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EventTruman Prince, the controversial ANC manager of the Central Karoo District Municipality, is suspended
… Prince's political career has been marked by controversy. On 16 November 2005, he was suspended pending a disciplinary … in soliciting underage prostitutes,…
EventGideon Scheepers executed
… column and found guilty by a British military court on charges of murder, arson and demolishing of trains. … acts of arson, but claimed that he had acted at…
EventThe second Anglo-Boer war, also known as the South African war, breaks out
… of imperialism and republicanism, the discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand, tension between political leaders, the Jameson Raid and the Uitlander franchise…
PlaceHout Bay, Atlantic Seaboard- Western Cape
… for the "Fish and Chips" in the Harbour Area! Posted on 19 January 2026 By Lee-Ann Steyn Take a seal safari in … seal-snorkelling tours. Visitors can watch…
EventChief Kausobson Kausob is killed
… Kausobson Kausob, was killed in battle near Slypklip on the Vaal River. According to the anthropologist Stow, his … In May and June 1958 Kausob launched a…
EventAnton Hammerl, South African photographer, is killed in Libya
… On 5 April 2011, South African photographer Anton Hammerl was killed, allegedly by Libyan forces on the Brega frontline. According to eyewitnesses, Hammerl’s…
Firstly, as to COST
… at the Negotiating Forum meeting at the World Trade Centre on 1 and 2 April 1993: NOTING With revulsion the unacceptable … CONCERNED About the damage…
16. Advice to a son about coming to Natal
… Bhana and Bridglal Pachai Madline Alexander Pillai wrote on 22 January 1906 from Pinetown (near Durban) giving her son Joseph advice on how to come to Natal…
Margaret Thatcher's role in SA's transformation by FW de Klerk, 5 December 2016
… politics Baroness Thatcher and I, and our spouses, met on several occasions and became friends. I would like to … Convention was assembled in 1908 and…
ArchiveZondeni Veronica Sobukwe interviewed by Ntsikelelo Sandi,King Williams Town,12 May 1997
… CHAIRPERSON: Ntsikelelo Sandi will lead you with questions on behalf of the Commission. ADV SANDI: Thank you Mr … tell us briefly about Mr Sobukwe. MRS…
Conclusion: A Land Dispossession History 1600s-1990s
… of the reserves. The success of our democracy depends on this. …
Glossary: Transport through time
… Glider Aircraft without an engine, which floats (glides) on air. Ignition System that puts the fuel alight to start an …
ArticleKwaMsiza - A Ndebele village
… Msiza, the Bhuda, and the Skosana. They originally lived on the farm Hartbeesfontein, at Wonderboompoort, but when …
Place'Aguada de Sao Bras', Mossel Bay
… Bartholomew Dias and his crew landed with his men on 3rd of February 1488, but Mossel Bay's History can be … They have since built a modern-day Dias Museum…
PlaceGreytown, Kwa-Zulu Natal
… the Governor of the Cape from 1854 to 1861. Prior to this, on 31 December 1853, the District residents met to name the Town, and decided on 'Pretorius' after…
PlaceHouse Schoch, Boschdal, District of Rustenburg
… was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 27 December 1985. The Schoch Family Papers consist of 219 … mainly for his children, supply…
PlaceOlivedale , Randburg
… Italian prisoners of war were used to build Improvements on the estate. One of which, a windmill, was built in … was declared a National Monument under old…
The Final Prize by Norman Levy book review by Chris Saunders, 1 June 2014
… of a historian and social scientist. Author of major book on the foundation of South Africa’s cheap labour system, … confinement at Pretoria Local Prison,…
EventWhite women achieve suffrage in South Africa
… issue of granting the vote to White women in parliament, on condition that they supported his re-election. After his re-election, Hertzog made good on his…
EventSASOL plant under attack
… The attacks on SASOL I, NATREF and SASOL II took place on the night of 31 May/1 June 1980 in order to coincide with … was carried out the night before the…
EventCODESA II Talks end in deadlock
… African National Congress (ANC) fail to reach agreement on certain key issues. CODESA was a negotiating forum created … soon reached deadlock. Parties could…
Don’t be misled by the PROPAGANDA OF THE KAJEE-PATHER GROUP
… The government and the African National Congress agree on a common commitment towards the resolution of the existing … establishment of a working group to…
ArchiveBanned
… Statement calling on the public to support a petition of the Students … of Cape Town, asking the United Party to explain its stand on the banning of eight…
Negotiations: a strategic perspective
… Statement by the African National Congress on negotiations as adopted by the National Executive Committee on 25 November 1992. Covers shifts in the balance…
Banned
… Statement calling on the public to support a petition of the Students … of Cape Town, asking the United Party to explain its stand on the banning of eight…
ArchiveRegional Conference: Regional Structures Commission
… Discussion Paper by the ANC on Regional Structures prepared on the mandate of the planning committee of the Regional …
PlaceHorse Memorial, junction of Cape and Russell Roads, Port Elizabeth
… bronze by the Thames Dillon Works, in Surrey, was unveiled on 11 February 1905 by the mayor of Port Elizabeth, Alexander … was declared a National Monument…
Rally to commemorate Joseph Sithole’s funeral
… On 23 September 1984 the apartheid regime banned the funeral … 500 people, were arrested at Evaton Cemetery, Sebokeng. On Tuesday, 23 September 2014, this…
EventSelassie returns to Ethiopia after attempted coup
… to his country after a short successful coup launched on 13 December 1960 by the Imperial Bodyguard, the police … and some radical intellectuals. Selassie…
EventSmuts refuses call to postpone Anti
… held in Cape Town, a deputation of sixty Indians called on the prime minister, Field Marshal J.C. Smuts, urging him to postpone the legislation on the…