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EventPupils boycott classes in defiance of the use of Afrikaans in their schools
… started boycotting classes in protest against the use of Afrikaans as medium of instruction in certain subjects in schools. The unrest … African event…
EventThe Prince Imperial of France dies in the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879
… The 22-year-old Prince Imperial of France, Eugene Louis Jean Joseph Napoleon, who studied in … party were attacked by about forty Zulus in the vicinity of…
EventThe Chernobyl computer virus damages hundreds of thousands of computers around the world
… April 1999, the CIH computer virus infected a large number of computers around the world with Korea bearing the brunt at over $250 million worth of damage…
ArchiveGeneral History of Africa Collection
… This groundbreaking work was the first of its type to present the entire history of the African continent. The collection sheds light on the … era and…
ArchiveAnnual Report of the Department of Health year ended 31st December 1958
… Annual Report of the Department of Health for the year ended 1958 … Annual Report of the Department of Health year ended 31st December 1958 …
ArchiveMinutes: Ordinary Meeting of the Urban Bantu Council of Johannesburg, 26 February 1976
… Minutes of the 94th Ordinary Meeting record the service provision and the administrative duties of the Council within a segregated local government … Minutes…
Meeting of ANC, SACP, COSATU of Transkei and the Border held in Umtata
… Minutes of a meeting of the Tripartite Alliance. Discussed political developments … Meeting of ANC, SACP, COSATU of Transkei and the Border held in Umtata …
ArchiveMeeting of ANC, SACP, COSATU of Transkei and the Border held in Umtata
… Minutes of a meeting of the Tripartite Alliance. Discussed political developments … Meeting of ANC, SACP, COSATU of Transkei and the Border held in Umtata …
Document 3 - Peace Treaty of Vereeniging
… Today's opening address of President Nelson Mandela to parliament will go down in the history of our country as one of the most sober analyses of the…
Document 27 - Record of Understanding
… COSATU website at www.cosatu.org.za 1. Executive Summary of Recommendations The bill should incorporate the right to … , which will facilitate greater…
EventInternational celebration of ‘May Day’
… industrial struggle for an eight-hour day. Origins of May Day International working classes have existed since the development of agriculture, which began…
ArchiveInterim report of the African National Congress Joint Committee on Reduction of Expenditure
… Report by Moses Kotane on reduction of expenditure in the African National Congress. Recommends the reduction of allowances and reduction in camps…
PlaceMichaelis School of Fine Art
… The Michaelis School of Fine Art, the namesake of the Fine Art Department of the University of Cape Town , is located on Hiddingh … https://showme.co.za/cape…
PlaceHeritage Route of King Shaka
… opened. Mavivane Execution Cliff- This means the 'Place of Shivering'. According to legend Shaka used it as an execution cliff. The cliff is on the outskirts…
PlaceDitsong Museum of Natural History
… The Ditsong National Museum of Natural History used to be the Transvaal Museum of Natural History, which in turn developed from the 1892 … Gauteng’s only…
EventDay of the African Child
… The 16th of June is commemorated each year as the Day of the African Child. This commemoration was adopted on 16 … honour those who had laid down their lives…
PlaceCircle of Kramat's, Cape Town
… The circle of Kramats in Cape Town is a shrine to Muslim holy men buried … National disasters. Kramats or Mazaars, the holy shrines of Islam, mark the graves…
PlaceHistorical core of Wynberg Village
… The old village of Wynberg was developed during the mid-19th Century when it became the preferred place of retirement for British civil servants returning…
EventBattle of Delville Wood starts
… South Africa entered WWI on 8 September 1914, on the side of the Allied Forces. On 15 July 1916, the S.A. Infantry … was ordered to clear the wood at d…
EventVorster appoints a Commission of Inquiry
… Prime Minister John Vorster appoints a Commission of Inquiry under chairmanship of Justice H. J. Potgieter of The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court to…
PlaceWits School of Arts (WSOA)
… The Wits School of Arts (WSOA) is ranked as one of the top interdisciplinary school of arts in South Africa according to World Universities … https://www…
EventDeath of Anton Muziwakhe Lembede
… was a teacher, lawyer, politician, and principal architect of Africanism in South Africa, died unexpectedly in Johannesburg at the age of 33. In 1944 Lembede…
PlaceCradle of Humankind, near Johannesburg
… The Cradle of Humankind was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1999. It is about 50 km North West of Johannesburg , South Africa in the Gauteng…
ArchiveBolt: magazine of the Literary Society, University of Natal, Durban Vol.2 No.1 1971
… Douglas Livingstone. Arthur, or The Man Who Was Afraid of Nothing, Christopher Hope. Photographer’s Twiggy, Peter … City, Fiona Morphet. Gulliver’s Day, Mike…
ArchiveMessage of goodwill and solidarity
… Message of goodwill and solidarity from His Excellency Dr Kenneth David Kaunda, President of the Republic of Zambia from the chairman of the preparatory…
EventLeague of Nations is formed
… The League of Nations was established after World War I, during the Treaty of Versailles. The intention of this organization was to reduce armament and to…
Draft constitution of the ANC
… Report of the working group under paragraph three of the Pretoria Minute 1. The Working Group was established under paragraph 3 of the Pretoria Minute, which…
PlaceBattle of Muizenburg Monument, Muizenburg
… Given the turmoil in Europe and the importance of the Cape sea-route to India the British Government sent a fleet of seven Royal Navy ships under the command…
We are the soldiers of Sisulu by Thabo Mbeki 2003
… 2003] This week we will say our last farewells to a giant of our struggle, Xhamela, Walter Sisulu. He will leave to his … Soweto, where he lived for many…
EventUniversity of Pretoria is established
… On 10 February 1908 a new department of the Transvaal University College (T.U.C.), situated in … in Skinner Street, Pretoria . This department, consisting…