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PlaceBethelsdorp, Algoa Bay -Eastern Cape
… Back in 1802, the establishment of a Missionary Village on a deserted farm near Algoa Bay, now Port Elizabeth, became a … qualities like compassion, charity…
PlaceEllis Park
… the land for the stadium available. The stadium is home to Johannesburg's rugby team, the Highveld Lions, and … president, Nelson Mandela, took to the pitch…
PlaceNqamakwe
… In 1865 a number of Mfengu clans were resettled in the area around … Mfacane wars further north, they had relatively few links to their former rural tribal…
ArchiveZuma's rape accuser questioned (BBC News), 07 March 2006
… is being cross-examined in court. The judge has agreed to the defence's request to admit questions about the … it was that she regarded Jacob Zuma both as an…
EventMore than a dozen people are killed, including seven children, in Kwamakhutha Massacre
… From 1976 to 1996, political violence in KwaZulu Natal led to 11 700 … assault rifles killed 13 people, including 7 children, in a house in Kwamakhutha,…
PlaceClermont, a Township of Durban
… Clermont under the Apartheid days was a black middle income Township, in Durban. It is surrounded … is called Clermont road and is named after Sir Clermont,…
Siyanqoba Bafana-Bafana Siyanqoba!!! Siyavena Bafana Bafana Siyavena!!!, 3 June 2010
… in front of the ANC Head Office, Luthuli House, from 12h30 to 15h00. The theme for the bash is Siyanqoba Bafana, … ANC send-off of the Bafana Bafana team to…
Letter from Maryland (http://www.archaeology.org/) by Julie Schablitsky
… slave owners, and censuses. Nancy Daniels, for example, is a genealogist. She recalls that when she was younger, her … from Europe.” Daniels found her family…
ANC Statement on the 40th anniversary of Chief Albert Luthuli`s death, 20 July 2007
… To mark the 40th anniversary of the death of former ANC … Luthuli tomorrow, 21 July 2007, the ANC is publishing a special edition of the ANC political…
PlaceKuboes, Northern Cape
… Kuboes lies nestled between the Mountains of Ku Boesberg to the North, Van der Stel Berg to the East and the Ploeg … of Kuboes, also spelled Khubus. Derives…
EventVorster appoints a Commission of Inquiry
… Prime Minister John Vorster appoints a Commission of Inquiry under chairmanship of Justice H. J. … Potgieter of The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court…
EventWorld Press Freedom Day
… According to UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and … the objective of World Press Freedom Day is “to evaluate press freedom around the world, to…
EventThe South African Police Services (SAPS) celebrates its 10th anniversary
… (SAPS) celebrated its 10th anniversary for providing a service to South African democracy on 27 January 2005. Since this … cabinet approved 27 January as…
EventUDF is launched
… in opposing the Tricameral Constitution about to be introduced by the Apartheid Government.The launch date was chosen deliberately to coincide with the date…
EventThe Ben Schoeman freeway is opened
… forty years of its existence, traffic volume has increased to such an extent that it poses a serious problem. In an effort to ease congestion on the Ben…
EventThe government launches ‘Operation Iron Fist’ in townships
… At the height of township violence in Transvaal, President F.W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandela held a series of meetings to discuss means of quelling the unrest…
EventNamibia’s constitution is ratified
… The independence of Namibia can be directly traced to an accord agreed upon by Cuba, Angola and South Africa. … instrumental in Namibia's independence is…
EventMalebane Metsing stages a coup in Bophuthatswana
… A dissatisfied faction of the Bophuthatswana Defence Force … Party, led by Rocky Malebane Metsing, attempted to overthrow the government of Chief Lucas…
EventAbyssinian fortress of Dessie is captured by South African troops during World War II
… South Africa joined in support of Britain. The decision to enter the war led to divisions between English speaking … to 1902 were opposed to what they…
EventGeneral Idi Amin overthrows Ugandan President Milton Obote
… On 25 January 1971, General Idi Amin Dada led a military coup that overthrew Ugandan President, Milton Obote while he was at a Commonwealth meeting in…
EventThe Johannesburg Meteorological Observatory opens
… Meteorological Department, and was initially meant to be used to watch weather patterns. Astronomer Dr Robert … telescope was installed in 1906. The…
EventThe governor of the Cape, Sir Alfred Milner, opens the Graaff-Reinet-Middelburg railway line
… Sir Alfred Milner was a British statesman and colonial Administrator. Milner came to South Africa in May 1897. In South Africa he became … gold in…
ArchiveDeportation of NUSAS President Elect
… Appendix B to President's address to the 44th Annual Congress of the National Union of South … John Sprack, as well as arrangements for the election of a new…
ANC condemns hijacking of Spokesperson, 24 November 2009
… Landros Park in Pretoria. Mnisi had just dropped off a friend and waited at his companion`s driveway when two men emerged and pointed guns at him. Said a…
EventBarend Strydom kills 8 People in Pretoria
… On 15 November 1988, 21 year-old Barend Strydom went on a killing spree with his pistol and attempted to shoot every Black person he encountered. He killed 8…
Declaration by Oliver Tambo, Deputy President of the African National Congress of South Africa, and J.R.D. Chikerema, Vice-President of the Zimbabwe African People`s Union, 05 August 1967
… night the Rhodesian regime admitted having been engaged in a six-hour battle yesterday. In fact the fighting in this area has been going on continuously for…
Thanks, Jimi, this is good for you and the broader SA (The Times Editorial), 28 June 2016
… Matthews joins a long list of staffers who are not prepared to stomach nonsense and take the public broadcaster on a wrong path. The broadcaster's chief…
PlaceSeal Island
… well known as the port of departure for scenic day trips to Seal island or Duiker Island, home to a colony of thousands of Cape Fur Seals. Drumbeat Charters,…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the opening of the African Cup of Nations Tournament Johannesburg, 13 January 1996
… The decision of the Confederation of African Football to hold the 20th Nations Cup Tournament in South Africa is the best gift Africa could present to our…
EventMilitary coup is executed in Lesotho
… by rebel junior officers. The reasons for this coup was a long standing dissatisfaction with military leadership that … ruling council that governed Lesotho…