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Ryk Tulbach, governor of the Cape from 1751, is born in Utrecht, the Netherlands.
… (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 10, p. 653 … Ryk Tulbach, governor of the Cape from 1751, is born in Utrecht,…
BiographyMichiel Hendrik Nesser
… appeared in “Ons Klyntji”. S.J. du Toit invited Nesser to join the editorial team of “Ons Klyntji” and “Die Patriot” in … Du Toit led him to quit his…
BiographyNorman Levy
… and his twin brother, Leon (a founding member and later the National President of the South African Congress of Trade … National Congress’s (ANC) call to…
PlaceKoopmans de Wet House, 35 Strand Street, Cape Town
… The land was granted at the turn of the 18th century by … materials necessary for the job on his last voyage to the Cape, and used them in 1701 to build for…
PlacePofadder, Northern Cape
… Pofadder is a small town situated in the Northern Cape of South Africa . While pofadder means: … Klaas Pofadder , who lived on Kanoneiland and died in the…
Andrew Barnard (45), colonial secretary of the Cape and husband of Lady Ann Barnard, dies on a farm near Cape Town after contra
… Andrew Barnard (45), colonial secretary of the Cape and husband of Lady Ann Barnard, dies on a farm near Cape Town after contra …
Jan Wouters is found guilty in court in the Cape for "blasphemous libels on Cape ladies" and is sentenced to beg thei
… Jan Wouters is found guilty in court in the Cape for "blasphemous libels on Cape ladies" and is sentenced to beg thei …
Sir Walter Hely-Hutchinson promises in his opening of the Cape parliament that all Cape rebels who fought in Anglo-Boer War 2 w
… Sir Walter Hely-Hutchinson promises in his opening of the Cape parliament that all Cape rebels who fought in Anglo-Boer War 2 w …
Sir Walter Hely-Hutchinson promises in his opening of the Cape parliament that all Cape rebels who fought in Anglo-Boer War 2 w
… Sir Walter Hely-Hutchinson promises in his opening of the Cape parliament that all Cape rebels who fought in Anglo-Boer War 2 w …
About 2 000 slave owners meet in Cape Town to complain against new slave regulations to be implemented at the Cape, claiming th
… About 2 000 slave owners meet in Cape Town to complain against new slave regulations to be implemented at the Cape, claiming th …
Albert van de Sandt Centlivres, chief justice of SA and chancellor of the University of Cape Town, is born in Cape Town.
… (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v.3, p. 148. … de Sandt Centlivres, chief justice of SA and chancellor of the…
BiographyVernom ‘Rogers’ Nkadimeng
… Vernom Nkadimeng was born in 1958 to the African National Congress (ANC) activist and trade unionist John Nkadimeng . Nkadimeng skipped the country…
PlaceLady Frere, Eastern Cape
… Originally named after the wife of; Sir Henry Bartle Frere, the then Governor of the Cape, Lady Frere serves as the centre for the Glen Grey … farming…
BiographySipho Samuel Hashe
… Hashe was born in Middledrift, Ngcabasa Village (Eastern Cape) in 1934. He relocated to Port Elizabeth in the 1950s. … arranged that they leave the country…
Document 66 - Letter from the Workers’ Party of South Africa, Johannesburg, to the Cape Town branch, 21 February 1937
… One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 66 - Letter from the Workers' Party of South Africa, Johannesburg, to the Cape Town branch, 21 February 1937…
Closing Address by President Nelson Mandela in the Debate on the State of the Nation Address Parliament, Cape Town, 10 February 1999
… It was to be expected that this year's debate on the State of the Nation Address should be especially … to the State of the Nation Address by pledging to…
EventElectric lights are installed in Adderley Street, Cape Town.
… Adderly Street is possibly the most historically rich street in Cape Town. It gets its name from the man who vehemently opposed a proposal by the British to…
BiographyValiamma Munuswami Mudaliar
… Munuswami Mudaliar was a young girl who decided to join in the last phases of Gandhi ’s Satyagraha in 1913. On 29 … joined other women who went on a march…
EventSir John Herschel, British astronomer, arrives in Cape Town
… he embarked on a journey to South Africa to catalogue the stars, nebulae, and other objects of the southern skies. He arrived in Cape Town on 15 January…
PlaceLangkloof Valley, Eastern Cape
… Part of the Cape Fold Belt, the Langkloof Valley and Mountains are a short range of Mountains that serve as a link between the Tsitsikamma and Outeniqua…
BiographyHector Pieterson
… Hector Pieterson* was born in 1963. He became the iconic image of the 1976 Soweto uprising in apartheid South Africa when a … uprising against the sole use…
Speech by President Nelson Mandela at a banquet in honour of President Nujoma of Namibia Cape Town, 13 May 1996.
… used as one of the languages of instruction in secondary schools. Several hours later, police and youths were engaged … Steve Biko. Born in King William's…
ArchiveFor freedom without hunger: aspects of the South African Congress of Trade Unions with reference to the Western Cape
… Thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirement for the Degree of BA Honours in Economic History at the University of Cape Town by Barbara Sudano,…
Address at the National Council of Provinces, Cape Town 12 October 2000
… Chairperson of the NCOP; Honourable Premiers; Honourable Members of the House; Distinguished Guests; Ladies and Gentlemen, When we spoke at the National…
Address to the National Council of Provinces, Cape Town 28 October 1999
… Chairperson of the NCOP, Honourable Premiers, Honourable Members of the House, Ladies and Gentlemen; I would like to thank you most sincerely for the…
ArchiveDeath Sentences for Politically-related Crimes in the Eastern Cape: Paper Presented at the Black Sash National Conference 1989
… Death Sentences for Politically-related Crimes in the Eastern Cape: Paper Presented at the Black Sash National Conference … punishment, politically-related…
ArchiveCourt Monitoring Report Cape Western Region: Report Presented at the Black Sash National Conference 1990
… Court Monitoring Report Cape Western Region: Report Presented at the Black Sash National Conference on 3 March 1990 discussing … Court Monitoring Report Cape…
EventThe Neptune, with 288* convicts on board, enters Simon’s Bay, with strong resistance from Cape inhabitants
… On 19 September 1849, The Neptune entered and anchored in Simon's Bay (now Simonstown) in the Cape, after being met with a furious city population in Table ……
Robert Mokxotho Matji
… in Pretoria, Transvaal (now Gauteng). He later moved to the Eastern Cape, settling in Port Elizabeth, where he worked as a … Port Elizabeth, he became the…
ArticleThe Transkei
… Struggles against the Bantu Authorities Act were fought in the Transkei , where the resistance of the peasants culminated in the Pondo revolt which broke…