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PlaceMowbray
… Drie Koppen. This name was of Dutch origin, and was given to a road intersection where the heads of three slaves had … was not fully understood by the…
PlaceLodge de Goede Hoop, Stal Square, Cape Town
… rented for this purpose, but after 1794 they moved to a building which stood on the site of the former Union Hotel in Plein Street belonging to Abraham de…
PlaceKamastone and Bulhoek
… and it was decided that people who were living there had to be given titles of ownership to prove that they legitimately owned the land they were … people…
Beyond the Apartheid University?
… the South African Higher Education landscape. Sub-themes to be considered as focus of papers, but feel free to innovate: 1. Research and the production of…
Event5 Children Murdered in SADF Umtata Raid on Alleged APLA Arms Storage Facility
… as they lay sleeping in their Umtata home. Believed to be the arms storage facility for the Azanian Peoples' … eighteen APLA operatives staying at the house…
EventVlakplaas Commander testifies before Harms Commission about secret police killings in 1981
… Almond Nofomela. Before his execution, Nofomela confessed to being part of the Security Police 'hit squad', which was … a commission of inquiry, led by Judge…
EventLord Charles Henry Somerset, governor of the Cape Colony, is born in Badminton, England
… who became the British Governor at the Cape from 1814 to 1826, was born in Badminton England on 12 December 1767. … Wars, the British government encouraged…
EventMother Teresa is buried
… world's attention and accolades with her selfless devotion to the poor, was buried on 13 September 1997 in Culcutta, … India. The 87-year-old nun died on 5…
PlaceFort Wiltshire
… by the Governor, Lord Charles Somerset, who then returned to England on leave. In his absence it was visited in May … a shortage of water.Consequently he…
PlaceNgcobo
… Rev Gordon. In 1876 Walter Stanford arrived at the station to take up his appointment as Resident Magistrate to the amaQwathi. He established the seat of his…
ArchiveCongress Resister 1983 - 1989
… Congress Alliance In 1981, a meeting was held in Lenasia to discuss the response of the Indian community to the forthcoming elections for the South African…
PlaceSt. Francis Church, Simonstown
… the History the Parish Church from as early as 1810 to the Present day. The first built Anglican Church in … April 1814. An excerpt from Boet Dommisse's…
Introductory Statement on the Presentation of the Statement of the National Executive Committee of the ANC on the 79th Anniversary of the ANC by O. R. Tambo, 8 January 1991
… in prison and in exile. This reality is itself a tribute to the heroism of the millions of our people who engaged in … whole, will soon be realised. It is…
Notes on the Life of Ernest Cole 1940–1990 by Gunilla Knape
… This book and exhibition are an attempt to construct a clear picture of Ernest Cole, a complex man … main focus of Cole’s photography was his commitment to…
EventWriter J.M. Coetzee is awarded the 2003 Nobel Prize for Literature
… a successful literary career. He is the only author ever to win the Booker prize twice, but the publicity-shy author … named the 2003 Nobel laureate for…
EventWorld Food Program warns the UN that a record 38 million people are at risk of starvation in Africa
… with 'providing enough food for every child, woman and man to live an active life'. It is part of the United Nations … partners. The WFP have five objectives…
EventRebels take control of Kinshasa, Zaire
… of political opponents. Kabila, however soon proved to be not much different from Mobutu. Other than renaming the country from Zaire to the Democratic…
EventSmuts becomes Prime Minister
… esteemed statesman who contributed tirelessly to the formation of the League of Nations, an international … his international standing the Smuts government…
EventThe Vereeniging peace conference begins
… which had started on 11 October 1899, there were attempts to reach peace. On 15 May 1902, thirty delegates from each … Boer representatives converged at…
EventSir John Frederick William Herschel dies
… Sir John Frederick William Herschel, died. Herschel began to take a serious interest in astronomy from about 1816. … with a focal length of some 6 m and by…
EventMore than 400 miners killed in what was the worst mining disaster in South Africa
… miners were suffocated by methane gas and crushed to death by rockfall. No machine capable of drilling holes large enough through which to rescue people was…
EventBophuthatswana is granted independence by the South African government
… African government. The region became the second Bantustan to gain ‘independence’ following the Transkei, a year … The region’s President, Lucas Mangope,…
EventSir Patrick Duncan, Governor-General of the Union of South Africa, is born
… the Department of Inland Revenue in 1893. Duncan came to South Africa to join his superior Sir Alfred Milner. Milner had just been … He held several other…
EventB.J. Vorster, Minister of Justice, announces extensive security measures following the Sharpeville Massacre
… Vorster, Minister of Justice announced extensive measures to "ensure the safety of the state to the absolute maximum" in view of hottest developments ……
EventMultiparty negotiating forum meets for the first time since December 1993
… forum met for the first time since December 1993 to discuss the African National Congress (ANC)'s proposals. … of a constitutional principle on self…
EventFirst day of office for Mboweni as Governor the SA Reserve Bank
… governor of the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) to replace Dr Chris Stals. Mboweni, the first Black person to head this highly reputed institution, was…
List of deaths in detention
… state was one of the many weapons that the government used to quell resistance. As detention was a legal weapon that … From Solwandle Looksmart Ngudle on 3…
EventNational Heritage Day celebrates South African cultural diversity
… Day, and was celebrated in kwazulu/Natal. It was changed to National Heritage Day in 2004 when a compromise was … Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP). On the day all…
EventLondon hosts an international conference on the protection of the African elephant and rhinoceros
… this day in history, and international conference was held to implement legislation to protect the African elephant and rhinoceros. This is because due to…
EventItalo-Ethiopian Treaty of 1928 is signed
… Treaty of Friendship and Arbitration, Italy agreed to upholding lasting friendly relations with Ethiopia. In the event of any dispute, the agreement agreed…