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ArchiveExtracts of 3 Interviews from the 1956 Women’s Anti-Pass March
… even with our descendants. Q: How did the women get to Pretoria? DM: Yes, we all converged, other people from other … organize the women, where did you get…
ArticleAbram Fischer Timeline 1908-1975
… Bramley after 294 days underground and is taken first to Pretoria Central then to Pretoria Local Prison. 15 November, Bram appears in the … opens in the…
BiographyChief Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi
… The violence spread into the Transvaal, encompassing Pretoria, Witwatersrand, and Veeriniging -- the Vaal Triangle …
ArticleRustenburg Timeline 1850-2001
… to be named after the father of Hendrik Pretorius. Thus Pretoria comes into being. 1855 March, elections are held by … 12 April, A proclamation of annexation…
ArticleA History of the Bulhoek Massacre
… force while they waited for further instructions from Pretoria. As part of the church service 1000 Israelites began … for a defensive position until more men…
EventSA President P.W Botha meets with leaders of independent homelands
… Transkei, and Venda, attended a five-nation summit in Pretoria , chaired by the South African State President P. W. … Many observers saw this meeting as an…
ArticleColonial history of Nelspruit
… African Railway Company, which built the Eastern Line from Pretoria towards the Portuguese harbour of Lourenço Marques … to 1902). When British forces under…
ArticleBiko’s imprisonment, death and the aftermath
… detained in Port Elizabeth and on 11 September moved to Pretoria Central Prison, Transvaal (now Gauteng). On 12 … that Biko was assaulted before he was…
EventMelrose House opens as a Museum
… African State President C.R. Swart opens Melrose House in Pretoria as a museum. The House was built in 1866 by George Jesse Heyns a Pretoria businessman. It…
PlaceGauteng Province
… The Area of Gauteng Province is small; stretching from Pretoria in the North to Vereeniging in the South. Gauteng in … . It was first known as the PWV, which…
PlaceDiamond Hill Battle, Garden of Remembrance
… in Chief of the British forces, prepared to occupy Pretoria on 5 June 1900, General Louis Botha left to rally … with the extended British line of…
EventThe Vereeniging peace conference begins
… C.R. de Wet represented him until the peace was signed in Pretoria on 31 May 1902. The delegates at conference … British representatives Lord Kitchner and…
ArticlePeter Magubane Timeline 1932-
… ET PHIL Honoris Causa) by the University of South Africa, Pretoria. 2006 Awarded Honorary Doctorate (Doctor of Laws …
ArticleTimeline on the defacing of statues
… 6 April, The statue of Paul Kruger in Church Square in Pretoria is defaced with green paint. 7 April, The horse … 21 April 2015]|Amanda Khoza, Paul Kruger…
The South African War
… before the main body of Republican forces retreated to Pretoria. To the east the rail junction at Elandsfontein was …
EventDr. Hendrik Verwoerd announces his plan to grant Transkei independence
… would remain in the hands of the central government in Pretoria. On 26 October 1976, the Transkei gained … of the Transkei was a source of constant friction…
EventTshwane Metro’s 5th anniversary celebrations held at Church Square
… On 21 January 2006, approximately ten thousand residents of Pretoria attended Tshwane Metro's 5th anniversary celebrations. Held in Church Square in Pretoria…
PlaceSouth African State Theatre
… Ibid ↵ [ix] Ibid ↵ [x] “The South African State Theatre, Pretoria”, South Africa, Accessed 18 April 2017, … africa.net/za/en/articles/entry/article…
ArticleRivonia Trial 1963 - 1964
… other activists, outside the Palace of Justice. Source: Pretoria News Library On 30 October 1963 ten defendants appeared in the Pretoria Supreme Court…
ArticleLiberation history Timeline 1960-1969
… Masemola is charged together with 14 other people in the Pretoria Supreme Court with conspiracy to commit sabotage. He … Goldreich, Moosie Moolla and Charlie…
"Peace and Development in our Region" Speech at "War on Want" Conference by O. R. Tambo, London, June 1988
… and the immaculate generals of the flower-spangled city of Pretoria have decreed that this should be so. Within South … States: Economic Independence The…
PlaceHouse of Parliament, Cape Town
… in Cape Town even though the seat of government is in Pretoria . This was part of a compromise agreed upon at the … legislative capital, Bloemfontein the…
EventNelson Mandela is arrested
… acted as his legal representative. His trial took place in Pretoria's Old Synagogue. In November 1962, he was sentenced … imprisonment on the charges. He…
EventSA Journalist James Gray is born
… journalist, newspaper proprietor and former editor of the Pretoria News, James Andrew Gray was born in Scotland. He … Times. He moved to South Africa and…
EventThe Minister of Cooperation and Development, Dr. Piet Koornhof, announces the lifting of the ‘72-hour curfew’
… the '72-hour curfew' will be lifted on a trial basis in Pretoria and Bloemfontein, as part of a plan to remove all … more than 72 hours in an urban area…
EventAnglo-Boer War 2: The British evacuate Rustenburg to occupy Commando Nek and Silkaatsnek
… After the fall of Pretoria on 5 June 1900, the British maintained a favourable … means- guerrilla warfare. The surrounding areas of Pretoria were places of…
EventLillian Ngoyi, well-known anti-Apartheid activist, dies
… time, she developed a heart condition and died. Born in Pretoria in 1911, Ngoyi worked as a nurse before she became … J.G Strijdom’s door to hand over the…
ArticleThe New Group
… in South Africa. Two exhibitions were subsequently held in Pretoria and Johannesburg. Selection of works for exhibition …
PlaceWitbank, Mpumalanga
… formerly Witbank, in the Mpumalanga Province , East of Pretoria. Established in 1890 as Witbank, it is at the centre … hid in a colliery near Witbank after…
EventPolitician and Community leader Horatio Mbelle dies
… insurance agent, community leader and politician, dies in Pretoria. He was widely regarded as the best court … New Dictionary of South African Biography, v.1…