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ArchiveSouth Africa’s ‘Mother of the Nation’ who was never First Lady by Mashupye Herbert Maserumule (TheConversation.com), 3 April 2018
… Winnie Madikizela-Mandela – doyen of South Africa’s liberation struggle and the matriarch who was dubbed ‘the mother of the nation’ – took the apartheid…
Peace Treaty of Vereeniging - transcript
… THE FOLLOWING NOTICE is hereby published for general information. By order of His Excellency the High Commissioner and Administrator of the Transvaal. WE ……
Document 27 - Record of Understanding
… Presented to the Portfolio Committee: Justice Annexures available on the COSATU website at www.cosatu.org.za 1. Executive Summary of Recommendations The bill…
Document 3 - Peace Treaty of Vereeniging
… Today's opening address of President Nelson Mandela to parliament will go down in the history of our country as one of the most sober analyses of the…
EventInternational celebration of ‘May Day’
… (effectively a May Day holiday). Worker's Day celebrates the role played by Trade Unions, the Communist Party and other labour movements in the … industrial…
PlaceHeritage Route of King Shaka
… and his body servant, Mbopa assassinated King Shaka on the 22 September 1828. A memorial stone was erected over Shakas grave in 1932 by the Zulu nation and…
PlaceClaremont, a Suburb of Cape Town
… Claremont, a Suburb in Cape Town , is situated North of Kenilworth , East of Bishopscourt and South of Newlands in the Western Cape Province. The name is…
EventSouth African Defence Force (SADF) raid Maseru in an effort to kill suspected members of the African National Congress
… In the early hours of December 9th, 1982, South African Defence Force commandos crossed the border into Lesotho. Their target was a cluster of … M. (ed)…
PlaceCircle of Kramat's, Cape Town
… The circle of Kramats in Cape Town is a shrine to Muslim holy men buried … earthquakes and National disasters. Kramats or Mazaars, the holy shrines of Islam,…
PlaceMichaelis School of Fine Art
… The Michaelis School of Fine Art, the namesake of the Fine Art Department of the University of Cape Town , … https://showme.co.za/cape-town/tourism…
PlaceDitsong Museum of Natural History
… The Ditsong National Museum of Natural History used to be the Transvaal Museum of Natural History, which in turn … Ditsong Museum of Natural History …
PlaceBattle of Muizenburg Monument, Muizenburg
… Given the turmoil in Europe and the importance of the Cape sea-route to India the British Government sent a fleet of seven Royal Navy ships under the command…
EventBattle of Delville Wood starts
… South Africa entered WWI on 8 September 1914, on the side of the Allied Forces. On 15 July 1916, the S.A. Infantry Brigade … Liebenberg, B.J. & Spies, S.B. …
EventAbolition of Internal Security Act
… The multiparty negotiating forum agreed to repeal section 29 of the Internal Security Act (ISA), which allowed for detention … Keesing's Record of World…
PlaceHistorical core of Wynberg Village
… The old village of Wynberg was developed during the mid-19th Century when it became the preferred place of retirement for British civil servants returning…
Message by Oliver Tambo to the Global Preparatory Meeting of Parliamentarians against apartheid, 17-18 August 1987, New Delhi
… The Honble Prime Minister, Distinguished Delegates, It is a … for me to extend warm greetings to this timely conference of Parliamentarians against Racism…
PlaceCradle of Humankind, near Johannesburg
… The Cradle of Humankind was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1999. It is about 50 km North West of Johannesburg , South Africa in the Gauteng…
EventUniversity of Pretoria is established
… The Transvaal University College, with branches in Johannesburg and Pretoria , took the examinations of the Cape University. The Pretoria branch of the…
EventUniversity of Pretoria is established
… On 10 February 1908 a new department of the Transvaal University College (T.U.C.), situated in … Skinner Street, Pretoria . This department, consisting of…
EventTshifiwa Muofhe, a Lutheran Church elder suspected of complicity in the Sibasa Police Station bomb blast, dies in police custody
… in independent Vendaland. Several policemen were killed in the attack. The Homeland was seized by fear and panic, with the … on other key installations in…
ArticleMapungubwe
… The ancient city of Mapungubwe (meaning 'hill of the jackal') is an Iron Age archaeological site in the … trading center from around 1200 to 1300 AD, trading…
PlaceWits School of Arts (WSOA)
… The Wits School of Arts (WSOA) is ranked as one of the top interdisciplinary school of arts in South Africa … https://www.dramaforlife.co.za/content/page…
EventLeague of Nations is formed
… The League of Nations was established after World War I, during the Treaty of Versailles. The intention of this organization was to … League of Nations is…
ArchiveMessage of goodwill and solidarity
… Message of goodwill and solidarity from His Excellency Dr Kenneth David Kaunda, President of the Republic of Zambia from the chairman of the preparatory…
PlaceHouse of Parliament, Cape Town
… The houses of South African Houses of Parliament are situated in Cape Town even though the seat of government is in Pretoria . This was part of a … https:/…
EventDeath of Anton Muziwakhe Lembede
… was a teacher, lawyer, politician, and principal architect of Africanism in South Africa, died unexpectedly in Johannesburg at the age of 33. In 1944 Lembede…
EventGovernment’s final consolidation of ‘homelands’
… The Nationalist party government announced its intention to consolidate the total number of separate 'homeland' areas from 113 to 36. The homelands … SAHO, …
EventStart of blood classification controversy
… Poppie Bereng, who worked as a phlebotomist for the South African National Blood Service (SANBS) in … appointed permanently on this date, but refused to sign…
PlaceDan Pienaar, suburb of Bloemfontein
… upmarket suburb in Bloemfontein - regarded as one of the safest suburbs in the country! It is an excellent place to raise one’s family. … Dan Pienaar,…
PlaceBellville, a Suburb of Cape Town
… It lies east of Cape Town City, within the Cape Peninsula urban Area. … as; Twelfth Mile Stone. Since it is situated 20 km from the city of Cape Town,…