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ArchiveStaffrider Vol.8 No.2 1989
… Stephen Yelverton; Dreaming, Anthony Egan; Veld Fire, George Candy; Aftermath, Lesego La Rampolokeng; Old Guy, M.M. …
PlaceBrackenfell, Cape Town
… Andries Brink sold a portion of his farm: 'Kruispad', to George Henry Walton. He was a Scottish immigrant, who then … 1901 Andries Brink sold a portion of…
Event46664 concert is held in Fancourt
… at the exclusive golf resort of Fancourt, just outside George, Western Cape, on the Garden Route. Its theme …
EventQueen Mother Elizabeth turns 100
… during World War 2, when, travelling with her husband King George VI, they visited and sympathised with their subjects. …
EventDeputy Minister of Defence attends commemoration of Delville Wood
… Mluleki George, SA deputy defence minister, attended the 90th …
EventJosephine Wood, founder of the South African Library for the Blind, is born in Grahamstown
… was one of six children of the first mayor of Grahamstown, George Samuel Wood and his wife, Frances Elizabeth Wood (nee …
ArticleCongress of South African Trade Unions 1994 - 2014
… government became the centre of contestation and it led to division between the government and the tripartite alliance. …
ArticleIndian South Africans
… as new immigrants. However, there is a major cultural division between these new groups and Indian South Africans. …
Afrikaans community 1820-1899
… by both Afrikaner and English children was built in St. George’s Street in 1849. Originally Afrikaners spoke a … and third oldest in the Republic of South…
PlaceNew Somerset Hospital, Beach Road, Green Point
… require further medical care and treatment are referred to George Hospital, which receives referrals from district …
EventSouth African invention lands on the moon
… Krugersdorp was the hometown of engineer George Pratley who founded the Pratley research group (PTY) …
EventThe Citizen reveals housing irregularities in Transkei
… committed by the Matanzima brothers, Kaizer and George, and other officials and indicated that central …
EventDeath sentence for Rapists
… Two White men, Schalk Burger and George Scheepers, were sentenced in Klerksdorp to be hanged …
EventOn 14 November 2006, parliament approved the controversial Civil Unions Bill, which provided for same-sex marriage
… couple to wed, Vernon Gibbs and Tony Halls, did so in George, Western Cape, the following day, 1 December 2006 …
EventConstruction of the Victoria Falls Bridge and the railway line are completed
… brainchild of Cecil Rhodes, the bridge was designed by George Andrew Hobson. It crosses the Zambezi River and the …
EventP.W. Botha, former South African State President, appears in court for refusing to testify at the TRC
… South African State President appeared at a court in George. Botha's case was postponed for a later date to allow …
List of deaths in detention
… 33. Mosala, Tbalo 34. Tshazibane, Wellington 35. Botha, George 19/03 25/07 05/08 02/09 25/09 28/09 05/10 05/10 09/10 …
ArticleGrade 12 - The Cold War
… Did you know? The term “Cold War” was first used by George Orwell, author of the book satirizing Stalinism, …
ArticleTransport in the air
… that made some of the most important developments were Sir George Cayley and Frank Wenham. Both of them worked in …
A New Date For the Founding of the South African Society of Artists, and it’s Second Annual Exhibition of 1898
… (qv.), Borge Stuckenberg (qv.), R.H. Whale (qv.) and George Winkles (qv.) are featured on the present exhibition …
EventSir John Robinson forms Natal’s first ministry as Prime Minister
… editor of The Natal Mercury, together with his father, George Robinson. He became the owner of the publication in …
EventElsa, the lioness made famous by Joy Adamson’s book Born Free, dies in Kenya
… orphaned lions whose mother was killed in self defence by George Adamson. Adamson was a wildlife conservationist based …
National General Elections 2009: List of candidates for the National Assembly: National-to-National, 2 March 2009
… Christina BLOEM Dennis Victor DUBE Cristina SMITH Vincent George MARSHOFF Frances Beatrice NQCOBO Eugene Nhlanhla Nqaba … Emmanuel Kebby MPONGO Nomveliso…
PlaceHershel Memorial Obelisk, Claremont-Cape Town
… obelisk. On 28 November 1838 the Cape Governor, Sir George Napier, presided over a public meeting at which a … A meeting of the subscribers chaired by the…
PlaceGreyton, Western Province
… land were only sold in 1854. It was named in honour of Sir George Grey , Governor of the Cape 1854-61. By 1891 the … as commonage. He named the village …
Address by President Nelson Mandela on the occasion of the president’s budget debate in the Senate 18 June 1996
… continually forged in the struggle for freedom. Enforced division has engendered in our people a powerful urge towards …
EventSA Special Forces accused of train violence
… in train attacks. Ndimene alleged that the intelligence division of Spoornet Security was composed of former members …
2. Moothen pleads for his wife to be returned
… and falsely went and complained to the magistrate of this division and there stated that I threatened to stab her with …
EventLabram, manufacturer of 'Long Cecil' is killed by shell from 'Long Tom'
… George Frederick Labram, manufacturer of a cannon popularly …
ArticleBureau of State Security (BOSS)
… branch of the police and of the military intelligence division of the South African Defence Force (SADF) . One of … of the Service; the chief of the…