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EventHenry Olonga, Zimbabwean Cricketer is born
… Kenya, before settling in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. He is one of five siblings; one of his brothers, Victor Olonga is a rugby player. Ologa …
PlacePaarden Eiland
… them being motor vehicles!. This industrial suburb boasted one of the country’s first motor assembly plants – … purposes, Paarden Island is definitely the…
ArchiveCHAPTER 6 - Towards a Broad Front and Other Desirable Accidents, January 1981 - January 1983 by Howard Barrell
… the use of limpet mines, introduced the previous year; one involved RPG launchers; and one, an attack on the town of Voortrekkerhoogte outside … regardless…
Joint Statement by Chief Albert Lutuli, Dr. G.M. Naicker and Peter Brown appealing to the British People to Boycott South Africa, 5 December 1959
… in these rights and freedoms have seen them destroyed one by one. What has been the response of Non-White South Africans … of South African produce in…
ArchiveZuma rape case judge stands down (BBC News),13 February 2006
… charges when the trial began in the city on Monday. He was one of the country's most popular politicians but he was … which should weigh with me heavily."…
Chapter 7 - ‘We Are Also People’
… sister returned at 8 am saying Zakes had been murdered. One day in her life was too little, too soon, to impress on … the 6 August 1956 in the Eastern Cape…
ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA AT THE NATIONAL MEN’S MARCH Pretoria, 22 November 1997
… children is unacceptable. This occasion is both a joyous one and a sad one. It causes us all great pain that citizens of a free … has always been treated -…
PlaceBoshof House, Boshof Avenue, Newlands
… 1985.The gateway to Boshof House was built in 1793, and is one of the few structures to have survived from the old … formerly owned by Alexander van Breda…
PlaceSmuts Hall, University of Cape Town
… This hall was erected as one of the first phases of the University of Cape Town's … a Place which you can make your own ..... (A comment from one of the…
EventMemorandum on housing conditions in Fietas, Johannesburg
… Fietas ,as the Pageview community was popularly known, was one of the oldest communities in Johannesburg and was one of the first 'locations' (non-white…
EventBafana Bafana play 2-2 draw with Cameroon
… South African soccer team, Bafana Bafana, came up against one of the African soccer giants, Cameroon, in three … and Bennet Masinga. The South African team…
EventDr Alexander Logie du Toit, South African geologist, is born in Cape Town
… Du Toit studied both mining engineering and geology. One of his most famous projects was his study of the Karoo … to propose the theory of two super…
EventOmar Bongo, former president of Gabon is born
… he was president of Gabon for 41 years, making him one of the longest serving non-monarch rulers in the world. … a multiparty system; Ondimba had led the…
PlaceZithulele Hospital, Mqanduli
… Mission Hospital. It is situated in a deeply rural part of the beautiful Wild Coast of the Eastern Cape. This … The Oliver Tambo District, in which the…
Archive25 Years of Democracy and Now!
… Africa forward. I would like to recommend the following as part of nation building: • Review of laws on offenders … should be realized. (Borders should be…
The purpose of the Archie Mafeje Annual Memorial Lecture by Sehlare Makgetlaneng (Pambazuka News), 31 March, 2016
… of the masses of the people of the South is an integral “part of the revolutionary programme for the overthrow of … the Archie Mafeje Annual Memorial lecture…
The Segregation Fallacy and Other Papers - Christian Missions and the Bantu
… of what is now the EastÂern Free State is in great part due to the missionÂaries, who induced wandering tribes … out today in bold relief that the Cape…
Keeping a cool head amid flying bullets: A tribute to Juda Ngwenya by Joseph Oesi (City Press), 26 October 2016
… Keogh Photographer Juda Ngwenya. Picture: Janice Keogh One of the photos in a Juda Ngwenya exhibition. Picture: Janice Keogh One of the photos in a Juda…
PlaceSA Army College, Roberts Heights, Pretoria
… South Africans just love re-naming things in pursuit of one Political Party’s agenda over that of another one, all in the interests of Political narrative –…
PlaceMariannhill, Pinetown
… surrounds are without fail a balm to the soul, and one does not need to be here with Religious intent to … here. It’s a perfect little piece of Heaven, in…
Apartheid power in crisis
… for a non-racial democracy in South Africa. If there is one event, which could be said to have ushered in this new … in South Africa not because of any…
Africans’Claims in South Africa,
… formulation of a Bill of Rights. In dealing with the first part of its work the Committee discussed the articles of the Atlantic Charter one by one and made…
EventDusi Canoe Marathon commences
… a Thousand Hills and the Umgeni. Ian Player was the only one out of the eight people, who reached the final … titled Men, Rivers and Canoes. The Dusi Canoe…
PlaceZonderwater
… museum and the Italian Military Cemetery are alongside one another! The Prison was once the largest prisoner of war … fronts. At it's largest it held a total…
EventFietas, site of forced removal in Johannesburg, is renamed Pageview
… this point, the area was popularly known as Fietas. It was one of the oldest communities in Johannesburg, and one of the first 'locations' (multi-racial…
EventFormer Student Representative Council (SRC) Vice-President shot by Police
… police on the outskirts of Cala, Transkei. Ndondo became one of the forty-nine victims on the list compiled by the … lawyer, Dumisa Ntsebeza. Ndondo and his…
EventSouth Africa’s new constitution is approved
… of the South African Constitution on 8 May 1996 was one of the turning points in the history of the struggle for … in South Africa. The Constitution is…
EventAlexis Preller, SA visual artist, dies
… rejected the latter description for his work. Described by one critic as South Africa’s Gauguin, he was also influenced … Van Gogh and later by Piero della…
EventStephen Gray, SA writer and academic, is born
… Born in Cape Town, Steven Gray is one of South Africa’s most prolific writers. He received an … novels, biographies and plays. An excellent editor, he was…
The role of Cecil John Rhodes' British South African Company in the Conquest of Matabeleland
… locals. Land was transferred to white settlers who took part in the occupation of Mashonaland. [xix] After taking … the BSAC settlement, the area was under…