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Bonteheuwel
Place
Oct 21, 2021

Bonteheuwel

Bonteheuwel's Freedom Square is now officially a provincial heritage site.

18 Gangster Museum, Khayelitsha
Place
Jul 31, 2020

18 Gangster Museum, Khayelitsha

This is the first Living gangster Museum on the African Continent and is, therefore, a very important part of the local ...

Amathole Mountain Region, Eastern Cape
Place
Apr 16, 2019

Amathole Mountain Region, Eastern Cape

The Amatola Region is one of the most beautiful and diverse in the Eastern Cape. The Amathole's stretch into the hinterl...

Old Court House, Victoria Embankment, Durban
Place
Jul 14, 2011

Old Court House, Victoria Embankment, Durban

The building was designed by architect Stanley Hudson and was erected in 1911 as the Old Court House, and is the oldest ...

Dessenhoek, Durban
Place
May 13, 2020

Dessenhoek, Durban

Dessenhoek forms a Community of Durban, towards the Pinetown Area.

Cross erected by Bartholomew Dias
Place
Jul 14, 2011

Cross erected by Bartholomew Dias

The original cross is currently housed in the Library of the University of the Witwatersrand, and was declared a Nationa...

All Saints Mission, Eastern Cape
Place
Sep 20, 2016

All Saints Mission, Eastern Cape

An Anglican Mission in the Xuka River valley, 4 km East of Ngcobo. Established in 1860-61 by Rev. John Gordon, named thu...

Constitution Hill Museum, Johannesburg
Place
Mar 28, 2019

Constitution Hill Museum, Johannesburg

 The site is a former Prison and military Fort that bears testament to South Africa’s turbulent past and, today, is...

Boksburg, the Witwatersrand
Place
Mar 16, 2011

Boksburg, the Witwatersrand

The Town of Boksburg was founded in 1887 as the Administrative Centre of the East Rand. It is the second oldest Town on ...

Cala, Eastern Cape
Place
Sep 29, 2021

Cala, Eastern Cape

A town in the Sakhisizwe Local Municipality, part of the Chris Hani District Municipality. With a population of around 1...

Liliesleaf Farm, Rivonia- Johannesburg
Place
Sep 01, 2020

Liliesleaf Farm, Rivonia- Johannesburg

Liliesleaf Farm is the location where prominent leaders of the opposition to South Africa's Apartheid Government used to...

Prestwich Memorial and Garden
Place
Sep 20, 2021

Prestwich Memorial and Garden

During excavations for a new residential block in Cape Town in 2003, old bones were uncovered!

Sandton Executive Suites Hydro Park, Johannesburg
Place
Jun 29, 2020

Sandton Executive Suites Hydro Park, Johannesburg

Sandton Executive Suites is proud to present modern self-catering apartments in the heart of Sandton City CBD convenient...

Alphen; Constantia Road, Constantia- Cape Town
Place
Jul 14, 2011

Alphen; Constantia Road, Constantia- Cape Town

The Alphen Estate was granted to Theunis van Schalkwyk in 1714. Its Historic Homestead is a square plan double-storey ma...

Artillery Road Barracks at the H.Q. of South African Defence
Place
Jul 14, 2011

Artillery Road Barracks at the H.Q. of South African Defence

The first annexation of the Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek by Sir Theophilus Shepstone in 1877 led to the establishment of ...

Jan De Waal House, 93 Bree Street, Cape Town
Place
Jul 14, 2011

Jan De Waal House, 93 Bree Street, Cape Town

Jan de Waal, born in Amsterdam, arrived at the Cape in 1715 as an employee of the Dutch East India Company The erf on wh...

South Africa’s Diverse Culture Artistic and Linguistic Heritage
Article
Sep 23, 2014

South Africa’s Diverse Culture Artistic and Linguistic Heritage

Introduction South Africa, called by some people the 'Rainbow Nation', a title that captures its diversity and 11 of...

South Africa’s Academic and Cultural Boycott
Article
Feb 03, 2017

South Africa’s Academic and Cultural Boycott

Introduction In 1948 with the election of the National Party and the enforcement of an Apartheid State, it took time ...

Masiphumelele Township, Cape Town
Place
Nov 28, 2019

Masiphumelele Township, Cape Town

Masiphumelele means “We will succeed” in Xhosa. This spirit of endurance was needed by the people for decades - and thes...

Steynsrus, Free State Province
Place
Aug 25, 2021

Steynsrus, Free State Province

The Town was established in 1910. This event was used to give it a name; translated it would mean Steyn's Rest!

Diepsloot, Johannesburg
Place
Aug 19, 2021

Diepsloot, Johannesburg

Diepsloot is a densely populated township in the North of Johannesburg, South Africa. Diepsloot, loosely translated as "...

Kamastone and Bulhoek
Place
Mar 16, 2011

Kamastone and Bulhoek

The Cape government established the settlement of Kamastone in the Queenstown area, in 1854. In 1874 the government rece...

The 1956 Women’s March, Pretoria, 9 August
Article
Mar 31, 2011

The 1956 Women’s March, Pretoria, 9 August

‘Strijdom, you have tampered with the women, You have struck a rock.'  So runs the song composed to mark this ...

Women’s Rights and Representation
Article
Mar 31, 2011

Women’s Rights and Representation

It was not until the introduction of the Bill of Rights that all women in this country received formal recognition as eq...

The Black Sash: A History of Transformation
Article
Jun 15, 2015

The Black Sash: A History of Transformation

This article was written by Ashley Schumacher and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership ...

The Founding of the SANNC
Article
Mar 30, 2011

The Founding of the SANNC

After actively petitioning the National Convention and being ignored during 1910 and 1911, delegates to the South Africa...

Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC)
Article
Mar 30, 2011

Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC)

The TIC (Transvaal Indian congress) was first called the TBIA (Transvaal British Indian Association) which was founded i...

Womens Rights
Article
Mar 31, 2011

Womens Rights

It was not until the introduction of the Bill of Rights that all women in this country received formal recognition as eq...

The Founding of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF)
Article
Feb 13, 2015

The Founding of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF)

According to the EFF’s publication ‘The Coming Revolution’, Julius Malema had earned the title of Commander-in Chie...

Trevor Andrew Manuel and Economic Freedom Fighters - High Court of South Africa - Gauteng Local Division - Johannesburg
Article
Jul 25, 2021

Trevor Andrew Manuel and Economic Freedom Fighters - High Court of South Africa - Gauteng Local Division - Johannesburg

This is a semi-urgent application for final interdictory relief against the respondents (Economic Freedom Fighters,&nbsp...