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… Pan africanist slogans such as Africa for the Africans, Cape to Cairo, Morocco to Madagascar, ‘Izwe lethu I Africa’ … Philip Kgosana who is also a student at the University of Cape Town and 101 people from Langa hand themselves over to … are detained and released on the same day. 25 March, In Cape Town, between 2000 and 5000 people march to Caledon …

… In September and October 1895 the Drift Crisis between the Cape Colony and the Transvaal or SAR developed. The Cape had finished building a railway line to Johannesburg and … fines. Rhodes was forced to resign as the premier of the Cape Colony and the political problems between Afrikaans and …

… the colonists were beginning their migrations up from the Cape. The Cape's European merchants, soldiers, and farmers wiped out, … South Africa the then Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, Desmond Tutu, coined the term ‘Rainbow Nation’ to … (2007). New History of South Africa, Tafelberg Publishers, Cape Town, pg 28-39.| Kruger, Cultures  [online]. Available …

… of Emergency in 36 magisterial districts in the Eastern Cape and PWV (now Gauteng ) areas. This was the first State … August 1985 Allan Boesak organised a march in the Western Cape from Athlone Stadium to Pollsmoor Prison. The march was … dying. This led to increased violence in the Western Cape, reaching a height in September when the police closed …

… cooperative of township-based photographers, living in the Cape Town area, who have been working together since 2005. …

… and intervention of the pending disfranchisement of the Cape Natives by the Parliament of South Africa. The following … including Coloureds from left-wing circles in Cape Town. The All African Convention's (AAC) discussion … Act, Poll Tax Act, and the Pass Laws. John Gomas, a Cape Town Coloured Communist proposes that mass protest …

… issue came up when the council debated its relation to the Cape Synod, and the majority voted to remain independent of … and Uitlanders began leaving the Transvaal for the Cape, the Boers began to mobilise. On 11 October 1899, war … at various agricultural exhibitions, notably at one in Cape Town in 1907 and at the Rand Show in 1908. The United …

… Born: Chehalis, Washington, USA, 1949. Resides in Cape Town. Studied at Columbia University, New York City and …

… and political power. As voortrekkers moved away from the Cape Colony to escape British rule, they fought, seized and … and the Transvaal. 1803 February, The British returns the Cape Colony to the Batavian Republic. The new administration … 1811-12 The British assisted by about 700 men of the Cape Regiment drive an estimated 20 000 Xhosa people, men, …

… Born: Caracas, Venezuela, 1972. Resides in Cape Town. Has studied at the Istituto Superiore di …

… Workers' Union. Cissie Gool represents District Six on the Cape Town City Council. She is the only woman Councillor for … led by Ahmed Kathrada . Cissie Gool appears before the Cape Town magistrate for holding a public meeting. She also … Party in Parliament. 1954 Florence Matomela is elected Cape Provincial Organiser of ANC Women's League. Dorothy …

… Makgatho community. Students at the University of Western Cape pledged their support for striking union workers of food …

… on 21 May 1942 in the small town of Withuis in Worcester, Cape Province. While his date of birth varies substantially … his birth, the family moved from Withuis to Welcome in Cape Town after a series of events regarding Bettie’s pyramid … of his mother, Dumile, at the age of six, moved from the Cape Province to Rylands. When he contracted tuberculosis at …

… pact between the ANC and the NP. In a speech to the NP’s Cape Congress in October, before the VAT strike, De Klerk had … The Soul of a Nation: Constitution-Making in South Africa (Cape Town: Oxford University Press, 1998), 30. ↵ [ii] David … The Soul of a Nation: Constitution-Making in South Africa (Cape Town: Oxford University Press, 1998), 102-103. ↵ [iii] …

… academic and former student leader from the University of Cape Town (UCT), is sentenced to ten years imprisonment, with … the cells behind the Langa Commissioner's Court in Cape Town where thousands of pass law offenders have been … which houses personal files on Africans in the Western Cape. The blast was part of ANC campaign aimed at creating …

… against both black and white targets, particularly in the Cape and Transkei. The period between January and November … sentences for other political offences in the Eastern Cape. All four men were hanged on 31 October 1967.  Veyisile … sentence for sabotage for Poqo activities in the Eastern Cape, was sentenced to death on 15 June 1967 for his role in …

… the movement to abolish slavery. A representative of the Cape Dutch settlers, the paper was first edited by a former … Advertiser, one of the first independent newspapers in the Cape Colony, which was edited by the radical advocate against … the Transvaal to rise against British rule, prompting the Cape Synod to investigate the newspaper, whose stance it …

… probably the Zanempilo Clinic in Ginsberg in the Eastern Cape. BC activists soon realised that student formations were … SASO organised a formation school in Alice in the Eastern Cape, which was held on 12 May 1972. The students resolved to … School in Soweto. At the University of the Western Cape (UWC), where SASO had established a branch by 1972, …

… Tolstoy Farm is closed. 14 March, In a judgement of the Cape Supreme Court, Mr. Justice Searle declares that … 21 May, In a letter to the Indian Opinion , the Cape British Indian Council calls for a national conference … and shareholding in private companies. 20 January, The Cape British Indian Council invites Indian organisations to a …

… to maintain the loyalties of their followers. The Cape Nguni of long ago were cattle farmers. They took great … came to stay in South Africa first settled in and around Cape Town. As the years passed, they sought to expand their …

… increasing their support in other racial groups. It is Cape Town and the Western Cape where developments have been far from clear cut, with … with an overwhelming majority, except for the Western Cape, where the Democratic Alliance (DA) still has the …

… is born in Evaton. 1921 Rev. Z. R. Mahabane addresses the Cape branch of the SANNC.  In his speech Mahabane decried the … repeatedly refuse to move from outside of Bulhoek in the Cape Province, where they had been squatting for over a year. … Hertzog Bills (which proposes the removal of the limited Cape franchise). Dr. Abdurahman of the African People's …

… the cells behind the Langa Commissioner's Court in Cape Town where thousands of pass law offenders have been … which houses personal files on Africans in the Western Cape. The blast was part of ANC campaign aimed at creating … launched in Mitchell's Plein, a coloured township, near Cape Town to fight the introduction of the Tricameral …

… Khoikhoi threw spears, wounding Da Gama in the thigh. The Cape In the teeth of a gale, the Portuguese squadron rounded the Cape on 22 November, and three days later, the battered ships … On 20 March 1499, the two remaining ships rounded the Cape and sailed on for the Portuguese outpost on the Azores …

… politics previously centered on electoral activity in the Cape Colony where Blacks with the required property and … vote and stand for office.  Their voice in politics at the Cape was significant. At the turn of the century Black voters … was White unity in South Africa. Hopes that non-racial Cape franchise would be extended to the defeated republics …

… four, previously unconnected provinces. Populations of the Cape Province and Natal were considered to owe allegiance to … Black people. The African People’s Organisation, largely a Cape political formation, the Orange River Colony Vigilance …

… sphere of influence, the missionaries complained, and Cape Governor Napier sent a force of 250 men to Port Natal to … put up little further resistance. Natal was annexed to the Cape in May 1844, and elevated to the status of a Crown …

… sailed further south, towards KwaZulu Natal and even the Cape East Coast. If they did some of these vessels could have … the southern tip of Africa and named it the Cape of Good Hope. This was a major breakthrough in the …

… is born. January, Second Non-European Conference, ( Cape Town ). 3 February, Following problems over Indian … protest and is regarded by Indians as a betrayal of the Cape Town Agreement. 21 May, Riotous Assemblies (Amendment) … between the Governments of India and South Africa opens in Cape Town. The South African delegation is led by the …

… led by Ahmed Kathrada Cissie Gool appears before the Cape Town magistrate for holding a public meeting. She also … February, The Franchise Action Council is formed in Cape Town 1 March,  Dr. F Malan announces the Separate … Bill to remove Coloureds from the common voters roll in Cape. May, The War Veterans Torch Commandos, consisting …