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EventThe ‘Hospital and Lunatic Asylum’, the first civilian hospital in Cape Town, is opened
… in Green Point, which was then in the outskirts of town. On 1 August 1818, the 'Hospital and Lunatic Asylum' was … was known as the 'Old' Somerset Hospital…
EventSpringboks beat Scotland at Murrayfield
… South Africa's tour of the British Isles finished on an upbeat note as Jake White's experimental young side … tries came from the 21 year old wing Bryan…
EventThe Ncome Museum is opened
… a major confrontation between the Voortrekkers and amaZulu on 16 December 1838. The Ncome Monument and Museum Complex is situated on the KwaMathambo side of…
EventDe Klerk resigns as NP leader
… which, led to South Africa’s first non-racial polls on 27 April 1994. His announcement came at the time when the … to read African National Congress Kwazulu…
EventNkosi Sikelel’iAfrica composer, Enoch Sontonga dies
… Mandela called for the erection of a memorial to Sontonga on the first post-apartheid Heritage Day. On 18 April 2005 the Johannesburg City Parks planned an…
EventBritish presents final Peace proposal
… Boer negotiators, immediately deleted "ACT OF SURRENDER' on the title page and replaces it with "ACT OF PEACE". The … Cape government announced that Rebel…
EventBhambatha becomes chief
… by J. L. Dube in Ilanga Lase Natal, with special focus on Dube's attitude to Dinizulu as indicated in his reportage on the treason trial of Dinizulu,…
EventGerhardus Cornelis Oosthuizen buys a section of land, which is later declared part of the Witwatersrand gold reef
… On 6 April 1874, Gerhardus Cornelis Oosthuizen bought a … of the Witwatersrand gold reef, when gold was discovered on the property. When the main gold reef…
EventSouth African Police (SAP) is founded
… strike and Indian Passive Resistance campaign erupted on the Witwatersrand and in Natal (kwaZulu Natal). The police … 19 000 miners took part in mass action…
EventGrammy Award winner Miriam Makeba is born in Johannesburg
… Miriam Zenzile Makeba was born in Johannesburg on 4 March 1932 to a Swati mother and a Xhosa father. Her … to Harry Belafonte and Hugh Masekela. Makeba died…
EventFrene Noshir Ginwala, former speaker of the SA Parliament, is born
… Frene Noshir Ginwala was born on 25 April 1932. She studied in the United Kingdom (UK) … later a doctorate in history from the Oxford University. On her…
EventA Second Plenary session of Multi Party negotiations for a transition to democracy in South Africa reconvene
… II ended in a deadlock as parties involved could not agree on an interim government and a constitution. The first … with the Government in the wake of a…
EventStanley Bongani Nkosi, SA artist, is born in Newcastle, Natal
… Stanley Bongani Nkosi was born on 25 November 1945 in Newcastle, Natal (now kwaZulu Natal). … 1980 he visited New Zealand and the USA where he appeared on…
EventNine policemen are killed in Cato Manor riots in Durban, shortly before the infamous Sharpville Massacre
… On 24 January 1960, nine policemen were killed by an angry … , where 69 people were killed when police opened fire on protesters, with scores left injured. …
EventTrevor Manuel, Minister in The Presidency: National Planning Commission, is born
… Trevor Andrew Manuel was born in Kensington, Cape Town on 31 January 1956.Manuel first became involved in politics … its deputy co-ordinator in the Western…
PlaceAlbany, Eastern Cape
… The Region was established on 7 January 1814 by Sir John Craddock, In 1811, he was … Governor of the Cape Colony and commander of the forces on that station,…
Interview with Africa Report by Oliver Tambo, 01 March 1981, New York
… his supporters. Today, rather than say, "I stand on the kaffir`s neck," he is forced to say that they must be … There is a political crisis within the ruling…
Address at the University of The State of Bahia Brazil, 14 December 2000
… by it and therefore I accept the honour you are bestowing on us, on behalf of all South Africans. Your invitation Madam … Africa, lies buried the remains of…
"Form united front now": Interview with Albert Luthuli, 5 May 1962
… and others have informed me that they are willing to serve on such a committee," he said. Reiterating his appeal for a … he declared. [Chief Lutuli named the…
Biennale Dak’Art 2018 : Open Call for Submissions - Deadline: 31 Jul 2017
… not earlier than January 2016 (property of the artist) on paper or digital file (photographs, DVD, CD). The credit … 8. Copies of review articles and…
For Richard Turner by Peter Sacks
… You wrote on the back page of my last essay ("Political Education in … the sea. A morning swim, a day of marginalia, lazy ambles on the shore in the late…
Upcoming events at the Book Lounge
… for 6.30pm – Launch of The Sword and the Pen: Six Decades on the Political Frontier by Allister Sparks Veteran … will be available in English and Afrikaans…
PlaceCape Floral Areas, Western Province
… Inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2004, the property is located … the Cape Floral Region. CapeNature has raised the alarm on the growing threat of…
Appeal For Funds For New Age, January 1956
… of more fascist attacks from the Strijdom police state on their fast dwindling rights. Our African womenfolk face … Our Coloured people stand to lose their…
EventW. E. B. Du Bois (95), writer, scholar, intellectual, Pan
… of The Crisis, Du Bois published numerous important works on race. By the time of his death in 1963 he had written 17 … four journals, and greatly…
EventSADF officers dismissed
… by the SADF, set up under Lieutenant-General Pierre Steyn. On 18 December General Steyn presented his preliminary … the President a report as such but gave a…
EventBelgium annexes the Congo Free State
… through the region, and returned to Europe to report on the vast commercial opportunity of Africa. At this stage, … successful in their colonial expeditions…
EventAnglo-Boer War 2: The siege of Okiep, in Namaqualand, starts
… confined much of the rural populace to internment camps. On the eve of defeat, General Smuts decided to lead a … Port Nolloth, as two British gunboats were…
EventDe Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd. is founded to exercise control over diamond production in South Africa
… On 13 March 1888, De Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd. was … by Barney Barnato. Diamonds were discovered in 1860 on De Beer's farm, in proximity of Kimberley, a…
PlaceFrankfort
… Frankfort is a small farming town situated on the banks of the Wilge River in the Free State province of South Africa. The town was laid out in 1869 on the…