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BiographyPieter Willem Botha
… daughters and two sons from his first marriage with Anna Elizabeth Rossouw whom he married in 1943. After Elize's …
BiographyJacobus Herculaas de la Rey
… the new diamond fields around Kimberley. He married Jacoba Elizabeth Greeff, and the couple settled on the farm …
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.3 No.1 Feb 1980
… Soweto CYA, Diepkloof, eSkom ARTS, Soweto PEYARTA, Port Elizabeth, GUYO BOOK CLUB, Sibasa MADI GROUP, Katlehong , …
PlaceRailway Administration Building, bounded by Maitland-, Hanger, St Andrew and Harvey Streets, Bloemfontein
… Meyl Inter-City Trains connecting it to Johannesburg, Port Elizabeth and East London six times a week; Kimberley twice …
The Nkosi Albert Luthuli Oral History Competition 2014
… Balton , Ahmed Kathrada Foundation Mr Emile Badenhorst , Port Elizabeth Museum Mr Patrick Letsatsi , National Museum …
PlaceRed Location Museum
… is situated within the Black Township of New Brighton , of Port Elizabeth (now called Gqeberha). Surrounded by the colourful …
PlaceJeffrey's Bay
… after he and the others arrived, he built a 'primitive' Port on what is now the main Beach. Captain Jeffreys also … just 10 km outside Jeffreys Bay and 70 km…
BiographyIsaac Williams Wauchope
… free time. [23] Between 1860-1865, he went to school in Port Elizabeth (PE) . In February 1874, he went to college in …
BiographyThabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki
… who were not as sophisticated as those from towns such as Port Elizabeth and East London. The city boys adopted jazzier …
EventVanessa Brereton, former human rights lawyer, admits that she was an Apartheid spy
… 1990, she was unanimously elected as the treasurer for the Port Elizabeth branch. Her loyalty to the ANC seemed unwavering, …
Banned SACTU leaders
… C - African Metal Workers Union (AMWU) Ntunja, S - SACTU Port Elizabeth Local Committee Rammitloa, Marks - SOWU, Secretary …
EventThe Pretoria Supreme Court orders for an inquiry into the doctors' treatment of Steve Biko at the time of his death
… Biko for five days before he died. Biko was detained by Port Elizabeth security police on 18 August 1977 and held for 20 …
ArticleUnited Democratic Front timeline 1983-1990
… and stayaway that is taking place in the Transvaal and Port Elizabeth, and is followed by a full stayaway on Monday 18 … treason in the Delmas Treason Trial …
A List of women involved in the women’s struggle in South Africa, 1900-1994
… (Ray) Alexander-Simons Ruth Alexander Phyllis Altman Ruth Elizabeth Arndt Jacqueline Arenstein Zainab Asvat B Frances … Louise Latsky Jansie Lourens M…
EventANC's Nelson Mandela in a historic political rally
… president Nelson Mandela addressed a crowd of 300 000 in Port Elizabeth in what was described as South Africa's biggest …
PlaceKuGompo was called East London, Eastern Cape
… East London, (Afrikaans-'Oos-Londen'), is a Port City is situated in the Eastern Cape Province of South … found that the lines of supply and communication…
PlaceJoubertina
… winds between Cape Town and Oudtshoorn , the Langkloof and Port Elizabeth , proving a far prettier alternative to the often …
PlaceCradock Division
… National Road, which is the vital economic link between Port Elizabeth and the north, runs through Cradock and skirts …
EventNyanga school Principal's office burnt
… were destroyed, while 33 people died in protests in Port Elizabeth. Cape Town also saw its share of violence, and by …
Political assassinations 1974 - 1994
… activist (COSAS) Abducted and beaten to death. June Near Port Elizabeth Matthew Goniwe Sparrow Mkhonto Ford Calata Sicelo … July 1986, detained, shot dead…
EventViolence erupts during Defiance Campaign
… during the Defiance Campaign erupted in New Brighton, near Port Elizabeth . According to reports the riots followed after a …
PlaceAddo Drift, Sunday's River in the Eastern Cape
… the village of Colchester, 40 km east of the city of Port Elizabeth. Presently this river is part of the Fish to the …
Chapter XIV - End of an era
… in a national conference. The 1961 conference was held in Port Elizabeth in September. I had watched some of the Transvaal … the banished Africans, I had…
PlaceMossel Bay, (400 km From Cape Town)
… Country's seat of Parliament, Cape Town and 400 km West of Port Elizabeth , the largest city in the Eastern Cape Province . … and its commercial Harbour (the…
VI - The Inquest
… Grahamstown; the next day they were taken to Walmer Jail, Port Elizabeth and held under Section 6 of the Terrorism Act, in … of Colonel Goosen. He is kept…
ArticleKing Kong the Musical 1959 -1961
… was next scheduled to show at The Feather Market Hall in Port Elizabeth , which became quite a bit of work as the hall was …
ArticleThe 1956 Women’s March, Pretoria, 9 August
… in Pretoria, some from as far afield as Cape Town and Port Elizabeth. They then flocked to the Union Buildings in a …
ArticleFootball in South Africa
… between White civil servants and soldiers in Cape Town and Port Elizabeth . Organised football among Whites originated in …
ArticleSouth African National Students Congress (SANSCO)
… boycott spread to the Black townships. In Durban and Port Elizabeth riot police were called in. At Elsies River, near …
ArticleFreedom Charter timeline 1948-1961
… violent incidents and deaths during the campaign occur in Port Elizabeth November, Twenty Congress leaders, including Dr. …