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PlaceWits Art Museum
… was founded through generous donations from a collector by the name of Vittorino Meneghell. In 1992, the Gallery was joined by the Studio Gallery which…
PlaceJesser Point Lighthouse
… one, were discontinued on the 1 of April 2000 and replaced by four DGPS (Digital Global Positioning System) reference … maintenance staff. This structure has…
PlaceWoutersen Vault, Wessels Road, Green Point.
… a fence that nobody can cross! It was erected in 1827 by the widow of Peter Woutersen. His granddaughter married, … on the estate. Because the vault had…
EventEllen Phyllis Hellmann, social anthropologist and executive member of the SAIRR, dies in Johannesburg
… the struggles of slum dwellers resisting numerous attempts by the Johannesburg municipality to remove them from inner … Party. Hellmann was awarded an…
EventMandela signs a law into bill creating the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)
… between 1960 and 1994, alongside the human right abuses by both the Apartheid government and the forces aligned … forgiveness among perpetrators and victims…
EventSeretse Khama is re-united with his British wife
… of Mixed Marriages Act, Act No 55 of 1949 enacted by the apartheid government. The Act forbade marriages … warmly welcomed. This was done at a meeting of…
EventThe Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian Representation Act is introduced
… before the General Assembly of the United Nations, both by the Indian leadership in South Africa as well as by the government of India. Click here for more…
EventBishop Desmond Tutu leaves for the USA to meet with American President Ronald Reagan
… was "immoral, evil and un-Christian". This was reiterated by a vast number of Americans who called for the businesses … government. These calls were…
EventUmkhonto We Sizwe, military wing of the ANC, claims responsibility for power station blast
… Party (SACP) to fight against the apartheid government by means of guerilla attacks. MK was founded soon after the … sabotage. MK was classified as a…
EventPercy Qoboza, editor of the Post, states that it is difficult to see how a credible newspaper for Blacks can be created in South Africa
… journalism after joining the staff of the World in 1963. By 1974 he had become the editor, and ensured that the World … down. Attempts to have it re…
EventEgyptian President Anwar Sadat, Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and President Carter begin a Middle East peace conference at Camp David, Maryland
… agreement was signed on Mar. 26, 1979, in Washington, D.C. by Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian … Carter signing as a witness. The treaty…
EventSouth African Parliament votes to restore citizenship to residents of so-called independent states
… The formal announcement on the restoration was made by parliament on 15 December 1993. The date scheduled for the … were denied their South African…
EventSouth Africa relinquishes sovereignty over Walvis Bay
… area for thousands of years. This area was first visited by European explorers in 1485, when Portuguese explorer Diogo … "Woolwich Bay" and "Walwich Bay" was…
EventUS House of Representatives approve Bill to impose stricter sanctions on Apartheid South Africa
… against the excesses of the Apartheid government then led by PW Botha. This Bill would compel 284 American firms to … on the Reagan Administration right…
EventAn international measure is adopted in Antwerp to block rebel groups from trading conflict diamonds
… are "diamonds that originate from areas controlled by forces or factions opposed to legitimate and … Currently, using the System of Warranties is recommended…
EventThe Dutch Reformed Church decides that Afrikaans may be used alongside Dutch during services
… an Arabic Afrikaans Islamic instruction book, written by Abu Bakr Effendi, was published, as well as the first … of South Africa's eleven official languages,…
EventWWI: battalion consisting of ‘Cape Coloured men’, called the Cape Corps, is established
… The most well-known battle that was fought entirely by the Cape Corps was called the Battle of Square Hill, … the Turks. The battle of Square Hill was fought…
EventGeneral Louis Botha wins elections
… making it the majority. The Unionist Party (UP) led by Leander Jameson won only 37 seats. Crowds of party … After a protracted period of Passive Resistance…
EventBambatha Rebellion
… as farmers, tenants on White farms or in reserves created by the colonial government. The tax was instituted to force … working on the Witwatersrand mines…
EventANC sacks its chief whip Mbulelo Goniwe, after finding him guilty of sexual harassment
… Disciplinary Committee (NDC) responded to the allegations by bringing three charged against Goniwe: abusing his office … suspended for three years. Goniwe's…
EventKing Moshoeshoe II is reinstated as King of Lesotho
… from the throne. The latter dethronement followed a coup by Major General Justin Lekhanya who then installed … problems..." In September 1994 an agreement…
EventThe Trojan Horse Massacre
… , Western Province (now Western Cape), the area bordered by Klipfontein Road, Belgravia Road, Thornton Road and … gathering place for anti-apartheid protests…
EventHaile Selassie, deposed Ethiopian emperor, dies
… Exiled in 1936, he was restored to power in 1941. However, by the 1970s, Emperor Selassie’s apparent indifference to a … support. In 1974, he was dethroned…
ArchiveThe Final Prize: Family - chapter 1
… From the book: The Final Prize by Norman Levy I literally fell into politics at the age of … brother’s bicycle when, not expecting to find a meeting by the…
PlaceKwaMuhle Museum, 130 Ordnance Road, Durban
… context. This museum shows a history experienced by the residents, a reality portrayed without criticism or … correcting the inaccuracies in the…
PlaceMaphikela House
… Maphikela House, which is now a National Monument. Visits by Prior arrangements with the family, as it’s still a … Maphikela House, which is now a National…
18. Narayanan searches for his wife and child
… A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai Narayanan, who worked … at rest the anxiety that I feel as a…
PlaceAfrica South Art Initiative (ASAI), University of Cape Town
… ASAI began in 2005, concerned with the lack of engagement by South African artists, Art Historians and Curators with … at the University of Cape Town since…
EventSteven Biko is arrested.
… and liberation from apartheid. In 1973 he was banned by apartheid government. Under the ban, he was restricted to … orders and a charge of obstructing the…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on the occasion of the Budget Vote of the Presidency: National Assembly, Cape Town, June 7, 2006.
… the 50th anniversary of the march to the Union Buildings by the women of our country. As we commemorate the … at the apex of our system of governance, as…