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EventAcclaimed South African poet Sheila Cussons dies
… at the HoÁƒÂƒÂ«r Meisieskool Pretoria before going on to study for a degree in Fine Arts at the University College … the first Stiebeuel anthology. Cussons…
EventLady Diana Spencer, Princess of Wales, is killed in a car accident in Paris
… in South Africa by the SABC. The Funeral Speech (Eulogy) to Diana Princess of Wales was given by her brother Earl … who lives in South Africa. Princess Diana…
Class, Consciousness and Organisation:Indian Political Resistance in Durban, South Africa, 1979 - 1996 by Kumi Naidoo
… Magdalen College, D. Phil., Michaelmas, 1997 Resistance to the apartheid system, led by the African National Congress … the contours of resistance. The…
5. Muslims of Durban complain about the vexatious curfew law
… residing in the borough of Durban, beg respectfully to bring to your kind notice the annoyance we suffer at the borough … seated in the veranda and some were…
Oration by Oliver Tambo at the funeral of Moses Kotane, 26 May 1978, Moscow
… political upheavals in our struggle, a period that was to prove most decisive in the general orientation of our … Congress. His rigorous self-discipline…
Oration at the Funeral of Moses Kotane by O. R. Tambo, Moscow, 26 May 1978
… political upheavals in our struggle, a period that was to prove most decisive in the general orientation of our … Congress. His rigorous self-discipline…
PlaceDoornfontein, Johannesburg
… Suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa, and is located just to the East of the City Centre. The Area of Doornfontein, … changed as many of the wealthier…
PlaceSt James, Cape Town
… Village of St. James, lies just past Muizenberg on route to Kalk Bay . Set against the Mountain with incredible Sea … James Beach with a few colourful Beach…
PlaceUnion Buildings and Raadsaal, Church Square, Pretoria
… Goldfields provided in 1886, the funds necessary to construct this building that was able to house the first Volksraad meeting on 5 May 1980 while … this…
EventBenjamin Magson Kies, political activist & lawyer, is born
… death in 1979. His major contribution as an activist was to the development of the political strategy of … was an invention of the forces of hegemony and…
Digging deeper into our history by Nicole Mccain (News24), 13 September 2016
… for the insurance company 1905, was renovated and extended to facilitate the merger of collections in 2010. The … local museums, says curator Esther Esmyol…
PlaceSouth Sudan
… Egypt attempted to colonize the region of Southern Sudan by establishing the … the region in 1885. In 1898, a British force was able to overthrow the Mahdist…
’Under Investigation’ video material going live on facebook
… but centres on the enquiry of five young people eager to understand and build on the history of their home town … Production Team are travelling from…
The Durban Moment: Revisiting politics, labour, youth and resistance in the 1970s
… South Africa The ´Durban Moment´ popularly refers to the period in the early 1970s when Durban became the location of processes and events that were to…
Cape Slave Naming Patterns by Robert Shell
… be observed that the whole heathen mythology is ransacked to find the names which are generally bestowed in a manner not the most honourable to those deities…
PlaceFort Cox
… Rifles. Like many fortifications of its time, it appears to have been an earth redoubt reinforced with stone. Fort … Cox Memorial & Monument is situated…
Speech at the Funeral of M.P. Naicker, London by O. R. Tambo, 8 May 1977
… (Extract) We are gathered here to pay our last respects to a man who because of his belief in the freedom of the … those forces that advanced onto Berlin…
PlaceAloes Railway Station, Port Elizabeth
… and Coega, 16 km North of Port Elizabeth on route to Alicedale. Takes its name from the genus of plants with … Cape Colony commenced work on connecting Port…
PlaceGreenmarket Square, Cape Town.
… when the VoC brought vegetables from its adjoining garden to this place for sale to Cape Town residents. Farmers and freed slaves soon followed this example…
PlaceNational Botanic Gardens, Pretoria
… 1946. After the University of Pretoria granted approval to the Department of Agriculture for the development of a … land from the University was that the…
PlaceGrey Institute/School, Port Elizabeth
… of the hill opposite the Donkin Reserve, where it proposed to erect a grammar school. In September 1856 a Mr Archibald was commissioned to prepare plans and…
EventMass funeral for the victims of Bisho massacre
… 70 000 angry mourners gathered at King William's Town, to pay their respects to the victims of the Bisho Massacre, who were shot to death by the Ciskei…
EventLast remaining SA troops have been withdrawn from Namibia
… and the South African Government were negotiating as to how Namibia would be governed after its independence, war in Ovamboland and Angola continued to rage…
EventSimon van der Stel, commander and governor of the Cape, is born
… service of the DEIC until his death, upon which Simon went to Batavia, a colony in Java. After his marriage to Johanna Jacoba Six, van der Stel was appointed…
EventMangosutho Buthelezi reveals his daughter died from HIV/Aids
… April 29. Buthelezi's openness about circumstances leading to the death of his two children was welcomed by AIDS activists hoping that it would lead to open…
EventThe Nigerian state of Kano resumes polio vaccination after an eleven
… states like Kano banned the use of a polio vaccine, due to conspiracy theories that it would make the population … However, after suspending the use of the…
EventAWB leader, Eugene TerreBlanche, is convicted of attempted murder and assault
… murder and assault in a Potchefstroom court and sentenced to six years in jail. This sentence was handed down for the … the sentence was that TerreBlanche…
EventQueen Victoria of Britain approves Charter for Rhodes
… 1889. The Charter granted almost sovereign-like powers to the BSAC, under Cecil John Rhodes. On 30 October 1888 King … all the metals and minerals in his…
EventQueen Victoria issues charter for the formation of the British South Africa Company
… effectively became a British colony in 1795. This led to great number of changes, such as the expansion into the … John Rhodes, a politician and mining…
EventAmerican troops withdraw from Somalia
… A major problem was that the humanitarian food aid sent to Somalia was hijacked by warring clans and then traded with … seriousness of the situation prompted…