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EventAnglo American announces switching of main listing to London
… the combination of Anglo American Corporation of South Africa (AACSA) and Minorco. The new company was listed in … it also lists on the JSE Securities…
EventLaw and Order Minister, Adriaan Vlok implicates De Klerk at TRC
… oath that while in office, the former president of South Africa, Mr F. W. de Klerk knew of illegal operations by the … any illegal operations by his…
EventTerror strikes the Olympics Games in Atlanta
… lesbian nightclub and an abortion clinic. As for South Africa's participation in the 1996 Olympic Games, swimmer … in the woman's 100 and 200 metres…
EventKing Leopold II of Belgium hands over the administration of the Congo to the Belgian parliament
… of colonialism in the 1880s following the 'scramble for Africa', the Congo had been regarded as Leopold II's personal … committed by colonial officials on…
PlaceEnon
… Enon is a small town in the Eastern Cape in South Africa. It is named after the biblical place mentioned in … control of the town was ceded back to the Union…
EventStart of the Muslim community’s Tana Baru Cemetery Uprising
… The first arrival of Muslims in South Africa took place in the 17th century, when Malay slaves were … Related: SAHO Feature: History of Muslims in South…
EventSir Harry Smith, governor of the Cape, dies in London
… kiss the soles of his feet. He was recalled from South Africa in 1852 and replaced by George Cathcart. After leaving South Africa, Sir Harry returned to…
EventArtist William Cornwallis Harris starts his expedition from Cape Town to the Western Transvaal and the Magaliesburg Mountain
… talent when he embarked on an expedition to southern Africa. He arrived in Cape Town in June 1836, suffering from … Harris produced several watercolour…
EventCyril Ramaphosa is born
… Cyril Ramaphosa, South Africa's former political and trade union activist was born … was appointed to the position of Deputy President of South Africa by…
Adapted from De Rietfonteyn: Founding of Grahamstown By Elron Kleinhans
… The area around what is today Grahamstown was home to all types of indigenous people for thousand’s of years. Rock art in caves and cliff overhangs can be…
ArticleNdebele architecture and settlement patterns
… by the third generation the demand for space rendered all such pretense for hierarchy nonsensical, and the …
Archive'Winnie hired me to kill Dr Asvat' (Mail & Guardian), 05 September 1997
… Mandela that he did not believe that I had been raped at all. He invited her to explain why, if I had been raped, she … them in any other place.” According…
PlaceCato Manor, Durban
… plots by the Durban City Council, adequate housing for all income groups, with the authorities consulting them on … to empower people and improve the quality…
PlaceCeres, Western Cape Winelands
… Local Municipality in the Western Cape Province of South Africa . Ceres serves as a Regional centre for the … is extremely fertile and is a major producer of…
Insurrections III: The Storming
… Theatre in 2012, for the Centre for Creative Arts’ Poetry Africa festival in 2013 at the Homecoming Centre have … vibraphone) and Tina Schouw (guitar and…
Document 31 - Letter from E.R. Roux to Victor Danchin, 6 March 1929
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One … of the SA Worker and also SPB pamphlet "Imperialism and S Africa". I think the…
EventFormer Kenyan President, Jomo Kenyatta, dies
… joined the first anti-settler protest movement, the East Africa Association (EAA). However, this organisation was … in many parts of the African continent,…
EventHarry Frederick Oppenheimer is born in Kimberley
… the Fourth South African Corps during World War 2 in North Africa. He then returned to South Africa and became Managing Director of the Corporation in … The…
PlaceBathurst, Eastern Cape
… the smallest but most interesting Municipalities in South Africa. Founded in 1820, this peaceful little Village on the … The oldest unaltered Anglican church…
PlaceCape Town Civic Centre and the CBD of Cape Town
… Atlantic Ocean to the South and West. The City, is South Africa's second-largest economic centre and second most … Western Cape, as well as the Legislative …
PlaceCape St Francis, Western Cape Peninsula
… ( Afrikaans : Kaap St Francis) is a village in South Africa, situated on a headland in the Eastern Cape Province. … that form between Antarctica and the…
PlaceEzakheni Township of Ladysmith
… 1970s. African people in Roosboom, Good Hope and Welcome- all adjacent ‘black spots’ about 11km from Ladysmith, were all forcibly removed in 1976. The forced…
ArticleThe Anglo-Zanzibar War of 1896
… eventually captured during the British campaign in East Africa during the First World War and allowed to live in …
ArticleRock Art
… conflict with the new arrivals. Most rock art in South Africa is found in the South-western and southern Cape, the …
PlaceMweni Valley, Drakensberg
… escarpment which is the source of the Orange (Senqu) River all the way to the Northern side of the jaw-dropping Bell and …
EventAIDS activist stoned and stabbed to death by her neighbours
… overcome the stigma of the virus and educate people across all social spheres it was imperative to talk openly about the … ‘Neighbors Kill an H.I.V.-Positive…
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Bosman Street, Pretoria
… members and 29 ministers in the presbytery. In this time all the congregations of the presbytery flourished. Arcadia …
PlaceBraamfontein, a Suburb of Johannesburg
… rebels and young creative types, Braamfontein has it all – great Museums and Theatres, exciting nightlife, …
PlaceMahaking, formerly known as Mafikeng
… offers some interesting and diverse displays that take in all of the above. A retired steam locomotive outside the …
PlaceBarton Keep, Jacob Mare Street, Pretoria
… Holland where the design and final plans were completed. All the material used was imported from England and Holland …