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PlaceWits Art Museum
… Situated on the ground floor of University Corner in the heart of … the Getrude Posel Gallery in 1972, it was established on the ground floor of Senate House…
PlaceStanford, Western Cape Overberg
… facts about Stanford: 1. The Village was established on the Farm; 'Kleine Riviers Vallei' in 1857. 2. Stanford is … Styles. They can be appreciated in all…
Statement of the African National Congress and the South African Tamil Federation National Working Committee, 14 November 2014
… South African Tamil Federation (SATF) met with the ANC on 5 November 2014 at Luthuli House, Johannesburg. The SATF … and social cohesion campaigns of the ANC…
PlaceTable View
… racing circuit at Killarney Race Track , which features on the National Racing Map! Du Noon is what South Africans … FURTHER READING) Water skiing and…
PlaceOns Huisie, Bloubergstrand, Cape Town
… a typical example of the type of vernacular building found on the coastal areas of the Western Cape. It retains its … was declared a National Monument under…
PlaceVenda
… lost their Citizenship to the Country and were contained on a fraction of the usable land in the Republic. In 1973 … the rest of the World. There Economy was…
EventQueen Elizabeth ascends to the throne
… On 17 November 1558 the British Queen, Queen Elizabeth I … 20 000 people died of the disease. Queen Elizabeth I died on 24 March 1603 at Richmond Palace at…
EventSekonyela, chief of the Batlokwa, dies in the Wittebergen Reserve, Herschel district.
… northern Lesotho . He regularly engaged in cattle raids on neighbouring tribes, often to the detriment of his own … where he died three years later. After…
EventMandela signs a law into bill creating the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)
… and victims of apartheid by the full disclosure of truth. On receiving the TRC reports in 1998 Mandela commended the … and build our nation.” Click here for…
EventSimon Petros Matseke, prominent in African social and political life, dies in Pretoria
… black people to brew beer in their homes. Matseke served on the National Executive of the African National Congress … (AMEC) in which he serves as chairman…
EventUS Secretary of State Cyrus Vance travels to South Africa to promote transition to black rule in Namibia
… outgoing South African Prime Minister John Vorster reneged on the U.N. plan. In response, U.S. Secretary of State Cyrus … provided for the withdrawal of…
EventThemba Sono is expelled from SASO
… immediately after giving this address, Sono was isolated. On the same evening a resolution distancing SASO from the … to expel Sono was passed without…
EventRylands Civic Association collectively rejects the proposed move to remove non
… On 9 February 1970, the Rylands Civic Association … in the Cape Province were only permitted to a limited vote on a separate roll for Parliament and they had…
EventEnforcement of military conscription for all white males in SA
… Amendment Act, military service was voluntary. However, on 4 August 1967, military conscription became compulsory for … with the apartheid government and…
EventIngrid Jonker, SA poet, commits suicide.
… On 19 July 1965, Ingrid Jonker, a South African poet, … struggle for human rights and democracy in South Africa". On 24 May 1994, in his State of the Nation…
EventPresident F.W. de Klerk announces withdrawal of Internal Stability Units (ISU)
… On 1 February 1994 President F.W. de Klerk announced the … of Black Journalists. She became the first woman on the African continent to receive this award. ……
EventSouth African Parliament votes to restore citizenship to residents of so-called independent states
… territories into South Africa. The formal announcement on the restoration was made by parliament on 15 December 1993. The date scheduled for the restoration …
EventNelson Mandela condemns the Lockerbie bombing, the first mass killing of Americans by terrorists
… bombing killed all 243 passengers, 16 crew and 11 people on the ground. He also proposed dealing with the issue in a … leaders avoided visiting Libya as…
EventNelson Mandela meets President P.W. Botha to begin negotiating the end of apartheid
… On 5 July 1989, African National Congress leader Nelson … meeting between Mandela and P.W. Botha occurred in secret on 5 July 1989, and was very brief…
EventAn international measure is adopted in Antwerp to block rebel groups from trading conflict diamonds
… contravention of the decisions of the Security Council." On 19 July 2000, the World Diamond Congress in Antwerp … at: www.commodityonline.com [Accessed 13…
EventMuziwendoda Mdluli, National Intelligence Agency (NIA) security chief is found dead
… Galada, that he was going to have a meeting with police on the day of his death. Although police initially concluded … from the Ministry of Intelligence…
PlaceCurry's Post
… Curry and his rather large extended family lived - he went on to have as many as 20 grandchildren. Curry’s Post was to … cheese makers and beer brewers -…
EventMorgan Tsvangirai becomes Prime Minister of Zimbabwe
… Tsvangirai was sworn in as Prime Minister of Zimbabwe on 11 February 2009 as part of what was known as The Unity … held by British settlers. The British,…
EventThe British successfully thwart the Zulu attack at Rorke’s Drift
… hill, to serve as a hospital and supple base. At 15:15 on the afternoon of 22 January the small garrison at Rorke's … until 4:00 the following morning. The…
EventNongqawuse’s unfulfilled prophecy
… the AmaXhosa that their ancestors would rise from the dead on a certain day and also to instruct them that all cattle … to house what would be received from…
EventThe Trojan Horse Massacre
… for anti-apartheid protests, particularly by students. On 15 October 1985, members of the security forces shot and … people who were part of anti-government…
EventPAC’s leader, Potlako Leballo confirms that Poqo is the organisation’s military wing
… the middle of 1963 Poqo carried out a number of attacks on persons believed to be working with the security police to … involved. Scores of Poqo operatives…
PlaceFirst Raadsaal
… Click on image to enlarge The oldest remaining building in … of arms in relief and iron railings imported from France. On the grounds of the Raadsaal stands…
ArchiveChanging focus: The art and activism of Omar by Bongani Kona (Mail and Guardian), 4 June 2015
… and gray, when I take the 1044 train from Newlands station on a Saturday afternoon to meet the photographer Omar Badsha … photographic essays, Imijondolo: A…
Address by President Thabo Mbeki at the launch of the Public Administration Leadership and Management Academy, 1 August 2008,
… with a highly relevant meaning. It means "ascend" or "get on board". It is indeed an invitation to a quarter of a … transition is not a rupture - indeed,…