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Bishop Tutu hits back at Dr Koornhof
… Journal article with a reaction by Desmond Tutu to a statement made in Parliament by Dr Koornoof about an …
ArchiveFactory wage talks in paper industry
… pulp and paper industrial council, employers have agreed to refer the wage negotiations back to factory level in an attempt to break their deadlock with the…
PlaceAi-Ais, Namibia
… Ai-Ais Hot Springs Resort is at the source of a mineral and sulphur-rich hot Spring, and means 'burning … and Ai-Ais in Namibia. The hiking routes from Ai…
PlaceNiewoudtville
… (prior to 1910) The village of Nieuwoudtville was established in … purchased by the Dutch Reformed Church who developed it as a kerkplaats (church farm). On…
Cape Flats Details - Life and Popular Art in Cape Town’s Townships
… by SAHO & Unisa Press, 2003, the book sold out. Due to popular demand, a re-print and update of the book was done for the International bookfair in Cape Town…
EventUN concerned about Fischer’s arrest
… of the Rivonia trial. As he was on the point of going to London to plead a case before the Privy Council, he requested permission and … After living "the…
EventThe Alabama, American raider of the Southern States during the American Civil War, arrives in Saldana Bay for provisions
… On 29 July 1863, The Alabama, an American raider belonging to the Southern States during the American Civil War arrived … more than fifty Union trading…
EventThe Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian Representation Act is introduced
… As the so-called 'Pegging Act' was due to expire in March, 1946, Prime Minister J.C. Smuts realised … the restrictions on land ownership, Indians were…
EventSA pledges support for a negotiated settlement in Rhodesia
… support for the United States of America's (USA) efforts to bring about a negotiated settlement in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). Vorster … led by Prime Minister…
EventIngrid Jonker, SA poet, commits suicide.
… On 19 July 1965, Ingrid Jonker, a South African poet, committed suicide by walking into the … ideas inherent in Ingrid Jonker's poems have made her a…
EventNotorious role of Ferdi Barnard is disclosed
… violence in South Africa on 16 October 1992, they released a press statement on this date, giving particulars relating to the employment of Ferdi Barnard by…
Event7 People are killed during a SATS strike
… African Transport Services (SATS) workers, on their way to a union meeting, were accosted by several hundreds of … complicity, but denied the allegation…
EventVan Riebeeck lands at the Cape
… for the Cape of Good Hope. Van Riebeeck had signed a contract with the Dutch East India Company (VOC) to oversee the setting up of a refreshment station to…
EventThe first museum is opened in Soweto, and is named after Hector Pieterson, one of the first casualties of the 16 June 1976 Soweto uprising.
… in schools. Another boy, Hastings Ndlovu, is believed to have been the first child to be shot by police on that fateful day. Earlier in the 1990s, a memorial…
Event18 mineworkers die in Carletonville
… On 29 July 1999, a team of AngloGold mineworkers at the Mponeng mine in … gas in the rockface. They were lengthening a tunnel to a working area, which…
EventBritish establish first ‘refugee’ camps during the South African War
… during South African War (Second Anglo-Boer War) by a military notice. The initial aim of the establishment of these camps was to provide protection to the…
EventANC sacks its chief whip Mbulelo Goniwe, after finding him guilty of sexual harassment
… was revealed that Goniwe had made sexual advances toward a twenty-one year old administrative assistant in the ANC's … office. The incident occurred on the…
EventThe British successfully thwart the Zulu attack at Rorke’s Drift
… Swedish Mission at Rorke's Drift, near Isandlwana hill, to serve as a hospital and supple base. At 15:15 on the afternoon of 22 … two wagons, biscuit-boxes…
PlaceKwaMuhle Museum, 130 Ordnance Road, Durban
… Durban as an African city searching for identity within a new political context. This museum shows a history experienced by the residents, a reality…
PlaceKwazulu Natal Province
… under apartheid on 1 December 1977. According to the apartheid social planner’s ideal of 'separate … it was relatively large, it was segmented and spread…
PlaceTulbagh, Western Cape
… the territory North of the Great Berg river was annexed to the new District of Tulbagh, and declared a separate sub-drostdy with its Magisterial seat at Jan …
The death of Mama Luthuli,16 December 1996
… The heart of a lioness has ceased to beat. Mama Nokukhanya Luthuli is no more. Comrade … night at Groutville near Stanger. Yet Nokukhanya was a freedom…
South Sudanese Independence Granted
… A 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement granted the region of … Army and vice-president of then-Sudan, leads the calls for a referendum to garner public opinion…
ArchiveInterview with Amabutho members
… Oral interview with Amabutho which refers collectively to quasi-military formations of township youth who were also … and daring element within the UDF…
PlaceClocktower, Table Bay Harbour, Cape Town
… The pointed Gothic windows surrounds the structure with a clock, imported from Edinburgh, as a main feature. The red walls are the same colour as they were…
PlaceGroot Drakenstein Prison
… in the late 1850s. Following the acquisition of a number of fruit farms in the valley by Cecil John Rhodes, the area began to develop as an important fruit…
EventJan Christoffel Greyling Kemp, general during South African War, is born
… of the Union Defence Forces, were all opposed to the use of South African forces beyond the Union's borders. Subsequently, they chose to rebel and a…
EventCommodore Dieter Gerhardt’s trial begins in the Cape Town High Court
… camera. Gerhardt was arrested in 1982, sentenced in 1983 to life imprisonment for passing military secrets. While in … National Congress (ANC)President. The…
EventNational Party unveils its policy plan focusing on anti-poverty strategies
… again discussed. Subsequently, the party changed its name to New National Party (NNP). The NP withdrew from the … an announcement by South African Deputy…
The 2014 Cape Agulhas Treasure Tracks
… Municipality and Radio Overberg 98.4fm are presenting A Heritage Day Race on the 24th September 2014 at 10:00. … De Heide Primary School and will end at…