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PlaceDie Nederlandse Reherformrde Kerk (Paul Kruger Church) Pretoria
The year 1859 marks the founding of the Reformed Church, in Pretoria and its first church was built in the town in 1863. Only on 21 December 1894 did the…
BiographyRick Turner
Rick Turner [Richard Albert David Turner] was a charismatic political philosopher and theorist who was also an activist and educationist. He was highly…
EventEnforcement of military conscription for all white males in SA
The Union Defence Force was created in 1912 and served as the South African Army. It was renamed as the South African Defence Force (SADF) by the passing of…
BiographyRay Harmel (nee Adler)
Ray (or Taube, her Yiddish name) Harmel was born in Lithuania in 1905. Strongly influenced by some of her six brothers, she joined the-then illegal Lithuanian…
BiographyLeslie Rubin
The son of a rabbi, Leslie Rubin was born on 5 August 1909 in District Six, Cape Town, Cape Province (now Western Cape), then a multiracial district of the…
BiographyHarold Wolpe
Harold Wolpe was born on 14 January 1926 in Johannesburg to a Lithuanian Jewish family. Wolpe graduated with a BA in Social Studies in 1949 and an LLB in 1952…
A tireless campaigner by Jaspreet Kindra, 29 October 2003, South Africa
… gather at a Durban whites-only beach for a protest swim in 1989, he was arrested. This was despite Lorraine's attempts …
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.10 No.3 1992
… Poems, Geoffrey Haresnape; Trans-Siberian Railway February 1989, Nick Hartel. Photographs: Photographs courtesy of …
EventBlast opposite the Athlone Magistrate’s Court and police complex kills two people
… On 23 July 1989, a blast occurred opposite the Athlone Magistrate's … ,[Accessed: 10July 2014]|Los Angeles Times,(1989), " The World ", 6 August,From: Los…
Chapter 1: Introduction
Before embarking on an investigation of vigilantes and political violence in KwaZulu-Natal, it is important to give an account of what the situation in KwaZulu…
ArticlePort Elizabeth the Segregated city
Contents 1910-1950 Apartheid ideology and implementation from 1950 Conclusion 1910-1950 By 1950, the population of New Brighton had grown from 3,650 in…
ArticleRichard David Turner Timeline 1941 - 1978
1941 Born in Cape Town of British parents c. 1947-58 At school in Cape Town 1953 Father dies 1958 Matriculates from St George’s grammar school …
ArticleHistory of elections in South Africa
Introduction The South Africa Act passed by the British Parliament in 1909 combined the self-governing British colonies of the Natal, Cape, Transvaal and…
EventChief George Mzimvubu Mathanzima, former Prime Minister of Transkei, dies
The former Prime Minister of Transkei Chief George Mzivubu Mathanzima dies at Frontier Hospital in Queenstown. George Matanzima was born on 26 December 1918…
EventYoussou N’Dour, Senegalese singer, is born.
Youssou N'Dour was born in Dakar, West of Senegal. He was a member of Star Band, Senegal’s most famous band. He left the band to form his own, Á‰toile de Dakar…
ArticleDutch Reformed Church (DRC)
When the Dutch settled in South Africa in the 16th and 17th centuries they transplanted their Dutch Reformed theology to the African continent. Jan van…
BiographyKasturba Gandhi
Kasturba Kapadia was born on April 11 1869 in Porbandar, in present day Gujarat. She was the daughter of Gokuldas Makanji Kapadia, a wealthy merchant. Kasturba…
ArchiveBarberton Prison by Sloane Fuller
While the South African press readily covered stories of those having committed acts of treason or communism during the apartheid era, little attention was…
Some Personal Recollections of the Free Nelson Mandela Campaign by Mike Terry
I would have been fourteen years old when Nelson Mandela was first arrested for leaving South Africa ‘illegally`. Although a regular reader of the Manchester…
13 notable women in Cape Town’s history, 6 August 2015
… and Dr Theophilus Hahn appointed in her place. In 1989, Lucy submitted a third report to the Cape Government, …
EventKitchener succeeds Roberts as Commander-in-Chief
… of the British forces during the second Anglo Boer War (1989-1902). He received the local rank of general around the …
Document 7 - The Freedom Charter
… (see Beall et al., 1987; Gaitskell and Unterhalter, 1989). Just as organising on the basis of motherhood is a …
BiographyAugust Aime Balkema
Several dutch publishers have featured prominently in the South African book industry. They include JJ van Schaik, Gerrit Bakker, Cornells Struik and AA…
BiographyAmina Cachalia
Amina Cachalia (née Asvat) was born on 28 June 1930, Vereeniging, Transvaal (now Gauteng) to Ebrahim Ismail Asvat and Fatima Asvat. She was the ninth child in…
BiographyDavid Wilcox Bopape
David Wilcox Hlahane Bopape was the son of Pedi-speaking farm workers, Levi and Jerita Bopape. He was born in 1915 at Houtboschdorp near Pietersburg in the…
EventJean van der Poel dies in Cape Town.
Jean Van der Poel was a historian and teacher who played an important role in the South African Teachers' Association and undertook several major historical…
ArticleCouncil policies and practice
The council was divided, with verligtes and verkramptes pulling in different directions. It was subsequently also schizophrenic in its approach to reforms,…
ArticleA brief history of domestic service in South Africa
Colonial History of Domestic Work Since slaves were used as domestic servants in the settler colony from the middle to late 18th century, domestic…
PlaceUniversity of Stellenbosch
Stellenbosch University the 2nd of the Universities in the picture in the Banner. With an interesting Link In Further Reading. This University was developed…
PlaceKhayelitsha Township
Khayelitsha Township lies some 19km east of Wynberg and 25 km of south-east of Cape Town in the Western Cape. The name is of Xhosa origin and means ‘new home’…