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PlaceLutheran Church, Martin Melck House and Sexton House, Strand Street, Cape Town.
… buildings stands in Strand Street , across the road from the Koopmans De Wet House , and was originally designed … Reformed faith. However, following a…
17. Latief insists on his right to travel by any train
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South … 13th inst. in allowing me to travel by the 5.5 p.m. train from Pretoria to Johannesburg. As regards…
3. Charge of assault against an estate manager
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South … I told the manager and sirdar that I was sick, suffering from loose bowels and was not able to work…
24. Muslim traders petition against Free State law of 1884
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South … several of their compatriots have accepted honorary titles from England, amongst which as far as the…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - NOSIPHO MAJEKE: A Biographical Note
… From the book: The Role of the Missionaries in conquest by … and music. She wrote novels and plays with themes drawn from the history of struggle in South…
PlaceSun Valley Estates, Ladysmith
… Estates they encountered health problems and suffered from diseases like diarrhoea and vomiting. At travelling clinic came round once per month. Apart from…
PlaceAmathole Mountain Region, Eastern Cape
… is 105 kilometres and six days of strenuous walking, from King William’s Town to Hogsback through immense, … But you don’t have to climb the mountains to…
PlaceIziko Museum's, Cape Town
… of scientific importance. The collections now range from fossils almost 700-million years old to insects and fish … made by people 120 000 years ago,…
PlaceCastle of Good Hope, Castle Street- Cape Town
… further east that would be able to resist any attack from the sea. It followed a standard plan common in Europe at … approaches to the Bay . This did not…
ArchiveAddress to NUSAS Congress 1968
… and exile of Dr Bill Hoffenberg and pressures on NUSAS from right-wing students and the government. …
ArchiveResolution on the International Communist Movement
… in China and the departure of the Mao Tse-Tung leadership from the principles of scientific communism. …
ArchiveBiography of Moses Mabokela Chikane
… was detained under section 28 of the internal security act from the 28 August to September and also detained on 23 April …
Culture and Resistance - Cynthia Kross
… held in Botswana that brought together over 600 articles from across the arts' poets, musicians, photographers, visual …
EventThe Group Areas Act comes into effect
… and Coloureds. This resulted in a many forced removals from areas like District Six and Sophiatown, uprooting …
EventSibusiso Ndebele, The premier of Kwa-Zulu Natal province and a National Executive Committee member of the ANC, is born
… Ndebele became premier after the ANC wrested power away from the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) in the 2004 national …
EventDefence minister Mosioua Lekota born
… commonly known as 'Terror' Lekota, a nickname he received from the soccer field. Lekota joined anti-apartheid movements …
EventWole Soyinka is born
… first African to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature from the Nobel Prize Committee in 1986. Click here to read …
EventSADF seals off Vaal townships
… was to eliminate criminal elements and intimidating forces from the townships. … Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to…
EventNew Group Areas Amendment Bill excludes sports
… amenities for different races, but excluded sports venues from its provisions. It is assumed that this step was taken … Political History: a chronology of…
EventBritish troopship wrecked – 372 drown
… Arniston in Marcus Bay, about twenty-five kilometres from Cape Agulhas. Of the 378 people on board, only six …
EventPiet Retief is baptized in Drakenstein, Western Cape
… settlement to the interior. Prior to their departure from Cape Town he wrote a manifesto to the Grahamstown …
EventJames Sebe Moroka is born
… president-general of the African National Congress (ANC) from 1949 to 1952, was born in Thaba Nchu, Orange Free State. … Remembered.co.za," James Sebe Moroka…
EventKing Leopold II of Belgium denies accusations of brutality in the Congo Free State
… undertaken by the Leopold II to mine rubber and ivory from his personal colony, exploiting his slaves. Leopold II … A.,( 2011), ‘This Day in African History:…
PlaceOnverwacht
… of the Thaba Nchu section of Bophuthatswana, about 50km from Bloemfontein. The place was composed of about seven … & 168| ‘Botshabelo’ Free State attractions…
EventVuyani Bungu wins IBF World Boxing Title
… ,Welcome Ncita, who had failed to retain the same title from McKinney. Click here to view Bungu's career record. … Boxrec, " Vuyani Bhungu ", from BoxRec …
Chapter 4 - Removing the obstacles
… According to the PAC, 'slaves have nothing to gain from negotiating with their masters.... We do not need … measured speech. Two South Africans. Two…
Archive2006 - President Mbeki, State of the Nation Address, 3 February 2006
… among us also are Inkosi Zondi and Oscar Zondi, patriots from KwaZulu-Natal who are working to ensure that the nation … his former involuntary temporary home…
ArchiveCollaborators and falsifiers exposed
… had taken a decision to prohibit the African students from attending classes and were refused admission to the …
ArchiveThe birth of the Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa
… the Cape Province. Within ten years most of the students from that meeting were either in exile, banned or jailed.The …
ArchiveThe road to Oslo and beyond
… Albert Lutuli's Nobel Peace Prize award with extracts from the speech by Mr Gunnar Jahn, President of the Nobel …