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Sir David Gill (70), royal astronomer at the Cape and first man in South Africa to photograph the moon, dies in Cape Town.
On its 80th birthday the ANC declares that an interim government of national unity must be set in place and a general election
The Rev. Hendrik Willem Ballot (47), parson in Tulbach, dies and is buried in front of the pulpit of the Dutch Reformed Church.
Death of Herman Albrecht, a South African soldier who fought on the side of the British during the S.A. War and who received th
Second heart transplant in South Africa is performed by Dr Chris Barnard on Dr Philip Blaiberg. He lived one year and seven mon
Percy Fisher, born in 1891 in Durham, England, miner and unionist who was regarded as the main leader of the 1922 miners’ strik
Eight British tourists, five men and three women, are killed on their way to the Royal Natal National Park when their bus swer
Address of the President of South Africa and Commander-in-Chief of the SANDF, Thabo Mbeki, on the occasion of the Presidential Fleet Review, 5 September 2008, Simonstown
"Presidential Order of the Day - we wish you and the South African Navy every success in ensuring the maritime security of our nation and helping to underwrite…
Document 4 - ‘Our Annual Conference - An Inspiring Gathering’: report in the ‘South African Worker’
… to no one in their passionate love for this our beloved land. We belong together - we will survive or be destroyed … they please without being accountable to…
Document 7 - Draft declaration of unity provisionally adopted at Unity Conference, Bloemfontein, 17 December 1943
… wealth of South a more equitable distribution of the land - these 33 years have been marked by a process of … is through lack of political rights that laws…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Introduction
… the +Khoikhoin and the Bantu, and confiscated their land, they had next to ensure heir continued domination over … The story, if truly told, is one f…
ArchiveRudd Concession by King Lobengula of Matabeleland (1888)
… seeking and desiring to obtain grants and concessions of land and mining rights in my territories, I do hereby … kingdom, principalities, and dominions all…
The Bill of Rights
… the public interest includes the nation's commitment to land reform, and to reforms to bring about equitable access … resources; and 2. property…
PlaceKenya
… of indigenous ethnic groups and the reallocation of their land to European settlers. The 1950’s saw the dawn of a … a few years later in 1903 precipitated a…
Off-the-record statement by Minister R F Botha at a meeting between the Minister and representatives of the South African media in Washington on 16 May 1981
Press statement by Minister Pik Botha about US/South Africa relations and policy. Nuclear matters were also mentioned.
The occupation of the British Consulate in Durban, the Anderson visit and the role of the United Democratic Front in the international struggle against apartheid
Discussion paper by the United Democratic Front on its stand regarding the international struggle against apartheid, the British Consulate occupation and the…
PlaceStellenberg, Stellenberg Avenue, Kenilworth
… of the Dutch East India Company were forbidden to Grant Land to their relatives, so Frans made a Token Payment to the … covered an Area of what later became…
Dr Yusuf M. Dadoo's Statement In Court In Trial For Passive Resistance, June 1946
… African Indian Congress which totally opposes the Asiatic Land Tenure Act and resolved to carry out a Passive … have launched upon this campaign by occupying…
PlaceNieu-Bethesda
… located within the Sneeuberge, or Snow Mountains . The land was purchased for and on behalf of the Dutch Reformed … of sabotage. . It is almost impossible to…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter XI - Completion of military conquest
… on the north-eastern border of the Cape Colony. "No-man's-land" was still in a state of ferment and by 1873 the … leapt still higher, extending from Zululand…
Letter from D. V. Naidoo and Steve Biko to Fort Hare re Conference in December at Mariannhill, Oct. 14, 1968, with enclosed statement, Background to the conference,
Invitation to Black universities and training colleges to attend a conference to be held from the 1st to the 3rd of December 1968.The conference is intended to…
Verdict Brought by Dr Wendy Orr and 43 Others Restraining the Police from Assaulting Detainees in Port Elizabeth Prisons: Report Presented at National Conference 1986
Verdict Brought by Dr Wendy Orr and 43 Others Restraining the Police from Assaulting Detainees in Port Elizabeth Prisons: Report Presented at National…
EventA conference is held in Geneva, Switzerland (1949) to revise the original Geneva Conventions.
… humanitarian conduct during warfare for armed forces on land and sea, prisoners of war and civilians. While the first … for the treatment of wounded and sick…
PlaceVan Riebeeck’s Hedge, Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, Cape Town.
… a boundary to the Settlement by ploughing up a strip of land 3.6m wide and " to plant and sow bitter almonds and all kinds of quick-growing thorn bushes in…
ArticlePass laws in South Africa 1800-1994
… short of labour at the Cape. The Khoikhoi had lost their land to the colonisers in the late 1700’s and were forced to … forcing large numbers of Black…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the official opening of the Bram Fischer library at the legal resources centre Johannesburg, 27 September 1996
… gedwing is om wetsoortreders en verstotelinge in hul eie land te word. Bram Fischer het die gevolge van hierdie … toegewy. Danksy die bereiking van…
PlaceNelson Mandela University, in Gqeberha
… Outreach Activities . Built on 8,3 Square Kilometers of Land donated; by the then Port Elizabeth City Council, the …
Baviaanskloof Region and Pass, Eastern Cape
… exciting and beautiful - an area awaiting discovery! This Land of raw wilderness, with its rocky Passes and rugged …
PlaceSuurbraak, a Settlement in the Overberg Municipality
… A decade later, Cape Governor Sir George Grey granted the land to the inhabitants, which included the “Attaquas and …
Address at The Official Opening of The Cape Town International Convention Centre, Cape Town, 28 June 2003
… Atlantic Ocean from where Convention Square gained its land. This centre draws its essence from the granite Table … In the 1930s, Cape Town expanded and the…