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EventBarney Pityana is elected Chairman of Human Rights Commission
… body provided for under the Interim Constitution, on its inaugural meeting on 2 October 1995 elected Nyameko Barney Pityana as its … Commission Annual…
EventGeneral Koos de la Rey, buried in Lichtenburg amid a very tense atmosphere.
… On 20 September 1914 Jacobus Herculaas de la Rey, known as … that conflict, was buried in Lichtenburg, Transvaal. On 15 September 1914 de la Rey was on route…
EventBrett Kebble, SA millionaire and director of mining companies, linked to several cases of alleged fraud, is born
… Roger Brett Kebble was born on 19 February 1964 in Springs, on the East Rand. In the 1990’s Kebble got into mining and … worth of shares in one of his…
EventThe SA government presents a promotion of Constitutional Development Bill
… a new Constitutional dispensation for South Africa, based on the principle of one person, one vote. In December 1989, … of the African National Congress (ANC…
Voters may act if ANC fails to uproot patronage by Steven Friedman (BDlive), 10 August 2016
… 2019, or the party may well no longer govern the country on its own. The ANC’s huge setback does not change the … back their support. All of this means the…
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Johannesburg
… On Thursday 08 July 1897 two daughter congregations ceceded … and services in the old Johannesburg church building on Von Brandis Square. However, not long…
Chapter 26. Further Attacks-Passport Case - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… Nationalist Government attacks on the union continued. Schoeman refused to gazette the … industry, which contained the award of the arbitrators, on the…
ArchiveHealth professionals and human rights in South Africa
… Report on the impact of apartheid on health, health related problems of detentions, especially … of children, and the reaction of health professionals, and…
Public Meeting
… A2 poster, litho blue on white; graphic boot kicking man's head; text: Public Meeting: *on the bannings of student organisations; * on townships -- what is…
ArchiveOne Christ, One country, One person, One vote
… Young Christian Students poster, regarding elections on May 6th. White block in centre with artwork of Jesus on a tree. Red drawings of person voting and…
ArchiveCome to the fair
… Yellow poster with black background advertising Open Day on Tuesdy 31st May at St. Georges Church, Parktown, by the 5 Freedoms Forum. Image of a dinosaur…
PlaceTokai Manor House, Tokai Road, Tokai.
… to Johan Rauch in 1792, Within two months, had sold it on to Andries Teubes, who probably built the manor in 1795-96 … declared a National Monument, under…
PlaceDonkin Mount, Port Elizabeth
… Donkin, who had died at Murat, in Upper Hindustan, on 21 August 1818, before his secondment in South Africa. … settlers in the Bay, Donkin had a pyramid of…
PlaceNieu-Bethesda
… half an hour. The Village of Nieu Bethesda was established on the farm 'Uitkijk' which belonged to Barend Jacobus Pienaar . The early settlers on the Farm…
ArchiveSPRO-CAS Occasional Publication Number 8: Apartheid and the church
… Report of the Church Commission of the Study Project on Christianity in Apartheid Society regarding the effects of apartheid on the Church in South Africa…
ArchiveThis vote is not a joke
… NUMSA Shop Steward Elections 1989 letters in red on white at bottom of poster. Title in white letters on red block across top of poster. Image of people…
ArchivePanel discussion: why end conscription?
… of green, black and red heads of soldiers with hard hats on around the border on a white background. Notice of a panel discussion at Great Hall, Wits on…
EventFlorence Nightingale, British nurse in the Crimean War, is born
… Florence Nightingale was born on 12 May 1820 in Florence, Italy. From an early age, she … the treatment environment. In order to share her opinions on health…
PlacePreller-Rondawels, Pelindaba
… declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 2 March 1973. The farm, Welgegund was awarded to Swart … nearby. Tragically Eugéne Marais committed…
EventThe Pondoland Revolts
… were banned. People responded by organising secretly on mountain ridges and formed a movement known as Intaba … Spies and loyalists to the tribal authorities…
EventSheikh Yusuf, regarded as the founder of the Islamic faith in the Cape, dies at Zandvliet (Macassar)
… the East, but was finally persuaded in 1694 to surrender on the promise of a pardon. The Dutch did not fulfill their … ten years after his initial surrender…
PlaceCross erected by Bartholomew Dias
… was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 6 May 1936. The Dias Cross Memorial is a Provincial … Island, a high promontory that juts out…
EventTanganyika becomes a member of the UN
… On 14 December 1961, Tanganyika became a member of the United … status at the UN changed to a single member state on 26 April 1964. Subsequently, on 1…
EventBram Fischer is sentenced to life imprisonment
… Party of South Africa (CPSA). He was later released on bail and in January 1965 and went into hiding. He remained underground until was re-captured in…
EventResumption of talks
… for urgent talks with State President F.W. de Klerk on political violence. Cyril Ramaphosa said he was prepared … emphasised that ANC attendance at such a…
EventMandela visits Zambia
… Nelson Mandela started a seventeen-day foreign visit on 27 February, his first since 1962. Subsequent to his release from prison on 11 February 1990, after…
EventPortuguese explorer Bartholomew Dias anchors at Walvis Bay
… On 8 December 1487, Portuguese explorer and navigator … Dias anchored in what is now known as Walvis Bay. Dias was on an expedition to discover a sea route…
EventThe Sebokeng Massacre of mourners leaves more than 30 dead and 40 more injured
… On the night of 12 January, 1991, more than 30 people were … of the African National Congress (ANC). Nangalembe died on 5 January 1991 after he was kidnapped…
ArchiveNon Violence News, Third quarter, 1985
… Includes issues on increasing levels of obvious violence and blood strife, … leaders opposed to apartheid seem to be searching again on non-violence…
Regional Formation Schools.” Report in SASO Newsletter, September 1970
… adopted at a conference held at Pietermaritzburg on 25 and 26 March 1961. This conference was attended by 1 … of the European population, decided to proclaim…