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PlaceWierda Bridge, Six Mile Spruit, Pretoria
… The Technical Design and Construction was done with great care and skill, with the footings being lower than the …
EventThe Queen mother Elizabeth is born.
… at the age of 101 at her house, the Royal Lodge at Windsor Great Park. She is now survived by her daughter Queen …
EventThe Berlin Airlift comes to an end
… one minute after midnight, on 12 May 1949, and the first great standoff of the Cold War was over. Flights continued …
EventAmy Johnson, a female aviator, lands in Cape Town in record time
… are still a mystery. There is no doubt, however, of the great contribution she made to the field of aviation. …
EventThe Slagtersnek rebels are tried in the Uithenhage landdros court
… Afrikaners and was cited as one of the reasons for the Great Trek. A monument in memory of the rebels was erected in …
EventSA troops invade East Africa in their confrontation with German forces in World War I
… by 1918. South Africa greatly assisted the Allies, and Great Britain in particular, in capturing the two German …
EventEban Abba, Israeli statesman is born in Cape Town
… son of Abraham and Alida Sachs-Eban. His parents moved to Great Britain while he was still a child. After graduating at …
EventPresident Paul Kruger (78), dies of heart failure in Clarens, Switzerland
… on 10 October 1825 in the Steynsburg district. When the Great Trek started in 1836, he joined the trek party of …
Extraordinary Life: Zapiro
… them. Extraordinary Lives is inspired by the BBC's “Great Lives” and is presented by Jonathan Ancer. It is …
EventIan Smith announced that he is ready to yield to majority rule in Rhodesia
… led his extremist white government in breaking ties with Great Britain and declared Rhodesia a republic. For the next …
PlaceWorld War Cenotaph
… is a Memorial to 400 of Kimberley’s Men who died in the Great War (World War I) between 1914 and 1918. Designed by …
PlaceWinburg
… founded in 1837, by Voortrekkers at the beginning of the Great Trek . It was the first town established in the Free … History, with exhibits that showcase…
PlaceKlein Karoo
… of the Western Cape, the Southern Coastal strip and the Great Karoo to the North and North-East is almost exclusively … , Seweweekspoort and Toorwaterspoort…
Article1960s: The Civil Rights and Black Power movements
… origin. Hip Hop music and black rappers have caused a great deal of controversy by using the word 'nigga' in a … on Washington for Jobs and Freedom , 28…
PlaceKeilands Catholic Mission Station, Eastern Cape
… Mission Station- Established 1886 along the banks of the Great Kei in a remote Valley, between Cathcart and … Mission Station- Established 1886 along the…
From retirement to parliament
… of the United States of America and the Prime Minister of Great Britain. It would appear that President FD Roosevelt … this is only a beginning of a long…
ArchiveAddress on the Occasion of the 107th Anniversary of the ANC by Cyril Ramaphosa, Ohlange Institute, Ethkwini, 8 January 2019
… to President John Langalibalele Dube and all the other great leaders of his generation on the path we have travelled and the great progress we have made to…
Biography of Hugh Masekela by Fardin Rahman
… he was determined to work hard to get to the level of the great talents that he admired. In his autobiography, Masekela … New York: Crown Publishers…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1700s
… up an administrative post in the east at Rietvlei. The Great Brak River is declared the eastern boundary of Cape … and raid farms in the Roggeveld area. 1755…
Rustenburg the Segregated city
… in 1922. The worsening of poverty in the period after the Great Depression, especially from 1938 to 1942 saw the … and other economic activity (See Box) and…
Address by President Nelson Mandela on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the South African Communist Party Cape Town, 28 July 1996
… Kotane, Dan Tloome, David Bopape and JB Marks - men of great intellect and confidence - who taught us through force … is being thrashed out in the relevant…
Nelson Mandela Letter to Mrs. Manorama Bhalla, secretary of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations, 3 August 1980
… but they in turn constitute a fitting tribute to the great man after whom it has been named - Pandit Jawaharlal … a global context. We quickly learned the…
We are the soldiers of Sisulu by Thabo Mbeki 2003
… since May 5, when he passed away. We are correct to feel a great sense of loss at the departure of so great a leader of our movement and people as Walter…
Mobilise Our Black Power - Statement to the People of South Africa on the Tenth Anniversary of Umkhonto we Sizwe by O. R. Tambo, 16 December 1971
… the forces of colonialism and imperialism. They are making great sacrifices to redeem their human dignity and … of such a lofty ideal no sacrifice could be…
PlaceMasjiengebou (Machine Building), Defense Headquarters, Pretoria
… the Boers and that they had used the few that they had to great effect during some Battles that occurred during the Great Trek. However, prior to the…
Farewell To His Comrades: Message, September 19, 1983
… Comrades and Colleagues, It is with deep sorrow and great personal regret that I inform you of my inability to … weaknesses over the years, has also…
Address to the World Council of Churches Harare 12 December 1998
… and members of the WCC Distinguished Guests It is a great honour, as an African, to join this august gathering, … Republic of Congo, Angola, the Sudan and…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at Waseda University Tokyo, 4 July 1995
… eliminating the problem of crime and violence which, in great measure, has its roots in the apartheid past. South … resources development. In the same vein…
A tribute to international solidarity support for Southern Africa
… against the apartheid regime. It therefore gives me great pleasure to be invited here and to talk to you about a … the leadership of Fenner Brockway, the…
8. Pillay and others petition the Viceroy of India
… being arrested by Kaffir constables, who treat them with great cruelty, using unnecessary and undue violence. The … as British Indian subjects, consequently…