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EventZwelakhe Sisulu is arrested
… Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, Westport: Greenwood. …
EventBenjamin Tyamzashe dies in East London
… Tyamzashe was awarded an honorary Masters of Arts degree from University of Fort Hare in recognition of his …
EventAllan Boesak marries Elna Botha
… Dorothy, by whom he had four children. Boesak had resigned from the church before his extramarital affair could be … & Rousseau.| SAHO, " Reverend Allan…
EventA prison warder is killed in Groote Schuur Hospital
… which they dumped the car and hijacked another family from Port Elizabeth. References: http://www.news24.co.za …
EventSwanepoel and Du Preez found guilty of killing soldiers
… and Van Wyk were transporting ammunition in an army truck from De Burg to Ladybrand when they were ambushed. … News24,(2001), ' Two guilty of Tempe murder ',…
EventRuth First is born
… , Joe Slovo and Eduardo Mondlane , the freedom fighter from Mozambique and the first leader of Liberation Front of …
EventViolence escalates in German South West Africa during Herero Revolt
… his small party of German women and children safe passage from Waterberg to Okahandja, SWA. At the time Namibia was …
EventZAR’s last Cruesot ‘Long Tom’ dynamited
… General Viljoen this took place within a mere 200 metres from the advancing enemy. Source: Cloete, P.G. (2000), The …
EventPercy Qoboza and his deputy, Aggrey Klaaste are arrested by the Special Branch police
… led straight to their cells - in their suits and ties - from the newspapers' building. Journalists such as Mathatha … O’Malley, P. ‘1977’ , from Nelson…
EventHenry Morton Stanley’s expedition reaches Fort Bodo, Congo
… of finding explorer David Livingstone. No one had heard from Livingstone since he left for Africa in 1840. Finding … Monthly Company (1996). ‘Henry Morton…
PlaceNarainsamy Temple, Newlands, Durban
… decorated spire and a prominent pyramidal dome built from 1906-1908. The principal deities of the temple are …
PlaceMostert’s Mill, Rhodes Drive, Mowbray
… Other attractions that are situated within a short drive from the mill include the V&A Waterfront, Table Mountain, … both to locals and to the visitors that…
PlaceOrange River
… , is the main storage structure on the Orange River. From there the water is supplied in two directions, namely … Cape has also received a tremendous boost,…
PlaceUtrecht
… in Natal began in 1852 when a group of Dutch Voortrekkers from the Cape settled along the Buffalo River in Natal. … existed in Holland where the Buffalo…
PlaceFort Wonderboompoort, Wonderboom-Pretoria
… J. Wolmarans. The fort was supplied with electricity from a paraffin engine, and equipped with a lightning … had both an underground telegraph and running…
EventArchibald Campbell Mzoliza Jordan, Xhosa writer and linguist, dies
… among his peers. In 1942 Jordan received his MA Degree from the University of Cape Town. In 1945 Jordan began … in Xhosa was translated into English under…
EventThe burghers were victorious in their struggle against Cape Governor Willem Adriaan van der Stel and his officials
… Jan Van Riebeeck proposed that married men were released from their contracts and given farms of their own to … Seventeen (controllers of the VOC) demanded…
The Khoikhoi carry out a series of raids on the free burghers’ herds
… at certain guarded gaps in the hedge. Horses which arrived from Batavia gave the colonists the mobility they had lacked in the war, and expeditions from the…
EventThomas Titus Nkobi is born
… to complete his high School education by matriculating from Bantu High School (later Madibane High School) in … assembly that formulated the Freedom Charter…
PlaceGlen Grey Division
… Throughout this time one group of amaThembu abstained from the fighting and, as a reward, were allowed by the … land east of Queenstown. This territory was…
Documentry on the Life and Death of Ahmed Timol Premieres on SABC3, on 1 February 2015.
… Roodepoort teacher and anti-apartheid activist who fell from the 10th Floor of the security police building in … he may have been pushed, or tortured to…
58. Congress has sold our rights
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South … and others will join hands and save the poor Indians from their impending ruin! I challenge Congress…
25. ‘Free State’ implies equality, declare traders
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South … the authors of the previous petition, Gujarati Muslims from India, not 'Arabs'. Their complaint was…
PlaceElukhanyweni
… the foothills of the Amatola Mountains, located some 50km from King William's Town, at the confluence of the Gxulu and … has also been known as Keiskammahoek…
PlaceVryburg, Bophirima Region
… the Town is not as sleepy as it sounds. Thus not too far from Johannesburg , Vryburg is a large(ish) Town that finds … access to R47 Kimberley; the Mission…
PlaceCape St Francis, Western Cape Peninsula
… Francis Bay, as Seals is the place to be for the surfers from Cape St Francis. The quiet fishing haven of Oyster Bay … geological location, it is susceptible…
ArchiveEFF 2019 Election Manifesto
… is: OUR LAND AND JOBS NOW. The emphasis on LAND derives from the fact that 25 years since the attainment political … we cannot postpone the true liberation…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 80th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1992
… this year bears a quality and content different from all previous years. A new spirit is abroad in our land. … Properly organised, no force can stop our…
72. The Defiance Campaign, 1953
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South … to the launching of the campaign. (d) To receive reports from the provincial organs and to hold a…
66. G.M. Naicker: We will not colloborate
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South … main political conclusions that Dr. Dadoo and I have drawn from our tour. India approves of our…