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ArchiveRegional mini-conference report, Lusaka
… in Lusaka, Zambia, April 1985. Discussed strengthening the underground, the armed struggle, recruitment, open membership, the Constitution, strategy and…
PlaceRailway Station, Main Road, Wynberg
… Monument under old NMC legislation on 2 October 1981. The Wynberg Railway Company was established in 1861 to build … to Wynberg, which opened on 19 December…
EventNuclear Reactor At Pelindaba Goes Critical
… On this date the nuclear reactor Safari, located in Pelindaba, near Pretoria, went critical and South Africa entered the nuclear age. The US firm Allis…
ArticleSouth Africa Cabinet Members 2014
… Jonas Presidency Jeff Radebe Buti Manamela Women in the Presidency Susan Shabangu Energy Tina Joemat-Peterssen …
PlaceAllemanskraal or Aldam, Free State Province
… Village in the Willem Pretorius Game Reserve near the Sand River, 30 km from Winburg. The name is derived from the Allemanskraal dam, some 9 km to … New…
EventBotha’s Pass in Natal is under attack by General Buller’s forces
… attacked Botha's Pass in Natal. After a five hour battle the Republican forces were in retreat, defeated. His troops … forces at Ladysmith in Natal on 28…
EventUnited Party disbands
… The United Party, main political opposition party in South Africa, was formally disbanded by the majority faction after members had left the party to join…
EventTraditional Bushman artist Vetkat Regopstaan Kruiper, aged 38, dies suddenly from natural causes
… known as Vetkat, was a prolific artist. He was born at the camp Twee Rivieren in the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park (now Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park). The…
EventANC leads march through central Durban
… The African National Congress (ANC) led a march through … by up to 100,000 people, to demand their voting rights. The march was organised a few days after…
PlaceGoede Hoop Wine Estate
… The Bestbier family first bought this farm in 1928 and today it’s still run by the family with Pieter Bestbier (now a third generation winemaker) at the helm…
PlaceBloemfontein Technical College, Douglas Street, Bloemfontein
… Also known as the Old Grey College building. The structure was designed by Architect WH Stucke and was … stone was laid on 16 May 1894 by President Reitz and…
EventPieter-Dirk Uys, SA activist, satirist, playwright and novelist, is born in Cape Town
… drama at UCT from 1965 to 1965 before going to study at the London Film School. During the 1970s and 1980s he was associated with the Space Theatre in Cape…
Checkmate for apartheid? July 199 1 - June 1992
… From: A Crime Against Humanity - Analysing the Repression of the Apartheid State edited by Max Coleman In Chapter 8 we … a covert Koevoet unit and arms at…
EventZola Budd returns to SA
… Budd, who had emigrated to Britain in 1984 to take part in the Los Angeles Olympic Games, announced that she has decided … to SA permanently. In April 1988,…
EventWorld Conference on Racism starts in Durban
… hundred and sixty countries descended on Durban to attend the weeklong third United Nations-sponsored World Conference on Racism, staged in South Africa. The…
Political executions
… execution) Boesman, Mangena Jeffrey, 35 1989/09/29 Death of informer school teacher in Sterkstroom, Eastern Cape … in Paarl. Dyakala, Kholisile, 31 1989/11…
EventFinance Minister Chris Liebenberg presents his budget
… The SA finance minister, Chris Liebenberg, presented his 1996 … parliament. It was a cautious package intended to reduce the fiscal deficit and provide tax…
EventButhelezi and Mandela meet and call for cease-fire
… January 1991 a summit meeting was held in Durban between the African National Congress (ANC) and the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP). The meeting was addressed…
EventAmy Mollison sets a new world record when she flies from England to Cape Town in 3 days 6 hours and 26 minutes
… an English Aviator who set numerous flying records during the 1930’s. She married fellow aviator Jim Mollison and the couple often flew together. in 1936,…
ArchiveNational Executive Committee statement for United Democratic Front news
… Statement from the National Executive Committee appreciating the achievements by the United Democratic Front since the launch, and thanking …
EventCommuters cause damage estimated at R30m when they set fire to several coaches and two offices at Germiston Station
… to several coaches and two offices at Germiston Station. The commuters were travelling from Katlehong to Germiston in a train when they set it alight. The…
ArchiveInterview with Murphy Morobe
… Murphy Morobe by Gavin Evans where Murphy explained how the United Democratic Front as the main organisation has been singled out by the Le Grange as being…
EventInternational Conference on Sports Boycott against SA commences in Paris
… On 16 May 1985, The International Conference on Sports Boycott against South … three-day conference at UNESCO House in Paris, France. The conference was…
PlaceCape Town Theatre Laboratory
… Founded in 1998 by Royston Stoffels and Warrick Grier, the Cape Town Theatre Laboratory was established in Woodstock, Cape Town. In October-November 2000,…
EventSA artist Tshela Matsoso is born
… 1962 and 1970, while still at school, Matsoso studied at the Jubilee Art Centre under Cecil Skotnes, Sydney Kumalo, Bill Hart and Ezrom Legae. In 1972 he…
EventSelassie returns to Ethiopia after attempted coup
… a short successful coup launched on 13 December 1960 by the Imperial Bodyguard, the police chief and some radical intellectuals. Selassie was in Brazil on a…
PlaceDutch Reformed Church and Parsonage, Three Anchor Bay
… The church building was officially opened by Dr Andrew Murray … on 9 July 1879. Eight months later, on 10 March 1880, the congregation seceded from the…
New Khoisan name for Cape Town, 25 June 2012
… will probably have difficulty getting their tongue around the Mother City’s new name: //Hui !Gaeb. This Khoisan word means “where the clouds gather”,…
Prominent South Africans Indians
… is an ongoing project and we welcome contributions from the public. Politics and Labour Adam, Feroza Asmal, Kader …
EventGrammy Award winner Miriam Makeba is born in Johannesburg
… worked as a clerk for Shell. Makeba began singing in the school choir at Kilnerton Training Institute in Pretoria. In 1957, Makeba joined the group, the…