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Louis Henri Meurant, editor, publisher, magistrate and Cape member of Parliament, is born in the Cape.
… Louis Henri Meurant, editor, publisher, magistrate and Cape member of Parliament, is born in the Cape. …
Sir John Charles Molteno (72), first prime minister of the Cape Colony, dies in Cape Town.
… Sir John Charles Molteno (72), first prime minister of the Cape Colony, dies in Cape Town. …
WWI: The Cape Corps, two infantry battalions of Cape Coloured men, captures Square Hill in Palestine.
… (eds) (1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 3, p. 29 … WWI: The Cape Corps, two infantry battalions of Cape Coloured men,…
Egidius Benedictus Watermeyer, jurist, politician and educator in the Cape Province, is born in Cape Town.
… Benedictus Watermeyer, jurist, politician and educator in the Cape Province, is born in Cape Town. …
Saul Solomon, printer who represented Cape Town in the Cape parliament, is born on St Helena.
… Saul Solomon, printer who represented Cape Town in the Cape parliament, is born on St Helena. …
BiographyTheresa Solomon
… Theresa Solomon was born in District Six, Cape Town, Western Cape, in 1945. Solomon lived in Mitchells … Cape Town, where she worked as a community activist…
BiographyProfessor Carel Boshoff
… Boshoff was born on 9 November 1927, a second child from the second marriage of his father. He spent his early life on … at the University of Pretoria. He…
EventFEDSAW Western Cape Region launched
… The Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW) was one of the women’s rights organisations that emerged in the 1950s … 1987 FEDSAW‘s new branch was launched…
Chapter 3 - Politics and Consciousness in Cape Town Communities, 1980-1985
… political activists working in the coloured communities of Cape Town. While many communities in the Western Cape were … the building of sustainable…
BiographyThabang Sampson Phathakge Makwetla
… (Mpumalanga), South Africa, on 18 May 1957. He joined the South African Student Movement (SASM), as a high school student in 1974. Makwetla fled South Africa…
ArchiveThe Human Rights Conference at the University of Cape Town
… The Human Rights Conference at the University of Cape Town …
Anglo-Boer War 2: The Boer forces invade the Cape Colony.
… jaar, Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau | Cloete, P.G. (2000). The Anglo-Boer War: a chronology, Pretoria: Lapa. … Anglo-Boer War 2: The Boer forces invade the Cape…
The Cape Parliament meets to consider the Act of Union
… The Cape Parliament meets to consider the Act of Union …
Petition to the South African Parliament, from the Cape Native
… Petition to the South African Parliament, from the Cape Native …
Politics and Class in the Cape Province during the 1920s
… Politics and Class in the Cape Province during the 1920s …
The Cape Colony extends its boundaries to the Keiskamma River.
… The Cape Colony extends its boundaries to the Keiskamma River. …
Opening of the first session of the Cape Legislative Council.
… Opening of the first session of the Cape Legislative Council. …
EventAn earthquake, measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale, hits Cape Town.
… On 4 December 1809 Cape Town was hit by an earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale. It is the biggest recorded earthquake to … Milnerton fault, running…
PlaceAlfred Nzo District Municipality, Kwa-Zulu Natal/Eastern Cape
… District in the Alfred Nzo Municipality, of which Harding is the … known to the family as "Affie". Alfred expressed a wish to join the Navy and in…
Equal education for all races, including a provision that will allow White government schools to admit Blacks, is proposed in t
… including a provision that will allow White government schools to admit Blacks, is proposed in t …
PlaceStellenbosch, Western Cape
… Town, is a living Museum with a vibrant 'Street Culture' . The Town has a variety of soils and locations ideally suited … with some of the most beautiful…
PlaceBothasig, Cape Town
… The Cape Town Suburb of Bothasig is known for the wonderful … School. The School is state assisted, like most other schools in South Africa, it charges a set…
EventThe Dutch East India Company decides to send French Huguenot refugees to the Cape
… On 3 October 1685 the Dutch East India Company in Amsterdam decided to send French Huguenot refugees to the Cape for settlement. The Huguenots were French…
EventThe SS Mendi began its journey from Cape Town to Plymouth
… In 1916, the South African government agreed to recruit Black people … in battalions. They waited at the Rosebank depot in Cape Town to receive training till…
BiographyAlexander Leor Fattal
… Alex Fattal was born in Austin, Texas. He is the first of two children of Laura and Yacov Fattal. Alex … of a theatre advocacy group in Langa Township…
BiographyMpush Makambi
… Mpush Makambi was born in 1967 in Mdantsane, Eastern Cape. At school, Makambi was sporty but boxing was his first … comfortably. However, being a disgruntled…
The Anti-Convict Association in Cape Town dissolves as a result of an order-in-council rescinding the decision to make the Cape
… The Anti-Convict Association in Cape Town dissolves as a result of an order-in-council rescinding the decision to make the Cape …
BiographyJacqueline Daane-van Rensburg
… people make use of her water tap during their march to Cape Town. Eventually in 1960 the Daane – van Rensburg family … of Mandela’s release, Daane remained…
ArchiveUniversity of the Western Cape, Special Graduation Ceremony, 25 October 1991
… Programme for Oliver Tambo's honorary degree ceremony at the University of the Western Cape, 15 October 1991. Includes the words of the South … University of…
BiographyBonisile John Kani
… high school he began working with various drama groups in the New Brighton area performing in schools and community halls. In 1965 while working at the … in…