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PlaceHaarlem
… Karoo and up to the Soutpansberg . The Long Kloof is all about apples today, and Haarlem is the Western most spot …
PlaceHugh Eksteen Photographic Museum, Polokwane-Limpopo
… through Eksteen's appointment books, containing notes about every photo he took, the subject, and the cost. Kept …
PlaceMowbray
… The village of Mowbray was established in about 1853 on the farm Welgelegen, in an area more commonly …
PlaceOld Town House, Greenmarket Square, Cape Town.
… and the first Burgher Watch House was built on the site in about 1716. Initially it was a plain residential structure, …
PlaceLoftus Versveld Stadium, Hatfield
… be arranged for those wanting to see its extents and hear about its history and future in the South African sporting …
PlaceOld Locomotive “Emil Kessler”, Johannesburg
… was taken out of service in 1903 after having done about 181 000 km of service. …
PlacePinetown and its Museum
… About half an hour’s drive from Durban is a thriving …
EventSA signs treaty with Great Britain on the supply of military equipment to South Africa
… West Africa, Western powers were particularly concerned about the fate of South Africa. This explains the British …
EventGeneral Barry Hertzog, former South African Prime Minister, dies
… South African Party (SAP). He was instrumental in bringing about the Balfour Declaration (1926), which was one of the …
EventGerman torpedoes sink the SS Mendoza close to Durban
… of the ship's patrol that the SS Mendoza was sunk. At about 129 kilometres from Durban, the U-178 deployed …
EventThe British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) announces that a mysterious epidemic (AIDS) is causing increasing concern in the United States
… On 10 December 1981, the BBC reported that concerns about the disease were spreading in the United States due to …
EventDurban magistrate rules the death of Dr Haffejee accidental
… of his death, they discovered his apparent suicide at about four in the morning on 3 August 1977. An inquest into …
EventA group of six White and several Black rebel army troops mounted another coup attempt on 21/22 November in Transkei, a Black ‘homeland’
… Blackie Nombanga were denied amnesty. Click here to read about the decision of the Amnesty Commission. …
EventSA and Mozambique revive Nkomati Accord
… Johannesburg: Jonathan Ball. Click here to find out more about RENAMO. …
EventBomb meant for Kangaroo Court judge, May Ledwaba kills sleeping William Ledwaba
… with steel roofing screws (to serve as shrapnel) and about 800 grams of pentolite, a commercial explosive, was …
PlaceFort Wiltshire
… he relocated the post to a new site closer to the river, about a kilometre from the tower, and placed the project …
PlaceCamdeboo was called Aberdeen, Eastern Cape
… Aberdeen is about 50 km South-West of Graaff-Reinet and only 3 hours …
EventMarcus Garvey, Jamaican-born Black nationalist who advocated the departure of African-Americans back to Africa, is born.
… political and economic equality for black people and set about developing an economic programme for the advancement of …
EventHundreds of thousands of Hutus flee to Zaire
… it was Hutu extremists who believed Habyarimana was about to implement the Arusha Peace Accords that had ended …
PlacePhoenix Settlement and Gandhi Trail
… 'Inanda Riots', the Settlement was badly damaged and about 8 000 people informally settled in the area in what has … http://www.phoenixsettlement.co.za…
educating African youth and provision of large scale scholarships tenable in various
… resolve: 1. To mandate the NEC to proceed with talks about talks and to invest them with discretionary powers, …
Stay-away!
… Elizabeth. So everyone in Port Elizabeth was very upset about this, and when we organized for the stay-away, we …
’Asinamali’
… no money, we want money.'] They used to write something about this pound a day on everything! In Port Elizabeth we …
EventF.W. de Klerk announces the release of Nelson Mandela and unbans political parties
… to the majority of South Africans. Though it brought about democracy, this journey was not totally without …
PlaceHazyview
… large banana and macadamia nut industries, contributing about 20% of South Africa's bananas and 30% of macadamia …
ArticleDrafting of the Final Constitution
… majority of the population had to endure, when change came about South Africans could be hopeful for a better future in … . Fourth constitutional change This…
ArticleKingdom of Kongo 1390–1914
… [iv] . This means that there is a need to be critical about European accounts, as they were writing from the … that the establishment of the Kingdom of Kongo…
The people armed, 1984-1990
… The UDF was launched at Mitchell's Plain in Cape Town. About 600 delegates from more than 230 organisations and a crowd of about 13 000 people converged on…
Article1960 - 1994: Armed Struggle and Popular Resistance
… The UDF was launched at Mitchell's Plain in Cape Town. About 600 delegates from more than 230 organisations and a crowd of about 13 000 people converged on…
Address by President Nelson Mandela to Parliament National Assembly, Cape Town, 5 February 1999
… households are connected to the electricity grid. In 1DS4, about a quarter of homes had telephones: today, after … let us come back to the trends. The…