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Jan 24, 2017

Biography of Bessie Emery by Elizabeth Venditti

ABSTRACT: Bessie Emery was the first black South African woman to publish a collection of short stories.[i] She was a...

Agieskloof Bus Stop, in the Eastern Cape
Place
Sep 16, 2016

Agieskloof Bus Stop, in the Eastern Cape

Stopping place for the Transnet busses on the Route from Bedford to Spring Valley. The name is derived from Achaskloof. ...

Transkei
Place
Mar 16, 2011

Transkei

An early history of the Transkei area Originally the Transkei included the territories of Idutywa Reserve, Fingoland ...

Irish House, Polokwane Museum
Place
Jul 14, 2011

Irish House, Polokwane Museum

Right in the centre of the city of Polokwane is Irish House, a Victorian building that was prefabricated and moved compl...

Inxuba Yethemba Local Municipality, Eastern Cape
Place
May 18, 2020

Inxuba Yethemba Local Municipality, Eastern Cape

The Inxuba Yethemba Local Municipality is a Category B Municipality situated in the Chris Hani District in the Eastern C...

Klerksdorp- Matlosana Local Municipality
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Oct 18, 2022

Klerksdorp- Matlosana Local Municipality

The City of Matlosana Local Municipality (previously City Council of Klerksdorp) is a Category B Municipality situated w...

Vlakplaas, Pretoria
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Oct 12, 2022

Vlakplaas, Pretoria

Vlakplaas is a Farm about 20-kilometres West of Pretoria. Established in 1979, a 100-hectare Farm nestled in the Hills o...

Bredasdorp, Overberg
Place
Oct 05, 2022

Bredasdorp, Overberg

Audrey Blignault, the famous South African writer, was born in Bredasdorp. Located on the Northern edge of the Agulhas P...

Heritage Route of King Shaka
Place
Mar 16, 2011

Heritage Route of King Shaka

King Shaka Heritage Route, Northern Natal

Mweni Valley, Drakensberg
Place
Sep 27, 2022

Mweni Valley, Drakensberg

Officially, the Area known as “Mnweni” is managed by the amaNgwane Tribal Authority and covers the Region between Mount ...

Luthuli House Museum, KwaDukuza
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Dec 23, 2019

Luthuli House Museum, KwaDukuza

The mission of this Museum is to conserve, uphold, promote and propagate the life, values, philosophies and legacy of th...

Kleinzee, Northern Cape
Place
Dec 09, 2019

Kleinzee, Northern Cape

Kleinzee (sometimes referred to as Kleinsee) was a diamond mining town, tourists visited as part of the diamond route.

Siyathemba, Local Municipality
Place
Sep 19, 2022

Siyathemba, Local Municipality

Siyathemba Municipality incorporates the previous municipal areas of Prieska, Marydale and Niekerkshoop.

Cullinan
Place
Dec 06, 2021

Cullinan

Cullinan boasts a rich History of more than 100 Years. Cullinan became famous with the discovery of the World’s biggest ...

James Hall Museum of Transport, Johannesburg
Place
Jul 14, 2011

James Hall Museum of Transport, Johannesburg

The James Hall Museum of Transport, the largest and most comprehensive land-transport Museum in South Africa, was establ...

Sibongile Township
Place
Sep 13, 2022

Sibongile Township

The coal mining town of Dundee is situated in a Valley of the Biggarsberg Mountains.

Irma Stern Museum
Place
Jul 14, 2011

Irma Stern Museum

The museum was established in 1971, in the house Stern lived in for almost four decades. After her death, her art became...

Maputaland, Northern Part of KZN
Place
Sep 12, 2022

Maputaland, Northern Part of KZN

Maputaland, a Region of KwaZulu Natal, stretches from the scenic splendour of iSimangaliso Wetland Park in St. Lucia in ...

AG Bain Monument, Grahamstown
Place
Sep 16, 2016

AG Bain Monument, Grahamstown

Andrew Geddes Bains was a  fervent letter writer of satirical sketches of contemporary life, transport entrepreneur, mil...

Msinga Local Municipality
Place
Sep 05, 2022

Msinga Local Municipality

At Rorke's Drift the men were rewarded for their bravery with no less than 11 Victoria Crosses, the most number of Victo...

SS Clan Stuart
Article
Aug 28, 2022

SS Clan Stuart

The SS Clan Stuart was blown ashore in 1914 between Glencairn and Simon's Town, along Cape Town’s west coast. The SS in ...

Pomeroy- Solomon Linda
Place
Sep 01, 2022

Pomeroy- Solomon Linda

Pomeroy is a small Town in KwaZulu-Natal which is some 72 km North of Greytown and 56 km South-South-East of Dundee. It ...

Morgan Bay-Gxarha
Place
Mar 14, 2022

Morgan Bay-Gxarha

Morgan Bay boasts over 280 species of Bird with Habitats ranging from back gardens to the banks the Lagoon, municipal Da...

Odendaalsrus, Free State
Place
Sep 21, 2020

Odendaalsrus, Free State

Having been established in 1912, this is the oldest gold mining Town in the District. The Town was a group of Farms with...

Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa- (MOCCA)
Place
Aug 25, 2022

Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa- (MOCCA)

Housed in what was once Cape Town’s tallest building is the newly unveiled Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (Zeit...

Mkuze, KwaZulu Natal
Place
Apr 28, 2021

Mkuze, KwaZulu Natal

Mkuze, also named Mkhuze or uMkhuze is a small Town in Northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It is located approximately...

Steynsburg
Place
Aug 22, 2022

Steynsburg

Elsie Francina, born in 1806, married Casper Jan Hendrik Kruger on 3 September 1820. They are the parents of old preside...

Junction Avenue Theatre
Place
May 24, 2017

Junction Avenue Theatre

The Junction Avenue theatre was formed in 1976, and it was organised and conceptualised by a group of White students fro...

Natal Workers’ Theatre in the 1980s
Article
Apr 16, 2020

Natal Workers’ Theatre in the 1980s

Introduction Starting in the late 1970’s and reaching its height in the 1980’s, the South African province of Natal (...

Krugersdorp
Place
Mar 07, 2018

Krugersdorp

Falling under the municipality known as Mogale City, Krugersdorp was essentially a mining town, regarded as the industri...