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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…
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…
Biography of Heinz Klug by Ashley Rogers
… [i] They were involved in shipping and moved to the port city of Durban to live on the border between a predominantly … Durban at the time of Klug’s…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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 …
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…
ArticleSudan’s Revolution
… demonstrations began in the East and spread to the capital city of Khartoum, the Sudanese Professionals Association … about it”. Conflict and Negotiations…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
ArticleSixteen Days of Activism
… for No Violence Against Women and Children. It takes place every year from 25 November (International Day for the …
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…
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…