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Over fifty squatters begin a hunger strike in St. George’s Cathedral, Cape Town, protesting against evictions from Nyanga squat
… squatters begin a hunger strike in St. George’s Cathedral, Cape Town, protesting against evictions from Nyanga squat …
British troops march from Simonstown and General J.H. Craig enters Cape Town. Sluysken formally surrenders on 16 September.
… troops march from Simonstown and General J.H. Craig enters Cape Town. Sluysken formally surrenders on 16 September. …
Rachel Alexander (Ray) Simons, legendary communist and trade unionist born in Latvia in 1914, dies in Cape Town.
… and trade unionist born in Latvia in 1914, dies in Cape Town. …
Gen. Benjamin (Ben) Johannes Viljoen, Boer general, war hero and author, is born in Wodehouse district, Cape Colony.
… (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 11, p. 242 … war hero and author, is born in Wodehouse district, Cape Colony. …
International Cricket Council president Percy Sonn (57) dies in a Cape Town hospital of complications after surgery. He served
… Cricket Council president Percy Sonn (57) dies in a Cape Town hospital of complications after surgery. He served …
John Erskine (Jack) Cheetham, SA cricket player in twenty-four test matches, is born in Mowbray, Cape Town.
… player in twenty-four test matches, is born in Mowbray, Cape Town. …
Mitchell’s Plain (Cape Town) magistrate Sithembele Elvis Tebe is jailed for effectively ten years for shooting dead a motorist
… Mitchell’s Plain (Cape Town) magistrate Sithembele Elvis Tebe is jailed for …
Ray Alexander Simons, Interviewed by Steven Robins and Immanuel Suttner, 20 July 1993 and January 1996, Cape Town
… and Immanuel Suttner, 20 July 1993 and January 1996, Cape Town …
Two white death sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) are noticed at Plettenberg Bay, Cape south coast, and bathing is prohibited.
… (Carcharodon carcharias) are noticed at Plettenberg Bay, Cape south coast, and bathing is prohibited. …
A delegation from Mauritius arrives in Cape Town to discuss ways of strengthening links between Mauritius and South Africa.
… A delegation from Mauritius arrives in Cape Town to discuss ways of strengthening links between …
Pieter Voltelyn Graham van der Byl, politician and member of parliament, dies at Fairfield, Caledon district, Western Cape.
… parliament, dies at Fairfield, Caledon district, Western Cape. …
Jean Max Friedrich (Johan) Welz, painter and architect who emigrated to SA in 1937, dies in Cape Town.
… painter and architect who emigrated to SA in 1937, dies in Cape Town. …
Alfred Nzo Lecture in memory of Comrade Alfred Baphethuxolo Nzo delivered on 28 June 2014 by Dr Zwelini Mkhize Treasurer General of the ANC in Mount Ayliff ; Alfred Nzo District in Eastern Cape Province
… The ANC appreciates the fact that the people of the Eastern … to 6% by 2030. Included are major projects in the Eastern Cape such as N2 Free Way and…
BiographyDavid H Mgugunyeka
… Born 1906. Commercial traveller. Prominent in the defiance campaign in Cape Western, and in Langa Congress activities. …
BiographyRoelof Petrus (Roelf) Meyer
… (Roelf) Meyer was born in Port Elizabeth on 16 July 1947, the son of Hudson and Hannah Meyer. His father was a farmer … in the Humansdorp district in what is…
ArticleCo-operation and conflict on the Highveld
… The Boer Republics, and the Basotho kingdom (a case study) … He had heard how the British had defeated the Xhosa on the Cape Eastern Frontier. The first…
ArchiveStatement Celebrating Ten Years of Democracy, ANC Chief Whip Nkosinathi Nhleko, 10 May 2004, Parliament Cape Town South Africa
… Parliament is today taking part in celebrating the first decade of freedom and democracy in our country. And as we so, we remain cognisant of the brave…
BiographyDr Yusuf Mohamed Dadoo
… Dr Yusuf Mohamed Dadoo played an outstanding role in the South African liberation movement for over half a century … as more prominent members of the Indian…
ArticleNew identities and the construction of heritage
… task that must be completed in this section (part of the curriculum) New identities: Human Rights for all The … and peoples... more Robben Island Museum (RIM…
BiographyClifford Bestall
… He taught art at the Natal Technical College during the 1970s. He exhibited on major group exhibitions of the … at the DAG in 1974. He is a film maker who…
BiographyMarthinus Wessel Pretorius
… was born in September 17, 1819, near Graaff-Reinet in the then Cape Colony. He was a boer statesman, soldier, eldest son of the Great Trek leader Andries…
BiographyWilliam Sinclair Winship
… his MBCHB Degree in 1953 and a Master’s Degree in 1962 at the University of Cape Town. Since the completion of his studies, Winship has dedicated close to ……
BiographyGerard Moerdyk
… Gerard Moerdyk designed the Voortrekker Monument in Pretoria, some churches and public buildings. On churches he replaced the traditional crucifix with an…
BiographyHelen Elizabeth Martins
… Helen Elizabeth Martins was born on 23 December 1897 in the Karoo village of Nieu Bethesda in the Eastern Cape. She was the youngest of six children and…
BiographyMargaret Nash
… (now kwaZulu-Natal ), where Nash later matriculated. At the young age of 16 she enrolled at Rhodes University for a … 1975, also obtained a PhD in Theology…
BiographyJotello Festiri Soga
… Dr Jotello Festiri Soga, the first South African of any race to obtain a degree in … at the Mgwali Mission in the then-Transkei (now Eastern Cape), into a…
ArticleJohannesburg the Segregated city
… experienced a surge of building activity, and by 1898 the present fabric of the city centre had already been … and by the time the Government-sponsored rail…
BiographyNkosinathi Benson Fihla
… of 1932 in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Province (now Eastern Cape). Fihla grew up in PE from 1945, after his parents found … political study groups run mainly by…
ArticleSocio-economics in Sophiatown
… The economic activity of children African children living in … was not provided by the state. There were a few black schools run by missionaries and church…
EventKhayelitsha becomes the first township in the Western Cape to confirm a COVID-19 case
… On 29 March 2020, Khayelitsha township in Cape Town , Western Cape was the first township to confirm positive case of Covid- 19 … N.(2020), First coronavirus…