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… Chris Heunis, minister of Constitutional Development and Planning says that R555m is owing in rent arrears, of …

… Britain’s Queen mother, widow of King George VI and mother of his successor to the throne, Queen Elizabeth …

… Justice Rumpff finds Sisulu and other accused not guilty on a charge of High Treason, in …

… the burial of Johannes van der Walt, well-known wrestler and hero, in Melville, Johannesburg …

… British explorer who discovered the origin of the Nile and the first European to see Lake Victoria, is born …

… Africa ends, with the ANC receiving 62.6% of the votes and the National Party 2 …

… The League of Nations is established, with Gen. Jan Smuts and Prime Minister Louis Botha as the two representatives of …

… The Huguenot Church, designed by Louis Thibault and oldest church building in SA after the Groote Kerk in …

… the Buffalo: East London West Bank; East London East Bank, and Panmure, are mer …

… Ten railway coaches are set on fire in Soweto and another twenty-six are damaged. (2004). Today in History, …

… Worrall, wife of Democratic Party co-leader Denis Worrall, and fifty-four other women arrive in Harare for three days …

… Jan Christiaan Smuts, in charge of British, South African and Indian troops in Kenya, finally has the Germans on the ru …

… Draft position paper on the ideologies of Pan Africanism and Black Consciousness as they have developed in occupied …

… of the South African Communist Party to the Government and People of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam …

… is to be awarded to foreign nationals (Heads of State and Government) and other foreign dignitaries. It is to be awarded for … three Classes: Class 1 = Supreme Companion of O.R. Tambo (Gold) Class 2 = Grand Companion of O.R. Tambo (Silver) Class …

… of UNTAG in Namibia, the implementation of Resolution 435 and the issue of Namibian refugees … notes of meeting between the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General: Cape …

… by Dr Alan Paton on the Sixth National Day of Affirmation and Human Freedom in the Great Hall, University of the … Address on the Sixth National Day of Affirmation and Human Freedom in the Great Hall, University of the …

… a building on the end of the runway at Cotonou, Benin and ends up in the Atlantic Ocean. (Mail & Guardian, 9-15 Jan … a building on the end of the runway at Cotonou, Benin and ends up in …

… After the Mapungubwe gold was declared a national heritage collection in October … custodian as it played an important role in finding the gold and preserving it, making the university the host of the … Hidden Away: Excavating the Archive of the Mapungubwe Dead and their Possessions’, (UCT. M.A. Thesis. 2013).   …

… Province on the border between South Africa , Zimbabwe and Botswana , 75 km from Messina. It sits close to the point … trading center from around 1200 to 1300 AD, trading gold and ivory with China, India and Egypt.   The site was … stone walls and on closer inspection, they recovered gold and iron artifacts, pottery and glass beads. Van Graan's …

…  A labour shortage at the gold mines on the Rand resulted in the importation of Chinese … of the indigenous population. The development of the Gold mining industry was also one of Milner's plans to … 1901 that would serve the dual purpose of providing labour and strengthening ties between Portugal and Britain, …

… Lourens Geldenhuys was 14, his father moved them to the gold reef, where their farm began searching for gold, this became the Geldenhys Estate! Lourens and his brothers bought Braamfontein, where they hoped to …

… (now Eastern Cape). His middle name ’Mvuyelwa’ is Xhosa and means ‘he for whom the people sing’. Both his parents were teachers, activists and members of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA … period he met his wife to be, Zanele Dlamini, a social worker from Alexandra Township in Johannesburg, who was also …

… Sandton Sun, 13 February 1993 Assalaam Ualaikum, Namiste and Good Evening. We are gathered here today at a time when … tonight represents some of the most senior business and community leaders of the Indian community throughout the Transvaal. I am honoured to be a part of it and I thank you for this opportunity. This is a most …

… 6 - Report of Delegation to All-African Convention and Unify Conference 16-17 December 1943. Presented to 2nd … this Report of their visit to the All African Convention and their participation in the preliminary Unity Conference … 1943. We consider that the Anti-C.A.D. has taken a wise and momentous step in sending a delegation to these …

… Director-General; Your Excellencies; Ladies and Gentlemen, Today's auspicious occasion is rich with the … the original GATT agreement. They were Southern Rhodesia and the Union of South Africa, now Zimbabwe and the Republic of South Africa. All that time both were …

… Compatriots, fellow South Africans and comrades, On behalf of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress, and on my personal behalf, I greet you all. We bring to this conference the best wishes of the combatants and militants of our movement, both inside and outside South …

… The Museum is situated on Kumalo Street in Orlando West, and is named after Hector Pieterson, one of the first … from where Hector was shot. The museum houses photographic and audio-visual displays that follow the chronological … 566 schoolchildren were killed during these protests, and 16 June has subsequently been observed as a public …

… just outside Klerksdorp . It was established around, and known primarily for, its gold mining opportunities, and lies on the banks of the Vaal … mining pioneer, Simon Fraser, had first started mining for gold in the 1880’s. He was originally from the Orkney Islands …

… Africans are the Nguni, Sotho-Tswana, Shangaan-Tsonga and Venda. Together the Nguni and Sotho account for the … the Tlhaping and Rolong under Chief Morolong ( the metal worker ) and the the Bafokeng ( people of the dew ). Oral … in the nineteenth century. The discovery of diamonds and gold in the 1860s and 1870s in southern Africa led to the …