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EventA Dutch ship, the Rosenberg, carrying Huguenots, leaves for the Cape from the Netherlands
… of the enduring legacies left by the Huguenots in South Africa is wine growing and viticulture. As early as 1686, two … helped to spread Calvinism in the…
PlaceAthlone - or Cape Flats, Cape Town
… churches, evangelical Christian churches, and southern Africa's largest Muslim community (drawing its oldest roots … other notable figures within the Muslim…
Introduction
… were afraid of being outdone and outnumbered, and of South Africa becoming an offshoot of Asia. These sentiments were … and institutionally. For the first…
PlaceKoeberg Nuclear Power Station, Cape Town
… Western Cape, one of the fastest growing regions in South Africa. It has operated safely and efficiently for over 28 … to go still. Koeberg, the only nuclear…
PlaceKhomani Cultural Landscape
… to ten . They include: the Fossil Hominid Sites of South Africa, Maloti-Drakensberg Park , Mapungubwe Cultural … from an ancient population, that lived in…
EventGen. J.B.M. Hertzog is forced to resign as premier after his motion of neutrality in World War II is defeated in parliament
… after which General Smuts became Prime Minister of South Africa. Hertzog's decision to resign came after six cabinet … Smuts forming a government and leading…
EventWriter J.M. Coetzee is awarded the 2003 Nobel Prize for Literature
… Born in South Africa in 1940, JM Coetzee has had a successful literary … [Accessed 19 February 2015]. South Africa's Nobel Prize-winner J.M. Coetzee – South…
EventRobert Mugabe assures the SADC that the 9-10 March election in Zimbabwe would be free and fair
… Robert Mugabe assured members the 14-member Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) that the 9-10 March … after the 2002 elections prompted the…
EventSA Artist, Father Frans Claerhout, is born
… After completing his studies, he immigrated to South Africa in 1946 as a Catholic missionary. He was initially … humour and compassion - were exhibited…
EventMlungisi Sisulu dies.
… the Soviet Union. At the age of five, Lungi came to South Africa and settled in Soweto with his grandmothers, Greta … death on 3 January 2008, his body was…
EventThe Cape Agulhas lighthouse begins operating
… Cape Agulhas and not Cape Point is the southernmost tip of Africa. The seas around Cape Agulhas - about two hours drive … is the second oldest working…
EventA Pilot Cellular phone project is launched
… Cellular phones became commercially popular in South Africa in the 1990's, and today it is estimated that 60% of … cellular phone usage has increased…
EventSix Treason Trialists miss resumption of trial
… about 156 anti-apartheid activists were arrested in South Africa and accused of manoeuvring against the incumbent … missing’. Available at the National…
Foreword - The Congress of the People and Freedom Charter Campaign by Ismail Vadi, New Delhi, 1995
… TAKING NOTE of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, Act 200 of 1993 as amended; and TAKING NOTE of the … provisions of the Constitution of the…
EventCPSA is founded
… The founding conference of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) took place in Cape Town from 30 July to 1 … formally established the Communist Party of…
PlaceGoedverwacht, West Coast of Cape Town
… the Farm, to Maniesa , with the instructions that when all her children had died; their descendants should sell the …
PlaceBuffalo Bay Beach, Goukamma Nature Reserve
… is part of a 14 km stretch of sand that is sheer bliss to all visitors. The area is unique offering magnificent white …
PlaceKuGompo was called East London, Eastern Cape
… City is situated in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. It lies at the mouth of the Buffalo River along the … , were recruited for service as soldier…
Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati
… elected to the National Assembly of the Republic of South Africa and served as a Member of Parliament from 1994-1996 … Texas, USA. In 1998, the Medical…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.9 No.4 1991
… Movies and Monopolies: The Distribution of Cinema in South Africa, Jeremy Nathan; Dance in Search of Commonality, Jay … Strange Business: The Independent…
Duties as Minister of the Interior, Resettlement, Township Administration, Inkatha and KwaZulu politics
… covered by portfolio 16:87 - 19:25 - Involvement in South Africa's Influx Control laws 19:25 - 20:58 - Labour problems … 56:91 - 01:38:37 - Attitude of…
PlaceCredo Mutwa Cultural Village
… of his statues, from 1979, predicted the coming of HIV to Africa, while one of his paintings from the same year … it is also a journey into the mind of one…
History Wars, Wars in history & other Southern African histories
… That is certainly true for 1914, for in that year southern Africa was mired in warfare, rebellion, protest and unrest. … of several significant ‘wars’ in the…
EventThabo Mbeki, former President of SA, is born in Idutywa, Transkei
… the international media against the system. After South Africa's first democratic election in April 1994, Nelson … deputy president. Mbeki was elected…
EventUN concerned about Fischer’s arrest
… on the Policy of Apartheid of the Government of South Africa (Special Committee Against Apartheid) expressed very … p. 601. Liebenberg, B.J. & Spies, S.B. …
EventUN report accuses Katangan President and Congo President of conspiracy to murder Patrice Lumumba
… a growing expatriate Congolese community living in South Africa during the past decade, the assassination of Lumumba becomes a subject of heated debate. Many…
EventUSA drops atomic bomb on Nagasaki
… can be prevented from occurring in the future. South Africa signed this treaty on 10 July 1991, and was subjected … and Nagasaki remembered The dismantlement…
EventWinnie Mandela is banished to Brandfort
… order, Winnie was given the option of either leaving South Africa for Swaziland or Transkei , which was regarded as … African government. However, she chose…
EventFormation of the South African Native National Congress
… Native National Congress (SANNC), later known as the Africa National Congress (ANC) was founded on the 8 January … exclusion and discrimination under the new…
EventKing Moshoeshoe II is reinstated as King of Lesotho
… negating the role of the king, presidents from South Africa, Botswana and Zimbabwe spearheaded diplomatic efforts … In September 1994 an agreement…