June 14, 2025
The first Woolworths store opened its doors to the public on 30 October 1931 in what was the dining room of the recently closed-down Royal Hotel in Plein Street, Cape Town. The store was co-founded by Max Sonnenberg and his Read more…
June 9, 2025
The Johannesburg City Parks and Zoo (JCPZ) is re-opening the previously dormant Hamberg Cemetery in Roodepoort on the 12th June 2025. At least 38 of the 42 cemeteries operated by the JCPZ in Gauteng are at full capacity.The 0.65ha cemetery, Read more…
June 5, 2025
I researched and wrote the original article in August 2012 and posted it on my old blog on 08 August 2012. It was the first such article on the history of snowfall in South Africa (1853-1990) and has been copied Read more…
June 4, 2025
The 98th Comrades Marathon in 2025 will be held on Sunday, June 8th. This will be the 49th Down Run, starting at the Pietermaritzburg City Hall and finishing at Durban’s People’s Park. The race distance is approximately 89km, and the Read more…
May 29, 2025
It is one of Vladimir Tretchikoff’s most sensual paintings, titled “Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery”. The model was an ordinary woman from Grabouw, who drank Earl Grey tea and shared a home-made Swiss roll cake with the Russian artist at Read more…
May 22, 2025
How many South African visitors to San Francisco know about the city’s connection to South Africa? Very few! Norton the First was the Emperor of the United States of America from the day he proclaimed his ascension to the throne Read more…
A South African was buried in a common grave at Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia, USA, and unbeknownst to his family for 30 years. Lieutenant Victor Potgieter was born on 30 November 1914 and grew up in Carolina, South Africa, the Read more…
May 20, 2025
On 20 May 1873, Levi Strauss and Jacob William Davis received a US patent for the process of putting rivets in men’s work trousers, marking the birth of what would become a fashion staple worldwide. Although denim trousers had been Read more…
May 12, 2025
This article was originally written in 1999. Following the Anglo-Boer War, large numbers of Boers left South Africa. They emigrated to Comodoro Rivadavia in Argentina, Mexico, German East Africa (Tanganyika) and the USA. Pieter (Piet) Arnoldus CRONJE was born on Read more…
May 11, 2025
Ivan DE VILLIERS was born on 31 March 1892 in the Griquastad area of South Africa, the son of Pieter Gysbertus DE VILLIERS and Agnes Margaret Josephine MELLE. His nickname was Slim. His father was born on 05 December 1839 Read more…