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EventPiet Retief, Voortrekker leader, is born
… compensation for freed slaves, as well as the cattle raids by the Xhosa on the Cape Frontier, from which the British … could be free from British control…
EventSheik Yusuf arrives at the Cape of Good Hope
… of the sultan of Macassar, was banished to the Cape by the Dutch East India Company (DEIC). He arrived on board … influence on enslaved people at the Cape,…
EventA blaze destroys Wanderers Cricket Club
… documents, photos, trophies and records. The fire, battled by seven fire crews, started in the kitchen but soon spread. … A report released a month after the…
EventWorld Population Day
… commemorate World Population Day. This day was established by the Governing Council of the United Nations Development … in 1989. It was a result of the…
EventWorld Red Cross and Red Crescent Day
… Sun. There has even been a demand for a Red Star of David by Israel, as they feel that Christianity and Islam are acknowledged by the current symbols, yet…
EventPW Botha refuses to testify before the TRC
… the TRC "the fierce unforgiving assault" on the Afrikaner by the African National Congress (ANC) led government. Botha, … Botha believed that true…
EventThe South African Reserve Bank is established
… establishment of a central bank to take over the gold held by commercial banks and the issuing of banknotes. The recommendation was accepted by the South…
EventThe cornerstone of Cape Town City Hall is laid
… but the hall was only opened in 1905. It was designed by architects Reid and Green from Johannesburg and was built … Africa. The City Hall overlooks the…
EventBoers occupying Magagabe Hill shell Rhodesian positions at Basuto Kop
… at Basuto Kop on 16 February 1900 can be traced in part by Rhodesian fears that the Boers would attempt to invade … their positions there. This led to a…
EventFriedrich Engels, German philosopher, dies in London
… factory. Upon his arrival in Manchester Engels was stunned by the high levels of poverty among the working class. He … struggle, as it resonated with the…
EventPresident Paul Kruger lays the foundation stone of the Raadsaal on Pretoria’s Church Square
… down in 1882. The square's current layout was designed by Vivian S. Rees-Poole in 1912, to imitate London's … of the Raadsaal, which was designed in a…
PlaceCape Maclear, Malawi
… In October 1875, a new mission, "Livingstonia", was set up by a group of members of the Free Church of Scotland. Before the missionaries arrived, the area…
EventFirst Tramway Company in Cape Town commences operations, with a horse
… also existed in Pretoria and Durban, but were all replaced by petrol, diesel and trolley bus systems by the early 1960s. In 1985 a tram service was…
EventInkatha Freedom Party boycotts parliament
… it. He promised to review his party's decision seriously by March if certain demands that were made by him, were met. …
EventSouth Africa joins the OAU
… in Tunis, Tunisia. The South Africa delegation was led by the Foreign Affairs Minister Alfred Nzo, who was applauded … of Ministers and the Annual Summit…
EventParliament opens with the debate of no confidence on Government
… of 'no confidence' in government, which was introduced by the Leader of the political opposition, the United Party, … adequately for the national security of…
EventSouth African woman, Janice Bronwyn Linden, is sentenced to death in China for smuggling drugs
… Linden, 35 from Wentworth in Durban was sentenced to death by a high court in Guangdong Province, China for smuggling … the early hours of 12 December 2011,…
EventThomas Pringle, journalist and editor of Cape newspaper Commercial Advertiser, dies in London
… to his hip as a result of being accidentally dropped by his nanny when he was three months old. Consequently, he … Commercial Advertiser. The publications…
EventRev. Michael Scott besiege the UN for justice regarding Herero people
… action on behalf of the Herero. The Reverend was supported by an Indian delegation and the New York-based International … In 1946 he participated in a…
EventFormer Egyptian President Anwar al-Sadat is born
… Minister Menachem Begin. Sadat was assassinated in 1981 by Islamic fundamentalists who opposed the peace treaty with Israel, and he was succeeded by Hosni…
New Age
… and its' predecessors, The Guardian; Advance were founded by trade unionists, academics and and was known as a leftist … Zeerust and Sekhukhuniland; Group…
9. In search of better employment
… A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai Robert E. Somasundram … am an Indian young man who came over to…
Mzimhlophe /Qhudeni
… home”, named as it was after the shiny tin huts erected by new residents when they were first relocated there. The … because it was closer to a trading…
ArchiveChapter 17 Affairs of the heart and Community H.E.A.R.T.
… called to finalise the proposal it was firmly stated by Billy Masetlha, Mendi’s deputy, that this idea was dead. … for Southern Africa), an information…
Document 121 - A. Mon (M. N. Averbach), “The Colour Bar and the National Struggle for Full Democratic Rights”, Workers’ Voice, 1, 2, November 1944
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 121 - A. Mon (M. N. Averbach), "The … of their disintegration, until they…
Archive2012 - President Zuma, State of the Nation Address, 09 February 2012
… State of the Nation Address by His Excellency Jacob G Zuma, President of the Republic of … movement - the Black Consciousness Movement which was led by Mr…
Chapter 6
… its potentialities. It was a weapon of struggle demanded by the times and sooner or later it would be forged by the force of objective conditions. By the…
Chapter 3
… of an economic crisis. Europe and Asia had been convulsed by revolutionary upsurge. South Africa as an integral part of the capitalist world had been hit by…
PlaceMichaelis School of Fine Art
… a diamond company in Kimberley that was later acquired by De Beers , the school was opened in 1925 after Sir … location of the South African College, which…
Call for Participants: Academy for African Urban Diversity
… is rapidly urbanizing. If this point is agreed upon by a wide variety of actors—from media, to governments, UN … empiricism that characterizes many studies…