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The War
… 1900 they took Johannesburg. They then marched into on Pretoria four days later and occupied the town on 5 June 1900. After Bloemfontein and Pretoria had…
ArticleThe Inquest into Biko’s Death and his funeral
… driven, naked and manacled in the back of a police van, to Pretoria. He died there on 12 September 1977. Biko's funeral … Council took disciplinary action…
BiographyWinnie Madikizela-Mandela
… followed a similar action that had taken palce in Pretoria in August 1956. [ix] The Johannesburg protest was … Nelson was unexpectedly moved from Robben…
EventNiel van der Watt, SA composer is born
… Born Gerhardus Daniel van der Watt in Pretoria, Niel van der Walt is a composer well known for his … Polokwane). For his tertiary education, he returned to…
EventGerard Moerdijk, SA architect of several church buildings and the Voortrekker monument, dies
… whose most famous work is the Voortreker Monument in Pretoria, died on 29 March 1958, aged 68 years old. Moerdjk matriculated at the Pretoria Boys High…
ArticleNelson Mandela Awards 1960s - 2000s
… Road' to Katse, Lesotho, inaugurated. 20 July, Received Pretoria Press Club's 1994 Newsmaker of the Year Award, Pretoria. 14 September, Granted the Freedom…
ArticleThe Ndebele in history
… immediately north of the future Boer town of Pretoria. Musi, in his turn, had five sons: Manala, … had acted as chief during Sekhukhune's imprisonment in…
EventEarthquake shakes up Tulbagh
… of Seismic Hazard. Natural Hazards, 26(1): p. 175-201. Pretoria: Council of Geoscience.↵ [ii] Kijko, A., Retief, … of Seismic Hazard. Natural Hazards, 26(1):…
ArticleSefako Mapogo Makgatho Timeline 1861-1961
… Mission Teacher Training Institution of Kilnerton at Pretoria. 1882 Makgatho goes to England to study theology at … to take up a teaching post at the…
Rafique Mayet
… State President and shown at the African Window Museum in Pretoria in 2000. Rafs is currently working on a project …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1970-1979
… recharged. They are placed in solitary confinement at the Pretoria Central Prison under Section Six of the Terrorism … of Southern Africa ’ 12 September,…
Interview with Oliver Tambo by Zimbabwe Television (ZTV), 05 August 1983, Harare
… said. He said it was an act of bullying which showed that Pretoria would always be harassing African independent States … was referring to a recent issue…
EventGeneral Louis Botha dies
… first prime minister of the Union of South Africa, died in Pretoria after a heart attack. The heart failure was preceded … on his farm Rusthof. Very ill, he…
Prehistory: Pre colonial farmers in Gauteng
… century. The best-known site is at Broederstroom, west of Pretoria. The Johannesburg area, however, was generally too … record near Balfour, in the…
Women’s Resistance Against the Pass Laws
… Africans had not been allowed to walk on the pavements in Pretoria, with the consequence that African women and … my landlady in 1956, for the signing of the…
PlaceDie Grootkerk in Bosmanstraat
… The Dutch Reformed Church, Pretoria was established in 1854, when it separated from the … would become the centre of the newly established town, Pretoria …
PlaceWonderboom National Airport, Tshwane
… Wonderboom Airport, is located north of Pretoria, South Africa. The airport handles general aviation … Wonderboom was originally only an airstrip owned by…
National Theatre Organisation (1947)
… took up office in the old Marais Building in Sunnyside, Pretoria, with the intention to convert it into a National …
EventFather Smangaliso Mkhatshwa served with restriction order
… in political activities. The order restricted him to the Pretoria magisterial district. Since he could not return to … of St Charles Lwanga in Soshanguve…
ArticleAlbertina Sisulu Timeline 1918 - 2011
… the union buildings. Transporting women from all over to Pretoria was perhaps the biggest logistical challenge to the … were barring groups of ten or more…
ArticleThe turbulent 1950s - Women as defiant activists
… demonstration of ‘women's power' in August 1956. After the Pretoria march the campaign continued until the end of the … the powerful ANC Women's League …
EventNelson Mandela arrives on Robben Island to serve his five-year sentence
… American CIA agent based in Durban. Mandela was tried in Pretoria's Old Synagogue and in November 1962 sentenced to … and illegally leaving the country. He…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1990s
… the town of Klerksdorp and the United Kingdom Embassy in Pretoria was attacked. 11 February, Nelson Mandela, leader of … of a far-right group stole from Air…
EventThe NPA does not pursue charges against Wouter Basson, former chemical weapons expert of the SADF
… Force (SADF), on the charges originally quashed by the Pretoria High Court. Makhosini Nkosi, NPA spokesperson, said … Court. The Constitutional Court upheld…
ArticleMahatma Karamchand Gandhi Timeline 1900-1909
… day of Hartal in Transvaal. July 31, Mass meeting held in Pretoria. August 8, Gandhi writes to Smuts and suggests … in Johannesburg. November 15, Defends…
ArticleJames Sebe Moroka Timeline 1892 - 2012
… Freedom Day celebrations at the Union buildings in Pretoria. …
List of Speakers: The Politics of Armed Struggle in Southern Africa conference
… Rhodes University/UNISA Thula Simpson University of Pretoria Thenjiwe Mthintso Vladimir Shubin Institute for …
Statement by Oliver Tambo to the ordinary Congress of the Socialist International, 20 June 1989, Stockholm
… suspicions. Today, despite its treachery and bloodletting, Pretoria has been forced to concede a formal withdrawal from … November 1st. Yet, precisely…
Statement to the Ordinary Congress of the Socialist International, Stockholm by O. R. Tambo, 20 June 1989
… suspicions. Today, despite its treachery and bloodletting, Pretoria has been forced to concede a formal withdrawal from … November 1st. Yet, precisely…
ArchiveDie University Christian Movement (UCM) van 28 Mei 1969 verwys
… signed by the South African Commissioner of Police in Pretoria and sent to the Secretary for Justice, also in Pretoria, about the University Christian…