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Several people are killed or arrested during the first skirmish between White labour and the government in the Rand Revolt.
… Several people are killed or arrested during the first skirmish between White labour and the government in the Rand Revolt. …
BiographyCaptain Lancelot Andrew Ariba
… distinction and late studied architecture in Leeds and at the RA Schools 11 London. His ideals were based on the notion of a … artist he often chose subjects…
BiographyFholisani Sydney Mufamadi
… 1959 in Alexandra Township, Johannesburg. Mufamadi is the eldest of the four children of Masindi and Reuben, who … and others, including Mufamadi, went…
PlaceXuxuwa, Eastern Cape
… Xuxuwa the Railroad Siding, Eastern Cape, is 9 km West of Fort … which rises West of Fort Beaufort and flows South East to join the Main Stream. Both of…
Black children are admitted to 205 schools previously reserved for Whites only.
… Black children are admitted to 205 schools previously reserved for Whites only. …
Moroccan troops are in open revolt against French rule (initiated on 30 March).
… Moroccan troops are in open revolt against French rule (initiated on 30 March). …
SPEECH BY PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA AT THE DEDICATION OF QUNU AND NKALANE SCHOOLS Qunu, 3 June 1995
… SPEECH BY PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA AT THE DEDICATION OF QUNU AND NKALANE SCHOOLS Qunu, 3 June 1995 …
Riots continue, 4-5 September. The youth come out in the Coloured townships. Schools, libraries and a magistrate’s court are se
… Riots continue, 4-5 September. The youth come out in the Coloured townships. Schools, libraries and a magistrate’s court are se …
BiographyJames Matthews
… David Matthews was born on 25 May 1929 in District Six in Cape Town, to working class parents. After completing … messenger, clerk and telephonist. However,…
BiographyDiane Case
… Diane Case was born in Woodstock , Cape Town in 1955, the daughter of an Indian father and mixed race mother of … of her time giving workshops and…
BiographyAlexander Lionel Boraine 'Alex'
… Dr Alexander (Alex) Lionel Boraine was born in 1931 in Cape Town, Western Province. In 1950, at the age of nineteen, Boraine started his career as a … to…
BiographyAshley James Kriel
… Ashley Kriel was born on the 17 October 1966 to Ivy and Melvin Kriel. He has two … Assure and Melaney Adams. He grew up in Bonteheuwel, Cape Town…
Eight Whites are killed in Brakpan in fights between government forces and revolutionaries during the Rand revolt.
… The Star. 4th March 2003. Milestones … between government forces and revolutionaries during the Rand revolt. …
At a mass gathering in Johannesburg during the Rand Revolt, a proposal to establish a provisional republican government is acce
… At a mass gathering in Johannesburg during the Rand Revolt, a proposal to establish a provisional republican …
BiographyAlbertina Nontsikelelo Sisulu
… left for Mariazell College in Matatiele in the Eastern Cape where her anxieties were eased by the discovery that the … was appealing, and Albertina applied…
The growth of trade unionism in Cape Town and the formation of early political organisations
… The growth of trade unionism in Cape Town and the formation of early political organisations …
Address at The Official Opening of The Cape Town International Convention Centre, Cape Town, 28 June 2003
… Chairperson of Convenco, Ebrahim Rasool, Premier of the Western Cape, Marthinus van Schalkwyk, Your Worship, Mayor Nomaindia … and gentlemen: It is a proud…
EventThe mayor of Cape Town, Hyman Lieberman, opens the Great Synagogue in the Gardens, Cape Town
… Cape Town has a substantial Jewish community, the majority of who are descendents of Lithuanian immigrants. By 1863, the Jewish congregation in Cape Town had…
BiographyHelen Kies
… Helen Kies (née Abrahams) was born around 1926 in Athlone, Cape Town , Western Cape . Despite a very poor childhood, her father ensured that … began her…
PlaceHilton College an Independent Boy's Boarding School
… At the end of a road eight kilometres from the Village of … England, conducted an inspection tour of the independent schools of Canada, Australia, New…
EventThe first slave arrives at the Cape
… Less than a year following the arrival of Jan Van Riebeeck, the first enslaved person arrived at the Cape. He was Abram van Batavia. He arrived in Table Bay…
BiographyMakhaya Ntini
… was born on 6 July 1977. He grew up in a small village in the Eastern Cape called Mdingi. Ntini is a product of the United Cricket … soon excelled and in…
BiographyJeevenundhan (Jeeva) Rajgopaul
… Chatsworth, Durban — an area designated for Indians under the notorious Group Areas Act . He attended the local primary … College of Education, Durban. He…
ArchiveWestern Cape Region - Regional Conference: Problems and challenges of the Western Cape
… Report by Reg September on the problems and challenges of the Western Cape, presented to the African National Congress Western Cape Region Conference, 29 and…
BiographyPatrice Émery Lumumba
… Lumumba was born on 2 July 1925, at Onalua village near the Katako-Kombe Town in the Sankuru district of … and, as such, he attended both Protestant and…
PlaceAthlone - or Cape Flats, Cape Town
… known as West London, but renamed in honour of a member of the British Royal family. It was during the 1930s that the … and Commander in Chief of SA. Athlone…
PlaceManenberg, Cape Flats
… Manenberg is a Township of Cape Town , South Africa, that was created by the Apartheid government, for low-income Coloured families in … sprang up. These…
BiographyMatthew Goniwe
… Township on the outskirts of Cradock in the Eastern Cape. His parents David and Elizabeth were farm labourers. … for a club in the township. His love of…
On the thirteenth day of the continuing public servants strike tens of thousands of other workers join the strike for the day a
… On the thirteenth day of the continuing public servants strike tens of thousands of other workers join the strike for the day a …
Both the DP and the PAC decline President Mandela’s offer to join the Government of National Unity. The degree of opposition al
… Both the DP and the PAC decline President Mandela’s offer to join the Government of National Unity. The degree of opposition al …