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EventSaxophone player, Bobby Hendricks, dies in Cape Town
… revealed by the number of people who attended his funeral, one of the biggest ever held in Overberg, Western Cape …
PlaceGroutville
… with his wife Charlotte in 1836. Reverend Aldin Grout was part of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign …
ArchiveThe South African Choir’s pathbreaking tour: 1891 – 1893 by Martin Plaut, 6 January 2017
… community in the United States played an important part in the development of the South African intelligentia. …
Statement On Behalf of the South Africa United Front, 1960, New York
… calls for nothing less than the harshest measures on the part of the United Nations. It is positive and swift action …
O. R. Tambo Interviewed by Radio Freedom on Visits of Multi-National Corporations to the ANC, before February 1986
… against the regime. Because, within limits, they are still part of it, it means that can be an additional lever, a …
PlaceStone Chapel, Tokai, near the Porter Reformatory School
… in a predominantly neo-Gothic manner. It forms an integral part of the Porter Reformatory, established there in 1880. It … in a predominantly neo-Gothic…
PlaceUnion Buildings and Raadsaal, Church Square, Pretoria
… decorated. The Ou Raadsaal was built on the highest part of Church Square and is also the tallest of the …
Address by President Nelson Mandela at a banquet in honour of president Rafsanjani of Iran Pretoria, 12 September 1996
… our governments have made very good progress, thanks in part to the work of the Joint Commission which we …
Statement by Nelson R. Mandela on his relationship with his wife 13 April 1992
… control however dictated that it should be otherwise. I part from my wife with no recriminations. I embrace with all …
PlacePeddie
… during the Frontier Wars. The Church itself was formerly part of the original earthwork fort. 2) The Cavalry and …
42nd African National Congress Conference: Resolutions, 20 December, 1953
… that will enable the farm labourer group to be firmly a part of the National Liberatory movement. Conference is …
EventSASO founder and Black Consciousness leader, Steve Biko dies in detention
… facie evidence of improper or disgraceful conduct on the part of the "Biko" doctors in a professional respect. After …
PlaceOrigins Centre
… ancient masterworks in a contemporary world. The Centre is part of the Wits Faculty of Science that houses a vast array …
ArchiveSoldiers without reward- Africans in South Africa's wars
… by J S Mohlamme Introduction and background To recount the part played by the African peoples of South Africa in the wars that have been fought by South…
ArchiveThe Tay Bridge Disaster by Peter Ball (The Heritage Portal), 24 September 2016
… down into the icy waters of the Firth of Tay with not one person aboard surviving. Seventy-five souls were said to … the adage – Success has a thousand…
Year of women of South Africa by E.S. Reddy
… were hungry, and it is not really a nice thing to beg. One day a child in my class was listless but she was not … and whenever they noticed that something…
Seedtimes Retrospective Omar Badsha
… In the words of Professor Ari Sitas, “Badsha could do in one picture what a dozen history workshop papers couldn’t in …
ArchiveTrade unions, politics and the working class struggle: the Food and Canning Workers Union, 1975 to 1986
… Canning Workers Union, since the two always operated as one. The division being necessitated by legislation which did …
PlaceOfficers’ Club, Military Base, Wynberg
… remain scattered in between the more modern architecture. One building of note is the Victorian style Garrison …
PlaceKlapperkop Fort, Pretoria
… will find Fort Klapperkop. Completed in January 1898, it’s one of Pretoria’s four forts build to protect the then …
PlaceConstitution Street House 14, Port Elizabeth
… in Donkin Street, facing on to the Donkin Reserve, one at 14 Constitution Street and two at 8 and 10 Whitlock …
PlacePolokwane Art Museum
… of industrial art, and the Industrial Art Park is the only one of its kind in Africa. The museum also includes works by …
PlacePolokwane Bird and Reptile Park
… the now known as:' Polokwane Bird and Reptile Park.' It is one of the largest municipal reserves in the country and is a …
PlaceThe Roman Catholic Church, Polokwane
… This was one of the earliest Churches established in Polokwane (then …
EventGeneral De Wet is defeated by British forces
… British forces. In 1899-1902, the South African War became one of the most important events in the history of South …
EventGambia gains independence
… It is the smallest nation on the African continent, and one of the few countries in West Africa that has enjoyed …
EventNelson Mandela is acquitted of high treason
… treason charges after a four year long trial. Mandela was one of the 156 leading figures, 104 Africans, 23 Whites, 21 …
EventSouth West African People’s Organisation (SWAPO) is founded to oppose South African rule
… party following independence in 1990. SWAPO, led by one of its co-founders Sam Nujoma, began attacking the South …
EventSAFCA distances itself from boycott of South African goods
… movement was established four years ago and we are today one of ten organisations in various parts of the Union …
EventVaal Triangle erupts in violence
… this day. In the weeks following the killings five men and one woman who become internationally known as …