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PlacePhiladelphia
… Africa do, as a farm. Local farmers travelled all the way, by horse and cart, to Durbanville for Nagmaal (the Eucharist) …
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Wynberg
… This area began to be settled by free burghers in 1657, and for more than a century most of …
PlaceQuaqua
… Seosotho speaking Basotho people lived within its borders. By 1960 there were 20 000 residents, which increased to 300 …
PlaceOnderstepoort Veterinary Research Institute
… The building was designed by the Department of Public Works and was completed in 1908 …
PlaceSchanskop Fort, Pretoria
… the Fort on 7 June 1900, after the Invasion of Pretoria, by Gen Roberts. In 1922, Fort Schanskop was returned to the …
PlaceMarket Square, Port Elizabeth
… became the focal point for the buying and selling of goods by the local and district farmers. At one time a bell was …
EventThe Queen mother Elizabeth is born.
… the Royal Lodge at Windsor Great Park. She is now survived by her daughter Queen Elizabeth II. …
Document 45 - Letter from the International Secretariat of the International Left Opposition to Cape Town comrades, 23 October 1932
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 45 - Letter from the International …
The Nkosi Albert Luthuli Oral History Competition 2014
… handing in of all written portfolios and research papers by learners and educators. Provincial officials to facilitate …
EventSouth African poet, writer and political activist, Mafika Pascal Gwala is born in Durban.
… the cattle’s home to the Kraal’ which was later performed by the Jazz singer Miriam Makeba. One of his best known poems …
EventA car bomb explodes in Durban, killing five and injuring 27 people
… amnesty from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) by Rayman Lalla, a member of the African National Congress …
EventAir France A-300B Airbus hijacked from Athens arrives at Entebbe, Uganda
… Upon arriving at the airport, the hijackers were met by members of the Ugandan armed forces. Amin also provided …
EventThe first Cape to Rio yacht race takes place
… in Uruguay and Salvador in Brazil. The race was inspired by South African sailing legend Bruce Dalling(died 2008), … the archive.|Andre Wessel, (2013), Flag…
EventRobert Kennedy, American politician, speaks at the University of Cape Town about the racial inequality of apartheid
… to obsolete dogmas and outworn slogans. It cannot be moved by those who cling to a present which is already dying, who …
EventThe new ochre-red, white and green tri-colour of the Transkei is adopted
… an area known as the Transkei in 1963. This was followed by 'full independance' in 1976. Section 4 of the Transkei …
EventZulu King Zwelithini threatens to establish a separate Zulu state
… linked to homelands. This suggests that Zwelithini, and by extension, the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP), were closer to …
EventThe Bisho Massacre occurs
… black homeland into South Africa. The protest was led by several senior African National Congress (ANC) leaders, …
EventLiberation struggle activists, Gwala and Mothopeng are released from Robben Island
… Africanist Congress (PAC) were released from Robben Island by the government. Both Gwala and Mothopeng served two terms …
EventGideon Nieuwoudt dies
… to the ANC. In 1998, Nieuwoudt, who was accompanied by television cameras, went to meet the family of Siphiwe …
EventThe Angolan government announces a unilateral ceasefire
… for lasting peace. The entire process had been conducted by Angolans rather than foreign mediators, which was another …
EventFormer Vaal policeman Gerhardus Peens admits his role in the Boipatong Massacre
… the time, it was suspected that the attack was organised by the Third Force, a conservative part of the then police …
EventPresident Paul Kruger (78), dies of heart failure in Clarens, Switzerland
… of the Transvaal. When the Transvaal had been annexed by the British, Kruger took leadership of the resistance …
Entering Namibia without visas
… planes without South African visas. After warnings by South African authorities, the pilots turned back and the …
EventYoussou N’Dour, Senegalese singer, is born.
… left the band to form his own, Á‰toile de Dakar in 1979. By 1995, N’Dour had his own recording label, Jololi . His … [Accessed: 30 September 2013]| All Music…
EventNearly 200 People are killed in the Bulhoek massacre in the Eastern Cape
… the machine guns of an 800-strong police force sent by Jan Smuts to remove the Israelites who had settled at the … 26(1), pp. 38-41.|Hermann Giliomee and…
EventLord Alfred Milner, British Colonial Secretary, and architect of the Union of South Africa dies
… Soon after Milner returned to England and was replaced by Lord Gladstone as British Governor. …
PlacePretoria, now known as Tshwane
… Hills, of the Magaliesberg on the East. Founded in 1855 by Marthinus Pretorius , son of Andries Pretorius , (the Boer … South Africa's administrative capital…
Address at the National Summit of Unity and Reconciliation in Rwanda Kigali 19 October 2000
… from the colonial past, divisions driven in good measure by a struggle for access to power and resources. In the … we didn't get to that point. That point…
Address at the National Summit of Unity and Reconciliation Kigali, Rwanda, 18 October 2000
… from the colonial past, divisions driven in good measure by a struggle for access to power and resources. In the … we didn't get to that point. That point…
Address at the Africa Regional Disability Consultative Conference Johannesburg, 6th May 2003
… with Disabilities, which as we know, was adopted in 1999 by the Organisation of African Unity (OAU). I therefore hope … as the Universal Declaration of Human…