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SASPU Focus
… 'Campus Action for Democracy' for 1982. This slogan called on students to understand, and act on, their university and their education. SASPU Focus …
PlacePrince Edward Islands
… South Africa. The only way to travel to Marion Island is on board a South African research vessel. Research team members remain on the island for 14 months,…
PlaceYokohama, Muizenburg
… On Muizenberg Main Road, you’ll find a historical house … Cape’s storms for over a century. "Yokohama" is situated on Muizenberg’s, “Historical Mile”, along…
PlaceRavenswood House, Hatfield Street, Gardens
… as one of a series of Houses for letting and is situated on a part of the former Welgedaan Property which was granted … It was declared a National Monument…
PlaceKoedoespoort Aerodrome, Pretoria
… of the experimental farm of the University of Pretoria. On 17 March 1920 it was the first landing place in the Union … was declared a National Monument under…
PlaceBritish Fort, Marabastad, Polokwane
… was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 27 January 1938. This English fort or earthworks is … road at Marabastad, a few kilometres…
PlaceNorth Lodge, Parktown, Johannesburg
… North Lodge was modeled on French and Scottish castles! The building, designed by … was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 17 December…
EventNelson Mandela’s son, Thembekile is killed in a car accident
… a car accident while his father was serving life sentence on Robben Island. Mandela, who always played a brother figure … the fatal crash. Thembi died when…
EventMarais Viljoen is inaugurated as state president
… Africa's fifth state president after he had been elected on 4 June 1979. Viljoen replaced B.J Vorster who had resigned on that date. Before being elected to…
EventLouis Washkansky dies
… Christiaan Barnard at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town on 3 December 1963. Washkansky died of pneumonia brought on by a weakened immune system. Heart…
EventMother of an ANC Youth League official, is killed by a hand grenade
… On 29 April 1992, Mrs Alinah Smith (52) of Sebokeng, Gauteng, … to sources, the hand grenade was under the pillow on which Mrs Smith was sleeping. Mrs Smith…
EventFirst Black Test cricket captain in SA is announced
… two Tests between Sri Lanka and South Africa were to start on July 27, while India would be the third team in a one-day triangular tournament to end on…
EventCuban Foreign Minister visits South Africa
… Nzo. They met in Cape Town to deliberate extensively on international issues, the situation in their respective … particular, bilateral relations. The two…
EventFrancis William Reitz, South African lawyer and politician, is born
… Francis William Reitz was born on 5 October 1844 in Swelllendam in what is now the Western … degree from the University of Stellenbosch. He died on 27 March…
EventGhana is declared a republic
… country in colonial Africa to gain its independence on 6 March 1957. On 1 July 1960, Ghana was declared a republic with Kwame …
ArchiveGuaranteeing fundamental freedoms in a new South Africa
… delivered by Chief Justice M M Corbett in Johannesburg on 7 May 1990, in celebrating the Diamond Jubilee year. In … his introduction, the author, commends…
EventOver a thousand people are detained under state of emergency following the Sharpeville massacre
… On 22 April 1960, about 1,575 people were detained under … that was declared by the South African government on 30 March 1960. The move by the government to…
PlaceStevenson Gallery, Woodstock-Cape Town
… international exhibition programme with a particular focus on the region. From the start, the gallery has had a particular emphasis on publications. This…
A short history of the oldest graves in Plettenberg Bay by Patricia Storrar (The Heritage Portal), 12 September 2016
… the area, the gravestones (all of slate) now rest securely on concrete slabs and the paths between the stones are neatly … following is a copy of the…
PlaceMadagascar
… about 88 million years ago, allowing plants and animals on the island to evolve in relative isolation. It has an area … Ocean, threading between the island…
PlaceNamaqua Coastal Route
… of breathtaking divergence and jaw-dropping beauty. Set on the tipping point between coastal plains and an arid … the country's ability to host the SKA. Its…
PlaceDarlington Dam- Lake Mentz
… Shop, House and several Outbuildings were established on the Farm and later still, they all disappeared under the … Koettlitz. He had accompanied Captain…
PlaceMauritius
… usually around February or March, many Hindus go on a pilgrimage journey to Grand Bassin on foot, and carry offerings and statues, while volunteers … of the…
PlaceSterkfontein Caves, Krugersdorp (within the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site)
… The caves are situated about 11km from Krugersdorp , on the Farm- 'Swartkrans'. They are believed to have been … Previously, in 1895, geologist Dr D Draper…
Document 79 - “What is the Communist Party? Lesson 4: What will be Done in the Bantu Republic?”, Umsebenzi, 17 March 1934
… would end. It will scarcely be credited by those not on the spot, but this produced as much sensation as though I … the beginning. At every station at which…
Document 18 - Letter from S. P. Bunting to the South African Federation of NativeTrade Unions, 20 September 1930
… as its General Secretary a member expelled from the Party on a serious charge and that until the intolerable situation … as the labourers are still far too…
Document 1 - Keir Hardie, “Stoned in South Africa”, 1907
… would end. It will scarcely be credited by those not on the spot, but this produced as much sensation as though I … the beginning. At every station at which…
EventZulu King Cetshwayo address his warriors at the great military kraal of Nodwengu
… On the afternoon of 17 January 1879 the Zulu king Cetshwayo … Drift and drive it back into Natal." During the Zulu War, on 20 January 1879, British and Natal…
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Glossary
… common identity embargo ”” an official ban, especially on trade or other commercial activity with a particular … apartheid system, such as the creation of…
PlaceWaaihoek Farm
… left at the bottom of a pot of mealie-meal. AFRA worked on land rights and agrarian reform in Natal. Its main aim was … Stendahl Misson near Weenen were…