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PlaceCastle of Good Hope, Castle Street- Cape Town
… 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 Valley, near the…
ArchiveAddress on the role and future of NUSAS
… Address given by John Daniel at a National Union of South African seminar on the future of the Union. Includes analysis of the student scene in South Africa…
PlaceUniversity of the Free State, Main building, Bloemfontein
… The cornerstone of the building was laid on 19 December 1907 by Sir Hamilton … residence, President Steyn, completed 1945 | Faculties of Law, Education, and…
A Survey Of Race Relations In South Africa 1973
… party has been faced with increasing manifestations of black dissatisfaction and anger. The Black Conciousness … appears to be gaining strength, despite the…
EventDate set for start of Passive Resistance Campaign
… In July 1939 at a meeting of 6,000 Indians, held at the Indian Sports Ground in Johannesburg under the chairmanship of E. I. Asvat, a decision was taken to…
EventSouth African Police announce arrest of serial killer
… The South African Police in Pretoria announced the arrest of Moses Sithole, named the country's most wanted man at the time. Sithole, thirty-one years of age…
The role of business in South Africas future
… ANC report of Group B, Commission 5 of a meeting between the ANC and big business on the role of business in South Africa's future. Includes summary of … The…
EventArchibald Lamont, ex-mayor of Durban, passes away.
… Archibald Lamont was one of seven children born to Alexander Lamont, a master-mariner … an MA degree (cum laude) in Ethics at the University of Glasgow…
EventPresident Mbeki opens the second sitting of PAP
… state president, Thabo Mbeki, opened the second sitting of the Pan African Parliament (PAP) for the first time at its … parliament was established in March…
EventThe League of Nations hands over German colonies
… The League of Nations, an international body which preceded the United … as mandates. Tanganyika, which formed the greater part of the German colony Deutsche…
EventTafari Makonnen proclaimed Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia
… or Haile Selassie, as he was later known, was born the son of Ras Makonnen Wolde Michael, the Governor of the region of Harrar. He is credited for…
EventQueen Victoria of Britain approves Charter for Rhodes
… Company (BSAC). This was the final step in the process of the formation of Zambesia (as it was then called); the first being the granting of the charter on…
EventUnion of South Africa officially ceases to exist
… In March 1961, at a Conference of Commonwealth Prime Ministers held in London, the South … Monarchy to a Republic. Subsequently, the Union of South Africa,…
EventHouse of Representatives impeaches American President Bill Clinton
… the White House. This was during Bill Clinton's first term of office. A relationship developed between the two later in … confide in her co-worker, Linda…
The life, times, and memories of Joe Rassool
… The life, times, and memories of Joe Rassool. The book takes us back to the late 19th … and Abdurahmans. The context is Cape Town, South Africa of the 1930s…
ArchiveText of telex received from Rev Frank Chikane
… Telex from Rev Frank Chikane, General Secretary of the South African Council of Churches to the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA,…
EventOldest example of written Afrikaans appears in a poem
… artillery fire from British warships. In the aftermath of this battle, an anonymous poet composed what is considered one of the oldest examples of written…
ArchiveLetter from Moses Mabhida, General Secretary, SACP, to the Central Committee, Communist Party of the United States of America
… Letter from Moses Mabhida to the Communist Party of the United States of America rejecting the announcement that sanctions against … Secretary, SACP, to the…
ArchiveDraft theses: The Workers Party of South Afr
… The theses is written on the basis of both the economic and political conditions of South Africa and serves as a programme for the Workers' Party of South…
ArchiveLetter from J L J van Vuuren, Chief Director of the Northern Cape Administration Board to the Secretary of the Ciskei Commission
… to the Ciskei Commission supplying population statistics of the Xhosa people residing in the Northern Cape, for a population survey of the Xhosa people…
ArchiveSport: Threat to the security of the state
… interference in sports in line with apartheid ideology of white dominance. Instances of harassment of people and events connected with the South African…
ArchiveA Survey of race relations in South Africa: 1973
… A survey of race relations in South Africa in 1973 and includes … Indian and African population groups matters; Commission of inquiry into certain…
EventThirteen residents of Mofolo die in IFP attack
… hand grenades were allegedly thrown into the crowd of Inkatha supporters, killing five. The other eight people … in retaliation. After various submissions by…
ArchiveGroup Areas Act, Act No 41 of 1950
… The Act was to provide for the establishment of group areas, for the control of the acquisition of immovable property and the occupation of land and premises…
ArchiveExhibition of work by the childrens art cent
… Multicoloured art work of country scene with butterflies and birds. Notice of exhibition of children's art at Michaelis School of Art Gallery, Orange ……
ArchiveBantu Education Act, Act No 47 of 1953
… The Act was to provide for the transfer of the adminiustration and control of native education from the several provincial administrations to the Government…
ArchivePopulation Registration Act, Act No 30 of 1950
… The Act was to make provision for the compilation of a Register of the Population of the Union; for the issue of Identity cards to persons … Population…
EventCape of Good Hope Royal Observatory is founded
… first permanent modern observatory was erected at the Cape of Good Hope (now known as Cape Town) byFearon Fallows, a … were already making significant…
EventKabila is inaugurated as president of the DRC
… Joseph Kabila was inaugurated as president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Kabila was the country's first … Mbeki, who played a major role in…
ArchiveSixteen blocks of brick walls with cell windows
… Black and white poster. Comprises sixteen identical blocks of artwork of brick walls with cell windows with a man's head peering over the window ledge. The…