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PlaceCape Flats Nature Reserve, University of the Western Cape, Bellville
… was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 25 August 1978 The Cape Flats has the world’s highest rate … by urbanization. The Cape Flats…
PlaceThree Anchor Bay
… Suburb almost lays claim to Signal Hill, lying as it does on the Seaward Side of the Landmark, and its little Beach is … in the views from benches along the…
PlaceKamastone and Bulhoek
… that they legitimately owned the land they were living on . The area was divided into 8 sub-locations, of which … policeman, who opened fire, killing more…
PlaceLoftus Versveld Stadium, Hatfield
… was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 21 September 1979. Home to the Sundowns Football Club and … the tens of thousands of football…
PlaceGod’s Window
… A famous vantage point on the Drakensberg escarpment God's Window stands at an … extending northward over the Blyde River Canyon, situated on the Drakensberg…
PlacePinetown and its Museum
… A range of topics is featured in the museum, which focuses on local history. Displays reflect the cultural diversity of … interest! Anthropology is also a…
Document 21 - Letter from S. P. Bunting to E. R. Roux, 27 October 1930
… of the orthodox leaders and also a revelation of grit on the part of I think most of those on the floor, but after all even if there were 600 people …
Document 2 - Letter from the Cape Labour Party to James Ramsay, 12 August 1908
… being placed in. There seems to be a conspiracy of silence on the part of the press & telegraphic agency, but … the newspapers do admit toned accounts of…
EventPansy Tlakula, Chairperson of the Independent Electoral Commission, announces her resignation
… On 2 September 2014, Advocate Pansy Tlakula announced her … and wanted Tlakula removed ahead of the 2014 elections. On 18 June 2014, Electoral Court judge,…
EventThe Republic of South Africa is established
… his application for membership of the Commonwealth. On 31 May 1961, the Republic of South Africa was established, … adopted legislation which increasingly…
EventGerman torpedoes sink the SS Mendoza close to Durban
… submarine sank the SS Mendoza a ship bound for Durban on the Indian Ocean. The SS Mendoza was an ex-Vichy French … escort from Mombasa to Durban under…
EventThe British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) announces that a mysterious epidemic (AIDS) is causing increasing concern in the United States
… and was found in 180 patients in 15 states across America. On 10 December 1981, the BBC reported that concerns about the … campaigns in countries with high…
EventRhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith visits the United States, challenging officials to support his plan for the transition of government in the country.
… Secretary of State, Henry A. Kissinger led Smith agree on a plan to transition toward majority rule. Critics … finally signed an agreement with moderate…
EventPenny Heyns, South African swimming star, is born.
… Penelope Heyns, was born on the 8th of November 1974 in Springs, Transvaal. Her … Africa's re-admission to the Games in 1992. Penny went on to break many…
EventGambia is admitted to the United Nations
… Situated on the west coast of Africa, the banks of the River Gambia … day Senegal and The Gambia. It's capital was St. Louis on the River Senegal. It was the…
EventSouth Africa, Cuba and Angola Sign formal peace agreement, allowing Namibian independence from South Africa
… colonies and trust territories in Africa, pressure mounted on South Africa to do the same in Namibia. South Africa … African Defense Forces and SWAPO…
EventThe company, IBM, re-forms in South Africa
… and technologies. IBM would also profit from interest on loans it makes to the South African buyers of the … helped pressure the Apartheid government to…
EventInauguration ceremony of the South African College School (SACS) takes place
… the school and the inauguration ceremony of SACS was held on 1 October 1829. Classes at SACS included juniors all the … collegiate work. The school was…
EventPresident Robert Mugabe defends land reform programme
… On 18 April 2005, Zimbabwe celebrated twenty-five years of … is all but defunct and that Zimbabweans are dependent on food aid, even though Zimbabwe was…
EventReported arrest of London bomb mastermind, Rashid Aswat
… The suspected mastermind of the bomb attacks in London on July 7 hid in South Africa for several weeks before being … in Zambia last week. Cable News Network…
EventAnglo-Boer War 2: The British evacuate Rustenburg to occupy Commando Nek and Silkaatsnek
… After the fall of Pretoria on 5 June 1900, the British maintained a favourable command … occupation of Silkaatsnek led to the Battle of Silkaatsnek on 11…
EventThe Johannesburg Stock Exchange is established
… 'the Johannesburg Stock Exchange should be established. On 8th November 1887 Woollan founded the JSE by providing a … changed several times throughout its…
EventMarcus Garvey, Jamaican-born Black nationalist who advocated the departure of African-Americans back to Africa, is born.
… and the Rastafari Movement. He was born in Jamaica on 17 August 1887, and as a young man developed a love for … Times and Orient Review, where he developed…
EventSir Bartle Frere, the new British High Commissioner delivers an ultimatum to Cetshwayo the Zulu king to disband his army’
… began to take up colonies in Africa. South Africa took on a new significance and importance to the British Colonial … the British and the Zulu and at the…
EventSouth African Defence Force (SADF) raid Maseru in an effort to kill suspected members of the African National Congress
… border into Lesotho. Their target was a cluster of houses on the outskirts of Maseru where members of the African … by the SADF during the 1980s. Read…
EventSouth African Defence Force (SADF) attacks a Namibian refugee camp in Cassinga, Angola
… On 4 May 1978, the South African air force flew over … It was the South African Army’s first major air assault on a SWAPO refugee camp and military base. It…
PlaceTree Garden, President Brand Street, Bloemfontein
… It began when President Brand planted a couple of trees on the 25th Anniversary of the Republic (the Orange Free … was declared a National Monument under old…
educating African youth and provision of large scale scholarships tenable in various
… On negotiations and suspension of armed actions Preamble … regularly consult with ANC membership in all regions, on all major issues. 3. Appropriate…
65. Letter from the Natal Indian Congress to Smuts, 1945
… M. Naicker, waited upon the Prime Minister, J. C. Smuts, on 9 November 1945 and presented the following memorandum. … to consider favourably: (a) extending…
History of Muslims in South Africa: Introduction by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… Propagation Centre] had suggested publishing a book on Muslim history in South Africa. Al-hamdu lillah, I have to … to Achmat Davids for reading the…