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EventElectricity cut off in Tumahole township
… boycott, with financial support to service arrears caused by the non-payment of services. The cut-off included other … their daily basic needs. Tumahole…
EventNamibia gains Independence
… was placed under the South African administration by the League of Nations after the First World War. When the … as one of its provinces. The request was…
EventBlast opposite the Athlone Magistrate’s Court and police complex kills two people
… and some sources speculate had already been infiltrated by the South African security apparatus. Witnesses who … bodies before the funeral said that the…
EventRebels take control of Kinshasa, Zaire
… Kabila also refused to honour the national debt accrued by the country, nor would he allow the United Nations to … Rapidly becoming unpopular, Kabila was…
EventAbout 22 000 miners on Witwatersrand gold mines go on strike in what became known as the Rand Rebellion
… force, which effectively crushed the general strike. By the end of the strike 153 miners had been killed and 500 … Capital realised the need to reduce costs…
PlaceHout Bay, Atlantic Seaboard- Western Cape
… "Houtbaai" (Wood Bay) as it was named by the Dutch settlers while they explored the Bay behind … a President and Passport! (This a Tourism Ploy, organized by…
EventA Pilot Cellular phone project is launched
… crude mobile (car) phones. These researchers realized that by using small cells (range of service area) with frequency … cellular network in Chicago. This…
16. Advice to a son about coming to Natal
… A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai Madline Alexander … for you to come to Natal which I am sending…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki at the Millennium Debate of the Joint Houses of Parliament, Cape Town, 19 November 1999
… in Tokyo, Japan, last year, we quoted from a tract written by Pliny the Roman, during the first century of this … no upper lip, they are without tongues, and…
Document 18 - The Pretoria Minute
… of being part of a 'country-wide conspiracy' inspired by international communism to overthrow the state by violence." The campaign for the Congress of the…
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…
24. Muslim traders petition against Free State law of 1884
… A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai In 1885 thirteen … the Legislature respecting the disabilities…
PlaceCastle of Good Hope, Castle Street- Cape Town
… Fort was entrusted to engineer Pieter Dombaer , assisted by carpenter Adriaan van Braeckel , and master mason Douwe … and in time the Castle, as it became…
Conclusion: A Land Dispossession History 1600s-1990s
… The patterns of power and privilege in SA have been shaped by the historical dispossession of the majority of people of …