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PlaceHawston
… of whom is the abalone one. It was refuge and home to many from Ireland, Germany, France, Holland, USA, Sweden and … activities for abalone diving. The…
PlaceHershel Memorial Obelisk, Claremont-Cape Town
… decided on an obelisk, and funds were raised by donations from the friends of the Herschels in Cape Town. The stone for … the southern heavens. Immediately…
PlaceBerg River
… river used to be navigable for a distance of about 45 km from its mouth and, during the 1880's, it was accessible to a … in the IUCN red list – seems to have…
Address by President Mandela to the Meeting of Directors-General Establishing a Forum of Directors-General Pretoria, 18 August 1998
… as to realise the priorities of the mandate which derives from election and ongoing interaction with civil society. One of the lessons we draw from our own…
PlacePeelton
… to as Birt's Mission, and was located a short distance from the village of Chief Bhotomani, near Fort Beaufort. The … 576 were literate. The Reverend Birt's…
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Glossary
… From the book: Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid … restricted utopian ”” idealistic. This adjective comes from Utopia, an imagined perfect place or state…
PlaceIsipingo, Kwa-Zulu Natal
… named after the River whose name is thought to be derived from the intertwined cat-thorn shrubs present in the Area, or … here, with taxis going up and down…
PlaceUniversity of Cape Town
… the period 1880 to 1900, thanks to increased Funding from Private Sources and the Government. During these years, … the Alfred Beit bequest and additional…
PlaceCathcart District, Eastern Cape
… gliding fraternity means that numerous gliders take off from the nearby hills, their silent and somewhat eerie flight … the Eastern Cape Province, is a small…
Document 54 - K. A. Jordaan, “What are the National Groups in South Africa? A Contribution to the Symposium”, Forum Club, Cape Town, May 1954
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary … the political liberation of all the Indian national groups from Imperialism: and secondly, the right…
EventClive Derby-Lewis dies
… Communist party leader Chris Hani, died after suffering from lung cancer. He died at the age of 80 at Eugene Marais … in Pretoria after he was released on…
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 11 May 1983, Volume 66
… Transcript of evidence (continued from 9 and10 May 1983) from Wolfram Kistner, Director of the Commission of Justice …
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 10 May 1983, Volume 64 and Volume 65
… Transcript of evidence (continued from 9th May 1983) from Wolfram Kistner, Director of the Commission of Justice …
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 9 May 1983
… Excerpt from transcript of evidence from Wolfram Kistner, Director of the Commission of Justice …
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 28 March 1983, Volume 59
… Excerpt from transcript of Volume 59, with evidence from Dr Khoza E M Mgojo, President of the Methodist …
Nqutu, Kwa-Zulu Natal
… The name being of Zulu origin derived from 'insquthu'- meaning a flat-topped vessel, descriptive of a nearby hill from which the village takes its name. It…
PlaceDe Beers Building, 88 St Georges Street, Simonstown
… This sandstone structure dates from 1902 when it was designed by Herbert Baker for De Beer … a meat outlet in Simonstown owned by Cecil Rhodes. From 1903 to…
Nelson Mandela Speaks on Tolerance, April 30, 2006 on CBS (Video)
… This inspiring Tolerance message from Nelson Mandela has run in 82 countries. It debuted on … lived his life and why he was able to lead South Africa from…
EventThe South African Non-Racial Olympic Committee is founded
… and went on to advocate for the expulsion of South Africa from the Olympic Games. The committee succeeded in its efforts in 1964 when South Africa was…
EventThe first regular jet flight leaves London for Johannesburg
… Airways Corporation (BOAC) was the British state airline from 1939 until 1946, and the long-haul British state airline from 1946 (later merged with British…
EventIdi Amin is deposed as the President of Uganda
… Idi Dada Amin ruled Uganda from 1971 until 1979 after he unconstitutionally seized power from president Obote Milton. However, in 1979 he suffers the ……
EventGovernment’s final consolidation of ‘homelands’
… consolidate the total number of separate 'homeland' areas from 113 to 36. The homelands were officially instituted in … Africans of their South African…
EventTwelve Africans are acquitted at the Supreme Court
… on the charge, but were given prison sentences ranging from seven to one year's imprisonment for being members of … Political History: a chronology of key…
EventUNHRC service is enlisted in repatriation process
… repatriating about 40,000 political exiles to South Africa from countries with which Pretoria did not have diplomatic … the African National Congress (ANC)…
EventWalter Sisulu, Raymond Mhlaba and Ahmed Kathrada address the public after 26 years
… was organised by the ANC to commemorate their release from prison. The rally, which was held at the Soccer City … to speak to South Africans after 25 years…
EventWorld Leprosy Day is celebrated in SA
… Hundreds of representatives from leprosy non-governmental organisations converged in South Africa from 30 January to 3 February for the African Leprosy ……
EventThe Gift Of The Givers Foundation helps tsunami victims
… water into Somalia immediately after getting a go-ahead from the United Nations to aid tsunami victims in Somalia on 30 January. This was the first…
EventXhosa poet Nontsizi Mgqwetho mourns the death of her mother
… Mgqwetho was the first woman poet to publish in Xhosa. From 1920 to 1929 she contributed more than ninety poems, … very little is known about her life, she…
EventEmmanuel Frimpong, Ghanaian footballer, is born
… He is currently playing for Charlton Athletic on loan from Arsenal. In 2012, Frimpong switched his national eligibility from England to his country of birth,…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter VI - The Wesleyans take a hand
… From the book: The Role of the Missionaries in conquest by … itself. The period of the vast movement of Bantu tribes from the north had come to an end. Land…