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PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Bloemfontein
… Reformed congregation of Bloemfontein was established on 13 November 1848, and its services were initially held in … a humble thatched building in St George…
Cosatu special congress, Day Two: Numsa, Vavi walloped by Ranjeni Munusamy (Daily Maverick), 15 July 2015, South Africa
… believed that, had they secured a vote by secret ballot on delegate credentials, the federation’s special national … votes were secret. But the vote was…
International Council for Traditional Music
… Call for Proposals: 2nd Symposium of the ICTM Study Group on African Musics (Updated on 29 June 2017) The International Council for Traditional Music Study…
Save South Africa calls ‘People’s Assembly Against State Capture’
… The Save South Africa campaign is calling on all South Africans to unite behind that great symbol of … to a “People’s Assembly Against State Capture” in…
EventChumani Maxwele ignites the #RhodesMustFall Movement at UCT
… On 9 March 2015, Chumani Maxwele threw human excrements at a statue of Cecil John Rhodes that was situated on the campus of the University of Cape Town, on…
PlaceRhodes Cottage, Main Road, Muizenberg
… The cottage formerly used by Cecil John Rhodes, stands on the main road to Simonstown, between Muizenberg and St … Formerly known as Barkly Cottage , it was…
EventSouth African man walks from England to France through Channel Tunnel
… African man, Lance Dyer, was arrested by French police on 09 October 2005 after he walked through the Channel Tunnel … surveillance system. It is reported…
EventFearon Fallows, first Astronomer Royal at the Cape, is born in England
… Royal at the Cape, was born in Cockermouth, Cumberland on 4 July 1789. The son of a weaver, he was brought up in the … age of 19, he became an assistant at a…
EventAfrica Women’s Peace Train leaves Kampala for Johannesburg
… Women's Peace Train was launched in Kampala, Uganda, on 15 August in a ceremony in which a Peace Torch was … South Africa - Johannesburg, in time for the…
Call for papers - “Ukutshona kukaMendi”/ "Ukuzika kukaMendi": The Mendi Centenary Conference
… of the SS Mendi that occurred during the First World War, on 21 February 1917. It pays tribute to the South African Native Labour Contingent, and the men on…
Document 85 - E. R. Roux, “The Native Exploiters: A reply to ‘A. Z.”’, Umsebenzi,20 April 1935
… it gives one an opportunity of re-opening the discussion on this question, a discussion which in my opinion, should … level of comrades in this country is…
Where is Jacob Zuma’s rape accuser? by Noni Mokati (IOL News), 7 May 2016, Johannesburg
… to her. But still her supporters refuse to forget. On Friday, Khwezi’s poem, which she performed dressed in a khanga in the Netherlands in 2008, was widely…
EventUnesco lists Robben Island as a World Heritage Site
… as such by Dutch explorers who encountered many seals on the island. It was however, discovered in 1488 by the … leaders from the East Indies, who were…
ArticleThe caring nature of Nontsikelelo Albertina Sisulu
… to creating a culture of caring This culture was based on living in a healing environment which was essential to … her political actions. She was a leader…
ArticleAzanian Students Organisation (AZASO)
… African Students (NUSAS) by developing a working alliance on the Education Charter Campaign. As the number of Black … realities of the poverty datum line…
ArticleMoses Kotane Timeline
… 1943 Dr Alfred Bathini Xuma invites Kotane to serve on the Atlantic Charter Committee which draws up a document on African Claims. 1942 17 June, Kotane and…
ArticleTransvaal Indian Congress (TIC)
… more radical leadership when Dr. Yusuf Dadoo emerged on the scene (see SAIC section). Dr. Dadoo was elected to the … legislation in the area. The…
EventSir John Herschel, British astronomer, arrives in Cape Town
… chemist and photographer. In 1833, he embarked on a journey to South Africa to catalogue the stars, nebulae, … objects of the southern skies. He arrived in…
PlaceRailway Station, Sannaspos, Bloemfontein
… The Station Building, situate on a protion of the Farm Klipkraal 117 in the District of Bloemfontein. Situated on the Druenberg – Sannaspos inter-provincial…
EventSouth Africa closes its borders with Lesotho
… On 1 January 1986 the South African Government closed its … by Jonathan resulted in increased tensions and attacks on BNP targets by the LLA. Lesotho refused…
EventThe Pretoria Supreme Court orders for an inquiry into the doctors' treatment of Steve Biko at the time of his death
… died. Biko was detained by Port Elizabeth security police on 18 August 1977 and held for 20 days. Sometime between 6 … up the abuse which led to Biko's death…
“Let us dream you, forbidden landscape”: the Storming project sings change, 17 July 2017
… to the past; as the quote above (taken from an interview on 30 May this year, only six weeks before his death) … ( Awuleth’uMshini Wam’ anybody?). Employed…
May Day
… On 1 May, South Africa will enjoy Worker's Day (effectively a … socialist and labour movement celebrations conducted on 1 May. May Day was born from the…
EventFirst celebration of May Day in South Africa
… On 1 May, South Africa will enjoy Worker's Day (effectively a … socialist and labour movement celebrations conducted on 1 May. May Day was born from the…
PlaceTokai Arboretum, Tokai Forest
… amongst Botanists, Horticulturalists and Sylviculturalists on account of the large variety of Indigenous Trees grown … was declared a National Monument under…
VIII - The Pathologists
… Death was brought about by complications following on brain injury. Biko suffered at least three brain lesions … suffered between the night of 6 September…
PlaceGeorge, Garden Route- Western Province
… Town of the Magisterial District and Division of George, on the Garden Route - 439 km from Cape Town , 1252 km from Durban and 1213 km from Johannesburg . It…
Statement of the Alliance Political Council, 13 October 2009
… the Alliance Programme of Action and mapped a way forward on key issues relating to transformatory matters within the … partners to discuss and arrive at…
PlaceAkkedisberg Mountain Pass
… Pass. It's an easy drive along this tarred coastal pass on the R 326 links the small Farming Town of Riviersonderend … Sir Robert Stanford, is a quaint town…
PlacePaul Kruger’s House, 60 Church Street West, Pretoria
… by President Kruger in the 1860s, when he was still living on the farm Boekenhoutfontein , in the district of … in May 1883, contractor Charles Clark began…