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PlaceAthenaeum building, Belmont Terrace, Port Elizabeth
… in 1896 and 1901 respectively, and it was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 17 October …
EventNelson Mandela is born
… down. He had also resigned as the president of the African National Congress (ANC) in 1997 at the Mafikeng Congress. In …
EventMandela signs a law into bill creating the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)
… what had occurred being told would lead to healing and a national catharsis. To this end in 1995 a commission inquiry … TRC Report in Pretoria on 29 October …
EventFatima Meer is banned for a second time
… also involved in campaigns to save the lives of African National Congress(ANC) members sentenced to death, and …
EventWiehahn Commission Report tabled in parliament
… of the closed shop bargaining system The creation of a National Manpower Commission, and The introduction of an …
EventMK hero cadre Solomon Kalushi (Khala) Mahlangu is executed
… regime for being part of an abortive attempt by African National Congress (ANC) members to smuggle weapons and …
EventSA pledges support for a negotiated settlement in Rhodesia
… support Umkhonto we Sizwe, the armed wing of the African National Congress. Vorster feared that without a negotiated …
EventFree, compulsory education for Black children
… a new educated Black middle class opposed to the African National Congress and other liberation movements. Source: …
EventEnforcement of military conscription for all white males in SA
… was announced.The SADF was replaced by the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) in 1994.Related: Department of …
EventArthur Elias Letele, medical doctor and prominent ANC leader who went into exile in Basutoland, dies
… Letele became active in politics. He joined the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL), as well as the local …
EventDay of mourning held for Kinross mine disaster that claimed 177 lives
… to mourn these deaths, under the supervision of NUM (National Union of Mineworkers). An earlier memorial service, …
EventAn international measure is adopted in Antwerp to block rebel groups from trading conflict diamonds
… most vicious civil wars. These rebel groups include the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) …
PlaceTable View
… circuit at Killarney Race Track , which features on the National Racing Map! Du Noon is what South Africans call … circuit at Killarney Race Track , which…
Mission Stations - M
… in a few weeks by Siffonello and his people; first by a party who made folds for their cattle, then by the whole … of the quarrymen. The lime was taken by…
PlaceBrandfort, Free State
… handle with care" The site has been nominated as a National Heritage Site and plans are underway to develop it … was called Nooitgedacht. The camp Cemetery…
ArticleMedu Art Ensemble
… Kohler, two South African artists working for the Botswana National Art Gallery (later, they formed the Handspring … Mogale Martins wrote in his paper The…
Interview with Dr Vanitha Chetty by Ms Rajes Pillay,University of Durban Westville,13 June 2002
… be wrong, but I think perhaps the South African Communist Party was around at that stage and she would have been … So inevitably, towards the end or in the…
PlaceGoodman Gallery
… trade. In 2012 Goodman Gallery was the site of a national controversy regarding artist Brett Murray painting … of Vladimir Lenin, but with his penis exposed…
PlaceDiepkloof, Soweto
… Resources Agency, in terms of section 27 (5) of the National Heritage Resources Act (No. 25 of 1999) SAHRA hereby declares the June 16 Soweto Route as a…
69. ‘Moderate Indians’ form the Natal Indian Organisation
… founded on 4 May 1947 Durban. Then, on 11 September 1948 a national body, the South African Indian Organisation, was … I. O. and Transvaal I.O. became…
PlaceMapungubwe Cultural Landscape, Joining South Africa with Zimbabwe and Botswana
… of the mist of the mysterious past rises, the Mapungubwe National Park. Located at the confluence of the mighty Shashe … core. The Rhino, featured in one of…
Address to the Joint Session of the houses of Congress of the U.S.A. Washington, D.C., June 26, 1990
… who are entitled by law to carry arms, as the forces of national security and law and order, will not turn their … enforced by an independent judiciary, as…
Chapter 4 - Poor, yet generous Lesotho
… masters. The church lent its support to the ruling party (BNP) in the first elections ushering Lesotho's … churches exist, some with similar supports to the…
Message to the People of South Africa on the 68th Anniversary of the ANC by O. R. Tambo, 8 January 1980
… Today is January 8th, the birthday of the African National Congress. This 68th anniversary of the foundation of … of the restoration of its independence and…
South African History Online and Bridgewater State University Partnership Project - 2018 Submissions
Kaitlin Bedard Kaitlin Bedard is a History and Secondary Education major at Bridgewater State University. A life-long…
BiographyMattheus Uys Krige
… the most prestigious in France and had won the 1930-1931 national championships. The morning after he played his first …
BiographyDr. Abu Baker Asvat
… part of both the students and the state. In late 1985, the National Education Crisis Committee (NECC) formed to attempt …
ArticleKora
… negotiating the presence of the Bushmen by South African National Gallery. Topics as diverse as trophy heads and …
ArticleHIV/Aids in South Africa
… Department of Health organised a special event called the National World AIDS Day in Bloemfontein, Free State, and in …
ArticleRock art as an expression of hunter-gatherer society and world-view
… Johannesburg. The South African Museum in Cape Town. The National Museum in Bloemfontein. Activity: Below we have …