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PlaceKookfontein
… Kookfontein’s Sauvignon Blanc is grown on the Northern bank of the Jackals Creek, near the rustic … just off the R364 only 5km outside of Lambert’s Bay on…
PlaceHout Bay Museum
… tourist attraction to many. The Hout Bay Museum was opened on 5 April 1979 and focuses on the Hout Bay valley and her inhabitants. There is also …
PlaceMaitland
… The railway line from Cape Town reached Maitland on 13 February 1862. The 1891 census indicated that Maitland … the middle of this Suburb and the N1 that is…
PlaceLand Adjoining Earle’s Dyke, Camps Bay.
… was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 7 December 1962. It has subsequently been restored and … the Deck House next door. This luxury…
PlaceGreenmarket Square, Cape Town.
… sea front. Greenmarket Square probably developed early on when the VoC brought vegetables from its adjoining garden … was declared a National Monument under…
EventPolice open fire to disperse a rioting crowd in Cato Manor, Durban
… this large community of politicized Africans and Indians on their doorstep. Subsequently in 1959 the area was declared … ensued and blocked forceful…
EventSouth African Students Movement leaders meet to plan protest action against the implementation of Afrikaans
… at which it was decided that protests would be held on 16 June against the use of Afrikaans as a medium of … and coordinate the protest march. During the…
PlaceGrey Institute/School, Port Elizabeth
… Town Councillors, the municipality took over vacant land on top of the hill opposite the Donkin Reserve, where it … was declared a National Monument under…
EventHugh Masekela, South African musician, is born
… On 4 April 1939 Hugh Ramopolo Masekela , South African … Trevor Huddleston. Masekela mastered the trumpet and went on to play in South Africa's first youth…
EventSouth Africa and Mozambique sign a non-aggression pact
… Accord, a non-aggression, and good-neighbourliness pact, on the border between the two countries. On 16 March 1984, South Africa and Mozambique entered into…
EventThree ANC members are sentenced to death
… and passed a guilty verdict and imposed a death penalty on these men. He labelled them compulsive liars and rejected … to resume interrogation. The "Moroka…
EventS.P. Botha, Minister of Water Affairs, proposes new schemes to ease the Western Cape’s water supply problem
… water supply problem During his opening of the Cape Show on 4 March 1970, Minister of Water Affairs S.P. Botha said … 150 000 litres of potable water to…
EventThe UN ends SA mandate over South West Africa
… (now Namibia) year after year with increasing acrimony. On 18 July 1966 the International Court of Justice ruled in a … That decision did not deter the…
EventSouth Africa deports Donald “Dolan” Acheson
… is purported to have been deported from South Africa on the 31 March 1991, having being fingered as the triggerman … organization known as the Civil…
EventGen. Jannie Geldenhuys announces that CCB will be disbanded
… Court judge, to investigate into alleged hit-squads. On 11 February 1990, the SA Defence Force (SADF) admitted to … The chief of the SADF, Gen. Jannie…
EventSimon van der Stel, commander and governor of the Cape, is born
… Simon van der Stel was born on 14 October 1639 in Mauritius, the son of Adrian van der … Huguenot farmers and by utilizing their farming skills on their…
EventRain Queen Makobo Modjadji VI, dies after a sudden illness
… On 12 June 2005, Rain Queen Makobo Modjadji VI died in a … Rain Queen to have received formal education, and went on to complete high school. The legend of…
EventLaw and Order Minister, Adriaan Vlok implicates De Klerk at TRC
… On 20 July 1998 former Law and Order Minister, Adriaan Vlok … African Congress of Trade Union headquarters; and attacks on cinemas which showed the Steve…
EventQueen Victoria issues charter for the formation of the British South Africa Company
… A royal charter was sought to establish a company, based on the British East India model (BEIC), in which this goal could be achieved. On 15 October 1889,…
PlaceEnon
… Enon was formed in 1818 by the Moravian Missionary Society on request of the Area Landdrost Jacob Glen Cuyler, to serve … to the Missionary Society in trust,…
EventStart of the Muslim community’s Tana Baru Cemetery Uprising
… left the Muslim community with no alternate burial ground. On 17 January 1886, in defiance of the closure, 3000 Muslims … of the 124th anniversary, a…
EventArthur Conan Doyle, medic during the Second Anglo, is born
… Ignatius Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh, Scotland on 22 May 1859. Although Doyle is best known for his writing … the Second Anglo Boer War. In 1902, Doyle…
EventPresident Paul Kruger and Commandant General Louis Botha issue a proclamation in Pretoria
… War (also known as Anglo Boer War II), which broke out on 9 October, 1899. The Burghers were part of the war as they … shift of power and the occupation of…
EventFormer SANNC President Sefako Mapogo Makgatho dies
… the Makgatho chieftaincy at GaMphahlele. Before embarking on a political career, Makgato wa a teacher and a journalist. … to exert considerable influence in…
EventAnglo-Boer War 2. The British Colonial Office appoints a Ladies Commission to investigate the concentration camps in South Africa.
… On 16 July 1901, the Ladies commission was appointed. The … camps to try and improve the life of the prisoners living on the concentration camps. Hobhouse…
EventArtist William Cornwallis Harris starts his expedition from Cape Town to the Western Transvaal and the Magaliesburg Mountain
… Born in Kent on 2 April 1807, William Cornwallis Harris was a military … hunter who discovered his artistic talent when he embarked on an expedition to…
EventMau Mau political prisoners escape from Mageta Island, Lake Victoria
… On 5 February 1956, 11 Mau Mau prisoners, serving life … the political prisoners escaped in a canoe to Usenge. On arrival in Usenge, Kenya, they vanished…
EventThe Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW) is founded
… of South African Women (FSAW or FEDSAW) was launched on 17 April 1954 in Johannesburg. Ray Simons, who was the … of all laws and customs that denied women…
EventCyril Ramaphosa is born
… that opened the path for the first democratic elections on the 27th April 1994. After resigning from active politics, … served as the head of the National…
EventGerrie Coetzee becomes the first South African boxer to win a world heavyweight title
… On 23 September 1983, Gerrie Coetzee, went up against … tire in the later rounds and this would lead to a loss on his part. Coetzee retired from boxing in…