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PlaceGoedverwact
… Mission station of the Moravian Church on the Western slopes of the Piketberg, in the magisterial … bequeathed to six of his freed slaves by H. S. Burger. On…
EventTwo top SA scientists are refused entry into Russia.
… On 17 August 1970, two top South African scientists were … Wells said he thought that the refusal was due to pressure on the Russian authorities from Afro…
PlaceWeskoppies Psychiatric Hospital, Main building, Ketjen Street, Pretoria
… renamed as the Weskoppies Hospital. Further Construction on this complex, which includes seven buildings, was begun in … the Oldest Psychiatric Hospital, in…
EventSibusiso Vilane tells about his conquest of Everest
… team expedition, which had reached the summit on 26 May 2003. Back in South Africa, he told journalists at … smiled ... I was grateful there was an African…
EventThe Battle of Ulundi begins
… decisive battle during the Anglo-Zulu War. It took place on the 4th July 1879 and marked the end of the Anglo-Zulu … nation. In July, Lord Chelmsford …
EventCecil Edwin Frans Skotnes is born in East London, Eastern Cape
… Frans Skotnes,a muralist and graphic artist, was born on 1 June 1926 in East London, Eastern Cape. In 1946 he … Skotnes served in the South African forces in…
EventSir de Villiers Graaff and Theo Gerdener jointly express their agreement to form a new party
… Gerdener, expressed their agreement to form a new party on the basis of equal rights for all racial groups in South … prompted by the declaration between the…
EventProfessor Roland Levinsky, world leading researcher in biomedicine dies
… born in South Africa to a British mother and Jewish father on 16 October 1943. His father was born in the … to England. He was 13 years old at the time…
ArchiveThe philosophy tenets and traditions of NEUM
… and how this programme will enable South Africa to embark on the road to freedom and that it is considered a framework … this address and its contents would…
EventBoers and the British clash in the battle of Dalmanutha
… On 21 August 1900 the Boers and the British again clashed in … Dalmanutha (Bergendal). The battle lasted six days, ending on the 27th of August when the…
EventWalter Sisulu secretly attends a meeting at the house of George Xorile with F. Van Rensburg
… On 11 January 1963, African National Congress (ANC) member, … Organisations Act. All “illegal organisations” were on 7 April 1960 banned. Six months later,…
ArchiveChapter 12 Hangings by Denis Goldberg
… hangings every week. There were some of our brave comrades on death row. While they awaited their executions, on many evenings they sang our freedom songs in…
The Choice of Termination Act is Enacted by the Parliament of South Africa
… From February 1 1997, the Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act was enacted by the Parliament … unsafe abortions. In direct opposition to this, the Choice…
Lekota and George resign ahead of disciplinary hearings, 3 November 2008
… the operational capacity of the organisation, and acting on behalf or in collaboration with a group of persons who … following receipt of the respective…
PlaceGroote Schuur Estate
… Cecil Rhodes had a herbivorous menagerie on his estate and in 1896 he was given two lions and a … an extension onto the menagerie to house the creatures. On…
PlaceRailway Administration Building, bounded by Maitland-, Hanger, St Andrew and Harvey Streets, Bloemfontein
… Wentink and built by H. Heath. The cornerstone was laid on 7 June 1898 by President Steyn, and the building was completed on 15 February 1899. Later that…
Document 45 - Letter from the International Secretariat of the International Left Opposition to Cape Town comrades, 23 October 1932
… prescriptions and conditions are not worked out. But, on the other hand, the Left Opposition is based on the four first congresses of the Komintern (3d…
EventThe new ochre-red, white and green tri-colour of the Transkei is adopted
… equal to two-thirds of the length". The flag was adopted on 20 May 1966 and was officially hoisted for the first time on (South Africa's) Republic Day, 31…
EventAbram Fischer is struck off the roll of advocates
… He also led the defence in the Rivonia Trail from 1963-64. On 23 September 1964 Fischer was arrested for contravening … Upon his return, he attended his…
EventThe Angolan government announces a unilateral ceasefire
… the Angolan government announced a ceasefire with Unita on 13 March 2002, to take effect on 14 March. Official talks between senior staff of both … groups…
EventChief George Mzimvubu Mathanzima, former Prime Minister of Transkei, dies
… Hospital in Queenstown. George Matanzima was born on 26 December 1918 in Qamata in the Transkei. Together with … including George Matanzima. In the wake of…
EventIan Smith announced that he is ready to yield to majority rule in Rhodesia
… announcement of the Unilateral Declaration of Independence on 11 November 1965. On this occasion, Smith led his extremist white government in … year of fire…
EventZwelethu Mthethwa found guilty of murder
… known South African artist, was found guilty on 16 March 2017 at the Western Cape High Court of murdering Nokuphila Kumalo, a young sex worker, aged 23, on…
PlaceNoupoort
… each, as did the steam locos, they cut down dramatically on overtime, and many families were transferred to other … Karoo towns, the Noupoort area has its…
Zweli Mkhize slams Zuma in hard-hitting statement, 01 April 2017
… Mkhize, says the ANC leadership should have been consulted on President Jacob Zuma's cabinet reshuffle on Thursday evening. Mkhize said in a statement on…
PlaceCamp’s Bay, Cape Town
… Camp's Bay is located some 9 km from Cape Town , on the slopes of the Twelve Apostles . Zwarte Maria Evert was … same year, a Danish ship that had an…
Document 12 - Letter from T. W. Thibedi19 to E. R. Roux 20, 27 January 1927
… the Party. More especially Group Meeting Y.C.L. Meetings on Wednesday night at M'4 Trades Hall and encourage them all … + for having given the report you…
EventThe Prime Minister announces the appointment of a Commission of Inquiry into the reporting of defence matters, to be headed by Justice M.T. Steyn
… to inform and the right of the public to be informed, on the one hand, and the interests of the security of the state on the other. While there are striking…
EventThe apartheid government reportedly pays compensation for death of Steve Biko
… from his involvement in this organization that his ideas on black consciousness as a movement were developed. The aim … and harassed by the apartheid police…
EventPiet Retief’s Great Trek manifesto is completed
… It is published in English in the Graham's Town Journal on 2 February 1937. To understand the mass emigration of the … to look at the circumstances in the…