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PlaceKing Edward VII High School, Houghton Estate, Johannesburg
… Second Anglo-Boer War was in sight. Plans were being made to reorganize the educational facilities in the Transvaal . … could be put into practice. Lord…
PlaceDurbanville
… so much more going on than the daily school run. This is a neighbourhood filled with great experiences for everyone to enjoy. Exploring the wine route will…
EventSouth Africa Freedom Day - 26 June 1950
… Congress and the African People Organisation organised a "Freedom of Speech Convention" in Johannesburg. The Convention was called to protest the Suppression…
ANC Election victory party, 19 May 2010
… Congress, the movement will tomorrow afternoon throw a victory party for its supporters to thank them for the race well run. President Jacob Zuma will…
Place'Aardoringspruit', Brandfort in the Free State Province
… This is a Watercourse extending East to West, 14 km West around the Area of Brandfort ..The name … honour. The Town was also Home to former prime-minister H…
EventCricketer Omar Henry born
… Henry became the first South African cricketer of colour to be selected to play in an “unofficial” test against the … the development of local cricket…
EventFinal legal note on the SS Mendi
… A brief report appeared on the 13th of November in the Times, … their lives. The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company requested to have their liability limited…
ArchiveInterview with Peter Donald Hjul
… Oral interview with Peter Donald Hjul who was a leading figure in the Liberal Party, which existed from … for the fishing industry in the early 1950s. Drawn…
PlaceBellville, a Suburb of Cape Town
… Peninsula urban Area. This Area was originally used as a wagon halt for farmers bringing their produce to Cape Town and was known as; Twelfth Mile Stone…
EventSA artist, Lionel Davis, is born
… Lionel Davis, a South African artist, was born in District Six, Cape Town on 21 June 1936. Davis became a political prisoner on Robben Island between 1964…
EventJohn Fairbairn (70), journalist and outspoken critic, dies in Cape Town
… in the Cape in1823. Soon after his arrival he founded a school which he ran for a short while and a literary … called the South African Journal. The magazine…
PlaceGeorge Harrison Park
… bound together: it was he who first found gold in 1886, a discovery that gave rise to the largest and most vibrant city in South Africa. The … Walker…
EventAnti-apartheid activist, Norman Levy is born
… and his twin brother, Leon Levy were born in Johannesburg to Mary and Mark Levy, immigrants from Lithuania. Levy … Johannesburg and matriculated in 1946. He…
EventLanga, Uitenhage Massacre: 20 killed by police on Sharpeville Commemoration Day
… 25 years to the day after the infamous Sharpeville Massacre, in which … were killed, the South African Police opened fire on a crowd of people in Langa,…
EventFour political detainees escape from Pretoria Central prison in one of the most dramatic escapes in SA history
… Four political detainees: Harold Wolpe, a listed Communist arrested on the Bechuanaland border; … from the Johannesburg Central Police station after bribing…
EventEdgar Whitehead succeeds Garfield Todd as premier of South Rhodesia.
… Todd was premier of South Rhodesia from 1953 till 1958. As a leader of a White minority regime during the period, he was considered … of the initiatives he…
EventSA artist Mmakgoba Sebidi is born
… in the Hammanskraal area. Her grandmother, a traditional artist, was her first teacher. She studied with … fair, Artists under the Sun, in Joubert Park…
EventThe Table Mountain cableway, one of the biggest tourist attractions in Cape Town, is inaugurated
… ceremony was opened by the Mayor of Cape Town, the Rev. A. J. S. Lewis and attended by more than 200 people. By the … many Cape Town citizens had suggested…
EventSA signs multilateral treaty on the civil liability for oil pollution damage
… On 19 June 1975, South Africa signed a multilateral treaty on the civil liability for oil … pollution damage. This treaty was drawn up in Brussels, to ensure…
EventNP presents its revised constitutional proposals
… Africa (CODESA) discussions. The proposals were based on a NP two-phase plan of transition. It suggested the … transitional councils by CODESA during the…
EventKhotso House is bombed
… was bombed for harbouring anti-apartheid groups a year after a blast at Congress of South African Trade Union … injunction from Minister of Law and Order…
EventPeter Nchabeleng President of Northern Transvaal UDF dies
… he was in custody. Before his arrest, Nchabeleng received a letter bomb containing his son's school results. He refused to open the letter and directed his…
EventThe French Foreign Legion is founded
… Foreign Legion was founded by King Louis-Philippe as a military unit to support the conquest of Algeria, which the French had … had served the unpopular…
EventFearon Fallows, first Astronomer Royal at the Cape, is born in England
… born in Cockermouth, Cumberland on 4 July 1789. The son of a weaver, he was brought up in the profession of … mathematics. At the age of 19, he became an…
EventWorld Aids Day
… the January 1988 meeting of Health Ministers in London, a decision was taken that 1 December would annually be … of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) was…
EventThe Afrikaner Broederbond is formed
… June 1918 disaffected Afrikaners were brought together in a new organisation called Jong Suid-Afrika (Young South Africa). In 1919 the organisation changed…
EventSan involvement in the Battle of Chrissiesmeer
… forces under General Smith-Dorrien. Botha's main aim was to cripple the advance of Smith-Dorrien into the eastern … The burgers achieved initial success, but…
EventSir John Robinson forms Natal’s first ministry as Prime Minister
… and Colonial Secretary. Robinson, who is regarded as a loyal Natalian, first came to South Africa as a child in 1850. He later became a journalist and…
EventZulu King Cetshwayo Dies
… King Cetshwayo was born to Mpande, who was King Shaka’s half brother in 1826. His … his successor very early on in life, which was unusual for a King to do…
EventBritain and the Zulu Nation sign a peace treaty
… captured on 28 August and on 2 September Britain signed a peace treaty with the Zulus. According to the treaty Zululand was divided into thirteen separate…