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PlaceTransvaal Museum, now known as the National Museum of Natural History
… history museum, founded in 1892, serves as the home of "Mrs Ples" and includes fossils, amphibians, fish, … which includes a dinosaur collection and a…
ANC statement on the death of Adelaide Tambo, 31 January 2007
… It is with deep regret and a profound sense of loss that the African National Congress has learnt of the death this evening (31 January 2007) of Adelaide…
Statement on naming of OR Tambo International Airport, 31 October 2006
… the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality, the Department of Arts and Culture, Department of Transport and the Airports Company of South Africa (ACSA) for…
"What I think of Macmillan`s speech": Article by Albert Luthuli, 1 March 1960
… British statesman, Mr. Harold Macmillan, Prime Minister of Britain turned to Africa, including the Union, "to see." … and to all in the Union something to…
Recommendations of Commission on undesirable publications - Interview: Albert Luthuli, 1 September 1957
… The recommendations of the Commission of Inquiry in regard to Undesirable Publications create another grave threat to the liberties of the people and…
PlaceSterkfontein Caves, Krugersdorp (within the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site)
… 1895, geologist Dr D Draper had reported on the discovery of fossil bones in its vicinity. All though many years were … deposits were found thereafter on the…
Archive2010 - President Zuma, State of the Nation Address, 11 February 2010
… State of the Nation Address By His Excellency JG Zuma, President of the Republic of South Africa, at the 11 Feb 2010 Honorouble Speaker; I … 2010 - President…
Message to the People of South Africa by O. R. Tambo, August 1976
… in our country. The heroic youth and masses in many parts of our country have stood against brutal massacre and defied … They have attacked many accessible…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - NOSIPHO MAJEKE: A Biographical Note
… From the book: The Role of the Missionaries in conquest by Nosipho Majeke Nosipho Majeke was the pen-name of Dora Taylor. She worked in the liberatory…
EventInternational Year of Mobilisation for Sanctions against South Africa is launched
… (originally called the Special Committee on the Policies of Apartheid of the Government of the Republic of South Africa), launched the International … O…
EventKader Asmal, political activist and future Member of Parliament, is born
… political activist, human rights lawyer, former Minister of Education (1999-2004) and of Water Affairs and Forestry (1994-1999); is born in … a school…
EventSouth Africa abandons the Gold Standard, sparking a period of economic expansion
… farmers were hard hit when the resulting spike in the cost of South African goods devastated exports, especially … fortunes; gold prices increased and…
Don’t be misled by the PROPAGANDA OF THE KAJEE-PATHER GROUP
… agree on a common commitment towards the resolution of the existing climate of violence and intimidation from whatever quarter as well as a commitment to…
History of Muslims in South Africa: Introduction by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… From the book: History of Muslims in South Africa by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida This book, History of Muslims in South Africa: A Chronology, probably the first…
ArchiveLetter from R F Botha, Minister of Foreign Affairs, South Africa, to His Excellency Mr Javier Perez de Cuellar, Secretary-General of the United Nations, New York
… A letter from the Minister of Foreign Affairs to the United Nataions Secretary-General … by SWAPO from Angola into Namibia for the purpose of establishing…
South African House of Assembly pays tribute to the SS Mendi
… sunk. As a result 616 South Africans lost their lives, 607 of which were Black men serving in the South African Native … Contingent. On 9 March 1917, the…
EventSouth African House of Assembly pays tribute to the SS Mendi
… sunk. As a result 616 South Africans lost their lives, 607 of which were Black men serving in the South African Native … Contingent. On 9 March 1917, the…
EventBoers defeat British in the battle of Ingogo (Anglo-Boer War 1)
… During the Anglo-Boer War 1- also called Transvaal War of Independence or Anglo-Transvaal War- a Boer force of about 200 (under General Nicolaas Smit)…
ArchiveReport on Conditions Prevailing in the Winterveld- A Summary of a Series of Articles Prepared for the Pretoria News by Neil Jacobsohn Presented at National Conference 1976
… on Conditions Prevailing in the Winterveld- A Summary of a Series of Articles Prepared for the Pretoria News by Neil Jacobsohn … discussing migrant labour,…
ANC caucus statement on death of Adelaide Tambo, 01 February 2007
… ANC Members of Parliament from both the National Assembly and the National Council of Provinces, who began the three day National Caucus Lekgotla this…
EventLesotho’s Foreign Affairs Minister reveals details of agreement with Pik Botha
… Foreign Affairs Minister, Mr Mooki Molapo, told The Star of an agreement reached with the South African Minister of Foreign Affairs, Pik Botha, a few months…
EventPresident Paul Kruger (78), dies of heart failure in Clarens, Switzerland
… the Great Trek started in 1836, he joined the trek party of Hendrik Potgieter, and later settled on a farm at the foot of the Magaliesberg in 1841. After the…
Theoria: a journal of studies in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
… In June 1947, Theoria : a journal of studies of the Arts Faculty, Natal University College was published. Later, the title changed to, Theoria: a journal of…
PlaceCape Province- 'Province of Good Hope' or previously the- Cape Colony
… The Cape Provinces official name was: 'The Province of the Cape of Good Hope', but is often just called: 'The Cape.' First … by Jan van Riebeeck , who…
EventSouth Africa is said to resume its membership of the Commonwealth
… On 31 May 1994, the Secretary-General of the Commonwealth of Nations, Chief Emeka Anyaouku told reporters at the … in London, that South Africa would resume…
EventThe first large group of French Huguenots arrive at the Cape
… (later Viljoen), arrived at the Cape. By 1692, a total of 201 French Huguenots had settled at the Cape of Good Hope. The Huguenots were French Protestants…
EventThe Congo Free State is established by King Leopold of Belgium
… the Congo Free State was established by King Leopold II of Belgium. Congo was a large region in central Africa that … been able to resist European…
PlaceHoward College Building and the Memorial Tower Building, University of Natal
… The building of Howard College at the University of Natal (now the University of Kwazulu Natal) was made possible by a donation from Durban … Building and…
Demonstrations against Proclamation of Republic: Answers to Questions by May 1961
… Demonstrations Against Proclamation Of Republic Answers To Questions By drum , May 1961 73 [ Drum … the planned demonstrations. The following are answers of…
EventMayor of Welkom, in the Free State, is tarred and feathered
… Race relations during the decline of the Apartheid regime were particularly problematic as many Whites felt threatened by the eventuality of a regime change…