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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…
PlaceStrandfontein
… from far and wide as the area becomes a hive of activity all to see the breathtaking vision of colour. Peace, …
EventBrenda Fassie, South African singer and diva, dies in her sleep at Sunninghill Hospital
… in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s. Things seemed to all go downhill in the mid 1990’s when rumours of drug abuse …
EventCI and SACC offices are raided
… 1977 the then Minister of Justice, Jimmy Kruger, banned all organisations associated with BCM. The list of …
Panel Proposal for the 17th Triennial Symposium on African Art
… Sustainability and Art in Africa Art that reflects sustainability includes not only the … that explore the gamut of sustainable practices in art in Africa…
Speech at the Funeral of M.P. Naicker, London by O. R. Tambo, 8 May 1977
… robbed of the citizenship of the land of his birth - South Africa... He died whilst on a mission on behalf of our … Berlin in the service of our struggle to…
PlacePort Elizabeth and the City Hall
… in 1488. Finally in 2021, with the aim to distance South Africa from its colonial past and represent the authentic South Africa, the name was changed to…
Artist Bill Ainslie is born
… where he gave hope to many Black artists. Several of South Africa's eminent Black artists, like David Koloane, Durant … by him He participated in various art…
EventThe first edition of the Graham’s Town Journal, mouthpiece of the Eastern Frontier settlers, is published
… The Gramstown Journal, one of South Africa's important and influential early newspapers, ran from … the oldest surviving independent newspaper in South…
EventCosatu and TAC table a National HIV/AIDS plan
… were expensive, the social and economic costs to South Africa, of not providing the drugs, were far higher. … to produce generic antiretroviral drugs for the…
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…
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 …
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 …