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EventDr Alexander Logie du Toit, South African geologist, is born in Cape Town
… Du Toit studied both mining engineering and geology. One of his most famous projects was his study of the Karoo … to propose the theory of two super…
EventOmar Bongo, former president of Gabon is born
… he was president of Gabon for 41 years, making him one of the longest serving non-monarch rulers in the world. … a multiparty system; Ondimba had led the…
The diary of Maria Tholo - September 4 - 19 by Carol Hermer
… was (passing took whatever was thrown and ran. There was one whole big sheep carcass. A man picked it up from the … what happened to the driver. He was…
PlaceSt Paul’s Anglican Church, Main Road, Rondebosch
… Sir Lowry Cole approved the grant of this Area of nearly one-and-half Hectares at the foot of Devil's Peak to the … Governor and they Constituted the first…
ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA AT THE NATIONAL MEN’S MARCH Pretoria, 22 November 1997
… children is unacceptable. This occasion is both a joyous one and a sad one. It causes us all great pain that citizens of a free … has always been treated -…
Professor H. W. van der Merwe: former Director of the Centre for Intergroup Studies interview with Rupert Taylor, 23 November 1999, 6 Cambridge Road, Observatory, Cape Town
… for many years I think your Centre was probably the only one that could actually outrightly call themselves concerned … I’m not autocratic, I’m not high…
ArticleThe Cape Minstrels: Origins and Evolution of Tweede Nuwe Jaar (Second New Year) in the Cape
… the country. In the popular tourist city of Cape Town, one of the ways in which it may be observed is in the annual … aspects of each culture, which has been…
ArticleThe Natives Land Act of 1913
… of spatial segregation through land dispossession. One of the key legislations that laid down the foundation for … that individual ownership of land that is…
Address by President of the Republic Commander-in-Chief of SANDF and Patron-in-Chief of Military Veterans at the funeral of Major General (retired) Mongameli Johnson Tshali (aka Lennox Lagu), Thaba Tshwane, 17 September 2011
… people`s army, uMkhonto we Sizwe. General Tshali had been one of the first to swell the ranks of uMkhonto we Sizwe and … and in an unassuming fashion, as was…
Keeping a cool head amid flying bullets: A tribute to Juda Ngwenya by Joseph Oesi (City Press), 26 October 2016
… Keogh Photographer Juda Ngwenya. Picture: Janice Keogh One of the photos in a Juda Ngwenya exhibition. Picture: Janice Keogh One of the photos in a Juda…
The Struggle against our Weaknesses by A. B. Xuma, 1956
… African National Congress. Fellow Africans, I send you, one and all, heartiest greetings. My apologies and regrets … following up the affairs of the African…
Under the influence of Dumile Feni’s 'African Guernica' by Sharlene Khan (The Conversation), 07 September 2016
… hero-worship and a pilgrimage. At high school, Feni was one of my “favourite” artists, in the way one speaks of favourites in one’s youth. I loved seemingly…
PlaceSA Army College, Roberts Heights, Pretoria
… South Africans just love re-naming things in pursuit of one Political Party’s agenda over that of another one, all in the interests of Political narrative –…
Address on the occasion of the Launch of the Final Report of the World Commission on Dams 16 November 2000, in Cabot Hall, London Friends Honoured Guests Ladies and Gentlemen
… issue of dams and their benefits and impacts has become one of the battlegrounds in the sustainable development … people from the closest viable source in…
Say It out Loud - A letter to the Coloured People of South Africa
… of the four colonies from this day is momentous. It is one of those stages in the growth of a country that bids its … their individuality of government, and…
PlaceKwaZulu-Natal Literary Trails (under Heritage Routes)
… the nod to curate ARTiculate Africa again, I already have one Nobel Laureate, one Pulitzer Prize winner and three Booker Prize winners … festival in South…
EventDusi Canoe Marathon commences
… a Thousand Hills and the Umgeni. Ian Player was the only one out of the eight people, who reached the final … titled Men, Rivers and Canoes. The Dusi Canoe…
PlaceZonderwater
… museum and the Italian Military Cemetery are alongside one another! The Prison was once the largest prisoner of war … fronts. At it's largest it held a total…
EventFietas, site of forced removal in Johannesburg, is renamed Pageview
… this point, the area was popularly known as Fietas. It was one of the oldest communities in Johannesburg, and one of the first 'locations' (multi-racial…
EventFormer Student Representative Council (SRC) Vice-President shot by Police
… police on the outskirts of Cala, Transkei. Ndondo became one of the forty-nine victims on the list compiled by the … lawyer, Dumisa Ntsebeza. Ndondo and his…
EventSouth Africa’s new constitution is approved
… of the South African Constitution on 8 May 1996 was one of the turning points in the history of the struggle for … in South Africa. The Constitution is…
EventBettie Cilliers, famous SA painter, is born
… in Rustenburg, Transvaal. Though Cilliers-Bernard was at one time one of South Africa's underestimated artists, her …
EventAlexis Preller, SA visual artist, dies
… rejected the latter description for his work. Described by one critic as South Africa’s Gauguin, he was also influenced … Van Gogh and later by Piero della…
EventStephen Gray, SA writer and academic, is born
… Born in Cape Town, Steven Gray is one of South Africa’s most prolific writers. He received an … novels, biographies and plays. An excellent editor, he was…
Nelson Mandela Letter to Mrs. Manorama Bhalla, secretary of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations, 3 August 1980
… people cannot but feel humble, at the same time proud that one of their number has been selected to join the … Nehru. The lives and varied contribution of…
PlaceFort Schanskop
… Germans designed three of the four forts, Schanskop being one. The fort was also built by the German firm Krupp, was … Fountains Valley. The garrison was…
PlaceSAAF Memorial and Museum
… of a triangular star pattern comprised of three wings, one of which forms a neutral Chapel used for small services. … HC Floyd of Cape Town in third place…
EventAmy Biehl’s murderers receive amnesty from TRC
… men then surrounded the car repeating the militant chant, "One settler [white person], one bullet!" Amy was then pulled from the car, struck in the … Amy was…
PlaceRobert Sobukwe Town, was called Graaf-Reinet
… Cape, the fourth oldest in South Africa and certainly one of the most atmospheric, Graaff-Reinet lies enclosed by a … originally built as a parsonage and is…
EventMalawi voters take part in the first multiparty election in three decades
… thousand people were imprisoned for political offences at one time or another during his rule. By 1992, Banda's grip … referendum early in 1993 on whether…