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PlaceWorld of Birds, Hout Bay
… environment in which the aviaries are spaced over 4 ha of land, framed by the back of Table Mountain, the Twelve …
PlaceKoelfontein Wine Farm
… and their lives are deeply rooted in the soils of this land. It was the smallest of seven farms granted to pioneers …
PlaceoThongathi, previously Tongaat
… The area was formally developed around 1848–1850 when land was granted to settlers for sugar cultivation. Derived …
ArticleSpark: A Progressive Arts Project Publication
… "On Language South Africa is a land of many languages, but these languages can be divided …
The Security Police detain J. Tugwana of the Rand Daily Mail, the fifth journalist to be held without trial since February 1977
Johannes Jacobus Janse (Lang Hans) van Rensburg, leader of one of the early Voortrekker treks, is born at the Sundays River,
The strike by mineworkers on the Witwatersrand, also known as the Rand Revolt, ends. More than 200 people were killed durin
At least 21 people, under whom a child, die when hand grenades or bombs explode on three long distance buses in Uganda.
The entire family of Morgan Montoedi, five members, are killed in a petrol bomb attack on their home in Kagiso, West Rand.
A powerful bomb damages the office of the West Rand Administration Board in Meadowlands, Soweto, at 7:00 pm. No one is injured.
Kenneth Colin Bland, cricket player who played for South Africa in 21 test matches (1961-1967), is born in Bulawayo, Southern R
Vasco da Gama, on his way to the East, lands near present Mossel Bay, staying for a week. Aucklandpark: Federasie van Afri
A former theology student, Carl Niehaus, is sentenced to fifteen years in prison for high treason in the Rand Supreme Court. Hi
Shortly before midnight, a farmer, John Louis Steyn, 73, is found dead in his house on the Sand River smallholdings between Mak
An Avro York aircraft, en route from Johannesburg to London, lands in Nairobi, Kenya, after the machine was damaged when a swar
ArchiveThe romantic rewriting of Haile Selassie’s legacy must stop by Dr Yohannes Woldemariam, 4 February 2019
… For Rastafarians, Ethiopia is Zion and the Promised Land and in 1948 Selassie granted them land in the Rift Valley for a settlement in Shashemane. The …
Glossary: Local History
… is present in great amounts. Marsh A wet area between land and water with grassy plants. Microfauna Very small …
Statement by Oliver Tambo on death sentences passed on three members of ANC and Umkhonto We Sizwe, 20 August 1981
On Wednesday, August 19, 1981, a racist judge in Pretoria sentenced to death three ANC militants - Anthony Tsotsobe, David Moise and Johannes Shabangu - after…
BiographyBenjamin Magson Kies
… distinction of race, colour or sex. Revision of the land question in accordance with the above. Revision of the …
Address by President Nelson Mandela to the ANC National Conference on Reconstruction and Strategy NASREC, Johannesburg, 21 January 1994
Comrade Chairperson, Esteemed members of the Diplomatic Corps, Fellow members of the National Executive Committee of the ANC, Leaders of our allied…
The coup that set Ghana and Africa 50 years back by Charles Quist-Adade (Pambazuka News), 02 March 2016
Nkrumah wanted to industrialize Ghana within a generation, and everything was on course until the Americans and their British cousins used some disgruntled and…
Address at the Opening of the World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, Durban, 31 August 2001
Your Excellency, Secretary General of the United Nations, Mr Kofi Annan, Your Excellencies Heads of State and Government, Ministers and Heads of Delegation, …
Michael Mosoue Moerane, pianist, choirmaster and composer, is born in Gumtree, Basutoland (now Lesotho). He died in Gumtree in
Michael Mosoeu Moerane, composer, teacher, pianist and conductor, is born in Mangoanaleng, Matatiele, Eastern Cape. He died in Bloemfontein in January, 1980…
EventThe participants at the multi-party forum negotiations agreed on both new structures of the police and defence force
The participants at the multi-party forum negotiations agreed on both new structures of the police and defence forces. They agreed that the old South African…
ArticleDr G M 'Monty' Naicker - Timeline
… 1946 - The United Party Government passed the Indian Land Tenure and Representation Act, the forerunner of the … the first batch of resisters occupying a…
EventThe Trial of strength between the Conservative Party and the National Party begins as three Members of Parliament resign
The reformist policies of P.W Botha may be considered one of the key factors that led to the resignation of Fanie Botha, Dr Treurnicht, and Tom Langley from…
EventAn ANC car bomb directed at the headquarters of the Wits Command, Johannesburg, kills one person and injures 68
On 30 July 1987, a car bomb was detonated outside the headquarters of Witwatersrand Command army base in Quartz Street, Johannesburg. The attack was executed…
PlaceUmdoni Municipality
… The municipality can be divided into three major land uses. These being: 'commercial agriculture; traditional … vision of Sir Frank Reynolds . After he…
EventANC leader Walter Sisulu is convicted and sentenced to six years in prison for contravening the unlawful Organisations Act
On 04 March 1963, the African National Congress (ANC) leader, Walter Sisulu was sentenced to six years in prison for furthering the aims of the banned ANC and…
EventSA colonies meet to consider and adopt the South Africa Act, which leads to the Union of South Africa
In the aftermath of the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902), Britain annexed the South African Republic and the Orange Free State, two hitherto independent Afrikaner…