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PlaceMuseum Africa
… the first civilisations thrived. Not only is Museum Africa one of the most beautiful buildings where it lies right next … as well as Pre-Raphaelite and…
Document 22 - Letter from Douglas Wolton to E. R. Roux, 8 May 1928
… Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 22 - Letter from … Bunting will probably send a copy of…
EventSteve Biko, a pioneer of the Black Consciousness Movement, is born
… Biko was introduced to politics at an early age, when one of his older brothers, Khaya, a student at Lovedale High … first fully democratic elections in 1994…
EventSir Abe Bailey, Rand mine magnate, dies.
… Group of gold mines and was fast establishing himself as one of the main mining magnates on the Witwatersrand. Through … an order of honour for services…
EventNotorious Pirate, Captain William Kidd, is reportedly sighted off the coast of Cape Town
… Perhaps one of the most notorious pirates in history, Captain William … was put on trial and charged with 5 counts of piracy and one of murder. Kidd was…
EventNumber of banned persons in South Africa totals 936
… to his/her home and could not be seen with more than one person at a time. Living under banning orders also meant that one could not be quoted, and therefore…
EventThe Boipotong massacre takes place
… outside Natal on 7 June 1990. Violence escalated. One such violent incident was the Boipotong massacre that … that the police were involved, as the ANC…
EventFather Michael Lapsley, an Anglican priest, is injured by a letter-bomb
… 42 people. It was believed that Father Lapsley was one of the targets. While living in Zimbabwe, he discovered … received two pieces of mail from South…
EventNicolaas Johannes Diederichs, South Africa’s fourth state president, is born
… instance he published a number of publications including one that became the cornerstone of radical Afrikaner … of the Afrikanse Nasionale Studentebond ANS…
EventJoe Slovo dies
… the communist intellectual widely credited with being one of the masterminds of South Africa's national … the post 1994 government, Slovo was charged to…
EventRichard Horatio Edgar Wallace, South African author and newspaper editor, is born in Greenwich, England.
… ‘The four just men’ in 1905, about taking the law into one’s hands. He wrote more than 150 novels, selling more than 5 million in one year. In 1911 he wrote …
PlaceTransvaal Museum, now known as the National Museum of Natural History
… of the ZAR on the 1st of December 1892. In 2010 it was one of the founding Museums of Ditsong Museums of South … once roamed across South Africa and…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1930 - 1939
… board the ship, he is subjected to overt racism. Dadoo not one to turn the other cheek addresses the dining room on the … the mouthpiece of the Government of…
ArchiveEnd conscription campaign peace festival 1985: stop the call up
… Black poster with two images of doves one upside down. Blue chain in circle with red initials ECC. …
ArchiveMay Day is ours!
… orange and white poster. Images of workers protesting. One worker in front holding placard with title on it. COSATU …
PlaceMatatiele Local Municipality
… Area are mainly Commercial Agricultural Farms . They form part of the high production potential land stretching from …
ArchiveLiving Wage Rally SADWU
… work; text: Living Wage Rally SADWU; COSATU An Injury to One is an Injury to All …
EventAdolph Hitler Opens VW Plant In Germany
… of Volkswagen motor vehicles. Today, Volkswagen is one of the leading motor vehicle manufacturers in the world. …
ArchiveProhibition of Political Interference Act, Act No 51 of 1968
… The Act was to prohibit intereference by one population group in the politics of any other population …
PlaceBacksberg Wine Estate & Cellars
… a butcher shop at Paarl train station. The story goes that one morning someone arrived at the shop and asked if he would … after the sale he often used to…
'States of Emergence', at Warren Siebrits Modern and Contemporary Art by Sean O'Toole, November 2002
… The meaning of the standard test for colour-blindness, one Payne inserted into the block where his photograph ought … liberal response to the epoch it…
PlaceStevenson Gallery, Woodstock-Cape Town
… to find a home in South Africa, which at the time had only one serious contemporary art gallery. In 2005 and 2006, … shareholdings have been allocated to key…
Mines, Masters and Migrants - Life in a Namibian Compound by R. J. Gordon, (Ravan Press), Johannesburg 1977, reviewed by Philip Schemer
… ethnic labels given to various workers — for example, one supervisor told the author that "Angolans are regarded as … chores. The contract workers see their…
PlaceHershel Memorial Obelisk, Claremont-Cape Town
… and in 1934 the obelisk was declared a national monument, one of the first to be so recognised. Today it is within the … centre of rotation of his great…
PlaceSabie Sands Game Reserve
… of this Area. "Seeing the "Big Five" in the wild is one of the most memorable things one can ever experience!" The African continent is the only … is the …
Ahead of the Bushfire Festival: Five things you might not know about Swaziland
… Swaziland is the last absolute monarchy in Africa (and one of the last few left on Earth!) The monarchy has ruled … and radio broadcasting stations. The…
PlaceBerg River
… and provides water for the people. The Berg River was one of many habitats of Hippos but in the late 1600’s hunters … shot in 1869 by Martin Melck when it…
Don’t eat potatoes!
… eat any potatoes. We used to condemn a potato when we see one that had a hole or a black mark. We used to tell the … the market the workers wouldn't even…
PlaceWaaihoek Farm
… and Colenso in an area called Sun Springs near Nyandu. One couple from Sun Springs said they were issued with … their livestock during the move. Waaihoek…
ArticleBlack Concentration Camps during the Second Anglo-Boer War, 1900-1902
… per thousand per annum in certain Free State camps. Eighty-one percent of the fatalities were children. …