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… Irma Stern, SA painter, dies in Cape Town. …

… James La Guma, from New Age, Cape Town …

… (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 6, p. 376. … Wolf Kibel, SA painter, dies in Cape Town. …

… The Mount Nelson hotel opens in Cape Town. …

… The Groote Kerk in Cape Town is inaugurated. …

… The first land is registered at the Cape. …

… The railway line from Cape Town reaches Stellenbosch. …

… Cape of Good Hope: For Vasco de Gama …

… Health and safety - grain workers in Cape Town …

… (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 4|Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite … Early Cape lawyer Johannes de Wet is born …

… Cape boundary extended to Fish and Bushman’s rivers …

… UWO and Womens Front form Cape Towns UWCO …

… Street post boxes are introduced in the Cape …

… marched without notice or public declaration through the Cape Town CBD unhindered. On 2 September the ban on public … South African History Online, ‘Cape Town’ , [online], available at www.sahistory.org.za … Langa, Nyanga and Gugulethu students march through the Cape Town CBD …

… ships travelling to and from the East would call at the Cape to replenish their supplies. In 1647, a Dutch ship, the … that the establishment of a refreshment station at the Cape was possible. On 26 July 1649, Janszen, together with … a report on the possibility of company settlement in the Cape. In 1652, following the 'Remonstrantie' or …

… Riebeek and the Dutch East India Company arrived in the Cape, the first white baby was born. The baby was named … be the first of many European babies to be born in the Cape. Baby Wijlant and his parents were officially the first family to move into the Cape Fortress. His father Barenz Wijlant was a …

… High Commissioner for South Africa and Governor of the Cape Province in 1897. His efforts to gain political rights … (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU.| Muller, C.F.J. (ed)(1981). Five Hundred … Alfred Milner becomes High Commissioner and Governor of the Cape Province …

… artist, was born on 1 June 1926 in East London, Eastern Cape. In 1946 he studied drawing under Henrich Steiner in … Cecil Edwin Frans Skotnes is born in East London, Eastern Cape …

… left for Mariazell College in Matatiele in the Eastern Cape where her anxieties were eased by the discovery that the … 1964, but the same restrictions applied to her in Cape Town and although she informed the police of all her … time. He allowed her extensive leave to visit Walter in Cape Town. By the end of 1984 the UDF had over 600 affiliates …

… theatre. Hendrik died on *14 January 1952 in the Strand, Cape Town. Throughout his career, Hanekom promoted folk … (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 5, p. 422. Swart (unknown). Afrikaanse … Hendrik Andries Hanekom, SA actor dies in the Strand, Cape Town …

… Fearon Fallows, the first Astronomer Royal at the Cape, was born in Cockermouth, Cumberland on 4 July 1789. The … established, but yet to be constructed, observatory at the Cape of Good Hope. He arrived in Cape Town on 21 August 1821 to investigate possible sites, …

… such 'mass movement" against slavery and oppression at the Cape, and suggests a deep awareness around issues of … and freedom held by slaves and servants throughout the Cape Colony.  The timing of the Cape uprising was surely influenced by stories arriving in …

… educated and the ‘unschooled’, or ‘reds’, in the Eastern Cape. Feuds between the two groups during this period had … has inspired a great deal of research contrasting Western and African understandings of mental illness. A fundamental difference between Western and African treatments of mental conditions is raised …

… on charges of spying for the Soviet Union began in the Cape Town High Court. The Judge President granted an … South African History Online , ‘Cape Town Timeline 1300-1997’ , [online], available at … Commodore Dieter Gerhardt’s trial begins in the Cape Town High Court …

… activist, politician and former Premier of the Northern Cape Provincial Legislature, is born in Kimberley. Emsley Manne Dipico was the first premier of the Northern Cape. He studied at the University of Fort Hare where he … In 1994, Dipico became Premier of the Northern Cape. His tenure ended in 2004. He is now the Provincial …

… The franchisement was first granted to the Native of Cape Colony in 1854, without, distinction as to white and … upon the Natives, the evidence of both oral tradition and Cape historical records of the years 1848 -1854 enables us to … in the Empire on which the sun ever sets. The old Cape Colony adhered to this policy for nearly half a century, …

… On 6 October 1902 the 3200km long railway line between Cape Town, South Africa and Beira in Mozambique was … Railway line between Cape Town and Beira in Mozambique is completed …

… the Workers' Party of South Africa, Johannesburg, to the Cape Town branch, 26 August 1937 …