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ArchiveBackground to the 20th anniversary of Republic Day, 31st May 1981
… Pamphlet issued by the Commission for Justice and Reconciliation about the … 1981. The meaning of Republic is also discussed, followed by the brief survey of…
ArchiveSpeak
… Speak, published by Speak Collective, is a publication focussing on issues of … diseases, better work conditions as well as representation by trade unions,…
PlaceJewish Pioneers Memorial Synagogue, Raleigh Street, Port Elizabeth
… The temple was designed by Orlando Middleton and erected by Jacob Kohler and Sons. The Port Elizabeth, Orthodox Hebrew …
PlaceDie Stem Parsonage, Simonstown, Cape Town
… structure was erected as a Rectory and Vicarage, in 1815 by building contractor, Herman Schutte, and its verandah was … Die Stem van Suid Afrika, was…
PlaceGlenara, Burg Street, Rondebosch
… impressive Victorian double-storeyed house was designed by the architect AW Ackerman, and built by one Mannix for Louis Antony Vintsent in 1882-3. The …
EventButhelezi Chief Councillor of the Zululand Territorial Authority
… Authority (ZTA) became the 7th homeland to be inaugurated by the South African government. This saw the Zulu chiefs … new homeland. The Zululand Territorial…
EventDiplomatic relations between SA and Iraq annoys USA
… and the United States of America (USA) became strained by South Africa's announcement that it was going to normalise … 1998. The relations were concluded…
EventMandela confirms the appointment of first Black Chief Justice
… South Africa. Ismail Mahomed was interviewed for the post by Judicial Service Commission (JSC), which makes its … the President, Mandela side stepped the…
ArchiveCircular from Neville Curtis, President, NUSAS, to SRC Presidents and others
… Students containing the text of the Commission appointed by the South African Students Organisation to prepare a … for change. The text of the Commission…
PlaceAnnlin, a Suburb of Pretoria
… Proclaimed in July 1953, it was first administered by Peri-Urban Health Board. In July 1964 it was incorporated … wife of the owner of the ground on which it…
Chapter 5 - TOWARDS PEOPLE’S WAR
… could only be found in Lusaka, Dar es Salaam and Moscow; by 1981, the Party's organised presence had spread to Angola, … For example, in June 1982, Hani and…
”On the Organisations of the African People”, from I. B. Tabata to Nelson Mandela, June 16, 1948
… in our history—the end of the resistance of the Blacks by military means. It opened a new chapter with new forms of … of the people. But the fight for…
Chapter 2 - No equality under the Union Jack, 1900 - 1910
… (literally “we seek our rights”) Society headed by John Kumalo in 1888. Gumede was an active member of this … of civilisation”. Unfortunately Funamalungelo…
Place'Aguada de Sao Bras', Mossel Bay
… had been appointed to search for a trading route to India, by King John II of Portugal. Without realizing that he had … Hope. Dias was however, chased off in…
PlaceCoffee Bay, Wild Coast
… Coast, in a village near a lagoon, cut off from the sea by a mighty cliff, was seen by one of the sea people who became overwhelmed by her beauty and tried…
PlaceSouth African National Archive in Cape Town
… as the culmination of a two-phase programme commissioned by the Department of Public Works . The restoration is part of a long-term programme initiated by…
PlaceGreytown, Kwa-Zulu Natal
… A tentative name had already been fixed to the plan drawn by the surveyor and this was quickly adopted. Greytown, just … Rebellion . This uprising against…
Extracts from the book ‘A long walk to Freedom’. Nelson Mandela’s autobiography
… As adopted by the National Executive Committee of the African National … as a whole. This will usher in a new era characterised by the complete eradication…
PlaceHouse Schoch, Boschdal, District of Rustenburg
… Robertson some time before 1874, when it was acquired by August Schoch. After the South African War, the farm … photographs. They were deposited in the…
PlaceState Theatre, Pretoria
… Designed by Hans and Roelof Botha, the theatre was completed in 1981. … and Music with 2 Bars, a Restaurant and a Museum. Works by South African Artists,…
PlaceLowveld National Botanical Gardens
… The character of the Garden is shaped by the two main rivers that cut across it, namely the … flora of the region. The Garden was officially opened by the…
PlacePaardekraal Monument, Market Street, Krugersdorp
… old legislation on 6 April 1936. The monument was designed by Sytze Wierda who was the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek State Architect, and was built by WY…
Document 12 - Letter from T. W. Thibedi19 to E. R. Roux 20, 27 January 1927
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 12 - Letter from T. W. Thibedi 19 to … to attend open air meetings. I am…
EventThe first 1820 British Settlers arrive in South Africa
… a serious unemployment problem. Therefore, encouraged by the British government to immigrate to the Cape colony, … as farmers made a significant contribution…
EventTatamkhulu Afrika South African poet, writer and struggle activist dies
… him orphaned at the age of two. He was then taken care of by friends and family before being given to a Methodist … in England in 1940. Almost the entire…
EventThe first successful non-direct blood transfusion is carried out
… recorded attempt of a blood transfusion was described by the 15th-century chronicler Stefano Infessura. In 1492, … boys died. After the discovery of…
EventThe New Zealand Mounted Rifles leave Wellington for the South African War
… of the Cape Colony to join the cavalry division commanded by Major General French. Over the course of the war, New … casualty in combat of the New Zealand…
PlaceRosemount
… London, and was located immediately south of the town. By the early 1900s it had been overtaken by suburban residential development, and in about 1909 a ……
PlaceLutheran Church, Martin Melck House and Sexton House, Strand Street, Cape Town.
… this, Lutheran worship had been held in a hall, erected by a wealthy merchant, Martin Melck, and although the … in about 1792, much of the work having been…
3. Charge of assault against an estate manager
… A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai There are many cases on record of indentured Indians being…