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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…
State policies and social protest, 1924-1939
… One of the most important developments in South Africa in this … this period as more Blacks moved to urban areas. The 1923 Natives (Urban Areas) Act…
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…
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…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - ‘Locations’ For Labour
… As the industries grew on the Rand, so did the number of workers. These workers had to find their own … of workers, how they did it, and why. The Urban Areas…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Archive1990 - President De Klerk: State of the Nation Address, 2 February 1990
… Mr Speaker, Members of Parliament. The general election on September the 6th, … to make a concrete announcement, is the Separate Amenities Act, 1953…
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…
ArchiveWiehahn Commission: precis of speech
… Precis of speech on the Wiehahn Commission of Inquiry into labour legislation, by Auret van Heerden, President of the National Union of South African…
PlaceDemocratic Republic of the Congo
… Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), country located in central Africa. Officially known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the country has a 25…
ArchiveDeportation of NUSAS President Elect
… B to President's address to the 44th Annual Congress of the National Union of South African Students, 30th June to 9th July, 1968. … to NUSAS from Margaret…
ArchiveThe Congress of the people
… Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner There were such a lot of things happening at that time, and some very good things … a very great thing happened. We…
EventGovernment’s final consolidation of ‘homelands’
… announced its intention to consolidate the total number of separate 'homeland' areas from 113 to 36. The homelands … were officially instituted in the 1950s…
The start of mass campaigns
… and make things how we want them. We started this thing of boycotts and campaigns, fighting to make things right. … used to be sympathy boycotts too. There…
ArchiveSouth Africa: state of terror
… Multicoloured poster with names of political prisoners and artwork of bars of gold, diamonds, coffins, skulls and list of attrocities. … South Africa: state…
ArchiveNo closure of western hospital
… Red, black and white poster. Red artwork of a map of Britain with a white outline of a heart containing words 'National Health Service'. … No closure of…
PlaceHouse of Parliament, Cape Town
… The houses of South African Houses of Parliament are situated in Cape Town even though the seat of government is in Pretoria . This was part of a compromise …
ArchiveDraft transcripts Twilight of legality
… From the declaration of a national state of Emergency on June 12 1986 onwards, the UDF found itself in a period of twilight legality. This culminated with…
EventThe siege of Mafeking starts
… During the first week of Anglo-Boer War 2 , Boer forces besieged the small town of Mafeking (now Mafikeng) in the Northern Cape (now North … The town was…