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PlacePietermaritzburg, Umgungundlovu District Municipality
… Station became famous when Mahatma Ghandi was evicted from a train here in 1893, an event that set him on his … the lovely Pietermaritzburg Botanical Gardens…
PlaceMiddleburg, Mpumalanga
… Pretoria and Lydenburg in 1859. However, nothing resulted from this idea. In 1864, The Dutch Reformed Church bought the … in Middelburg. Middelburg is…
PlaceUniversity of Pretoria
… The name 'Tuks'- for the University of Pretoria- derived from the acronym for the College, namely: ' Transvaal … TUC in Pretoria became an independent…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the Occasion of the 108th Anniversary of the African National Congress by Cyril Ramaphosa, 8 January 2020
… conference. Just over two years ago we emerged from the ANC’s 54th National Conference tasked with the … Much progress has been made, but this task remains…
EventSouth Africa's new constitution is approved
… constitutive assembly, which had representatives from all the major political parties and liberation …
EventANC's economic plans
… did not mean that the private sector would be excluded from certain areas of business, and said that the ANC …
PlaceBoyes Drive, Muizenberg
… Transport wagons from Cape Town delivered goods to the Southern Suburbs. …
EventMarlise Joubert, SA author and painter, is born
… poet Louis Esterhuizen and has a son and a daughter from her first marriage. … Ateljee.co.za (2007). ‘ Marlise Jourbert ’ from Ateljee [online]. Available at…
PlaceKranshoek, Western Cape
… the leadership of Abraham le Fleur who had been displaced from their land in Kokstad. Le Fleur also founded the Griqua … the leadership of Abraham le Fleur…
EventEthiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, is captured by EPRDF rebels
… The country was now taking a new path, moving away from the grip of ethnic strife.On taking over as head of the …
EventThe TEC decides on Bophuthatswana's incorporation following major unrest
… violent clashes in the homeland. Mangope was removed from office by South African Foreign Minister Pik Botha and …
EventAnnouncement of Hezekiel Sepeng's 2 years suspension
… silver medallist Hezekiel Sepeng was banned on 11 May 2005 from all competition for two years, following a drug test on …
EventANC agrees to facilitate SA rugby's return to international games
… was banned by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) from participating in international games because of its …
EventSouth West African People's Organisation (SWAPO) is founded to oppose South African rule
… formed to advocated immediate Namibian independence from South Africa and became the country's leading party …
PlacekwaMakhutha Township
… KwaMakhutha is a township in KwaZulu-Natal , inland from Amanzimtoti , located south of Durban . Known for its … KwaMakhutha is a township in KwaZulu-Natal,…
PlaceBotshabelo, Motheo Region near Bloemfontein
… (interestingly the largest group of people originally from Botswana to live in South Africa, whose language is …
PlaceLekwa-Teemane Municipality, North West
… when diamonds were discovered in the River banks. Not far from Christiana is the agricultural Town of Bloemhof. It was …
Pravin Gordhan vs the Law, as defined by clichés by Mervyn E. Bennun (Politics Web), 08 September 2016
… and investigate national priority offences. We learn from the press that the dossier has in the normal course been …
Address delivered by Nelson Mandela, Deputy President of the African National Congress to the graduation ceremony at MEDUNSA 23 March 1991
… unnecessarily, remain the preserve of blacks. Apart from some extremists, there are few people who do not …
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on the occasion of Women’’s Day: Ga-Motlatla, Ditsobotla Local Municipality, North-West Province, 9 August 2008
… survive in the margins of our society because of exclusion from general education, skills development programmes, and …
Address at the 22nd Congress of the Socialist International, 27 October 2003
… capital. As experience has shown, when these shift from place to place what, to them, might be insignificant …
PlaceDrie Kuilen Nature Reserve
… in this beautiful Area. Being only a two hour drive away from Cape Town. This Reserve is home to a wide variety of …
EventPat Boone, American singer, actor and writer, begins a 10-day tour of South Africa
… South Africa for a 10 day tour. In later life he switched from rock and roll to gospel and country music. By the 1970’s … Associated Press Pat Boone News…
EventFake tickets lead to stampede in Johannesburg
… Grobelaar, the tickets were printed as if they were from Computicket, a ticket marketing company. Further … Stadium management SA to probe origin of fake…
EventZambian journalist, Fred M'membe is born
… Zambia Post constantly clashed with the government, from the time of President Kenneth Kaunda up until President …
EventANC's Walter Sisulu and Duma Nokwe rally support against Urban Bantu Councils Act
… Congress (ANC) leaders, Walter Sisulu and Duma Nokwe went from house to house in Orlando, Soweto near Johannesburg …
EventAfrikaner women march to the union buildings in protest of SA's involvement in WW2
… united in their request that South Africa should withdraw from the war. The first Afrikaner women march took place on 4 …
PlaceSouth African Royal Astronomical Observatory, Cape Town
… edifices such as domes and dwelling houses, most dating from the Victorian period and forming a pleasant coherent …
PlaceMatroosfontein
… four kilometres, in fact) and is fewer than 20 kilometres from the City Bowl. This Suburb has a deep, poignant History, …
PlaceNzhelele Nature Reserve
… can be accessed via the R525 off the N1 to Musina, or from the Pafuri Gate in the Kruger National Park via the …