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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 …
EventHarry Hart, a South African athletics champion is born
… for pole vault. [iv] Hart was selected to represent South Africa on eight individual occasions, which included …
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 …
PlaceGroote Schuur Campus, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch
… on 21 September 1979. The oldest medical school in South Africa, offer a variety of educational, training and academic …
PlaceGrabouw
… unique species of mountain fynbos, endemic to South Africa . The Hottentots Holland Nature reserve is also …
PlaceCity Hall, Pretoria
… The Pretoria City Hall is the largest public hall in South Africa, was built to celebrate the city-status of Pretoria …
EventThe first detainees are held under the apartheid regime’s 90-day Law
… Education Trust (2004). The Road to Democracy in South Africa: 1960-1970. Zebra publishers. pg. 357. Vassen, R. …
EventAlbert Luthuli is elected as an ANC President
… enormous contribution to the liberation struggle in South Africa is without dispute. He has been lauded as one of the … Available at: anc.org.za [Accessed 6…
EventMK’s Luthuli Detachment and ZAPU in a joint operation
… at least one MK guerrilla managed to reach Durban, South Africa, but would later become an askari. Click here to read …
EventThe Motsuenyane Commission finds the African National Congress (ANC) guilty of abuse in its camps
… Human rights abuses were common in South Africa during the apartheid era and the liberation … [Accessed 11 August 2009]|South Africa,' Truth Commission, 5…
EventSouth African artist, Gerard Sekoto, dies
… Nationalist party came to power, Gerard Sekoto left South Africa for Paris. He was employed as a pianist purely by …
EventArthur Robert Ashe Jr, prominent African American tennis player and vocal protester of apartheid, dies
… against apartheid, was approved a visa to visit South Africa in 1973. This was after a number of refusals. He …
EventANC rejects National Party proposal for a new constitution
… whether, they wanted to be incorporated into the new South Africa, whereas the ANC was adamant that the TBVC states …
EventThe United Democratic Front (UDF) is dissolved
… were UDF affiliates and sought not only to liberate South Africa as a nation, but also liberate its women. The role …
EventVanessa Brereton, former human rights lawyer, admits that she was an Apartheid spy
… Vanessa Brereton worked as a human rights lawyer in South Africa, taking on high profile cases under the Apartheid …
EventOne-fifth of SA’s military infected with HIV virus, so HIV positive people are no longer accepted into their ranks
… It was announced that at least one-fifth of South Africa's military was infected with the HIV virus that causes …
EventUS Secretary of State Colin Powell is heckled by activists on the closing day of the World Summit.
… of the World Summit on Sustainable Development in, South Africa. The Summit took place in Johannesburg from 26 August …
EventThe South African Air Force is established
… to the Border War, which was fought in northern South West Africa and surrounding states. … et al. (eds) (1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa,…
EventLinguist and educationist Sedumedi Moloto is born
… as chairman of both the Tswana Language Committee of South Africa and the Botswana National Language Committee was born …
PlaceRiverside
… and Investors. They were until recently known as "South Africa's forgotten currency" but that title is now outdated …
EventDr Robert Broom is born
… travels around the world. In 1897, Broom settled in South Africa. From 1903 to 1910, he worked as a professor of …
EventHaitian leader General Raoul Cedras resigns in favour of exiled President Jean
… yet another rebellion. Aristid sought refuge in South Africa while RenÁƒÂƒ© PrÁƒÂƒ©val became the new president of …
EventThe last French troops pull out of Rwanda
… controversial mission there. In the same year, South Africa held its first democratic election. With the process …
Introduction
… formula' was soon to be adopted by the rest of South Africa. By way of protest, Indians wrote in their capacities …