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EventSA artist Vuminkosi Zulu is born
… . He left school at standard VII to concentrate on his calling that was to be an artist. Zulu became a world-renowned artist and his depiction of the 'The…
EventSir Julius Jeppe, founder of the Witwatersrand Township Estate and Finance Corporation, dies in London
… He was a mining and property magnate who was knighted for his pioneering role in the development of Johannesburg. He … was born in Rostock, Germany in July…
EventMoses Kotane receives Isitwalandwe/Seaparankoe
… Three years before his death Moses Kotane, member of the South African Communist … The ceremony to honour him with this award coincided with his 70th…
Document 20 - F. Carneson, “The Franchise Action Committee”, Discussion, 1, 3, June 1951
… Discussion, 1, 3, June 1951 The lecturer prefaced his address by stating that the views he would express were … of F.R.A.C., though many of its members…
EventThe ANC calls for a day of protest and observes this day as 'South Africa Freedom Day' for the first time
… In 1950 the apartheid government introduced the Unlawful Organisations … It was this campaign that led to the consideration of apartheid by the United…
EventMoïse-Kapenda Tshombé becomes the Prime Minister of the Congo
… with the murder of Patrice Lumumba in Katanga. Amid his differences with the central government Tshombéwent to exile in Europe in 1963. Following his return…
EventThe Trial of strength between the Conservative Party and the National Party begins as three Members of Parliament resign
… Waterkloof respectively, after which he would relinquish his seat in Soutpansberg. Botha together with Langley and … of this electoral challenge was that PW…
EventSouth African Prime Minister, John Vorster resigns
… 1966, John Vorster , shocked the nation by announcing his resignation from office, at the request of his colleagues, on the grounds of ill health…
EventThree people are murdered at Eikenhof
… Zandra Mitchley, her fourteen year old son, Shaun, and his friend, Claire Silberbauer, were murdered on the old … Phila Dolo, claimed responsibility for the…
EventHeadman Tshabalala, founding member of the band Ladysmith Black Mambazo, is shot and killed
… band Ladysmith Black Mambazo and sang alongside many of his relatives. The group was first only known in the … Tshabalala was shot dead on *6 December 1991…
EventButhelezi snubs ANC and homeland leaders
… called for talks between himself and Nelson Mandela in his capacity as the leader of IFP to find ways and means of … Buthelezi because he felt that the ANC…
EventSir Patrick Duncan, Governor-General of the Union of South Africa, is born
… from Balliol College in Oxford in 1981. After writing his law examinations in 1893 he joined the Department of … Revenue in 1893. Duncan came to South Africa…
PlaceBeaufort West, Cape Town
… Charles Somerset , Governor of the Cape, 1814-1826. After his father, the fifth Duke of Beaufort. It became a … however, one was totally destroyed in a flash…
PlaceSuurbraak, a Settlement in the Overberg Municipality
… Stations in the country. Following Helm’s death in 1848, his son, Daniel Helm, continued the mission work. Seidenfaden remained there until 1825, after which…
ArchiveSurvey shows ignorance about big moments in South Africa’s history – like the Sharpeville massacre (TheConversation.com)
… document, known as a “dompas” (dumb pass), that the apartheid regime forced black people to carry, and which … a way of remembering the egregious human…
Place'Aguada de Sao Bras', Mossel Bay
… Bartholomew Dias and his crew landed with his men on 3rd of February 1488, but Mossel Bay's History can … sought shelter in Mossel Bay after losing most of…
Re-membering Krotoa and Autshumato by Deela Khan (poem)
… Swift as an air-slicing pestle, he was not re-captured but his land had already slipped into Dutch hands. Robbed of …
Document 30 - W. M. Tsotsi, “Presidential Address to the All-African Convention Conference”, Edendale, 14 to 16 December 1958
… who will submit to "traditional Bantu Principles" in all his professional and commercial dealings. In other words a … rather than starve to death the people…
EventGeneral Louis Botha dies
… by a cold that had developed into pneumonia while on his farm Rusthof. Very ill, he returned to his home in Pretoria where he died. He was buried in the …
Celebrating 62 years of struggle, 10 September 2006
… a difference. We honoured Lucas Radebe with an award for his leadership of Bafana Bafana, and his sterling example on patriotism throughout his soccer…
19. Lawrence asks for exemption from discriminatory laws
… resided in the Colony is twelve years and four months. 4. His trade or calling is attorney's clerk. 5. Your petitioner … to the value of about £200. 8. Your…
Eye of the Needle - Chapter 3 - South Africa: Culture and Conflict
… of their means of production, had no alternative but to work for the "new owners" in order to survive. In the course … would still be invalid. For a person…
EventSouth Africa's new constitution is approved
… was the embodiment of the vision of generations of anti-apartheid freedom fighters and democrats who had fought for …
Statement by Oliver Tambo at the Funeral of Moses Mbheki Mabhida, 29 March 1986, Maputo
… has departed from our midst. A seeming void occupies his space, the air so still without his voice. Like the pure note of a bungle, that voice rose ……
Statement at the Funeral of Moses Mbheki Mabhida by O. R. Tambo, Maputo, 29 March 1986
… has departed from our midst. A seeming void occupies his space, the air so still without his voice. Like the pure note of a bungle, that voice rose ……
PlaceWindybrow, Pietersen Street, Parktown, Johannesburg
… in 1888. Reunert was a Family Man, with four Sons (one of his Sons had the Family Name of; Jameson, so one knows where his Political sympathies lay). In 1896…
PlaceFranskraal and the Strandveld Museum
… and shops in the Overberg region that display the work of local painters, sculptors, jewellers and …
PlaceFourteen Streams
… reached Fourteen Streams on 1 December 1890. Although this work had originally been commissioned by the Cape Government, …
PlacePretoria Correctional Service Museum
… War, when the company 'Prentice and Mackey' started work on the present site in December 1904. The prison was …
EventThelma Gutsche, a South African scholar, historian and film critic, dies
… and directing films. After the war she continued to work in the film industry and produced a number of …