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Congo gains its independence from Belgium
… Stanley. [i] By 1884-5 as evidenced by the Berlin West Africa Conference , European states recognized Leopold as the …
ArchiveAddress at 6th Annual Nelson Mandela Lecture, by Nelson Mandela, 12 July 2008, Kliptown Soweto
… to deliver this lecture. You are an inspiring example to Africa and the world as one who strives for peace where …
EventBevil Rudd, the Olympic gold, silver and bronze medalist
… completing his studies abroad, he immigrated back to South Africa, and was appointed as a sports journalist, and by 1930 …
PlaceMagwa Waterfall, Lusikisiki-Port St. Johns
… middle of the 1 800 hectare Magwa tea plantation , South Africa's last remaining tea estate just outside Lusikisiki … middle of the 1 800 hectare Magwa tea…
PlaceKweneng, District of Botswana
… rarely black pied. The breed can also be found in South Africa. Animals of this breed are well adapted to hot, dry …
PlaceGroote Schuur Estate
… Groote Schuur Zoo was a 2 hectare zoo in Cape Town, South Africa. Established in 1931 at the request of deceased Cecil …
PlaceQuaqua
… on 1 November 1974. It became a part of South Africa in 1994, along with the other nine Homelands. The …
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer
… placed the issue of racism on the sanctions against South Africa. This is the first comprehensive record of that …
PlaceWierda Bridge, Six Mile Spruit, Pretoria
… Bridge is one the first of its kind to be Built in South Africa. It was Built in 1891 and is based on the hinge …
PlaceDjibouti
… Djibouti, on the Horn of Africa, is a country of dry shrublands, volcanic formations …
EventSouth African poet, writer and political activist, Mafika Pascal Gwala is born in Durban.
… Gwala influenced a number of contemporary poets in South Africa. … poetry 'a powerful force' With the passing of one of South Africa's finest poets, we pay…
The Indians of Natal: Resistance to Apartheid, 1971-1985 by Davinder S. Dhillon
… primary materials collected by the author from South Africa, the thesis seeks to capture the dynamics of Indian …
EventPope Paul VI proclaims 22 new African saints. The saints, known as the Blessed Martyrs of Uganda, were a group of converts who were persecuted and martyred from 1885
… VI became the first reigning pope to visit sub-Saharan Africa when he toured Uganda in July 1969, a visit that …
EventGreat Trek Centenary Celebrations commence
… the Cape Colony and settling in the interior of South Africa. White settlement led to the establishment of the … Cameron, T. (ed) (1986) An Illustrated…
EventAmy Johnson, a female aviator, lands in Cape Town in record time
… India. Johnson's final record breaking flight was to South Africa in 1936. During the Second World War, Johnson became a …
EventRobert Kennedy, American politician, speaks at the University of Cape Town about the racial inequality of apartheid
… inequality and prejudice in the United States and South Africa. In his speech he appealed to the youth to take charge … R.F ., Robert F. Kennedy University…
EventAbram Fischer is struck off the roll of advocates
… a historic ruling in October 2003, a full bench of South Africa's high court posthumously reinstated Bram Fischer to …
EventMass Democratic Movement (MDM) begins their Defiance Campaign
… organisations such as trade unions, was to make South Africa ungovernable - thereby crippling the apartheid system. …
EventEban Abba, Israeli statesman is born in Cape Town
… Eban Abba, Israeli statesman was born in Cape Town South Africa, on 2 February 1915. He is the son of Abraham and …
EventPresident Paul Kruger (78), dies of heart failure in Clarens, Switzerland
… on 14 July 1904. His remains were returned to South Africa and he was buried in the Pretoria Church Street …
Extraordinary Life: Zapiro
… the contribution that remarkable people have made to South Africa and the world. A well-known guest discusses the life …
PlaceWorld War Cenotaph
… battalions of Cape Coloured men who fought in East-Africa and Palestine. This German field gun was captured by … Standard Encyclopedia of South Africa https:…
PlacePioneer Museum, Silverton Pretoria
… gives one a real sense of early farming Culture in South Africa, as one takes a guided tour around the Farm, that …
EventAnti-Apartheid demonstration is held outside SA embassy in Washington
… Council to impose a mandatory arms embargo on South Africa in 1977. However, the Reagan and Thatcher governments, … engagement' with, rather than isolation…
EventJohn Thomas Baines is born
… to a coach painter at a young age, he left for South Africa in 1842 to work as a portrait artist. Baines was first … Baines recorded the Eighth Frontier War…
ArchiveThe Final Prize - Contents and Preface
… but they know who they are. My sincerest thanks to them all, including the librarians at the William Cullen Library …
PlaceO.R. Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg
… to O.R Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, October 27, 2006. Oliver Reginald Tambo was President … at the height of the anti-apartheid…
Cape Town Launch of A to Z of Amazing South African Women
… this book honours the contribution of women to South Africa's past, present and future. Using short, easy to read …
UCT defends stance on artistic freedom after Goldblatt pulls out by Paul Herman (News24), 4 March 2017
… guided by the Library and Information Association of South Africa, will always stand for the free flow of information, …
PlaceUniversity of the Orange Free State, Grey's College School
… of the oldest institutions of higher education in South Africa. On 28 January 1904, the Grey College School in …