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ArticleGertrude Fester Biography by Nehal Patel
… project Gertrude Fester Biography Abstract Born on 4 July 1952, Gertrude Fester fulfilled her mother’s dream … a leader and inspirer to those who seek to…
ArticleThe Dutch Settlement
… as pastures for their cattle. When European ships landed on the shores of Table Bay they came into contact with … outpost. The outpost was intended to supply…
ArticleAll Members of South Africa’s 5th Democratic Parliament 2014
… Esau Shahid DA Essack Farhat DA Esterhuizen Jan Adriaan IFP Faber Willem Frederik DA Faku … DA Stock Dikgang Mathews ANC …
EventInternational Year of Mobilisation for Sanctions against South Africa is launched
… Apartheid (originally called the Special Committee on the Policies of Apartheid of the Government of the … of racial discrimination since its formation in…
ArticleTimeline of State Action Against the Press in the 1960s
… '/2 days for trying to cable a story about a police attack on Nyanga, Cape Town. The report had been intercepted by the … days for his refusal to name…
PlaceSouth African National Museum of Military History
… of Guns, aircraft & army Vehicles, plus Medals & exhibits on Medicine & History. Opened by the former Prime Minister of South Africa, Jan Smuts in 1947 to…
PlaceKhorixas, Town in Namibia
… to the north-west of Namibia's capital city; Windhoek on the C39 road west of Outjo . Khorixas is a small rustic … stop over to refuel, have a light lunch…
PlaceRustenburg House, together with its Summer House, Main Road, Rondebosch.
… land in Rondebosch to the first free Burghers, Governor Jan van Riebeeck reserved a piece of this Land to be used as … of that year the first bricks were…
EventSally Little, South African golfer recognized by the LPGA as one of its top
… all-time players and teachers, was born in Cape Town on 12 October 1951. By the age of 17, Sally Little had … the Ladies Professional Golf Association. Her…
EventSouthern Rhodesia rejects joining the Union of South Africa
… as 1914 the Legislative Council considered the question on whether it was prudent for the BSAC to continue as … April 1920, there was strong push for the…
De Klerk pays tribute to Mandela’s ‘unique contribution’
… nation," said De Klerk. De Klerk and Mandela first met on December 13 1989, shortly before De Klerk became … arrangements. I said that would not be possible…
KwaMsiza - A Ndebele village: References/Bibliography
… Painting in South Africa . African Arts, Vol X, No 2, Jan. 1977. 28-33. MEIRING, Prof AL . 1951. Iets oor die …
EventVan Riebeeck establishes the first burgher commando
… Jan van Riebeeck established the Burgher Militia a few days …
EventUnited Party MP for Benoni, D.G. Ross, dies in England after a long illness
… of 1929 - 1939. It came into being as a fusion between Jan Smut’s South African Party (SAP) and J.B.M. Hertzog’s …
BiographyAdrian Leftwich
… the National Committee of Liberation (NCL) in mid-1962. On 12 June 1964, the NCL changed its name to the African … early 1964, the NCL prepared two draft…
Interview with Oliver Tambo by Stanley Uys, 01 August 1983, Londo
… struggle: not until the National Party came into power in 1948 and was physically violent. The obvious thing was to … In 1960, when the ANC leadership were…
Afrikaans Community 1652-1795
… Jan van Riebeeck was sent to the Cape to establish a station … lived in Cape Town in 1000 houses. Visitors remarked on its cleanliness and neatness, which…
PlaceHaarlem
… tough community of European settlers. One of them was Jan de Buys, the father of Coenraad de Buys, the battling … and blood sugar levels and to educate the…
EventGeneral Barry Hertzog, former South African Prime Minister, dies
… became the Prime Minister after the defeat of General Jan Smuts and his South African Party (SAP). He was … to Hertzog's fall. He retired from politics in…
EventDr Chris Barnard performs second heart transplant at Groote Schuur Hospital
… was performed almost a month after the first, this time on Dr Philip Blaiberg, whose dauntless spirit made him a national hero in his own right. Blaiberg …
PlaceWitwatersrand, Johannesburg (Gauteng)
… conglomerate strata. The first recorded discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand was made by Jan Gerrit Bantjes in June 1884, on the farm … North East seeking…
A Dialogue in Partnership with Kaya FM - MyConstitution Exhibition
… a modern and peaceful democracy. The Constitution is based on the principle of separation of powers and articulates the values on which the new South Africa…
EventWorld Health Day
… On 7 April each year, the World Health Organisation (WHO) … the WHO in 1945. The WHO's Constitution came into effect on 7 April 1948, and therefore this date…
EventNamibia gains Independence
… request was turned down by UN, however, things changed in 1948 when the National Party came into power. The NP defied and refused to send quarterly reports…
EventGeorge Msimang, artist, is born
… Artist George Msimang was born on 26 October 1948 in Durban. Msimang's interest in art began … Anon, George Msimang (1948 -2004 from African Art Centre, …
PlaceCastle of Good Hope, Castle Street- Cape Town
… When the Dutch first landed at the Cape on 6 April 1652, under the leadership of Jan van Riebeeck . They erected a Fort built of sods on a site in the Table…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.6 No.2 1985
… Isaac Babel White lies by Christopher Charles Grand mal by Jan Esmond The hill by G.M. Mogwe Go away we're asleep by J …
EventFive power stations are blown up as tensions rise during WWII
… groups resented the government's (led by Prime Minister Jan Smuts ) decision to support the Allies, because of the …
South African History Online and Principia College Partnership Project - 2018 submissions
… who spoke truth to power, and some of whom lost their lives. There is so much heroism that deserves to be more …
Palestine: a homeland denied
… and black poster. Artwork of a head covered in a scarf. 1948 - 1967. …