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BiographyMarcus Solomon
Marcus Solomon was born in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, on 27 January 1939. His father, a waiter by profession, was a Hindu born of Tamil parents from Sri Lanka,…
EventJohn Langalibalele Dube is born
… Dube (22.02.1871- 11.02.1946) was born at the Inanda Mission station of the American Zulu Mission (AZM) in Natal to James and Elizabeth Dube. His … was one…
PlaceLesotho
… baSotho Nation, and obtained permission to establish a mission station at Morija . They were followed in October … later renamed Leribe. In 1882 it contained…
PlaceUmlazi
… KwaMashu was gazetted. Aligned with the Christianisation mission of the British Empire, some parts of the locations were divided into ‘Mission Reserves’…
Political revolution between 1820 and 1835
… throughout the 1820s, while other Griqua settled on mission stations at Philippolis, in present-day Free State, and …
PlaceJesser Point Lighthouse
… by four DGPS (Digital Global Positioning System) reference stations. Providing a highly accurate navigation and …
EventUmkhonto We Sizwe, military wing of the ANC, claims responsibility for power station blast
… 21 July 1981, explosions occurred at two electrical power stations in the Eastern Transvaal, causing several millions …
Message from the Minister of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology
… it with an opportunity to rededicate itself to its mission. As our most senior visual arts organisation it is …
ArticleFederation of South African Women by Skylar Jayes
… to recover after going underground in the 1960s, their mission set the stage for other women’s organisations in the … to unite organisations of all different…
PlaceGoedverwact
… Mission station of the Moravian Church on the Western slopes … originally (1838) bequeathed to six of his freed slaves by H. S. Burger. On the death of the…
ArticleDutch East India Company (DEIC)/VOC
… for European destinations. As a result a number of trading stations were built across East Asia. In terms of trade and …
PlaceRailway Administration Building, bounded by Maitland-, Hanger, St Andrew and Harvey Streets, Bloemfontein
… It was designed by Architect; D.W. Wentink and built by H. Heath. The cornerstone was laid on 7 June 1898 by … to the South of the City and generates most of…
EventBeatles records are banned by the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), due to John Lennon’s previous ‘Jesus’ comments
… the US, Beatles records and memorabilia were burned, radio stations refused to play their songs and concerts were …
EventSA troops invade East Africa in their confrontation with German forces in World War I
… Simon's Town , were also important rest-stops, refueling-stations, and served as strategic assets to the British Royal …
PlaceGroutville
… part of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Mission. His initial missionary work dates back to 1836 when he established the Inkanyeni Mission…
PlacePella
… Nama raider; Jager Afrikaner, who attacked the Warmbad Mission in Great Namaqualand. The Mission Survivors fled South to Cammas Fonteyn, where the … chief…
PlacePlumstead
… commute in and out of the City, and it’s one of the few Stations that lie almost in the heart of the Suburb, which is …
PlaceRiverside
… accumulated a vast fortune through a string of trading stations and extensive dealings in land. At one stage he also …
ArchiveWaaihoek
… and evictions. These families were evicted from Stendahl Mission near Weenen and the Sun Valley Estates which surrounded the Stendahl Mission. …
EventThe South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) introduces its first national news service
… The SABC grew in the 1960s and 1970s as more radio stations, broadcasting in selected African languages, were …
PlaceNZASM Station, George Norton Street, Krugersdorp
… building contractor MCA MEISCHKE, who built numerous stations and cottages for the NZASM. The new building at …
EventThe UN orders Libya to hand over two suspects linked to the Lockerbie bombing
… a Libyan intelligence officer Abdelbaset al-Megrahi and stations manager, Al-Amin Khalifah Fhimah, who were …
ArticleThe Padavatan Six and the 1917 Natal Floods
… ignored Inspector Alexander and set off on their rescue mission. The Rescue Mariemuthoo Padavatan got hold of a … recalls: “My father, Sabapathy, recounted…
ArticleBlack South African literature
… Alice in the Tyume valley in 1824 and here, and at similar mission schools subsequently established at places like … Imvo in the 1890s. Throughout the…
BiographyAdrian Leftwich
… online. Accessed on 23 April 2013|Twidle H. (2011). Elegy on trial: Writing the African Resistance …
The Dutch and the Khoisan
The Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie (VOC) or Dutch East India Company came into being on 20 March 1602 and is seen as the first company that issued shares to…
EventSouth African artist Michael Zondi is born
… Natal. He was trained in woodwork at the Swedish Lutheran Mission Trade School, and obtained certificates in building … construction and design. He worked at…
Address by President Nelson Mandela to the annual conference of the Methodist Church Umtata, 18 September 1994
… which spread from the Reverend William Shaw's "Chain of Mission Stations" in this region shaped the minds and characters of …
ArticleInanda Seminary and its Influence on Education in South Africa by Claire Wilt
… to serve as a symbol of hope for African women. While the mission of the school was to provide education for a class of … both loyalty and responsibility to…
PlaceSarepta
… Uniting Reform Church, which took over from the Rhenish Mission church, is a Landmark in Sarepta. The first Rhenish … In 1829, the first Congregation of…