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Chapter VI - HEAR US!
… was squashed into the back with instructions not to show his white face, while Robert got out and knocked up the white petrol pump-owner from his bed,…
PlaceThesen Island
… prominent timber merchant from Stavanger in Norway . Left his hometown with his wife and nine children, planning to start a new life in … is where they…
PlaceUniversity of Pretoria Museums
COLLABORATION OF PLACES WITH MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES. SOUTH AFRICAN HISTORY ONLINE (SAHO) UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA MUSEUMS (UP MUSEUMS)"The University of…
PlaceCango Caves, Oudtshoorn
… caves with a crew of researchers, ready to excavate. The work began with a tromp around, looking for cave entrances. …
41. Statement of Indians to the Transvaal Constitution Committee, 1906
… the case for the Indian subjects of Her late Majesty. In his dispatch dated the 4th September 1895, he stated: In … have to ordinary civil rights in British…
ANC ‘Military High Command’ Leader Interviewed
… clearly believe that the bombing campaign is the work of the banned African National Congress, ANC. Joe Slovo, …
Address On World Aids Day, 1 December 1999
… discrimination which they have institutions and places of work. Rejection of those who are suffering is not acceptable; …
”Policy of the Congress Youth League.” Article by A. M. Lembede, in May 1946
… be in a position to pilot their own ship and, unhampered, work toward their own destiny and, without external hindrance …
EventSharlto Copley is born
… Copley began producing amateur theatre and film. He met his business partner Simon Hansen during his high school years at a Johannesburg private school…
Chapter 1: Introduction
… Buthelezi and other homeland leaders " puppets of apartheid ". His speech was believed to have started violence in the … more violence in the region, and it…
PlaceMasjiengebou (Machine Building), Defense Headquarters, Pretoria
… a Teacher, in the Rijdende Artillerie en Politie in 1888. His appointment as a Teacher was an early attempt by the … of whom would later hold the rank of…
ANC condemns hijacking of Spokesperson, 24 November 2009
… Mnisi had just dropped off a friend and waited at his companion`s driveway when two men emerged and pointed …
EventLouis Raymond, an Olympic tennis singles gold medalist is born
… champion at the time.[iv] Raymond claimed the title after his Olympic victory by beating Brian Norton, and retained the …
Cape Town Launch of A to Z of Amazing South African Women
… to Taipei to obtain a degree in advertising. He completed his MA in New York, where he worked as a sneaker designer and …
EventMichael “Muis” Roberts, South Africa’s best jockey is born
… nicknamed “Muis” (English translation for mouse), due to his petite physique when he registered as a member of the …
PlaceGroote Schuur Campus, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch
… From 1900 to 1907 it was the home of Rudyard Kipling and his family who stayed here during the summer months. The …
PlaceGrabouw
… laid out a Village on the site. He named it Grabow, after his home town in Germany. Grabouw is situated in the Elgin …
Document 61 - Minutes of the meeting of the Workers’ Party of South Africa, Johannesburg Branch, held at 90 President Street, Johannesburg, 25 March (1936) at 8.30 p.m.
… had spoken on trade unionism. Com Gosani reported that in his weeks organising tour he had visited in turn Benoni …
A French minister, Pierre Simond, joins the Huguenots at the Cape by order of the Heeren XVII (Lords Seventeen)
… or when he died but it is known that he was outlived by his widow, Anne de Berault de la Magre, from Normandy. …
EventWomen protest against passes in the Free State
… marched into town to see the mayor who maintained that his hands were tied. The women then burnt their passes or …
EventHaitian leader General Raoul Cedras resigns in favour of exiled President Jean
… Aristid due to the poor human rights record of Haiti under his presidency. Read more on : The Haiti Archives …
EventMahatma Gandhi leaves the Tolstoy Farm 1913
… After being with numerous people, he left behind only his friend Hermann Kallenbach and a few Africans who lived …
PlaceThe Queen’s Fort Military Museum, Bloemfontein
… 1914-15, its leader, General CR de Wet, as well as many of his supporters, were held here during their trial. In 1930 it …
EventVergelegen Wine Estate Owner Samuel Kerr Dies
… properties since 1899 before acquiring Vergelegen. His wife and eight children lived with him in the Old … modernizing the estate. When mining magnate Sir…
EventDr Chris Barnard performs the world's first human heart transplant
… Hospital. After a decade of heart surgery, Barnard and his gifted cardiothoracic team of thirty (which included his brother Marius), were well equipped to…
PlaceSchweizer-Reneke
… and the people who lived there were not a real part of his narrative. Nevertheless, he did try to provide his readers with some understanding of the naming…
PlaceMpumalanga
… oxen died after they were bitten by tsetse flies, his business was ruined. He had to find a new job in … new owner thought he was a stray dog that was…
PlaceBuntingville, Eastern Cape
… jointly with the District Mission Unit have been tasked to work hard to make the stated dream a reality!" …
PlaceCoastlands Musgrave Hotel, Durban
… the iconic Royal Hotel to its portfolio and is hard at work to restore this ‘old lady’ to its former glory. … while sipping your favorite cocktail after a…
PlaceJacobsbaai, West Coast
… this local farmer became indebted to them they took over his Farm on a 99 year lease holding basis as a way to pay off his debts. There was also a more…