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Document 15 - ‘A document to create a climate of understanding’; Nelson Mandela to F. W. de Klerk
… been defeated and apparently seems an agreement with apartheid. (c) In a racially sensitive country like ours …
PlaceSibudu Cave, North Coast near Ballito (can be spelt Sibhudu)
A Prehistoric Rock Shelter, above the uThongathi River has been declared a World Heritage site. “Sibudu Cave has been identified as having the qualities so…
Place!Khwa Nature Reserve, Yzerfontein
!Khwa ttu Nature Reserve strives to restore dignity and cultural pride, navigating a practical path between the old ways and the new World. They are committed…
PlacePearston, Eastern Cape-Karoo
… East, as Minister. He remained in Somerset East until his death in 1866. The management of the Church of the new …
EventZANU-PF under Robert Mugabe wins the first free elections in Zimbabwe and Robert Mugabe becomes president
… 1980, appealed for national unity and reconciliation upon his victory, pledging to protect private property and …
PlaceZonnebloem College, Cape Town
… by controversial Cape Governor Sir George Grey in his drive to strip the Xhosa people on the Cape’s Eastern …
EventSlavery abolished in the Cape
… (starting in 1835) from the Cape Colony. Piet Retief, in his famous manifesto to the Grahamstown Journal, wrote: “We …
PlaceMiddleburg, Mpumalanga
… safe. Middelburg Cemetery: Whether it is ABW, World War or Apartheid history you are interested in the Middelburg …
The Battle of Square Hill
… To this end Premier Louis Botha would have felt within his right not to accept an offer by the African Political … vacuum while awaiting orders, due to the…
44. Gandhi explains ‘satyagraha’
… He had always been free from colour prejudice but his interest in the question deepened after the starting of … as a weapon of the weak or the voteless. Dr…
Mapping Sites of Memory: The Sobukwe Letters
… the program revisits Sobukwe’s letters written during his years of imprisonment. In them, the political figure …
PlaceBeau Constantia, a Cape Town- Wine Estate
… And the chef has been granted a hectare of land to plant his own fresh produce for use in the menu. …
PlaceMiddleburg, Eastern Cape
… back to 1781 when a certain Hendrik van der Walt, made his living as a loan farmer on the then modest property, …
EventPeter Scott is born
… Cape Town.[i] Peter is a South African alpine skier.[ii] His family immigrated to France when Peter was nine years …
Imperial Duty by John Ruskin, Oxford 8 February 1870
… it, think you, and every man to do that which is right in his own eyes? Or only kings of terror, and the obscene … lake of all the world), is to "expect…
In the enduring spirit of President O.R. Tambo: Good luck to all matriculants, 22 October 2012
… pupils well during these critical, final examinations. In his recent October 19, 2012, address at the University of …
EventExtracts from one of South African President Thabo Mbeki’s most stirring speeches
… annul the injunction that God created all men and women in His image. I know what it signifies when race and colour are …
PlaceSkukuza Airport, Mpumalanga
… June 2014, the Airport Runway was repaired and resurfaced. Work to rehabilitate the Terminal Building, which … June 2014, the Airport Runway was repaired and…
PlaceLanseria International Airport, Roodepoort
… It all began when In 1974 the dream became a reality and work began to build Johannesburg’s alternative International … It all began when In 1974 the dream…
PlaceSt. Mary's Cathedral, Cape Town (also known as the: 'Parish of Our Lady of the Flight into Egypt'
… with large sums given by Bishop Patrick Joseph Carew and his associates from Calcutta, the Vicar Apostolic and people …
PlaceBurgersdorp, E.C.
… Diamond Jubilee. Surrounded by a crown, this spectacular work of art has a lacework dome supported by eight columns, …
PlaceBothasig, Cape Town
… by the well-known; Dirkie de Villiers with lyrics by his wife Doll. 1980 saw the first appearance of VOX (voice), …
PlaceKokstad
… a monument, right next to the police station, commemorates his leadership. The area is popular for its many rivers and …
PlaceMelmoth, Gateway to Zululand
… royal homestead of Dingaan and where Piet Retief and his party of Boer commandos were executed and Ulundi, the … royal homestead of Dingaan and where Piet…
PlacePort Nolloth, Namaqualand Northern Cape
… Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias sighted, before he and his ship were blown off course and out to sea for thirteen … Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias…
Bitter Battles to Come - Message to the Meeting of the Council of the Afro-Asian Peoples' Solidarity Organisation by O. R. Tambo, Tripoli, January 1971
… of Africa's political giants and an unequalled leader of his people, the late President Gamal Abdel Nasser. Gamal …
ADDRESS AT THE UNVEILING OF THE COAT OF ARMS, Kwaggafontein, 27 April 2000
… language is now extinct as no one lives who speaks it as his or her mother-tongue. This emphasises the tragedy of the …
Nelson Mandela Sending Photographs
… wonderful ladies? 15 April 1976 Who was this other lady in his life? He teased Winnie but confided in Zindzi: By the …
Document 22 - CODESA I - Declaration of Intent
… measured. The budget speech fails this test dismally. In his economic overview, the Minister of Finance admits that …
Document 36 - The first hearing on certification: a summary of the judgment of the Constitutional Court
… matters. In any case the President has already indicated his intention to discuss with us this issue. We remain …