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ANC condemns hijacking of Spokesperson, 24 November 2009
… "One came from the driver`s door direction and another on the passenger side. They cocked their guns and were ready … ordered me out of the car at gunpoint,…
EventTravis Logie, South Africa’s world champion surfer is born
… Travis Logie was born in Durban on 11 May 1979.[i] Logie was crowned the International … every world champion, except for Sunny Garcia.[iv] On 2 June 2012,…
Declaration by Oliver Tambo, Deputy President of the African National Congress of South Africa, and J.R.D. Chikerema, Vice-President of the Zimbabwe African People`s Union, 05 August 1967
… In fact the fighting in this area has been going on continuously for a full six days. Both the Rhodesian and … to declare here that the fighting that is…
Thanks, Jimi, this is good for you and the broader SA (The Times Editorial), 28 June 2016
… to stomach nonsense and take the public broadcaster on a wrong path. The broadcaster's chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng, who has a final say on…
PlaceHout Bay East and West Forts
… Found on opposite sides of the Bay entrance, on the mountain. Origanally built to protect the Bay … 3 metric tons and as children frequently climb and play…
PlaceGanesha Temple, Mt Edgecombe
… Declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 18 February 1977. Believed to be the oldest surviving … bricklayer and temple architect Kristappa…
PlaceGroote Schuur Campus, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch
… JM Solomon in 1918. A number of important structures on the property inherited from previous eras include the … which was built originally by the Dutch East…
PlacePolokwane Game Reserve
… the Polokwane Game Reserve is possibly one of the finest on which to cut your teeth if you’re new to the pursuit of … main attraction must be the amount of…
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.
… changed to 1) sapire, 2) Gosani. Com Phashe reported that on Saturday night among native miners he had spoken on trade unionism. Com Gosani reported that in…
Document 46 - Letter from the International Secretariat of the International left Opposition to Johannesburg comrades, 23 October 1932
… The great importance the Left Opposition takes on the question of communist negro workers, also appears in the letter of Trotski relative on the question…
EventStudents at Lovedale strike against new Code of Conduct
… Students at Lovedale College embarked on a strike against the new Code of Conduct and the … or the University of Fort Hare. The college decided on these…
EventKarel Schoeman, well known Afrikaans author, is born
… Karel Schoeman was born on 26 October 1939 in Trompsburg, Orange Free State. He … at the University of the Freestate in 1959, and He went on to study at the…
EventArthur Robert Ashe Jr, prominent African American tennis player and vocal protester of apartheid, dies
… player who was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia died on 6 February 1993. He died of complications from AIDS after … he served as the organization's…
EventThe United Democratic Front (UDF) is dissolved
… the UDF had lost its function. It was therefore disbanded on 20 August 1991. In 2005, an initiative similar to the UDF … each year during the month of August…
EventKing Moshoeshoe II, the paramount chief of Lesotho, is killed in an accident
… in 1995. The car he was travelling in rolled down a cliff on a mountain road on the way to Maseru, the capital city of Lesotho. After four … 1995. The…
PlaceAlexandra, Township in Johannesburg
… secratary and owner of the Ground, it was laid out on. It was the only Place where black people could buy … Government control. In 1940 residents of…
EventVerney Cameron is first European to cross equatorial Africa
… who was lost in eastern Africa and also to explore on his own. Cameron arrived too late to be of help to … able to recover some of Livingstone's papers at…
EventHaitian leader General Raoul Cedras resigns in favour of exiled President Jean
… labour in the form of slaves. The system of slavery on this island was of a particularly cruel nature, leading to … States intervention, Gen Raoul Cedras…
PlaceBoksburg, the Witwatersrand
… Centre of the East Rand. It is the second oldest Town on the Witwatersrand. Boksburg was an important Mining Town … Main Reef Road linked Boksburg to other…
Message to the People of South Africa by O. R. Tambo, August 1976
… by sustaining, intensifying and sharpening the attack on the white power structure. Vorster must find no rest. The … or by withholding any portion of their…
PlaceDemocratic Republic of the Congo
… of the Congo, the country has a 25-mile (40-km) coastline on the Atlantic Ocean but is otherwise landlocked. It is the second largest country on the…
ArchiveZuma's rape accuser questioned (BBC News), 07 March 2006
… and led to a deterioration in her health. Earlier on Tuesday, the defence requested that the court admit … a request to which Judge Willem van der Merwe…
PlaceDitsong Museum of Natural History
… Africa. The Ditsong National Cultural History Museum lies on Visagie Street, in the Old Mint, vacated for newer … Ples which is about 2.1 million years old. …
PlaceGreen Point
… annexed the Cape in 1806, they began to hold horse races on its common, and the area developed as one of Cape Town's … has found its way to the farthest…
PlaceGouritsrivier, Near Mossel Bay
… It enters the Indian Ocean on the Southern Coast of Africa and 34 km south-west of … indicated a river roughly where the Gouritsrivier is. On the map it…
South Africa Communists Speak Documents from the history of the South African Communist Party 1915 - 1980
… th the S.A. Labour Party', pamphlet published by the War on War League (SA) in March 1915. Document 2: 'Pamphlet … International' September 17, 1915. …
PlacePilrig House, 1 Rockridge Road, Parktown, Johannesburg
… people around them hadused - mud, reed, rocks, with manure on the floors. Of course the British and the Mining Barons … Place, an office block and a very…
EventLesotho’s Foreign Affairs Minister reveals details of agreement with Pik Botha
… On 4 December 1981 Lesotho's Foreign Affairs Minister, Mr … countries. During 1979 the LLA mounted numerous attacks on Lesotho's key installations. Lesotho…
PlaceFederated Union of Black Artists Arts Centre
… began teaching children between the ages of 9 and 14 on Saturdays whilst during the week the focus was on high school students in Soweto. Sipho Sepamla, who…
Action Kommandant film review by Kabelo Kemp (www.kathradafoundation.org)
… chapter in the book of the rainbow nation that sheds light on the heroics of South African youth. Kriel began his … the mindset of Kriel at the time. They…