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PlacePeter Mokaba Stadium
… In preparation of the FIFA World Cup of 2010 , South Africa had to upgrade and build a variety of Stadiums, and as …
EventWalter Sisulu and others are arrested for attending a party
… that paved the way for a non racial democracy in South Africa. …
EventLibya becomes independent
… (UN) and one of the first former European possessions in Africa to gain independence. At the time of independence …
EventAt a summit SA Trade Unions resolve to defy apartheid and labour laws
… at Langa, Cape Town, Trade Union delegates discussed South Africa's labour laws for the first time since the 1950s. …
EventNP Natal Congress agrees to multiracial membership
… With the wind of change powerfully blowing in South Africa, the National Party under the leadership of young but …
EventThe Democratic Party, now the Democratic Alliance, is formed
… process of CODESA (Convention on a Democratic South Africa). …
EventNational Day of Prayer is observed peacefully
… because of a bomb threat. On the same day, one of South Africa's biggest stay-aways and organised boycotts occurs, …
EventCecil John Rhodes is buried in the Matopos
… Schuur as a residence for the prime minister of South Africa. … et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa , Cape Town: NASOU, v. 9, p…
EventBrett Kebble, SA millionaire and director of mining companies, linked to several cases of alleged fraud, is born
… corruption in big business and government in South Africa. Kebble was revealed to be involved with high profile …
EventThe Nelson Mandela Museum is opened in Mthatha
… Cape. The museum was opened by then President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela himself on 11 February 2000, exactly … [Accessed: 06 February 2014]|South…
EventHamilton Naki, a laboratory assistant to cardiac surgeon Christian Barnard, dies
… who would perform the first heart transplant in South Africa. Those who have worked with Naki described him as a …
EventIvorian Footballer, Arouna Kone, is born in Anyama, Ivory Coast
… in both the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany and the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations in Ghana. …
EventSamuel Tshabalala becomes the first black athlete to win the Pietermaritzburg-Durban Comrades Marathon
… grandest marathon in the world, athletes flock to South Africa from all over the world every year to take part in the … at: www.comrades.com [Accessed on 17…
EventBenjamin Mzimkulu Macala, SA artist, is born
… time. He held thirteen exhibitions from 1967-1985 in South Africa, Europe and the US. Macala’s chosen technique was …
EventGerard Moerdijk, SA architect of several church buildings and the Voortrekker monument, dies
… his studies in France and Italy. On his return to South Africa, Moerdijk started his own practice and got commissions …
PlaceCape Town City Hall, Darling Street
… the last Victorian Buildings to have been built in South Africa. City Hall’s various components were sourced from all … Hall. City Hall has also been an…
PlaceNoordhoek, Cape Town- Southern Peninsula
… Bay is therefore one of the oldest place names, in South Africa! The Noordhoek Valley is bounded in the North by … Sir Drummond’s Manor House was designed by…
Document 141 “Apartheid Spells Disaster”, Report of the Central Committee of the Communist Party to the Party’s National Conference, Johannesburg,6 to 8 January 1950,2y Freedom, New Series 15 December, 1949
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One … made it unpopular overseas and cast suspicion on South Africa. And what is more,…
EventAfrikaner women march to the union buildings in protest of SA's involvement in WW2
… to him. They were all united in their request that South Africa should withdraw from the war. The first Afrikaner …
ArchiveAssia Djebar: A Life of Resistance and Inspiration by Logan Landry
… fighting in one of the most violent wars of independence Africa had seen that caused nearly 1 million Algerian deaths … to O’Brien and Schatteman: Assia…
ArchiveBiography of Ruth First by Cole Deal Ruth Demissie
… was a journalist born of Jewish parents who came to South Africa from Eastern Europe. [1] She grew up in a politically … for Black, Indian, and Coloured…
PlaceAkkedisberg Mountain Pass
… back to 1776 and is one of the very oldest passes in South Africa! The Akkedisberg Pass runs along the R 326 and first … else behind…" The Pass is one of the…
PlaceLevubu, Limpopo
… fruit Farming Area in the Limpopo Province of South Africa. Fruit such as litchis, avocados and bananas, as well … fruit Farming Area in the Limpopo Province…
Challenges facing workers and unions: The role of the ANC by ANC, 20 December 2007, 52nd National Conference, Polokwane
… and is powerful. China and India in the recent past and Africa both then and now are prime examples or this process … return on a large scale. We see the…
PlaceAnton Smit's Sculpture Park, Bronkhorstspruit
… . Anton Smit began exhibiting his artwork in 1976 in South Africa. In 1979, he won the South African Association of … Anton Smit Sculpture Park at…
PlaceDwarsvlei Farm, Karoo
… reputed to have had the largest thoroughbred stud in South Africa, and indeed in the Southern Hemisphere, and one of the … was completed in 1910, the year of…
Chapter II - More of the same
… to become the first ordained woman priest in South Africa. The qualifying year was quite a struggle because I … that he was sure I would not agree. For me,…
PlaceMatroosfontein
… that define the character and charm of Cape Town and South Africa, and offers locals and visitors alike the opportunity …
EventGertrude Shope, former president of the ANC Women's League, is born
… Education. In 1966 the ANC convinced her to leave South Africa and join her husband, Mark Shope, in exile. While in …
PlaceAll Saints Anglican Church, Durbanville
… of Angola, Lesotho, Swaziland, Mocambique, Namibia, South Africa and the island of St Helena (South Atlantic Island). …