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EventJacobus Johannes (Jim) Fouché is born in Wepener in the OFS.
… as President; however Donges died before he could take his Presidential seat in office. Fouche’s place as president … South Africa; Fouche was the only State…
EventJournalists' first visit to Robben Island
… north east of Cape Town, political prisoners of the anti-apartheid movement were kept together with hardened …
PlaceThe Wits School of Arts and Arts Museum
… Johannesburg's premier Tourist Attractions, along with the Apartheid Museum and Constitution Hill. It is part of the …
PlaceMoses Mabhida Stadium
… after one of the most dedicated freedom fighters of the apartheid regime, this has been voted the most popular …
PlaceOttery
… Town did not experience dramatic change after the end of apartheid. Government policy ensured that Schools and …
Address by President at the official opening of the new bridge over the Limpopo River at Beit Bridge Beit Bridge, 24 November 1995
… a better life to all. Our struggle to end colonialism and apartheid was never an end in itself. It was a starting point …
EventCODESA II Talks end in deadlock
… to facilitate a new constitutional dispensation for a post-apartheid South Africa. Established by the end of 1991, it …
PlaceSouth African State Theatre
… seats 150, the Momentum which is for experimental theatre work, the Rendezvous which seats 260, the Transvalia which …
Nelson Mandela University presenting AEE REP qualification programme
… includes passing the exam with 70%, and submitting your work experience and CV. …
“Message to Those Staying At Home”: Joint Statement by Dr G. M. Naicker and Chief Albert J. Luthuli, April 1958
… are earnestly requested that if they are escorted to work, they should offer no resistance, in the true spirit of …
Document 31 - Letter from E.R. Roux to Victor Danchin, 6 March 1929
… doing, it must eventually (with the assistance of the CI) work out a decent theoretical picture. I think you will admit …
PlaceBeachwood Mangroves Swamp, Durban
… was flourishing in a riot of green! The way mangroves work is fascinating. At Beachwood you’ll find three types: …
58. Congress has sold our rights
… competing with you. On the other hand, our children and we work hard and till the soil, make a living, spend all our …
PlaceCape St Francis, Western Cape Peninsula
… Francis in 1575 and named it ' Bahia de Sao Francisco '. Work on the lighthouse on Seal Point, at Cape St Francis, …
ArticleKingdoms of Southern Africa: Mapungubwe
… occupied the lower parts of the hills. The king and his advisors were the decision making body in the state. Unit … -falling asleep or anything else -he gets…
ArticleXenophobic violence in democratic South Africa
… 36, who owned a restaurant in Sea Point, was hijacked with his wife Tjidi and their toddler in Adam Tas Road, Bothasig. … settlement on the East Rand. Nobody…
PlaceBoschhoek Farm, uMzinyathi,-a District in kwaZulu-Natal
… Inkosi Sigweje the previous leader, related the history of his people and their struggle to find land security in an … to the Umsundusi River to a place…
Indian education in Natal
… the Free Indians. 1 August, The Board felt that Dunning?s work/report was unsatisfactory and gave him three months … workers in country places were too tired…
PlaceClanwilliam, Stellenbosch District
… Cradock (1811-14). He renamed the sub-magistracy after his father-in-law, the Earl of Clanwilliam . In 1820, efforts … poet of the Second Afrikaans Language…
PlaceBethelsdorp, Algoa Bay -Eastern Cape
… fervour that must have at times amazed the missionary and his colleague, James Read. Not satisfied with simply … safety for runaway Khoikhoi, Van der Kemp…
EventThe first successful non-direct blood transfusion is carried out
… husband was the donor, and gave four ounces of blood from his arm to his wife. From 1825 to 1830, Blundell conducted 10 blood … of which five were successful…
PlaceGeorge Harrison Park
… (No. 19 and 21) which were granted to George Harrison and his prospecting partner George Walker respectively by G. C. … Provincial Heritage Site. (As an…
EventPresident Vorster challenges Dr Rhoodie
… P.W. Botha, released a cautiously worded statement from his office, saying that the Cabinet knew of secret projects, … to resign only if it could be proved…
EventCruel murder of Dora Bloch
… all the hostages, including Bloch's deeply concerned son. His concerns were justified as Idi Amin vented his rage on fellow Ugandans and Bloch. It later…
EventANC Constitutional proposals are disclosed
… described the ANC's proposals as unrealistic and released his timetable for future constitutional reforms. According to … De Klerk's proposals as…
EventThree AWB members shot and killed during the invasion of Bophuthatswana
… from power and a temporary administrator was put in his place by the Transitional Executive Council (TEC). A … from the Truth and Reconciliation Committee in…
EventThe Native Affairs Commission went once more to Ntabelanga for negotiations
… that he had had a vision that the world would end in 1920. His declaration inspired a pilgrimage of his followers from all over South Africa. About 3 000…
EventMbhazima Shilowa, former premier of Gauteng, is born
… Movement. In 1986, he was dismissed at Anglo-Alpha for his political activities. Shilowa began working underground … (ANC) and the South African Communist…
EventFormer Egyptian President Anwar al-Sadat is born
… War. The war was a political success for Sadat, bolstering his popularity through the Arab world. In Egypt, he reversed many of his predecessor’s socialist…
Archive'Winnie hired me to kill Dr Asvat' (Mail & Guardian), 05 September 1997
… two men convicted of the killing of Dr Abu Baker Asvat at his Soweto surgery on January 27 1989 described this week how … “Mrs Mandela promised us R20 000 to…