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PlaceCampanile, Port Elizabeth
… declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 12 May 1989. Normal Opening times are between Monday and …
Extracts from the book ‘A long walk to Freedom’. Nelson Mandela’s autobiography
As adopted by the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress - 25 November 1992. The strategic perspective of the ANC is the transfer of…
PlaceEllis Park
… team, the Springboks, defeated New Zealand’s All Blacks 15-12 in the Rugby World Cup at this stadium. The event became …
PlaceFlagstaff
In 1877 Zachariah Bowles and his partner, a Mr Owen, established a trading store on the site of present-day Flagstaff. The Town owes its name to their practice…
PlaceOudtshoorn, Western Cape
… figures are available for the division: 1865 census: 12,077 residents, of whom 3,583 were literate 1875 census: …
PlaceAmalienstein, a Mission Station in the Western Cape
… the Church Site. Daniël Hofmeyer sold the Farm on 12 July 1986 to the State, with the lease agreement included, …
Statement by Mfanafuthi Makatini in the Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly, 27 November 1981
… racist commando group that invaded Mozambique and killed 12 ANC refugees at Matola, on the outskirts of Maputo, at the … postures also stems from the fact…
Address by Jacob Zuma marking the Commemoration of the International Day of persons with disabilities, during the State visit by President Rupiah Banda of Zambia, 03 December 2010
… Persons with Disabilities takes place during the period of 16 Days of Activism of No Violence Against Women and … so that these stakeholders can play an…
EventVan Zyl Slabbert is elected as the leader of the PFP
… Van Zyl Slabbert served as the leader of the PFP for 12 years. He died on 14 May 2010 at his home …
PlaceSpringfield Convent School, Cape Town
… faiths and backgrounds to classes from Nursery to Grade 12. History reflects that Springfield was the first to offer …
EventLegendary photographer Sam Nzima dies
… On 12 May 2018, legendary photographer Sam Nzima passed away at …
ArticleThe Group Areas Act of 1950
… to sharing restaurants with the other racial groups (1961: 183). There was also resistance from Cape Town City …
PlaceDutywa, Eastern Cape
… was officially changed from "Idutywa" to "Dutywa" on 16 July 2004. The Settlement was laid out in 1884 and was … was officially changed from "Idutywa" to …
The Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA): CODESA 2
… 3 March 1992 that likely dates for Codesa 2 would be 9 to 16 April 1992. However, on 9 March and whilst experiencing a … it was agreed that Codesa 2 would…
PlaceUitenhage, officially renamed Kariega
… operations against the Xhosa , in the frontier war of 1811-12 , and in 1815 its garrison played a leading role in the … included a Drostdy, built in 1804…
Checkmate for apartheid? July 199 1 - June 1992
… death count for the 2-year period is depicted in Fig. 16. Politically related deaths recorded by HRC amounted to a … involved in a number of massacres: • SAP…
A chronology of meetings between South Africans and the ANC in exile 1983-2000 by Michael Savage
… Nzo , Florence Mophosho , Gertrude Shope ), in Lusaka. 10–12 September 1984 H.W. van der Merwe met with the ANC ( Thabo … the University of the North and…
ArchiveChapter 5 Last resort: armed resistance by Denis Goldberg
… would not be able to rule for ever in the old way. In 1961 the ANC called a “stay-at-home” – a general strike – … wished also to be members of Umkhonto. In…
PlaceThe Wits School of Arts and Arts Museum
The Museum is one of Johannesburg's premier Tourist Attractions, along with the Apartheid Museum and Constitution Hill. It is part of the Wits University…
Place'Aguada de Sao Bras', Mossel Bay
Bartholomew Dias and his crew landed with his men on 3rd of February 1488, but Mossel Bay's History can be traced back, with the help of Archaeological…
Document 23 - Memorandum from Nelson Mandela to F. W. de Klerk
… We are going ahead with the mass action plans for January 16, 1996. This does not mean that we are opposed to the …
Digging deeper into our history by Nicole Mccain (News24), 13 September 2016
… coins and textiles. The textile collection boasts over 12 000 items, ranging from leather clothing worn by the San … coins and textiles. The textile…
PlaceSA Army College, Roberts Heights, Pretoria
… style and its cornerstone was laid by Lord Kitchener on 12 June 1902. It originally served as a recreation centre for …
May Day
… a ten-hour day in 1847. French worker's demand for a 12-hour day was granted after the February revolution of … From 1830 to 1860, the average work day had…
EventFirst celebration of May Day in South Africa
… a ten-hour day in 1847. French worker's demand for a 12-hour day was granted after the February revolution of … From 1830 to 1860, the average work day had…
EventInternational celebration of ‘May Day’
… a ten-hour day in 1847. French workers demands for a 12-hour day were granted after the February revolution of … From 1830 to 1860, the average work day had…
10. Seedat writes to his brother in India
… in Gujarati by Mohamed Ebrahim Seedat from Newcastle on 12 November 1901 may be typical of the kind of correspondence … 60 House behind where Standard Bank…
ArchiveAll That Glitters - Before the mineral discoveries by Emilia Potenza
… guns that they obtained. In 1862 the Pedi army was made up 12 000 men, of whom a third were equipped with guns. These … What jobs did inboekselings do in…
ArticleThe International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF)
… the Treason Trial The Treason Trial ended on 29 March 1961, a year after Sharpeville. The accused were found not … the Eastern Cape, IDAF’s legal fees…
ArchivePretoria Central Prison execution register entry and prison photograph of Petros Sipho Sibusiso Mkhize, recorded as "Mkhise P", File V963
… Box B275, File V963, "MKHISE P", 1967/09/01, 1966/12/02, with the Grave No and Cemetery columns left blank. The …