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EventChristoffel Coetzee de Villiers (37), compiler of South African genealogical registers, dies
… the founding members of the Genealogical Society of South Africa. De Villiers was married to Sara Susanna Celliers, … D.J et al. (eds) (1971) Standard…
EventThe official Commission of Inquiry into the mass media tables its report
… held between the Government and the Press Union of South Africa on matters concerning the Press. On these occasions …
EventANC stalwart, Albertina Sisulu dies in Johannesburg
… important leaders of anti-Apartheid resistance in South Africa. It was with Walter that she attended the first …
EventMbhazima Shilowa, former premier of Gauteng, is born
… to hold a number of important positions in the new South Africa, including general secretary of the Congress of South … Gastrow S. (1995) Who’s who in South…
EventSouth African woman, Janice Bronwyn Linden, is sentenced to death in China for smuggling drugs
… involved in crime during that time behind bars. South Africa has close to 700 citizens in foreign prisons for drug …
PlaceState President Swart Park, Bloemfontein
… Park is situated in Bloemfontein in the Free State, South Africa. There are two Parks on the West of the City Centre, …
EventExpress train derails in Ethiopia, killing an estimated 400 people
… never confirmed. It is the worst train disaster ever in Africa. …
PlaceShell House, Johannesburg
… ideal home. The ANC, the ruling Political Party in South Africa, now has its Headquarters at Luthuli House , …
PlaceAlbaster Klip, Northern Cape
… region in what is today the Limpopo Province of South Africa, to 1 May 1838, when his wife died less than three … work by foremost literary and artistic…
PlaceWild Coast
… The Transkei section of the Wild Coast is Rural South Africa at its best and the roads to the Coast lead the … Whales migrate from the Antarctic to the…
PlaceSabie Sands Game Reserve
… conservation of the highest density of big game in South Africa. Even though there is a 50 kilometre unfenced boundary … 'the Sabi Sand Reserve', the first…
ArchiveSt James Church Massacre
… A terrorist attack on St. James Church in Cape Town, South Africa left 11 people dead and 58 wounded. At about 7:30pm, … Reading: Truth and Reconciliation…
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Glossary
… and around which the principle of segregation in South Africa was organised; sometimes called bantustans black … ”” unnecessary “Coloured” is a loaded term…
PlaceSuggested Gandhi Trail, Through Durban
… prejudice." M.K Gandhi spent about 20 years in South Africa , predominantly in the Natal area. His experiences in South Africa are considered the formative…
Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism - Introduction
… as a particularly important period in this respect. South Africa experienced an economic boom during World War 2 (1939- … and labour-saving techniques. By…
EventANC flag raised at the funeral of John ‘Hennie’ Ferus
… was a strong campaigner against racial oppression in South Africa, who died in a car crash the on Monday 20 April 1981. …
PlaceAngra das Voltas, Luderitz Bay- Namibia
… location then became a naval base for German South-West Africa, modern day Namibia. The two islands off Agate Beach, …
PlaceAloes Railway Station, Port Elizabeth
… for the port the designation of "the Liverpool of South Africa." The 'Apple Express', a narrow-gauge Tourist Train to …
PlaceAgtersuurberg, Eastern Cape
… after the first prime minister of the Republic of South Africa in 1971. However at the end of apartheid, the Verwoed …
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.3 No.4 Dec-Jan 1980
… Players. STAFFRIDER WORKSHOP Politics and Literature in Africa by Mbulelo Mzamane MUSIC SECTION Reggae Rhythms by …
Indian Opinion
… and political lives of the Indian community in South Africa and also publicised news of the Indians in the …
PlaceMaitland
… this ultimately connected Cape Town to the rest of Africa , because the dunes of the Cape Flats prevented …
PlaceRhodes Memorial, Vredehoek- Table Mountain
… name has become synonymous with British imperialism in Africa. The Rhodes memorial is situated below Devil's Peak on …
PlaceMcgregor Museum, Kimberley
… it into one of the most important museums in South Africa. Since her fields of interest were botany, mineralogy, …
EventPresident Paul Kruger and Sir Alfred Milner meet in Bloemfontein to discuss the franchise question
… Paul Kruger and the British High Commissioner for South Africa, Sir Alfred Milner, met at a conference in …
EventLabour Party Colonel Creswell’s move to support the war wins majority
… “War on War” in S.P. Bunting: A Political Biography. South Africa: Mayibuye Books. Available at www.sacp.org.za …
PlaceNational Botanic Gardens, Pretoria
… each of the major Provincial, vegetation belts of South Africa. It was declared a National Monument under old NMC …
Letter to Farzanah
… of living with dignity and integrity in Apartheid South Africa, caused the Apartheid government to ban the book …
EventSolomon Kalushi Mahlangu is born
… training in Angola and Mozambique. He returned to South Africa in 1977 on a mission to help students commemorate the …
EventUnited Nations Charter is adopted
… et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 11, p. 78. History of the United …