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PlaceThe SAS Somerset Museum
… Company in England. In 1942, the ship sailed to South Africa and reached Durban , Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal ) in …
ArchiveCHAPTER FOUR: The Revival Of Alliance Politics, 1982-1984 by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
PlaceWallacedene, Cape Town
… Settlement in the Eastern Suburbs of Cape Town, South Africa. The Settlement was established during the 1980s when … in informal settlements: Wallacedene in…
Women’s Food Committees in Cape Town during the 1940s
… during the Second World War . The Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA, now SACP) was quick to become involved in the … Town, 12 February 2001. Lodge, T. …
ArticleHistory of Slavery and early colonisation in SA timeline 1602-1841
… Het Gesticht, the fourth oldest church building in South Africa and erected in 1813 by the inhabitants of Paarl as a …
PlaceRuth Prowse School of Art
… opened the only Non-Discriminatory Art Centre in South Africa on the Estate in Woodstock in 1970. In 1980 the …
PlaceAmanzamnyama, a small size Town in Kwa-Zulu Natal
… is a stream and is located in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The estimate terrain elevation Above Sea Level is 936 …
ArchiveA mapping of the KwaZulu Natal political conflict with reference to Inkatha (1990-1993)
… Port Elizabeth. The Black political participation in South Africa has experienced many challenges whether under the then …
ArchiveSPRO-CAS Occasional Publication Number 10: So
… position; The present political position in South Africa; Political aspects of separate development; The …
EventThe first Indian people, 197 men, 89 women and 54 children, arrive in Natal
… The first Indian people in South Africa are reported to have arrived on board the Truro from … Ancestry 24 Indentured Indians Immigrants to South Africa …
PlaceOfficers’ Club, Military Base, Wynberg
… of the Castle, the oldest military establishment in South Africa. Its history has long been neglected. Unfortunately, …
PlacePolokwane Art Museum
… and the Industrial Art Park is the only one of its kind in Africa. The museum also includes works by Naria Mabasa, Danie …
EventDemocratic Republic of Somali is formed
… and British Somaliland, situated on the eastern coast of Africa and bordered by the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean, …
EventProgressive Federal Party is formed
… The Progressive Reform Party of South Africa and the 'Japie' Basson dissident group of United Party …
EventMulti-party delegates endorses the Interim constitution
… at the multiparty Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA) negotiation endorsed the Interim Constitution … Information Constitution of the Republic…
EventAllan Boesak resigns from the church
… The Presbytery of South Africa announced that Dr Allan Boesak, reverend of the …
EventUS opposes new sanctions against SA, believing they will be counterproductive to the transformation and negotiation process
… community, would impose new sanctions against South Africa. …
EventDr Cedric Phatudi, Lebowa Chief Minister, dies
… of the Inspectors’ Association of Bantu Education in South Africa from 1947-1969. Lebowa was granted self-government in … Times (1987). ‘ Cedric Phatudi is…
EventGert Maritz (41), Voortrekker leader, dies.
… Natal), he was 41 years old. The Great Trek in South Africa started in 1835 when over a three year period more … of the Modern Nations. (2000) The History of…
EventPatricia de Lille testifies at Schabir Shaik’s trial
… she sounded alarm on the possible irregularities in South Africa's multi-billion rand arms acquisition process. Her …
EventMandela asks for commitment to fight AIDS
… a campaign in raising awareness about AIDS, especially in Africa where about 25 million of the World's 38 million HIV …
EventCardoso’s murderers convicted in Mozambique
… from pre-trial detention, was tracked down in South Africa and extradited to Mozambique. Anibalzinho, who led the …
EventRebel commando leader Fourie is executed
… against the government's attack on German South West Africa. He died singing the hymn 'Als wij de doodsvallei … et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of…
EventThe mayor of Cape Town, Hyman Lieberman, opens the Great Synagogue in the Gardens, Cape Town
… Gardens Schul is the oldest active congregation in South Africa, and is designed in an 'Egyptian revival style'. … R. (unknown) 'The Virtual Jewish History…
EventThe Great Comet of 1901
… 'Viscara' was visible to the naked eye over most of South Africa. The comet was yellowish in colour and remained …
EventDaniel Francois Malherbe, SA novelist, poet and dramatist, is born
… to establish Afrikaans as a cultural language in South Africa. Malherbe published several volumes of poetry and …
EventWorld Cancer Day is instituted as an annual world-wide cancer awareness campaign
… cancer cases and 512 400 cancer deaths were reported in Africa in 2008. These figures are projected to nearly double …
EventThe Groote Kerk pulpit, sculpted by Anton Anreith, is inaugurated in Cape Town
… Groote Kerk is the oldest Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa. It is located at Church Square in Adderly Street, …
PlaceBrandvlei, Karoo
… North of Calvinia in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa. Brandvlei lies next to a 'vlei' (marsh) alongside …
PlaceTunisia
… in 647 CE. Although the Arabs initially unified North Africa, by 1230 a separate Tunisian dynasty had been … converted the native Berber (Amazigh) population…