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The South African Coloured People’s Organisation (SACPO)

The South African Coloured People’s Organisation (SACPO)

The South African Coloured People’s Organisation (SACPO) was formed in 1953 at a Coloured People's Convention in Cape To...

Western Cape Youth Uprising timeline 1976

Western Cape Youth Uprising timeline 1976

1976 16 June, Extra police patrols are deployed. 24 June, The Principal's office in Hlangisi Primary (Nyanga) was bu...

Qunu, Wild Coast of Eastern Cape- Where Mandela Spent His Childhood

Qunu, Wild Coast of Eastern Cape- Where Mandela Spent His Childhood

Just South of Mthatha (Umtata) in the Eastern Cape on the rolling green Hills, of a cluster of Villages; their isone kno...

Hector Pieterson Memorial and Museum, Soweto

Hector Pieterson Memorial and Museum, Soweto

The museum is located on 8288 Khumalo Street, Orlando West (Soweto)

Theewaterskloof Dam, Villiersdorp

Theewaterskloof Dam, Villiersdorp

The Theewaterskloof Dam is one of the features of Villiersdorp, and is significant for being the seventh-largest dam in ...

Shri Jagannath Puri Temple, Tongaat

Shri Jagannath Puri Temple, Tongaat

The property, with the Historic Indian temple thereon, being the remainder of Lot 79, Tongaat Township, situated in the ...

Black Sash

The Women's Defence of the Constitution League In 1955 a small group of white middle-class women who were predominant...

Bensusan Museum of Photography and Library, Johannesburg

Bensusan Museum of Photography and Library, Johannesburg

The Bensusan Museum of Photography is named after Dr AD Bensusan, a former mayor of Johannesburg and a man who has devot...

Nigel, an East Rand Mining Town

Nigel, an East Rand Mining Town

The Town of Nigel, directly South of Springs and Brakpan, lies in what is known as the East Rand, South East of Johannes...

Barnyard Theatre in Cape Town

Barnyard Theatre in Cape Town

Having been established 20 years ago, the Barnyard Theatre family is no stranger to hosting some of the best local bands...

Mankweng or Turfloop

Mankweng or Turfloop

Sammy Maphoko Seabi, is a South African soccer player who plays as a midfielder for South African Premier Division side ...

Welkom

An Industrial and Commercial heartland, the City derived its name after the Farm; Welkom and was founded in 1948 by Sir ...

Benoni, Ekurhuleni Municipality

Benoni, Ekurhuleni Municipality

the WOMAD Festival (the World of Music, Arts and Dance), an international cultural festival held annually around the Wor...

Trafalgar High School

Trafalgar High School

In the time of Education and its opposition to the Apartheid system, (when many students and teachers were jailed or ban...

Marabastad Market Stalls, Pretoria

Marabastad Market Stalls, Pretoria

Historic Marabastad is where you’ll experience the colours and hustle and bustle of Africa. This area has a mix of ‘muti...

The History of May Day in South Africa

The History of May Day in South Africa

The struggle for a shorter workday, a demand of major political significance for the working class dates back to the 180...

Middleburg, Eastern Cape

Middleburg, Eastern Cape

Grootfontein was established in 1911 and, as one of the oldest Agricultural Colleges in South Africa, it has a proud tra...

Joubertina

Set in amongst other Villages with similarly lyrical names, like: Musgund, Louterwater and Kareedouw, on Route 62, Joube...

Outeniqua Pass-N9

Outeniqua Pass-N9

The Outeniqua Pass is a relatively modern Pass, connecting the Coastal Town of George with Oudtshoorn and the Little Kar...

Marikana, Bojanala Platinum District Municipality

Marikana, Bojanala Platinum District Municipality

Lonmin‘s Marikana platinum mine is located near Brits in the Marikana district, approximately 40km east of Rustenburg in...

Bo-Kaap Museum

Situated at the foot of Signal Hill, on the fringe of the city centre, and formerly known as the Malay Quarter, the Bo-K...

Eastern Fort/Battery and Blockhouse, Chapman’s Peak, overlooking Hout Bay, Cape Town

Eastern Fort/Battery and Blockhouse, Chapman’s Peak, overlooking Hout Bay, Cape Town

Early Dutch Settlers soon realised that Hout Bay could serve as an alternative anchorage when prevailing winds made Tabl...

Tembisa Township, Midrand

Tembisa Township, Midrand

It was established in 1957 when Black People were resettled from Alexandra and other Areas in Edenvale, Kempton Park, Mi...

Zithulele Hospital, Mqanduli

Zithulele Hospital, Mqanduli

Zithulele Hospital is a 147 bed government-funded Hospital near Mqanduli, Eastern Cape. The Hospital serves a population...

Omar Badsha - Awards, Publications and Exhibitions Timeline

Omar Badsha - Awards, Publications and Exhibitions Timeline

Akasia- a Complex of Suburbs, of Pretoria

Akasia- a Complex of Suburbs, of Pretoria

Town in the Wonderboom district, 3 km from north of Pretoria North, now known as Tshwane. It obtained Municipal status o...

Timeline — Land Dispossession and Restitution in South Africa - 1995-2013

Timeline — Land Dispossession and Restitution in South Africa - 1995-2013

Table Bay

Table Bay is a natural inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, overlooked by Cape Town and the famous Natural Table Mountain. ...

Gamtoos River

The Gamtoos river probably derived its name from a Khoikhoi clan whose name was given by early Dutch settlers as "Gamtou...

Dannhauser

The Town of Dannhauser was named after Renier Dannhauser, a German settler, who purchased the Farm: 'Palmietfontein', fr...