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Address by President Thabo Mbeki at the Opening Ceremony of the President’s Cup 2003 Fancourt 20 November 2003
… and people of South Africa, I extend a very warm welcome to all of you. Today, 20 November, is the birthday of one of … Africa and stunned Sam with his…
PlaceRandjieslaagte Beacon, Parktown, Johannesburg
… along Commissioner Street, from End Street in the East to Ntembi Pilisio Street in the West. This nine square km. … from Professional Land Surveyor Werner…
ArchiveRemembering French Investments In Apartheid South Africa, 17 December 2013
… among themselves and media focused on the "global" tribute to Nelson Mandela, there has been unanimous praise in France … the most loyal supporters of…
Launch of the Luthuli Volunteer Corps, 12 June 2013
… thousand volunteers working earnestly amongst our people to ensure that the movement secures a 70% landslide victory … of June) We have already started with…
EventApartheid becomes official policy
… from Jan Smuts' United Party (UP) by 5 seats. The HNP came to power in coalition with the Afrikaner Party, led by … When the 1948 election campaign started,…
PlaceLadysmith
… the British annexed it in the 1850s and initially referred to it as the town of Windsor. Subsequently, this name changed as a tribute to the Spanish wife of…
Workers Library Launch 22 OCtober 1988 Tape
… Speeches and cultural performance to launch the Workers Library and to explain how the Workers library came about and to describe it aims. To encourage…
EventThe SA Constitutional Court abolishes the death penalty
… historic resolution was taken by the Constitutional Court to abolish the death penalty. The court ruled that capital … 1994 constitution. The ruling did not…
EventSir Abe Bailey, Rand mine magnate, dies.
… wagon maker and wool merchant, later moved with his family to Queenstown. When Bailey was only 7 years old, his mother … and wool trading firm. It was not…
The Reunited National Party is founded by Malan and Hertzog
… From the 1920s to the 1940s J.C. Smuts , J.B.M. Hertzog and D.F. Malan were … the National Party (NP) and the South African Party (SAP), to form the United…
EventBeyers Naudé is served with his second banning order
… Naudé was born into a family that was fully committed to the preservation of Afrikaner nationalism. His father was … the Dutch Reformed Church for twenty…
PlaceCuylerville
… a civil servant who had held the position of Secretary to the British War Claims Commission. Bailie was introduced to the Colonial Department by an…
EventJoe Slovo dies
… persuading Nelson Mandela and other resistance leaders to suspend their military activities to create a climate for negotiations. And it was Slovo who in ……
EventSuppression of Communism Act, No. 44 of 1950 approved in Parliament
… The Suppression of Communism Act, No. 44 of 1950, according to which the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) was … in Illustrated History of South Africa,…
Book 3: Migration, Land and Minerals in the Making of South Africa - Introduction
… Department of Education The nineteenth century deserves to be called a turning point because of the significant … issues focuses on the causes of the Mfecane…
PlaceChris Hani Baragwanath Hospital, Johannesburg
… Africa. (Soweto was a separate municipality from 1983 to 2002, when it was amalgamated to the City of Johannesburg.) It is one of the 40 Gauteng … lad, John…
EventKing George V visits the SANLC
… Native Labour Contingent were recruited and employed to assist Britain in the First World War with labour duties. Black South African men were shipped to…
EventRichard J. Goldstone, former Justice of the Constitutional Court of SA, is born
… the end of apartheid, Goldstone headed a commission to investigate political violence and intimidation that took … July 1991 and the 1994 general election…
FOREWORD: THEORETICAL DEBATES AND METHODOLOGICAL CONTROVERSIES
… WE, THE UNDERSIGNED, pledge ourselves to Peace and Reconciliation in South African and agree to commit ourselves to the following: 1. The Inkatha Freedom…
EventSouth African Indian Congress opposes "Ghetto Act"
… Congress (SAIC) held in Cape Town , unanimously resolved to oppose the proposed Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian … It was known as the "Ghetto Act" because it…
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1960 - 1969 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida 1960 Muslim Population According to South African Government statistics the Muslim population … Klovement and the Hospital Welfare…
PlaceJubilee Art Centre
… art education centres in the 1970s but was forced to relocate to the Mofolo Art Centre in Soweto when the Group Areas Act made it illegal for Black students…
EventA Nigerian Boeing 727 airliner carrying 143 people crashes some twenty-five miles from Lagos, killing all on board
… It was reported that the air traffic controller delayed to clear the wrong plane to descend thus causing the crash. He then sounded off the … traffic…
EventPrime Minister Vorster holds talks with Dr. Kissinger
… Dr. Henry Kissinger, on 23 and 24 June in West Germany to discuss the Rhodesian issue. Despite the Soweto Uprisings, … by surprise, Kissinger, felt Vorster…
EventNdaweni Mahlangu causes a storm in political circles
… now infamous statement, "It is acceptable for politicians to lie". Mahlangu was trying to defend his decision of the re-appointment of disgraced … Mabona and…
PlaceAgate Terrace, Port St. Johns
… abruptly in a very steep bluff. The path from here leads to the top and along the hills to another splendid beach and excellent rock fishing can be … one…
EventKenya lifts ban on sports links with South Africa
… June 1991 the Kenya National Sports Council sent a letter to its 39 affiliated associations informing them that they were now free to invite South African…
EventANC’s Nelson Mandela in a historic political rally
… Africa's biggest ever political rally. Mandela announced to the crowd that he would be meeting President F.W. de Klerk in order to discuss the…
'States of Emergence', at Warren Siebrits Modern and Contemporary Art by Sean O'Toole, November 2002
… Wopko Jensma, Wayne Barker and Sandile Zulu. His decision to finally open a 'legitimate' gallery, in the old Camouflage … groundbreaking exhibition, but then…
Burkina Faso: Key Facts and History by Angela Thompsell updated 13 February 2016
… of Burkina Faso from the 2015 elections and coup attempt to independence in 1960. Overview : Burkina Faso's poor … factored into the growing financial…