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PlaceVryburg, Bophirima Region
… popular Afrikaans toilet humour television sitcom of the early 1990s with an inherent message that the Town is not as … Building in Vryburg, and almost…
Briefing on Lekgotla outcomes, 27 January 2015
… Johanneburg Members of the media are requested to arrive early and to bring their media cards Issued by Zizi Kodwa …
EventIndia complains in 1946 against racism in South Africa
… Nations, read article. For chronological details of the early opposition by India to the new apartheid government, …
EventChoirmaster and composer Kumalo dies
… Pietermaritzburg. He showed a talent for music from an early age and his first attempt at composition was in 1899. …
The Construction of Whiteness/Blackness And The Invention of Miscegenation In South African Literary Texts of the 1920s and 1930 by Itala Vivan
… within the domain of South African literature in the early decades of the twentieth century. The two sides of the … of shame and the consequent horror and…
EventBritish Kaffraria becomes a province with its own administration
… British colonisers and local Xhosa inhabitants from the early 1830s. Several frontier wars were fought over the …
EventHealth officials launch an intensive campaign to find the origins of an outbreak of Ebola fever in Uganda.
… one of the four countries ravaged by the disease in the early 2000’s. As recently as 2012, thirteen people were …
Building A National Democratic Society by ANC, 20 December 2007, 52nd National Conference, Polokwane
… and the continent at large as the cradle of humankind and early forms of human civilisation. From the earliest … powers were applied more systematically; the…
PlaceKwaMhlanga
… home of the Ndebele tribe that settled here in the early 18th century. This town developed into the …
EventNigeria imposes sanctions on South Africa, and implements a total trade boycott
… to objections against South Africa's apartheid policy. In early 1960, Nigeria had decided to ban all imports from South …
EventIdi Amin is deposed as the President of Uganda
… to work its way to the Ugandan capital of Kampala in early 1979. In April 1979 Amin flees to Libya and leaves …
EventJan van Riebeeck, Dutch colonial administrator and first commander of the colony at the Cape of Good Hope, is born
… settlement. Van Riebeeck remains a prominent figure in the early history of colonial South Africa, and he was commander …
Dr Piet Koornhof, one of the most controversial figures in South African history, dies
… frail care centre at the age of 82, following a stroke. Early in his life, as a Rhodes scholar at Oxford, Koornhof …
EventJustice Sfiso Ka-Mkame, SA artist, is born in Durban
… He was very involved in the political scene, and his early work reflects that. He still lives in Clermont and …
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - Where Working people Lived
… house, and usually for the people to build it, too. In the early years, water had to be bought by the bucket. The Rand … We have seen how there were two…
PlaceRondebosch
… East India's (VOC) , records to Rondeboschje . Despite its early origins Rondebosch did not achieve recognition as a … of the earliest public open spaces in…
EventA Dutch ship, the Rosenberg, carrying Huguenots, leaves for the Cape from the Netherlands
… entered Holland in large numbers from the 1680s until early in the 18th century. The core of the Huguenots arrived … in South Africa is wine growing and…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - The World The Workers Made
… the difference between survival and starvation. In those early years, most black women were newly arrived from the … set up home together and raised families…
ArticleThe banning of the South African Students Organisation (SASO) and student politics in the 1980s
… renewed unrest in Soweto schools that had changed early in 1978. The character and composition of teachers and … unlikely to be appointed and have access to…
The Afrikaanse Handelsinsituut
… would make business more efficient and profitable. By the early 1980s most members were reform-minded, opposed to the … chaired by Van der Merwe to form the…
ArticleWomen in the Cities and the Resistance Movement
ArticleApartheid and reactions to it
… of apartheid. He became Native Affairs Minister in the early 1950s and Prime Minister in 1958. Non White Persons … and public facilities designated for one…
EventBishop Zulu refused passport by the state
… President of the World Council of Churches (WCC) in the early 1960's and the world conference on 'Church and Society' …
EventMonty Naicker dies
… icons of the liberation struggle in this country. As early as 1948, he called for a united front amongst the …
EventGriqua leader Andries le Fleur is born
… fourteen years' hard labour for sedition, but was released early in 1903. Le Fleur is also known as 'die Hervormer', the …
EventHeavy rains continue to ravage SA, Botswana, Mozambique and Zimbabwe
… South Africa was once again ravaged by heavy floods in early 2011, leading to fears of a repeat of the disaster 11 …
EventPaul Kibii Tergat Kenyan professional long distance runner is born
… Tergat only began running after he completed high school. Early in his career he broke the record by winning five …
EventAaron Mokoena, SA footballer is born in Boipatong
… born on 25 November 1980 in Boipatong Johannesburg. In his early career, he played for local teams such as Jomo Cosmos. …
PlaceSteytlerville Municipality, Karoo
… the Voortrekkers or Nomadic Farmers . These were the first settlers in the District. The Farm was purchased by the Dutch …
PlaceElandsberg Nature Reserve, Western Cape
… Quaggas had been ruthlessly hunted. They were seen by the settlers as competitors for the grazing of their livestock, …