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EventThe Ciskei homeland is established
… presidency of Lennox Sebe. In March 1990, Sebe was toppled by the military and replaced by Brigadier Joshua Oupa Gqozo. After South Africa's first …
EventThe ANC and Government accept the Pretoria Minute
… The Pretoria Minute is agreed upon by the government and the African National Congress (ANC), … in the Internal Security Act and suspension of violence by…
EventWalter Sisulu, Raymond Mhlaba and Ahmed Kathrada address the public after 26 years
… Congress (TIC) on 15 October 1989, a rally was organised by the ANC to commemorate their release from prison. The … at the Soccer City stadium in…
EventFirst World Haemophilia Day
… of haemophilia and to bring the needs of those affected by the disorder to the attention of the wider public. The day is celebrated by haemophilia…
EventMbeki and his entourage arrive in Abidjan, Ivory Coast
… South African President Thabo Mbeki, accompanied by Defence Minister Mosiuoa Lekota and Deputy Foreign Affairs … the rest of his delegation. Mbeki was…
EventRelations between South Africa and Algeria are smoothed out
… Relations with Algeria were restored after intervention by President Nelson Mandela. Deputy Foreign Minister Aziz … he stated that the two countries would…
EventThe Rosebud, en route from Calcutta to London, is stranded at Diaz Beach, Mossel Bay
… wooden schooner, weighing 341 tons. It was built in 1876 by Carnegie Peterhead, and was commanded by Captain J. Collie. On 30 August 1888, the Rosebud was …
EventChief Mqikela dies
… Mqikela's rule and Western Pondoland (the Nyandeni), ruled by his half brother Victor Poto Ndamase. Mqikela was succeeded by his son Chief Sigcawu (Sigcau). …
EventHundreds die in a train fire in Egypt
… A fire reported to have been started by a gas cylinder spread through seven of a train’s eleven … train as some of the passengers tried to escape the fire by…
EventAhmed Ben Bella is moved to a French hospital after 11 days of hunger strike
… National Congress (ANC) leader Nelson Mandela was invited by Bella where he received military training from the … Minister and president, Bella was ousted in…
EventGuinea-Bissau is granted independence
… formally Guine Portuguesa, was granted independence by Portugal. The country became independent eight months … his government was overthrown in a bloodless…
EventPeter Clarence van Riet Lowe, archaeologist and civil engineer who built 109 bridges in SA, is born in Aliwal North, CC.
… 1894 in Aliwal North, Eastern Cape. A civil engineer by profession, Clarence was in charge of construction of over … of career from civil engineering to…
The Neglected Tradition
… In 1987 when I was first approached by Christopher Till of the Johannesburg Art Gallery to curate an exhibition of art by 'black South Africans, I spent much…
EventIraq boycott SA government’s apartheid policies
… after the Sharpeville massacre, when 69 people were killed by security police after a peaceful protest led by the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC).The political…
South Africa After Soweto - O. R. Tambo Interviewed to World Marxist Review, February 1978
… Africa, in addition to the armed and unarmed struggle led by the African National Congress, the collapse of Portuguese … and young people participating was…
Address to the Assembly of the Republic of Mozambique, 2 May 2002
… to the Dutch East Indian Company, was forced ashore by some sudden gale force winds near Table Bay. Having been treated with the same kindness displayed by…
Nelson Mandela ‘Release Us or Treat Us as Political Prisoners’, 22 April 1969
… from Robben Island Prison Dated 22 April 1969; Published by the ANC in 1978 Dear Sir, My colleagues have requested me … of all human beings. These activities…
Chapter 7 - Defining the process
… conflict and of substantive negotiation towards democracy. By now, almost all political role-play and commentators had … make matters worse, government…
The ANC Gauteng condemns violent protests and ongoing disruption of schools in Gauteng Province!, 7 September 2011
… The meeting expressed grave concerns on the planned action by the ANCYL structures to protest outside Luthuli House … CBD is brought to a standstill too many…
PlaceMasjiengebou (Machine Building), Defense Headquarters, Pretoria
… Pretoria. Stables and they were Erected in the 1890 by the Government of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek. The … the Military History of the Zuid-Afrikaansche…
Address of the president of the republic of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, to the summit meeting of the OAU heads of state and government Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, June 8 1998
… must advance, so that those of us who are weighed down by the burdens of age, can say, with conviction, that "the … this, that our countries and peoples are…
Preface
… d'etre of its approach. The approach is not dictated by empirical and positivist views that see works as … the newspaper reviews I have turned to (some…
II - The Life of Steve Biko
… From the book: No.46 - Steve Biko by Hilda Bernstein, 1978, South Africa Stephen Bantu Biko was … university, the non-racial students' union was dominated…
31. Cape traders protest against the Hawkers’ Licences Act
… A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai Act 35 of 1906, which … a memorial addresses to the Cape Governor…
EventBarend Strydom kills 8 People in Pretoria
… seriously wounded 16 before he was confronted and stopped by Simon Mukondoleli, a taxi driver working in the … ideals of Afrikaner nationalism were severely…
PlaceHout Bay East and West Forts
… it has been destined for Grade I status for many years by SAHRA as it is in a National Park and World Heritage site, … maintenance has been done for many…
PlacePlumstead
… an old VOC Military Camp some 13km South of Cape Town and, by 1823, was already a growing Village. The Cape Town-Wynberg … of Plumstead, just South of…
PlaceBoys High School, Pretoria
… in Brooklyn, Pretoria, South Africa, founded in 1901 by The Rt Hon. Lord Milner. Its academic performance places … 300 boarders, from South Africa and beyond…
PlaceCity Hall, Pretoria
… competition occurred in 1826, and the winning design by FG McIntosh was chosen to be used for the Pretoria City … classical style and boasts 32 tower bells,…
PlacePolokwane Game Reserve
… the Kalahari Scrub-Robin. This Habitat is characterised by open Savannah and almost entirely dominated by Themeda grass with the odd smattering of Acacia…