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Address by ANC President, Nelson R. Mandela, to the Ruth First tenth anniversary commemoration trust Cape Town, 17 August 1992
… spent her life in the service of the people of Southern Africa. She went to prison for her beliefs. She was murdered … international monitors to be…
EventInternational celebration of ‘May Day’
… On 1 May, South Africa will enjoy Worker's Day (effectively a May Day … Mayday has been celebrated unofficially in South Africa since the 1980s. However, 1…
PlaceMotswedi Alexandra Art Centre, Wynberg Sandton
… Vivienne Abrahams-Aliveriotis, the founder of 'Art with Africa", plans to start working with the learners to identify … of the Alexsan Kopano Resource Centre…
PlaceSodwana Bay National Park
… Sodwana Bay National Park offers Africa's Southern most, Coral Reefs and outstanding Climate. … Wetland Park . This iSimangaliso Wetland Park was South…
EventDr Frederik van Zyl Slabbert resigns from parliament
… his reasons for resigning and his predictions for South Africa. In 2002, then President Thabo Mbeki appointed him to … head a team investigating a new…
EventDeputy Minister of Interior Affairs, P.W. Botha, introduces the Republican Referendum Bill to Parliament
… 11 March 1960, for the first time in the history of South Africa, the Republican Referendum Bill was introduced to … a referendum. For that purpose, the…
EventSir Thomas Cullinan (74), founder of the Premier Mine where the Cullinan diamond was discovered in 1907, dies.
… the British Crown Jewels. The largest is known as Star of Africa, a pear shaped diamond weighing 530.20 carats. The Star of Africa holds the place of 2nd…
EventThe first Dutch Reformed Church in the Orange Free State is founded
… that province. The Dutch Reformed Church arrived in South Africa in the seventeenth century, after Calvinist reforms in … India Company, as an extension of…
EventAnnouncement of Hezekiel Sepeng’s 2 years suspension
… Athletics South Africa (ASA) announced that South Africa's former Olympic 800m silver medallist Hezekiel Sepeng …
EventDeath of Harry Oppenheimer
… South Africa's most successful businessman, Harry Oppenheimer, died … been pursued here over the last 40 years has made South Africa stink in the nostrils of…
EventCullinan diamond is cut into two
… Cullinan diamond was cut into two big stones, The Star of Africa and the Cullinan 2, as well as seven fairly big stones … stone cut from the Cullinan, the…
EventThe BSAC flag is hoisted in Bulawayo
… The flag of the British South Africa Company (BSAC) or Chartered Company was hoisted in … et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape…
EventNelson Mandela delivers a speech marking his first 100 days in office
… democratically elected President of the Republic of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, delivered a speech to the joint … and try to end conflicts in different…
EventFormer Tennis player, Kevin Curren, is born in Durban
… United States for 20 years. In 1995 he returned to South Africa and became a commentator for the SABC and later worked for Tennis South Africa. He has also…
EventChris Katongo, Zambian football player, is born
… After playing for a few local teams, he moved to South Africa and joined Jomo Cosmos Football Club in 2004. In 2007 … national team. Under his leadership,…
EventArchibald Lamont, ex-mayor of Durban, passes away.
… and inducted at Singapore. In 1910 he came to South Africa to visit his sister and became a permanent resident. He entered the world of politics in South…
Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism commissioned by The Department of Education
… that occurred prior to the arrival of Europeans in South Africa - farming and globalisation. These were not sudden … Chapter 1 - Rural Change and the Future…
Address by President Nelson Mandela to the interfaith commissioning service for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Cape Town, 13 February 1996
… your goal is to ensure lasting reconciliation. South Africa's transition from apartheid has seen the … The spectre of civil war has receded from South Africa…
EventFirst enslaved people arrive in Cape Town
… This was the first shipment of slaves to arrive in South Africa, and marked the beginning of almost 200 years of slave … meant that the first school ever to…
Address at the World Food Summit, 10 June 2002
… economic climate, have resulted particularly in Africa being faced with a real threat of famine. If we are to … established a framework through the New…
Address by the Chancellor of the University of Zululand, Mr Jacob Zuma, at the Gala Dinner of the First International Co-Operatives Conference, Kwazulu Natal, 24 February 2009, Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre, Durban
… experiment could not survive in a racially polarised South Africa. When Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana in the 1950`s spoke about … 2015. But what is the state of the…
PlaceGhana
… colony. The Gold Coast was the first British colony in Africa to become independent. After independence, its name … the first president was Kwame Nkrumah …
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter X - Triumph of disunity (2)
… no less than Imperialism operating in the union of South Africa has condemned the Non-Europeans to political and … to establishing their supremacy throughout…
ArchiveBiography of Amina Desai by Cole Deal
… in 1948, millions of Africans were left to suffer in South Africa. Many groups rallied against the Afrikaner government … life characterize her desire for an…
Luke Mazwembe
Mr Luke Mazwembe, aged 32 , a member of the Western Province Workers Advice Bureau and of the South African Student Association,was detained under section 22…
EventPrime Circle released their album ‘Hello Crazy World- 10th Anniversary Special’
… Circle is often described as the ‘best rock band’ in South Africa due to their longevity and musical success. The band … straight. This set a new record for…
EventThe first 'Bantustans' or 'homelands' comes into existence when the Transkei Regional Authority is instituted
… the South African government. The homelands: After South Africa became a Union, the government wanted Black and White … was a homeland for every major Black…
EventSalman Rushdie's visit is still on
… public lecture from the Islamic Council of Southern Africa, the Weekly Mail (now Mail and Guardian) announces … governments and other governments such as…
PlaceBisho, Capital of the Eastern Cape
… of the so-called black Homeland or Bantustan, into South Africa. (This Alliance was formed in 2019.) Bisho has many … Bisho Airport is a local Airport in…
PlaceZonderwater
… II, specifically for Italian soldiers who were captured on Africa's Northern and Eastern fronts. At it's largest it held … Bassa Dam in Mozambique…