South African Naval Museum, formerly the Navy Mast House and Dutch Store House
The origins of the Naval Museum date back to 1966 when a naval Historical collection was displayed at the Castle Militar...
Place
Jul 14, 2011
Kommetjie, Cape Town
Kommetje was established in 1902 when a consortium of Cape Town businessmen purchased the farm Kommetje from its owner, ...
Article
Mar 30, 2011
Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP)
The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) is a South African political organization, established by Chief Gatsha Buthelezi, which ...
Article
Jan 26, 2022
The Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of State Capture, Corruption and Fraud in the Public Sector including Organs of State (The Zondo Commission)
In 2016, former Public Protector Thuli Madonsela released a report, State of Capture, after an investigation into i...
Place
Jan 06, 2020
Kakamas, Northern Cape
Kakamas is a rather small town situated in the Northern Cape of South Africa. This interesting town was originally built...
Place
Apr 21, 2020
Bitterfontein, Western Cape
In the Northernmost part of the Western Cape, along the Northwestern plain, lies a relatively isolated Village located i...
Place
Jan 01, 2022
Suurbraak, a Settlement in the Overberg Municipality
"Suurbraak lies in what could easily be termed a little piece of heaven, and because it is not a commercial Centre is le...
Place
Sep 16, 2021
Schmidtsdrift
Schmidtsdrift is a Town, in Pixley ka Seme District Municipality in the Northern Cape Province! Situated 80 km West of K...
Place
Jul 14, 2011
Phoenix Settlement and Gandhi Trail
The Phoenix Settlement comprised of 100 acres of land and was purchased by Gandhiji in 1904. It was on this Settlement t...
Place
Jul 14, 2011
Josephine Mill, Boundary Road, Newlands
It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 15 December 1978. Newlands in Cape Town is home to the ...
Article
Mar 21, 2011
Convict Stations & Labour in the Cape Colony
Early Convict Stations in the Cape Colony
Place
Jul 14, 2011
Leeuwenhof, Official Residence of the Premier of Cape Town
Proclaimed as a National Monument in 1966.
Leeuwenhof, the official residence of the Premier of the Cape Province, stan...
Place
Sep 14, 2016
Abachoreb, Northern Cape
Watering place South of the Koa River Valley, South of Steinkopf. The name is derived from Khoikhoi and means 'water hol...
Place
Jul 08, 2020
Durban International Airport
Previously known as Louis Botha Airport (named after the South African statesman), Durban International Airport, was the...
Place
Jul 03, 2020
Durban Convention and Exhibition Centres
Together with its sister venue, the Durban Exhibition Centre (DEC), (which is across the Road!) The ICC can double its c...
Place
Jan 10, 2022
Taj Hotel, Cape Town
The venue combines two buildings—the Temple Chambers, also known as the Board of Executors, built in 1890, and the South...
Place
Dec 09, 2021
Fresnaye, Cape Town
Fresnaye is situated between Signal Hill and Sea Point, a few kilometer's to the West of Cape Town's Central Business Di...
Place
Dec 06, 2021
Drie Kuilen Nature Reserve
Drie Kuilen Nature Reserve is situated in a beautiful part of the Klein Karoo, in the Montague District. This Mountains ...
Place
Nov 03, 2021
Hobeni
Hobeni is a Village in Mbhashe Local Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.
Ikhaya Loxolo, a commun...
Place
Nov 15, 2021
Tolstoy Farm, near Johannesburg
It was in South Africa that Gandhi developed, between 1910 and 1913, his Satyagraha philosophy of passive resistance, an...
Place
Jul 14, 2011
Bergvliet Farmstead, Bergvliet
This farm complex consists of a Cape Dutch house built in 1769, and a ring wall and outbuildings which were erected towa...
Place
Nov 24, 2021
Old Durban Brook Street Cemetery
The historical cemetery has been encompassed by West Street Cemetery, lying in its far western corner, closest to Berea ...
Place
Nov 17, 2021
RMS Athens, a Shipwreck between Moullie Point and Green Point
It was Wrecked between to the Promenades of Mouille Point and Green Point may notice something man-made sticking out of ...
Place
Oct 28, 2021
Kroonstad
It's name being symbolic of royalty (“Kroon” is Dutch for crown), Kroonstad has very humble beginnings. It was named aft...
Article
Dec 23, 2014
Dumile Feni biography by Sophia Reuss
Zwelidumile Geelboi Mgxaji Mslaba “Dumile” Feni was born on 21 May 1942 in the small town of Withuis in Worc...
Place
Nov 05, 2021
KaNyamazane Township, Mpumalanga
KaNyamazane, previously known as Lekazi, was established as a labour reserve, and was then zoned to fall within the Kang...
Place
Nov 05, 2021
Mqanduli
The hometown of Bantu Holomisa, a Political leader in South Africa. In the Eastern Cape
Place
Apr 15, 2021
Ngema Tribal Trust, Mpumalanga
Ngema Tribal Trust falls under the, Mkhondo Local Municipality Gert Sibande District Municipality in Mpumalanga , South ...
Place
Jul 14, 2011
King’s Blockhouse, Devil’s Peak, Cape Town.
Following the first British occupation of the Cape in 1795, the existing Dutch line of defence, known as the French line...
Place
Oct 25, 2021
Matroosfontein
This Suburb has a deep, poignant History, and is a fascinating Area, to explore and discover. Originally, home to larger...
