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PlaceCoffee Bay, Wild Coast
… overwhelmed by her beauty and tried to woo her. To cut a long story short: in dealing with the wrath of her father, … visible but the name stuck. Not only is…
PlaceFort Klapperkop
… ever fully armed. The well-known 155mm Creusot cannon (Long Tom) was purchased specifically for the forts and … although at a certain stage every fort was…
Document 25 - Letter from E. R. Roux to John Gomas, 23 July 1956
… I did not approve of the Moscow line. You stayed in a long time after I got out. In spite of criticism I admit that … Apart from these reservations I think I…
EventConstruction on the Aswan Dam starts in Egypt
… in the Great Pyramid of Cheops. The Dam is 11, 811 feet long, 3215 feet thick at the base and and 364 feet tall. …
ArchiveSPRO-CAS Occasional Publication Number 5: Education beyond apartheid
… of SPRO-CAS; Introduction; The acceptable society: long-term educational goals; Moral education; Unacceptable …
PlaceGold Reef City
… offers many fascinating insights into life in Johannesburg long before the technological age. In the centre of Gold Reef …
EventRuben Xulu is born
… Gcwensa at Hlabisa mission station and embarked on a life-long career of producing religious sculptures in both stone …
EventF.W. de Klerk announces the release of political prisoners
… F.W. de Klerk announced the unconditional release of eight long serving political prisoners of the liberation movements …
EventDutch East Indian Company expedition into the interior
… gained from the interior during the eight months' long journey, the expedition found on this date survivors of …
ArticleLetters: Albertina Sisulu
… had a response from Ruth. He finally received Albertina's long-awaited reply in September. Extracts 1964 Darling … So rest in peace in the Island. We are not…
ArticleGrade 5 - Term 2: The first farmers in Southern Africa
… and protect them. The farmers stayed in an area for a long time so that their crops could grow, but sometimes they … to hunters and gatherers. They had to…
EventAWB leader, Eugene Terreblanche is arrested
… with public violence. The arrest took place after a long police investigation. Terre'Blanche and his followers …
ArchiveLetter from Rev G Hawkes, to the Secretary, Van der Walt Commission of Inquiry into the Consolidation of the Ciskei
… to stop the wholesale removal of black people from their long-standing places of residences. The letter also stresses …
Document 4 - ‘Our Annual Conference - An Inspiring Gathering’: report in the ‘South African Worker’
… much disquiet in our land that people can be held for such long periods in detention and then often either released … under house arrest or immediately re…
77. The South African Indian Council: an assessment from within, 1978
… may experience a feeling of euphoria in the pursuit of his crusade. But in all his efforts to bring about social and …
EventSomaliland is granted independence by British government
… a big electric sign on a hillside carried the message: “Long Live independence.” Mohammed Haji Ibrahim Egal took an …
EventThe trial of eleven Soweto students charged under the Terrorism Act begins
… were suspended since the accused had already been held for long periods. …
EventZimbabwe’s interior minister Joshua Nkomo is dismissed
… Joshua Nkomo, long time friend of Robert Mugabe, was dismissed as minister …
ArticleMapungubwe
… years before European occupation. Mapungubwe hill is 300m long, broad at one end, tapering at the other. It is only …
ArticleThe Linton Panel & the San language
… and followed by a short ê sound, as in nest. e: A very long ê which is pronounced with a dip in the voice, like a …
ArticleThe Ottoman Empire
… were allowed to keep their own cultures and religions as long as they paid slightly higher taxes than Muslims. - From …
ArticleTimeline of the 1973 Durban Strikes
… near Durban, picket for wage increases. 22 -24 January - Long distance truck drivers go on strike demanding R40 a …
PlaceCarmel, George
… and found Him faithful to meet every need. Extremely long days and much hard work was involved in running both the … from Cradock with Jack and Kaye and…
EventAdolf Hitler opens the 11th Olympic Games in Berlin
… The confrontation with Nazi ideology come to a head in the long jump competition between Lutz Lang, the leading German … gold medal around Owen's neck. Owens…
PlaceTable Mountain Water Supply
… price) to help. The reservoir they built was some 45metres long by 15metre wide, and steps ran down to it from which … in Hof Street in 1814. Iron pipes were…
National spokesperson to address a lecture on OR Tambo
… Comrade Oliver Reginald Tambo. As part of the month long programme, the National Spokesperson, Comrade Zizi Kodwa …
EventMandela and De Klerk hold emergency talks
… attacked passengers at a train station. This was seen as long standing political feud between the supporters of …
EventCOSATU delegates are left at Beitbridge
… arrival at the Airport, they were subjected to a two hour-long interrogation by government authorities. They were put …
ArchiveThe Basotho Origin of Mathematics - A Public Lecture By Zulumathabo Zulu
… other Africans, boasted an incredible mathematical lexicon long before the advent of the Europeans. The Basotho have …
EventTribute to Joost van der Westhuizen
… der Westhuizen, at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria. After a long battle with Motor Neuron Disease (MND), Joost was rushed …