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PlaceClifton and Camps Bay Beaches, Cape Town
… is a secluded collection of four Beaches naturally divided by Boulders and Rocks. Taking a stroll across all Beaches is … Between Clifton and Llandudno…
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 8 February 1983, Volume 32
… Transcript. Address by Advocate K P C P von Lieres, to the Commission of Inquiry … into the South African Council of Churches (SACC), chaired by the…
ArchiveThe Plural society in Africa
… The twenty first in the Heornle Memorial Lectures delivered by Meyer Fortes in which he describes and evalutes pluralism … tribal separatism and the…
Yarra Yarra, St Georges Street, Simonstown
… of a wijnhuis. After the property had been purchased by Jan Gysbert Hugo, two semi-detached houses were erected, … garden was laid out in 1897 in accordance…
PlaceAbraham Fischer Men’s Residence, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein
… The building was designed by Frank Taylor and was officially opened on 16 October 1909 by the then Prime Minister of the Orange River Colony, …
PlacePoswohl Synagogue, Mooi Street, Johannesburg
… The temple was erected by members of the Jewish community who had originally … Jewish families of Poswohl they left behind were murdered by the Nazis during…
EventA Dakota air-liner, Paardeberg, crashes into Ingeli Mountain
… It was SAA’s third fatal crash. The Dakotas were replaced by the Hawker Siddeley 748 turbo-prop aircrafts in 1970. By 1971, all Dakotas had been phased out…
EventSelassie becomes emperor
… Zaudito. After 45 years of rule, Selassie was ousted by Marxist dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam during the 1974 … transformed Ethiopia into a Republic. He is…
EventFormer Springbok rugby captain, Franscois Pienaar, is born
… Rugby Union World Cup. Pienaar was preceded as captain by the legendary Naas Botha, and succeeded by Gary Teichmann. …
EventCalvin Thusago is stabbed to death
… Thusago, a reporter for the SABC, was stabbed to death by a mob of youths as he and a colleague were on their way … where they had filmed the desecration of…
EventTwelve people are killed in Daveyton
… of Daveyton, near Benoni. The incident, which was followed by a barrage of criticism, prompted the government to … Congress (ANC) claimed that its supporters…
EventP.W. Botha petitioned to open all sports venues
… to the state president, P.W. Botha. The petition, signed by 30 000 White South Africans, was organised by a Durban housewife, Mrs Lolly Mackenzie. An…
EventThe 4 x 100m men’s relay team win the gold medal for SA at the Olympic Games in Athens
… to the Olympics in Barcelona 1992, adding to the two won by swimmer Penny Heyns in Atlanta and the marathon gold by Josia Thugwane at the same Olympics. …
EventPrincess Margaret dies
… the funeral was not a State occasion, it was attended by dignitaries as well as by family members and friends. She accompanied the royal …
EventThe Rand Revolt Ends
… The strike by mineworkers on the Witwatersrand, also known as the Rand … ended on March 18 1922. The rebellion was a response by White mineworkers to a…
EventUnion of South Africa is inaugurated
… Following delegates of the Boer Republics' agreement by 54 to 6, to accept the British proposals for peace on 31 May 1902, the Treaty of Vereeniging was…
EventErmelo is founded
… in Mpumalanga Province of South Africa was founded by the Reverend Frans Lion Cachet of the Dutch Reformed … The town was reduced to a single standing house…
EventKaiser Matanzima of Transkei announces his intention to retire from the Presidency
… and family affairs. However, in 1986 Matanzima was forced by the South African government to retire from the presidency. He was succeeded by his brother…
ArchiveCosatu News
… Cosatu News, published by COSATU, the Congress of South African Trade Unions, … The organised, unified strength of workers was considered by COSATU to be the…
Chapter 2 - THE RECONSTRUCTION PERIOD
… months, leaving his famous letter to be read to the court by his lawyer to explain his decision. Some of his co-accused … CEC". 3 With the Central Committee …
Document 48 - Lenin Club, Draft Thesis: The Native Question (Majority) (1934)
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 48 - Lenin Club, Draft Thesis: The … Almost all the productive labour on…
Chapter I - Twenty thousand strong we marched
… From the book: Side by Side by Helen Joseph We shall not rest until we have won for our … of Indian saris and the emerald green of the blouses worn by…
Debate in the House of Assembly during the second reading of the Immorality Amendment Bill on 23 February 1962
… in his capacity as Minister of Justice. Though harrassed by numerous interjections. Adv. Vorster explained the basic … be repealed. On the contrary, every…
Presidential Address to the Eleventh Annual Conference of the Natal Indian Congress, Durban, November 21, 1958
… peace and for the solution of all international problems by non-violent means. We are totally against all domination of one country by another, for we stand…
PlacePretoria Art Museum
… the City. Her donations also included South African works by artists such as Pieter Wenning, Frans Oerder, Jacob … 1964 the Pretoria Art Museum acquired its…
PlaceSouth African State Theatre
… The South African State Theatre was built by Performing Arts department of the Provincial Council of … theatre on the 23rd of May 1981 was Applause –…
David Goldblatt: Structures of Dominion & Democracy (Artthrob), 31 March 2015, Durban, Kwazulu Natal, South Africa
… a white child stoops to peer inside the hut, watched over by a supposedly caring adult. As Goldblatt has noted, “This day commemorated the vow taken by the…
PlaceRondebosch Common, Camp Ground Road, Rondebosch.
… the Rustenburg Estate, and was used as a camping ground by Batavian forces during the first British invasion of the … as the Rondebosch Common and a National…
PlaceMostert’s Mill, Rhodes Drive, Mowbray
… of Steven Bothma. The farm Welgelegen was established by Bothma. After his death the farm changed hands a number of … time in the vicinity of Cape Town. It…
PlaceGroot Constantia, Constantia Valley
… and steadfastness.) Over the years the wine produced by this Farm caught the attention of very influential people … van der Stel, in 1712 . His portion…