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BiographySir. Theophilus Shepstone
… A scurrilous court case Chief Langalibalele's trial took place in January 1874. He was charged with murder, treason, … kingdom's western borders. The…
ArticleThe Cape Coloured Corps and the First World War
… in the press announcing that recruitment was to take place. On 25 October 1915, the first recruitment station opened at the City Hall in Cape Town. The…
BiographyShirish Nanabhai
… was particularly important to Shirish’s memories of the place and he served on the prisoners’ football committee from … Square police station in the centre…
BiographyChief Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi
… in the elections. However, this mediation has not taken place. In South Africa’s first democratic elections, on 27 … conduct. This is related to an incident…
BiographyMary Elizabeth Davis
Mary Elizabeth Davis was born in Portobello County, Edinburgh, Scotland on 26 December 1858. She was a business person and supporter of women’s causes. Davis…
BiographyPhindile Mfeti
Phindile Mfeti, a first cousin of former State President Thabo Mbeki and nephew of Govin Mbeki was born on 15 December 1946, at Nqamakwe, Eastern Cape. He was…
BiographyEdward Sineke Tyaliti
… Marks and if these four men”¦are removed from Cala to a place outside Transkei I shall be able to handle the …
BiographyHalton Cheadle
Michael Halton Cheadle was born on 30 July 1949. He received a BA Honours and BProc from UNISA. Cheadle then completed a Bachelor of Law from Witwatersrand…
BiographyJomo Kenyatta
… appropriate church rites. (The civil ceremony only took place in November 1922.) On 20 November 1920 Kamau's first … by World War II, and his house became a…
BiographyRonnie Govender (Sathiseelan Gurulingam Govender)
… only institution where free cultural activity was taking place in terms of a South African ethos. They brought out an …
BiographyAdvocate Abram "Bram" Fischer
… chance was not on the farm when the police raid took place, led the defence team. In agreeing to appear for the …
BiographyJane Gool
… alone for long. The organisational thrust of the WPSA took place on two fronts. The first opportunity was presented by …
South African Labour history
… taken from the introduction to Luli Callinicos' book 'Place in the city' We have made links to the various resources within the …
ArticlePrehistory of the Cape Town area
… sailing between Europe and India. As a result, ‘the mother city’ is the centre for historical archaeology in southern … ). Recently, an historic cemetery,…
BiographyOprah Winfrey
… the daughter of Vernon Winfrey, a coal miner, barber, and city councilman. However, according to Kitty Kelley, author …
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1940-1949
… Upon their arrival in the industrial and commercial city, they found temporary accommodation at Crown Mines with … He later said, "Alexandra occupies a…
BiographyJames Randolph Vigne
James Randolph Vigne was born in 1928 in Kimberley and grew up in Port-Elizabeth. He went to school at St Andrew’s College in Grahamstown where he enjoyed a…
BiographyNorman “Billy Holiday” Pietersen
Norman Pietersen (also known as Billy Holiday) was born in 1966 in Paarl, Western Cape. In 1982, he was recruited by uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) veterans and became…
BiographyAziz Goolam Hoosein Pahad
… for the historic Congress of the People that took place in June 1955 in Kliptown, Johannesburg township, where …
PlaceOld Town House, Greenmarket Square, Cape Town.
… then its management committee began to require a meeting place to discuss the affairs of the Burgher Council. Early in … Town for more than half a century…
Indian Community in Lenasia
… of housing for Indians in areas close to the Johannesburg city centre meant that some, especially the very poor workers, welcomed the offer of a place to…
ArticleThe South African Strategic Defence Procurement Package known as “The Arms Deal”
… leader Patricia de Lille who is currently the mayor of the City of Cape Town became a whistleblower and claimed in … enquiry into the multi-billion Rand arms…
BiographyZanemvula Kizito Mda
… and culture in the New Nation , the Sunday Independent, City Press, Sunday Times, The Star and Insig . For three …
BiographyKing Dingane ka Senzangakhona
… oversaw the relocation of the Zulu capital from the hut-city of Dukuza to the traditional Zulu valley near the …
BiographyGideon Mendel
… Historias Positivas Cento Banimex, Mexico City 2006 The Body at Risk ICP, New York 1993 …
ArticleAreas indentured Indians came from
… three subdivisions are not to be confused with the three place names that accompany each indenture entry (with name, age, sex, caste, height, place names etc…
The Centenary Celebration of the February Revolution 8-12 March 2017
… (which most of the world adheres to today) it took place from 8-12 March 1917. The Julian calendar, which the … were not represented in the Duma. The reforms…
BiographyAaron Sipho Madondo
… South African travel documents. They found a safe hiding place in the Mkhwakeni Trustlands around Piet Retief. After …
BiographyLeo Linda Sihlali
Leo Linda Sihlali was born on 9 September 1915 in Butterworth. He went to primary school in Tarkastad where his mother worked as a teacher. On completion he…
EventPretoria is proposed as the new capital of ZAR
… from Potchefstroom to Pretoria in 1860. With the city becoming the capital, it marked the end to Boers’ … the Union of South Africa was established in 1910…