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PlaceJan De Waal House, 93 Bree Street, Cape Town
… 14 bedrooms, just perfect to be able to accommodate all of his 17 children! It was here that the De Waal family started …
PlaceKing’s Blockhouse, Devil’s Peak, Cape Town.
… over Cape Town in 1795. General Craig had learnt from his own success The French Lines had not been carried through …
EventThe SA Constitutional Court abolishes the death penalty
… the South African embassy's offer to put him in touch with his family. References: Anon, (n.d.), ‘The Constitutional …
PlaceSAAF Memorial and Museum
… but had to later withdraw. Mr RF McGAW was appointed in his place. The design for the Memorial allowed for a small …
EventAssassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand
… would free the land of Habsburg rule. He was correct, and his actions resulted in a global war between the major powers …
The Reunited National Party is founded by Malan and Hertzog
… continuing as Prime Minister and Smuts functioning as his deputy. The coalition received strong opposition from a …
EventThe South African Bureau of State Security (BOSS) is established
… become State President in 1978, was forced to resign after his alleged involvement with the Information Scandal. This …
EventFreak storms create havoc in the Eastern Cape and President Mandela narrowly escaped injury
… injury when he was visiting a local pharmacy to buy his special Oteleum soap. The roof collapsed and the force of …
EventWorld War I begins
… would free the land of Habsburg rule. He was correct, and his actions resulted in a global war between the major powers …
EventMembers of Bambathas homestead are pursued by policemen for refusing to pay the ‘hut tax’
… resisted colonial measures imposing a poll tax on his subjects in addition to the hut tax. This led to first a …
PlaceAddo Drift, Sunday's River in the Eastern Cape
… post. In 1832 he sold the inn to Joseph Hubbard who, in his turn, sold it to Samuel Webber in 1837. Webber already …
Document 35 - “New Tactics Proposed for N.R.C. Boycott: Xuma’s Address to African Congress”, The Guardian, 18 December 1947
… The Guardian, 18 December 1947 BLOEMFONTEIN. - In his presidential address to the annual conference of the …
Document 57 - Lionel Forman, “Self-Determination in South Africa: A Contribution to Discussion”, Liberation, 37, July 1959
… be a common Zulu economy, or, in the words of Potehkin in his recent Liberation article, "a single national market. … maximum participation of the backward…
EventNational Party refuses to serve on Buthelezi Commission of Inquiry
… Commission of Inquiry. The NP government acknowledged his right to institute a commission of inquiry into the … seeking to establish new constitutional…
EventGwala and Mothopeng are released from Robben Island
… became active in underground structures of the ANC until his arrest in 1964. He was charged with sabotage and … the PAC. He was sent to Robben Island where…
PlaceUgie, Eastern Cape
… the Ugie River, in Scotland. On 27 July 1862 Dr. Murray, his wife and child left by steamer of the Union Line from … September and Mrs. Murray the following…
PlaceDe Vlugt, Garden Route
… is what remains of the dwellings of Andrew Geddes Bain and his son, Thomas, their Outbuildings and the Concentration … labored to Build the Pass, the early…
Contact, conflict and dispossession on the Cape eastern or northern frontiers in the nineteenth century
… at crafts such as wood carving, basket weaving and metal work. They also hunted elephants for their tusks, which they …
Following the January meeting of health ministers in London, a decision is taken that December 1 become World Aids Day
The World Summit of Ministers of Health on Programmes for AIDS Prevention concluded in London with representatives from 140 national governments. The…
PlacePilgrims Rest, Graskop- Mpumalanga Province
Once a booming gold rush town in the 1870s, Pilgrim’s Rest remains frozen in time. The entire town is a national monument, with original corrugated iron…
PlaceMqhekezweni - Mandela's Ancestral Home, OR Tambo District, Eastern Cape
… in grooming the young Nelson Mandela after the death of his father. "Mqhekezweni was a mission station of the … date and Westernised than Qunu. Mandela…
EventSalman Rushdie's visit is still on
… other governments such as India and South Africa censored his book Satanic Versus. Many Islamic groups, including South … for committing blasphemy against…
Book 1: Ancient Civilizations and Global Trade - Chapter 4 - Some Reflections on Early African and South African History by Sekibakiba Peter Lekgoathi
… attitude How did archaeological research contradict apartheid historiography? Let us turn to one such university … Van Graan almost immediately remembered…
ArchivePrison letter from Petros Sipho Mkhize to Zondi, Soweto, addressed to Miss Jumaima Mbele
… 1967 (written from Pretoria Central Prison during his imprisonment; the letter carries no legible date, so this is the period bracketed by his sentencing and…
Zweli Mkhize denies Redi Tlhabi’s book allegations, says he hasn’t read it, 18 - September - 2017
… her drop the case. In a lengthy statement he offered his version of events, saying he had in fact been concerned … written by Redi Thlabi had ever tried to…
PlaceWest Coast National Park and Postberg Reserve
… local communities and wildlife! Over the past two decades, work has been done to restore ecological corridors and …
PlaceNamaqua National Park
… Land consolidation reaches 720 square kilometres! 2004 work begins on proposed corridor to coast. In 2005 land …
PlaceTarkastad, Eastern Cape
… like two heavy women on a stoep, weary from a day’s hard work awaiting the return of men from the fields and indeed, …
PlaceForts Around Pretoria
… old a musket and one bullet and then expect him to shoot his supper! This was the reason why Boer riflemen were far … for the construction of the forts and…
Pledging to Debate History: Values and education
… the State President needs to know that he cannot impose his will through working groups that exclude students, …