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PlaceRobben Island Museum
… museum, a poignant reminder to the newly democratic South Africa of the price paid for freedom.- more info The prison … in 1997. In 1652, during the Dutch…
PlaceSouthport, South Coast
… known as the Anerley Beach, this picturesque beach has it all. With a safe swimming beach that is manned by capable … and rock pools to explore, gorgeous…
Telegram to Gamal Abdel Nasser, President of the United Arab Republic by Oliver Tambo, 27 May 1967
… African National Congress of South Africa expresses full support and solidarity with United Arab … and a springboard to threaten peace in the Middle East,…
ArchivePromise of hope
… crying; text: What is needed by the black people of South Africa is not sticking plaster; but the promise of hope for … in the wealth they have helped to…
EventThe South African cricket team beats England for the first time on English soil
… Cricket in South Africa was established by the British, and the first tour by a side from England took place in 1888-89. Here South Africa played its first…
EventArchbishop Mpilo Desmond Tutu, chairman of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, is born in Klerksdorp, Transvaal
… Black Archbishop of the Church of the Province of Southern Africa in Cape Town (thereby leader of the Anglican Church in South Africa), was born in…
EventKoeberg becomes operational
… at Koeberg, the only commercial nuclear power station in Africa, became operational on this date. On 21 August 1984, the French contractor turned Koeberg-1…
EventP.W. Botha proposes a 'Constellation of States'
… establishment of the “Constellation of States” for South Africa's different races. The constellation of states would include South Africa's neighbours and…
EventSalman Rushdie’s visit is still on
… public lecture from the Islamic Council of Southern Africa, the Weekly Mail (now Mail and Guardian) announces … governments and other governments such as…
EventPresident Yasser Arafat arrives in SA
… arrived in Cape Town on his first state visit to South Africa at the invitation of President Nelson Mandela. The … 1995. Arafat's visit raised controversy…
EventKaNgwane is proclaimed a self-governing territory.
… is among the 10 homelands that were created to rid South Africa of its Black citizens; this was carried out in terms … was the homeland of the Swazi people…
PlaceThe Simon's Town Mosque
… Like any good Manager, the Imam kept strict records of all income and expenditure. In an entry in his diary titled … for the anticipated erection of the new…
ArticleThe Roots of Apartheid in the Construction of Buchuberg Dam
… At the start of the 20th century South Africa faced a poor white epidemic. The state justified … not willing to fulfil these demands. The Union of South…
PlaceLamu, Kenya
… the oldest and best-preserved Swahili Settlement in East Africa, retaining its traditional functions. Built in coral … one of the oldest & best preserved…
ArchiveCelebrating 200 years of the South African Astronomical Observatory by Karel van der Vyver (Daily Maverick), 16 October 2020
… and resulted in the first exact geodetic surveys of South Africa, a substantive consolidation. Through the years, … “the telescope is finally realising its…
EventPresident F.W. de Klerk announces Whites-only referendum results
… De Klerk announced triumphantly that the people of South Africa were behind him, along with the African National … by the South African Communist Party and…
EventThe second Anglo-Boer war, also known as the South African war, breaks out
… Republics. In the encyclopaedia the 'New History of South Africa' (2007) the authors claim that the South African War … terÂrible and destructive modern…
Conference: African Indigenous Knowledge Systems
… Leadership Framework For Sustainable Organizations In Africa: An Indigenous Knowledge Systems Perspective v Indigenous Systems of Governance and Post…
ArticleAnti-South African Indian Council (SAIC) Campaign
… (Nats) to accept the presence of Indians in South Africa as a permanent reality, albeit as second-class … much the word may be used as a term of abuse…
ArchiveThe Importance and Power of Gender Safe Spaces by Shanél Johannes
… often experienced our history in different ways. In South Africa, as in most societies in the world, women have been … to create specific forms of gender…
EventWorld Aids Day is internationally observed for the first time
… only in certain regions of the world, Sub Saharan Africa for instance was considered the domain of the virus. … is “Getting to Zero – Zero AIDS-Related…
EventC.J. Langenhoven dies in Oudtshoorn
… the words of Die Stem van Suid-Afrika (The Call of South Africa), died at his home 'Arbeidsgenot' in Oudtshoorn. Die … version of Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika and…
EventSA is suspended from World Meteorological Organization
… and related services and observations, suspended South Africa from the organisation until it renounced its racial … at its seventh Congress held in Geneva,…
EventPrime Minister Louis Botha resigns because of conflict with Hertzog
… General Louis Botha, premier of the Union of South Africa since 31 May 1910, resigned from his post following an … event of a conflict of interests between…
EventSixty ANC refugees are airlifted out of Lesotho
… refugees are airlifted out of Lesotho to counter South Africa's threat of a blockade against that country. A year … Lesotho refused to sign a non aggression…
EventThe Kenya-Uganda railway is completed
… the controversy. The railway was built by the British East Africa Company and stretched from Mombasa to Kisimu. … The railway line, administered by a single…
EventGeorge Pauling, builder of railway lines in SA, dies
… a British born engineer who built railway lines in South Africa, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and other Southern and Central African countries. He came to South…
EventCommandant General Hiemstra announces the outcomes of Anglo-South African deliberations
… agreement for the defence of sea routes around Southern Africa. The story of the Simonstown Agreement dates back to 1955 when it was signed by South Africa…
Book 2: The Impact and Limitations of Colonialism commissioned by The Department of Education
… is often viewed as an overwhelming force that devastated Africa. However, it is equally important to highlight the … show that its power was contested and…
EventUnions protest against the circumstances of Aggett's death
… while in police detention, was supported by virtually all-independent Black unions, and tens of thousands of …