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PlaceAthenaeum building, Belmont Terrace, Port Elizabeth
… on 17 October 1980. The Grand Old Lady of the city, the Athenaeum, is the community hub for the emerging … the right of the Athenaeum to occupy a part of…
PlaceAvalon Cemetery, Soweto
… in South Africa lies in Soweto, as is the final resting place of many heroes of the struggle. It is also the site of … you’ll find the graves of Joe Slovo…
PlaceDe Rust, Little Karoo
… Homes, at a 'goodly price' and welcomes all sorts of City, 'runaways'. The Locals are predominately Female, … Homes, at a 'goodly price' and welcomes all…
The South African War
… hostilities in October 1899 three separate migrations took place out of Johannesburg. These had important repercussions … tranquil throughout the battle for…
ArticleCODESA 1 Timeline
… A preparatory meeting for the multi-party talks takes place, attended by 20 political organizations and … December 1991: The first plenary session of CODESA…
PlacePretoria Art Museum
… The Pretoria City Council started a permanent collection of paintings from … of the 17th century Dutch and Flemish artists to the City. Her donations also…
ArticleA Luta Continua Dialogues, Episode 2: Policing and Resistance
… dialogue is a part of, and many others have called for the city of Minneapolis to defund the Minneapolis Police … 4th 2021. The Marikana Massacre The…
Chapter 28. I Fight Back
… committee decided to call a public protest meeting on the City Hall steps, Johannesburg, for Saturday morning, the 24th … workers, marching eight abreast,…
PlaceCape Town International Airport
… revamp, has certainly not gone unnoticed – it won second place in the Airports Council International Airport Service … expect as a traveler. The Airport is…
PlaceChris Hani Baragwanath Hospital, Johannesburg
… from 1983 to 2002, when it was amalgamated to the City of Johannesburg.) It is one of the 40 Gauteng provincial … drivers, and stagecoach passengers, it was …
The Rise of Women’s Trade Unionism in South Africa by Peter LaNasa
… women to fight for rights and respect in the work place. The leaders of the movement, including Johanna … in industrialisation in South Africa began to take…
PlaceRailway Administration Building, bounded by Maitland-, Hanger, St Andrew and Harvey Streets, Bloemfontein
… streets, East of Kings Park. Centrally located in both the City and the Nation, in March 1900 at the Battle of … The modern Station is served by Shosholoza…
PlacePretoria, now known as Tshwane
… capital of South Africa , Pretoria, or the ' Jacaranda City' is best known for its annual display of purple flowers … of Andries Pretorius , (the Boer…
ArticleIndian Passive Resistance in South Africa: 1946 - 1948
… Ordinance, No 14 of 1922 (Natal) which enabled the Durban City Council (DCC) to exclude Indians from ownership or … announced that an Indian Advisory Board…
ArticleCuba and the struggle for democracy in South Africa
… 1975 and the withdrawal of Portuguese troops would take place by the end of February 1976. By April a fragile ceasefire, organised by the Portuguese, was in…
PlaceCompany Gardens in Cape Town
… ', (the President’s official Residence when in the Mother City). Lunch hour, in Company's Garden is generally teeming … forms a pathway between the Suburb of…
ArticleMohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi) - Timeline: 1890-1899
… guard, a big Dutchman, wishing to smoke, laid claim to his place, telling him to sit down at his feet. On being refused, … provisions. The Europeans hold…
EventTanganyika and Zanzibar unite to form the United Republic of Tanzania. Bute, E.L. & Harmer, H.J.P. (1997). The Black Han
… Tanganyika and the islands of Zanzibar. The capital city of the country is Dodoma with its largest commercial city being Dar es Salaam. The former Zanzibar…
PlaceComrades Marathon, Durban-Pietermaritzburg
… 15 000 to 20 000. When the start is from Pietermaritzburg City Hall, the athletes then run along Chief Albert Luthuli … first time since World War 2 that the…
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on the occasion of the unveiling of the FIFA Soccer World Cup South Africa 2010 emblem, Tempodrom, Berlin 7 July 2006
… Africa to the international football arena which took place on the 7th July 1992. On behalf of the Organising … the hosting of the FIFA Soccer World Cup 2010…
PlaceMarconi Beam, Montague Gardens
… Marconi Beam is next to Montague Gardens and is located in City of Cape Town. Montague Gardens and Marconi Beam are of … Montague Gardens-Marconi Beam…
EventLibrary and clinic names are changed in Pretoria
… The name of the Mid-City Library (Sammy Marks), city library of Pretoria, was changed to Es'kia Mphahlele … Renaming of the Mid-City Library and Sammy…
PlaceEritrea
… Ethiopia on May 24, 1993. Eritrea’s capital and largest city is Asmara (Asmera). Keren is the second largest city, in the mountains. Near to Keren is the…
References and links: Transport through time
… [Accessed: 18 February 2015] Videos Banyule City Council, (2013), ‘ CALD TALK - Sustainable Transport ’, …
Robben Island
… sea level. Robben Island has been used as prison and a place where people were isolated, banished and exiled to for … when he anchored his ship in Table Bay…
ArticleWorld War I Timeline 1916
… Denmark, between the British and German naval fleet takes place. It ends in a stalemate with the Germans withdrawing … on the first day of the planned Somme…
PlaceGenadendal Historic Village & Museum
… to their flock at Genadendal. Her Bible takes pride of place in the Village’s Cultural History Museum.) Once again … Residents then had to leave the Village…
PlaceUmlazi
… to eliminate it. “Slums” referred to areas of a town or city inhabited by Indians which were under-serviced, … residence in a township and would be…
PlaceLanga Township, Cape Town
… Areas Act which controlled African immigration into the City. Strict control was enforced in Langa and the barracks … after that the first non-racial…
ArticleSixteen Days of Activism
… for No Violence Against Women and Children. It takes place every year from 25 November (International Day for the …