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PlaceSchanskop Fort, Pretoria
… was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 29 June 1938. After the Jameson Raid in 1896, President … Shaped like a Pentagon, Fort…
EventPope Paul VI proclaims 22 new African saints. The saints, known as the Blessed Martyrs of Uganda, were a group of converts who were persecuted and martyred from 1885
… Most of the 22 martyrs were killed in a single incident, on 3 June1886. In the last week of May the new King of … of a number of men and women who had been…
EventPresident P. W. Botha offers Nelson Mandela conditional release from prison
… On 31 January 1985 State President P. W. Botha offers Nelson … reads his statement to this effect at a rally in Soweto on 10 February 1985. He states that…
EventAir France A-300B Airbus hijacked from Athens arrives at Entebbe, Uganda
… On 27June 1976, Air France Flight 139, en route from Tel Aviv … as being eager to gain the admiration of the Arab states. On the 29 June 1976, the aircraft…
EventAs part of a defiance campaign against the apartheid Government, SA is hit by a nationwide wave of protests
… On 6 September 1989, the majority of South Africans witnessed … the majority, the Mass Democratic Movement embarked on a defiance campaign launched at the…
EventLiberation struggle activists, Gwala and Mothopeng are released from Robben Island
… the government. Both Gwala and Mothopeng served two terms on Robben Island for their political activities. After the … Act. He was subsequently sentenced to…
EventExplorer and navigator Vasco da Gama completes his voyage round the Cape of Good Hope to India
… mathematics. In 1497, he set out with a crew of 148 men on the Sao Gabriel, and headed for India. After reaching the … as Bartholomew Dias, had turned back…
EventScientists uncover possible reason for SS Waratah’s disappearance 100 years later
… steamer, en route from Cape Town to Durban, South Africa, on 26 July 1909. The ship, built in Scotland, was meant to … Waratah was bound for Durban, and…
EventPresident Paul Kruger (78), dies of heart failure in Clarens, Switzerland
… Paul Kruger (Stephanus Johannes Paulus) was born on 10 October 1825 in the Steynsburg district. When the Great … the trek party of Hendrik Potgieter, and…
PlaceWarden, Thabo Mofutsanyana Municipality
… The N3 passes right through Warden on the route between: Johannesburg and Durban , just North of … season. When the Johannesburg to Durban travel rush is on,…
ArchiveNUSAS bannings condemned
… Articles in the Cape Times reporting on the condemnation by several leading figures of the banning … National Union of South African Students. People quoted…
ArchiveChurches against violence
… yellow lettering. Coloured art image of skeleton hanging on cross with quote from bible. Preach and pray about the killings on Good Friday. March with the…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at a Luncheon of the conference of editors 6 September 1994
… South Africa should not again experience conflict based on racial, religious and ethnic differences. Rather, these … formation of the Government of National…
PlaceEthiopia
… very common in Ethiopia's existence in the 19th Century. On Sept. 12, 1974, Haile Selassie was deposed, the … however, was defeated by Menelik's forces at…
PlaceSt Thomas’ Church, Ridge Road, Berea, Durban
… residents, and decided to build a Church and a School on the wooded Hill West of the Bay. He named his Mission, … as his contribution towards the…
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Weyers Street, Durbanville-Bergsig
… In the year 1824 a number of farm owners, living on the outskirts of Cape Town. Petitioned Lord Somerset, the … church to be built for them! The foundation…
PlaceKruger chairs (Die twee Krugerstoele) in the Paul Kruger Church (Geref. Kerkgebou) in Church Street, Pretoria West.
… church still has the chairs Paul and his Wife used to sit on during services, with the same Dutch hymn book on display. This was as declared declared a…
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, 23 Main Street, Jansenville
… by AH Reid of Port Elizabeth. The cornerstone was laid on 16 August 1884, and the building was consecrated on 20 June 1885. It was declared a National…
ArchiveStatement issued by the S A Council of Churches in reply to the Baptist Union
… about the withdrawal of the Baptist Union from the Council on the issue of the claim on monopoly of non-violence. The Council has reacted to the statement on…
Chapter 8 - ‘Creative Organisers’ rather than ‘Powerful Speakers’: Education as a Site of Struggle
… aspects of its organisation. Specifically, I focus on its structure and membership, its modes of recruitment and … which were generally characterised by…
PlaceTable Mountain Water Supply
… which tower nearly 1100m, above Table Bay . It is flanked on the east by Devil's Peak , formerly known as Windburg, and on the West by Lion's Head. Over the…
Event80 Women arrested for anti-pass protest
… the mobility of the Black population particularly centring on White urban areas, were being implemented all over South Africa. Following the declaration to…
PlaceKitson the Steam Train, Krugersdorp
… A mobile South African National Monument, yes on wheels, is resting in the Museum railway yard at SANRASM, … She was doing so for more than 105 years! Kitson…
EventMpho Mathibela, one of the Siamese twins separated in an operation six months earlier, leaves hospital for the first time
… were born conjoined at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital on 7 December 1986.The twin girls were joined at the head and … online [online]. Available at http:/…
Document 10 - Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union of Africa, Flyer announcing Third Annual Conference, 17 January 1923
… Third Annual Conference OPENS IN THE MINOR HALL, CITY HALL ON WEDNESDAY, January 17, 1923, at 10 a.m. sharp. ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION MASS MEETING Will be…
EventNeil Aggett is buried in Johannesburg
… his funeral. His labour organisation issued a call that on 11 February 1982, that on the day of his burial, all workers should stay away from … funeral was…
EventZimbabwe becomes a member of the United Nations (UN)
… Rhodesia (what is was called previously) was developed on the basis of its mineral and agricultural resources. The … this declaration to be illegal and…
EventDemocratic Party (DP) indicates its policies and outlines its proposed reforms
… These include granting the Black population representation on municipal councils on the same basis as the White population. Although the DP was officially…
EventFifty killed over three days during Inkatha
… in Natal, South Africa, following the release of Mandela on 11 February 1990. One of the reasons advanced for this … an Inkatha stronghold. The release of…
EventBlacks boycott municipal elections
… All-race municipal elections were held on this date to elect segregated local authorities. For the … time elections for all areas, except homelands, were…