto
Place
Jan 18, 2019

Regina Mundi, Catholic Church, Soweto

Regina Mundi Catholic Church is located in the Township of Soweto, in the Suburb of Moroka. The Church forms part of the...

Kenneth Stainbank Nature Reserve
Place
Nov 13, 2019

Kenneth Stainbank Nature Reserve

The Kenneth Stainbank Nature Reserve lies just next to Yellowwood Park in Durban, an extension of the D'Moss green lung ...

Indian South Africans timeline 1920-1929
Article
Apr 03, 2011

Indian South Africans timeline 1920-1929

1920 February, The Asiatic Inquiry Commission, headed by Sir Johannes Lange, is appointed to inquire into laws concer...

Brandvlei, Karoo
Place
Sep 14, 2016

Brandvlei, Karoo

Abiekwakop is a Hillock 50 km North of Brandvlei, in the Kenhardt District. A Khoikhoi name derived for the bushes ...

Congress of the People and the Freedom Charter
Article
Mar 21, 2011

Congress of the People and the Freedom Charter

As the struggle for freedom reached a new intensity in the early fifties, the ANC saw the need for a clear statement on ...

Patensie, Eastern Cape
Place
Mar 22, 2021

Patensie, Eastern Cape

Antoniesberg Pass on the Northern side of the Baviaanskloof Mountains via a River crossing just below a weir, without a ...

Mogodi Village
Place
Jul 07, 2022

Mogodi Village

The Orrie Baragwanath Pass is a rough dirt road across the Wolkberg mountains in the scenically rich Lekgamaleetse Natur...

Mobeni
Place
Jul 07, 2022

Mobeni

Mobeni, is located in KwaZulu-Natal, Durban (formerly Port Natal). The largest City of KwaZulu-Natal Province and chief ...

Shipwrecks in South Africa
Article
Jun 29, 2022

Shipwrecks in South Africa

Historic shipwrecks are time capsules of their time, they are often untouched for decades, sometimes centuries, until th...

 Franschhoek Motor Museum
Place
Jun 20, 2022

Franschhoek Motor Museum

This Museum gives visitors from around the World a chance to look back on more than 100 years of motoring History.

A list of South African Shipwrecks
Article
Oct 18, 2011

A list of South African Shipwrecks

Antipolis (1977) The Antipolis, a Greek oil tanker, ran aground on the rocks near Victoria Road in Oudekraal in the ...

Sidwadweni Village, Queenstown-Eastern Cape
Place
Dec 18, 2019

Sidwadweni Village, Queenstown-Eastern Cape

Sidwadweni is a little village in the Eastern Cape which has produced a Celebrity!

Ashton, Route 62
Place
Apr 02, 2020

Ashton, Route 62

The little Village of Ashton is famous for its; Fruit, Wine and Rose Nurseries. Ashton originally served as a Settlement...

Groot Drakenstein Prison
Place
Mar 16, 2011

Groot Drakenstein Prison

The village of Groot Drakenstein was probably established in the late 1850s. Following the acquisition of a number of fr...

YMCA-Cape Town and later Athlone, as well
Place
Jun 09, 2022

YMCA-Cape Town and later Athlone, as well

YMCA Cape Town is the oldest YMCA in Africa. It was established in 1865 as a Christian “home away from home” residence f...

Red Location Museum
Place
Jul 14, 2011

Red Location Museum

Displays of Apartheid History and Art. Many prominent Political and Cultural leaders were either born or lived in Red L...

James Pearce Park, East London
Place
Feb 13, 2020

James Pearce Park, East London

James Pearce Park is next to Nahoon and is located in Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa...

Towards a people’s culture - Art and Resistance under Apartheid
Article
Oct 19, 2011

Towards a people’s culture - Art and Resistance under Apartheid

Art in the state of siege The Sharpeville Massacre was one of the most important turning points in the history of Sou...

Culture and Resistance Conference, Botswana, 1982
Article
May 19, 2017

Culture and Resistance Conference, Botswana, 1982

Several hundred artists and activists from South Africa living in exile and within the country, as well as foreign natio...

John Vorster Square Police Station or Johannesburg Central Police Station
Place
May 16, 2022

John Vorster Square Police Station or Johannesburg Central Police Station

In September 1997 it was renamed: "Johannesburg Central Police Station" and still functions as a Police Station, serving...

The South African Communist Party and May Day – Some Key Moments
Article
May 14, 2022

The South African Communist Party and May Day – Some Key Moments

May Day celebrated on 1 May annually, is a celebration of workers and their work. It has a long history, being a day of ...

Mjejane Game Reserve
Place
May 09, 2022

Mjejane Game Reserve

Only 4 hours drive from Gauteng and less than 60 minutes from Nelspruit’s Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport. A ...

Casper Nek Pass
Place
May 09, 2022

Casper Nek Pass

Casper’s Nek Pass looping off it through the mountains, to join the R36 North of Ohrigstad. It’s 1404m at its highest po...

Mogwase, Bojanala Region
Place
May 05, 2022

Mogwase, Bojanala Region

There is another Town called Mogwasi that does lie close to Sun City. Certainly closer than Mogwase, which is further No...

Deelpan
Place
May 04, 2022

Deelpan

A Village in the Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality, North West, of South Africa.

Bethulie Bridge across the Gariep River
Place
Mar 16, 2011

Bethulie 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...

St. Andrews College, Grahamstown now Makhanda
Place
Apr 23, 2022

St. Andrews College, Grahamstown now Makhanda

St Andrew’s College The school is situated in Makhanda (Grahamstown), in the heart of the Eastern Cape in South Africa....

Al-Azhar Mosque, Cape Town
Place
Apr 29, 2020

Al-Azhar Mosque, Cape Town

The Al Azhar Mosque is an Islamic mosque in District Six, Cape Town. It holds the same name as a rather resplendent more...