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EventShaun Pollock makes history in a test match
… Pollock, became the only player in Test cricket history to have taken 300 wickets and score 3 000 runs. This … landmark when he pushed Indian leg spinner…
EventDutch East Indian Company, pioneer in the expansion of European settlement in South Africa is formed
… Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie (VOC) popularly referred to as 'the Company', was founded when seventy-three directors … Chartered Company was established…
EventThomas William Bowler, prolific painter at the Cape, is born
… English born Thomas William Bowler was a self taught painter and printmaker who spent most of his … marrying Jane Elizabeth Hawthorne, he set himself up as a…
PlaceWarriors Gate: MOTH Museum of Militaria
… Road and Masabalala Yengwa Avenue, in Durban. In addition to its Headquarters function, Warriors Gate is also a Museum of Militaria, displaying many hundreds…
PlaceCofimvaba, Eastern Cape
… seat for Tembuland , which had originally been located to St Marks, which has subsequently, been transferred to a more accessible location. It derives its…
PlaceBelvidere, Knysna
… Captain Thomas Henry Duthie emigrated to the Cape in 1826. In 1830 he visited Knysna, where he was … he subsequently married in Cape Town in 1833. He retired…
EventSpringboks wallop Scotland
… South African rugby team, (Springboks/Amabokoboko) went to Murrayfield, Edinburgh in Scotland to engage their Scottish counterparts. The last time the team…
EventInternational Candlelight Memorial Day
… Day. It was started by people living with HIV and Aids to break down the barriers of stigma and discrimination. The … began on 1 December, World Aids Day…
ArchiveCosatu News
… African Trade Unions, documents the struggle of workers to gain power in the workplace in order to improve wages and work conditions and ultimately to…
Speech by President Mandela at the Chief Albert Luthuli Centenary Celebration, 25 April 1998, KwaDukuza
… Buthelezi, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am truly honoured to celebrate nation-building, freedom, peace and unity with … and Chief Albert Luthuli. This celebration…
PlaceGeorge, Garden Route- Western Province
… Johannesburg . It is on the Railway Line from Cape Town to Port Elizabeth , 51 km North-East of Mossel Bay and 72 km … named Georgetown after King George III…
PlaceThe Durban Centre for Photography
… of photographic prints ever held in South Africa. This was to raise money for the DCP. Buckland set up the collective … Khubisa, Jeeva Rajgopaul and, of…
PlaceiSimangaliso Wetland Park, former Greater St. Lucia Wetlands Park
… A World Heritage Site, iSimangaliso Wetland Park (the former … astonishing variety of habitats from the Ubombo Mountains to Grasslands, Forests, Wetlands,…
ArchiveAppendix 5 Notes on Palestine and Israel by Denis Goldberg
… it and defeated it because it was unjust We fought it to be free to rebuild our country The world condemned … Arabs The suffering of people prevented from…
PlaceZululand District Municipality
… Known as: 'The Kingdom of the Zulu' . KwaZulu-Natal is a: "melting pot of African, European and Indian cultures" . … KwaZulu-Natal . Just north of the…
EventGeneral Assembly adopts a resolution condemning the South African Foreign Minister
… The United Nations General Assembly decided by 67 votes to 1 (South Africa) with 20 abstentions, to censure the Foreign Minister of South Africa Eric Louw…
EventThousands protest the killing of Chris Hani
… Chris Hani was shot and killed, thousands of Blacks took to the streets to protest against the killing of Chris Hani, commander of … in South Africa urged…
EventG7 meeting on world finance kicks off in London
… G7 (now Group of 8 after the inclusion of Russia), opened a two-day meeting in London that, while unlikely to yield any major changes in exchange rate…
EventInhabitants flee UNITA occupation
… of Angola (UNITA), formed in 1966 by Jonas Savimbi to contest power and access to minerals in Angola, occupied Kuxi in southeastern Kuando … warned the…
EventFinance Minister Chris Liebenberg presents his budget
… Chris Liebenberg, presented his 1996 - 1997 budget to parliament. It was a cautious package intended to reduce the fiscal deficit and provide tax relief to…
EventNatal Indian Congress is formed
… Indian Congress (NIC) is formed by Mahatma Gandhi in order to fight discrimination against Indian traders in Natal. The … party became the first permanent…
EventANC leads march through central Durban
… The African National Congress (ANC) led a march through central Durban, attended by up to 100,000 people, to demand their voting rights. The march was…
”On this night a bedraggled Winston Churchill knocks on the door of the manager of Delagoa Bay Collier, pleading for something
… "On this night a bedraggled Winston Churchill knocks on the door of the manager of Delagoa Bay Collier, pleading for something to eat after his escape from…
PlacePretoria Art Museum
… The Pretoria City Council started a permanent collection of paintings from artists such as the … artworks of the 17th century Dutch and Flemish artists to…
Nelson Mandela University presenting AEE REP qualification programme
… and IT at NMU was the ideal choice for the EnTF to expand its training programs to other regions within … for practical visits within its surrounds. REP is a…
PlaceGroote Kerk, Pretoria
… town, Pretoria (1855). The congregation was moved to Bosman Street where a new church building was inaugurated in 1904. Today it is … Church tradition in…
PlaceOpera House, Port Elizabeth
… This building, designed in a late Renaissance style based broadly upon the Doric order, … was erected in 1891 under the direction of GW Smith, a prominent…
EventJosiah Gumede is succeeded by Pixley ka Isaka Seme as ANC president
… Mangena, Richard Msimang and George Montsio called for a convention of Africans to form the South African Native National Congress (SANNC). … introduce new…
EventFormer Kenyan President, Jomo Kenyatta, dies
… southwest of Mount Kenya. Kenyatta ran away from home to become a pupil at the Church of Scotland Mission, where he studied … 12 November, p.2. [Accessed 11…
EventArchibald Campbell Mzoliza Jordan, Xhosa writer and linguist, dies
… He did his education at Mbokothwana mission before moving to St John's College in Umtata where he qualified as a teacher. After qualifying, he began his…