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EventKing Dinuzulu defies British order
… In March 1901, British military law had been imposed on the region and the Zulu people were armed by the British. … Boer defeat. Thousands of cattle, guns…
EventThe cornerstone of Cape Town City Hall is laid
… Town , Thomas Ball, laid the corner stone of the City Hall on 29 August 1900, but the hall was only opened in 1905. It … the scene of many a military and…
PlaceBethulie Bridge across the Gariep River
… and a Village, known as Bethulie Bridge, was established on the Cape Colony side of the River soon thereafter. Its … to Bethulie. The Village was occupied by…
PlaceMjanyana Hospital
… In 1894 the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel on Foreign Parts established a mission station and lazaretto … accredited antiretroviral (ARV)…
EventFirst Tramway Company in Cape Town commences operations, with a horse
… Point Tramway Company' was formed, and began operations on 1 April 1863, with a horse-drawn service running on rails from the foot of Adderley Street and out…
EventLiberia is established
… On 26 July 1847 the Liberian Declaration of Independence was … Republic of Liberia and instituted a government modelled on that of the US. American-born…
EventInkatha Freedom Party boycotts parliament
… Congress (ANC) and the National Party (NP) had reneged on an agreement to invite international mediation on the constitutional differences between them and…
EventChris Hani, the SACP secretary-general, is assassinated
… On this day twenty five years ago, the South African … of the armed wing of the ANC and popular communist leader on the eve of the first democratic elections…
EventThomas Pringle, journalist and editor of Cape newspaper Commercial Advertiser, dies in London
… Thomas Pringle was born in Scotland on 5 January 1789. Pringle sustained an injury to his hip as … He returned to Scotland where he died of tuberculosis on 5…
PlaceGreen Lodge, 81 St George Street, Bloemfontein
… of the Orange Free State. The convention was signed on 23 February 1854 at the Green Lodge in Bloemfontein. The … was declared a National Monument under old…
Draft constitution of the ANC
… the 15th September 1990, an interim report was brought out on 13 September 1990. 3. Since then a number of meetings have taken place. This report was…
PlacePhansi Museum
… from different regions and cultures of South Africa are on display as are examples of beadwork dating back to the … ‘Ikhishi’, is open for refreshments and…
EventState of Emergency follows Sharpeville massacre
… in the Transvaal. At Sharpeville, police opened fire on the demonstrators and killed 69 and wounded over 180 … but dispersed after negotiations with the…
Thabo’s pen versus perceptions by Tinyiko Maluleke (Sunday Independant), 24 January 2016
… Drakensberg, none of the other sons of the soil on whom we have bestowed the title of president has come … cars. These youths may not know what Mbeki was on…
PlaceSea Point
… society house owned by a local men’s club was established on the Sea Point slopes of Signal Hill , and provided a place … Green Point . By 1813, 28 plots…
Memorandum of the National Committee for Liberation. London, mid-1963
… be a distinct difference in attitude to members of the NCL on the part of ANC members in Dar where several distinct … have had a standard military course. We…
Statement by Oliver Tambo at a press conference in Addis Ababa, 11 July 1973
… and Reggie Vandayar who completed a ten-year sentence on Robben Island last month, were immediately placed under … from anarchy and barbarity towards a world…
Prisoners of Apartheid - Statement at a Press Conference in Addis Ababa by O. R. Tambo, 11 July 1973
… and Reggie Vandayar who completed a ten-year sentence on Robben Island last month, were immediately placed under … from anarchy and barbarity towards a world…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Intelligence Services Day 10th Anniversary Awards Ceremony and Inauguration of the Wall and Garden of Remembrance: Musanda, Tshwane: 24 November 2005
… and members of the Parliamentary Joint Standing Committee on Intelligence, Secretary of Defence, January Masilela, … service to our country and people. The…
Chapter 9 - Division weakens the movement
… began to gain a certain echo in townships (particularly on the Rand) and in the ranks of Congress activists. They did so precisely by throwing a spotlight on…
Ahead of the Bushfire Festival: Five things you might not know about Swaziland
… Reporting about the tiny country usually focuses on its beautiful landscapes ”” highly favoured by South … absolute monarchy in Africa (and one of the last…
PlacePondoland
… whereby he agreed that trade goods would not be landed on the Pondoland coast without the express permission of the … in exchange for a strip of land about…
PlaceGreyton, Western Province
… Theunissen, who built a homestead (no longer standing) on his farm; ' Weltevreden '. He did not stay long because he … He established a freehold agricultural…
PlaceMahaking, formerly known as Mafikeng
… the provincial capital of North West since 1994 and lies on the border with Botswana , it's about 260 kilometers West … of the Barolong Boo Ratshidi…
Address by President Mandela at the opening of the 36th Annual World Boxing Council Convention Johannesburg, 26 October 1998
… that in spite of my busy schedule, I needed to be present on the WBC's first visit to this country, so that we could say, on behalf of all South Africans:…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the Opening Session of the South Centre’s Council of Representatives New York, 21 September 1998
… corners of the world. As the premier source of research on issues affecting the South, and growing out of the work … The value to them and their member…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the State dinner hosted by the Governor-general of New Zealand, Dame Catherine Tizard Wellington, 15 November 1995
… of your cities and addressing business and interest groups on developments in South Africa. Wherever I went, I felt as … opened the way for re-building our…
Appeal to the British public by Dube
… they were born, turned homeless, helpless, and hopeless, on to the roads – wandering in misery about the land of their … these wretched people to raise for…
ArchiveThe All-African Convention: The Awakening of The People by I.B. Tabata
… and activities of the militant vanguard and its impact on the people, marking a turning-point in the history of the struggle by setting it on an independent…
PlaceDoornkop/Doornsluiten
… after the first eviction, the owner began taking on new tenants. Upon their arrival they received permission … had to pay an annual rent of R6O to secure…