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PlaceWeskoppies Psychiatric Hospital, Main building, Ketjen Street, Pretoria
… in 1892 and is today the biggest of its kind in South Africa, as well as the Oldest Psychiatric Hospital, in …
EventAnsuyah Ratipul Singh, medical doctor and community worker, poet, dramatist and novelist, is born in Durban.
… of Edinburgh in 1944. In 1946, Dr Singh returned to South Africa and become involved in the Passive Resistance …
EventThe Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer, to which SA is a signatory, is signed in Vienna
… has been ratified by 196 states, including South Africa. …
Archive of documents pertaining to Pixley ka Isaka Seme
… An Ambiguous Figure by Chris Saunders The Regeneration of Africa - speech by Pixley Seme 5 April 1906 Zulu of King's …
EventSolly Sachs addresses Garment Worker’s protestors
… meeting organised by the Garment Workers' Union of South Africa (GWU). He was later arrested as the protest was deemed …
EventSA artist Tshela Matsoso is born
… artist. Between 1970 and 1988 he exhibited in South Africa, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Athens, Greece; Canberra, …
EventItaly invades Ethiopia
… with Eritrea and Italian Somaliland to form Italian East Africa. …
EventDr. Albert Hertzog is attacked by Ben Schoeman
… claimed had neglected the "Master Plan" drawn up for South Africa by Dr. Hendrick Verwoerd. The second clash ensued at … 4 February 1970, [Available at…
EventDictator Siad Barre flees Somalia ending his 22 year rule
… Barre shared the fate of many post liberation leaders in Africa. Having started out as policemen in the Italian …
EventHundreds of political prisoners began a hunger strike at Robben Island
… sped up the change in the political dispensation in South Africa. On 4 March 1990 343 political prisoners on Robben … Negotiating the Release of Political…
EventThe four corner stones of the castle (Kasteel de Goede Hoop) at the Cape are laid
… of Good Hope is the oldest surviving building in South Africa. This fortification replaced a small clay and timber …
EventBlack empowerment makes headway
… In South Africa's largest Black economic empowerment deal, Anglo … " Johnnic Holdings Ltd (Johnnic) - Midrand, Gauteng, South Africa ", from Mbendi ,…
EventBettie Cilliers, famous SA painter, is born
… Though Cilliers-Bernard was at one time one of South Africa's underestimated artists, her contribution in helping … & Rousseau; Hayes, S. (ed)(2000). Who's…
EventWalter Battiss is born in Somerset East
… English Methodist family in 1906. He became one of South Africa's first and most important abstract painters. He first …
EventGeorge Christopher Cato (79), Natal pioneer and first mayor of Durban, dies
… Cato was born in London, England in 1814. He came to South Africa as a trader. He was asked to plan Durban while it was …
EventThe historic Tana Baru Muslim cemetery is forced to close
… the earliest and most respected Muslim settlers of South Africa were buried, was closed in terms of the Public Health …
EventFNB cancels its R20 million anti-crime initiative designed to encourage President Thabo Mbeki to make crime his priority
… the public and politicians to work together to make South Africa a better country, only to delete some of the content …
EventSpringbok rugby player, Schalk Burger is born in Port Elizabeth
… to be one of the most hardworking players in South Africa. In 2004 Burger won two awards; the IRB International …
EventThe Polio vaccine, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk, is declared safe and effective
… some with atrophic limbs leading to paralysis. South Africa is one of the countries that are virtually polio free … [Accessed on 8 May 2012]|Khumalo G. (2009…
EventSir de Villiers Graaff and Theo Gerdener jointly express their agreement to form a new party
… the basis of equal rights for all racial groups in South Africa. No actual unification was immediately announced …
EventAfrikaans is used for the first time in an international document with the signing of the Convention of Mozambique in Pretoria
… is one of the eleven official languages spoken in South Africa. It is a derivative of the Dutch, language spoken by …
EventThe Pretoria Show is opened for all races
… races. The show is the largest springtime show in South Africa. Like the town and street name changes throughout the …
EventDr David Webster, a social anthropologist at Wits University and political activist, is shot dead outside his home
… studying at Rhodes University in Grahamstown in South Africa. He studied Anthropology at the University of …
PlaceBotlierskop, Private Game Reserve
… near Mossel Bay and George in a Malaria Free area in South Africa's Garden Route, Botlierskop Private Game Reserve … near Mossel Bay an George in a Malaria…
EventTwo actors, Athol Fugard and Zakes Mokae arrive in Cape Town to stage a play on the 'Colour-bar'
… "The Blood Knot" was the much talked about play in South Africa which had a cast of only two characters, a White and …
Document 42 - “Boycott the Dummy Elections: 2 000 Demonstrate AT Mass Rally”, The Torch , National Edition, 1 April 1958
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two … van Schoor, President of the Teachers' League of South Africa, said that one of…
PlaceNgoye University of Zululand, Richards Bay
… college academically affiliated to the University of South Africa. The first intake of 41 students includes five … equal to any of the centres of higher…
Opening Address to the ANC National Consultative Conference by O. R. Tambo, Johannesburg, 14 December 1990
… the first legal ANC Consultative Conference inside South Africa, after an underground existence spanning over three … of a united, democratic, nonracial and…
Address at the Commonwealth Local Government Forum, 4 March 2003
… Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen: Welcome to South Africa, to the City of Tshwane and to this important … Local Government Forum. The government and people…