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EventFearon Fallows, first Astronomer Royal at the Cape, is born in England
… et al. (eds) (1970) Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa. Cape Town: NASOU, v. 4, p. 424. …
EventThe Dutch East India Company decides to send French Huguenot refugees to the Cape
… England, America, the Netherlands, Poland and South Africa, where they could enjoy religious freedom. The Dutch … & Rousseau.| Giliomee et al. (2007), New…
EventTruck drivers strike in major cities
… in the Vaal Rand area. The dispute affected half of South Africa's transport businesses and had a considerable impact … wsws Workers Struggles: Europe &…
EventWorld Red Cross and Red Crescent Day
… have achieved a 75% decrease in the cases of measles in Africa and are among the leaders in their campaign to …
EventThousands are killed after terrorists crashed hijacked airliners into the World Trade Centre in New York and the Pentagon in Washington
… they suspected of having al-Qaeda ties. In South Africa, flights to the USA were suspended, security measures …
EventResearchers proclaim they found a type of SIVcpz that is almost identical to HIV
… Troglodytes, which were once widespread in west-central Africa. The team of researchers, led by Paul Sharp of …
EventGandhi leads Satyagraha Passive Resistance Campaign
… Transvaal (now known as Gauteng Province), Union of South Africa. The campaign was prompted by the introduction of the …
EventThe cornerstone of Cape Town City Hall is laid
… 39 bells making it one of the largest carillons in South Africa. The City Hall overlooks the Grande Parade, flanked by …
EventChief Malaboch is taken prisoner
… et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 7. …
EventFirst Tramway Company in Cape Town commences operations, with a horse
… Public transport in South Africa commenced in Cape Town in May 1801, when a weekly …
EventThe official Commission of Inquiry into the mass media tables its report
… held between the Government and the Press Union of South Africa on matters concerning the Press. On these occasions …
EventThe Native Affairs Commission went once more to Ntabelanga for negotiations
… a pilgrimage of his followers from all over South Africa. About 3 000 people arrived in the area and proceeded … ‘Because They Chose the Plan of God’, …
PlaceState President Swart Park, Bloemfontein
… Park is situated in Bloemfontein in the Free State, South Africa. There are two Parks on the West of the City Centre, …
EventExpress train derails in Ethiopia, killing an estimated 400 people
… never confirmed. It is the worst train disaster ever in Africa. …
Address by ANC President Nelson Mandela to ANC-business summit 30 March 1994
… our country. Since 1990, we have often said that South Africa has entered a new terrain of debate. In Dakar, Davos, … of society as a whole. The ANC is…
Address by ANC President Nelson Mandela to ANC-Business Summit 30 March 1994
… our country. Since 1990, we have often said that South Africa has entered a new terrain of debate. In Dakar, Davos, … of society as a whole. The ANC is…
Nelson Mandela ‘Release Us or Treat Us as Political Prisoners’, 22 April 1969
… of separate development, and demanded a democratic South Africa free from the evils of colour oppression, and where … government. In the past the governments…
ArchiveChapter 2 Respect for all, Childhood in Cape Town, 1933 – 1949 by Denis Goldberg
… anti-Jewish pogroms. Many Lithuanian Jews settled in South Africa, among them founders of the South African Communist … Grandpa Morris and Granny Annie also…
PlaceSol Plaatje University
… new universities to be established in post-apartheid South Africa . It is also the first university to be established in … new universities to be established…
ArchiveEstablishing the Constitutional Assembly
… After South Africa’s first democratic elections, the newly elected …
The trade union movement and the burden of the future by Monique Marks
… Progressive social movement organisations in South Africa, including the trade unions, have focused on the …
A short history of the oldest graves in Plettenberg Bay by Patricia Storrar (The Heritage Portal), 12 September 2016
… Stel Foundation (today the Heritage Association of South Africa). Thank you to the University of Pretoria (copyright … residency for his lifetime. Prior to…
PlaceAlbaster Klip, Northern Cape
… region in what is today the Limpopo Province of South Africa, to 1 May 1838, when his wife died less than three … work by foremost literary and artistic…
PlaceWild Coast
… The Transkei section of the Wild Coast is Rural South Africa at its best and the roads to the Coast lead the … Whales migrate from the Antarctic to the…
ArchiveSt James Church Massacre
… A terrorist attack on St. James Church in Cape Town, South Africa left 11 people dead and 58 wounded. At about 7:30pm, … Reading: Truth and Reconciliation…
PlaceSuggested Gandhi Trail, Through Durban
… prejudice." M.K Gandhi spent about 20 years in South Africa , predominantly in the Natal area. His experiences in South Africa are considered the formative…
Neville Alexander interviewed by Rupert Taylor and Adam Habib,25 April 1998, Cape Town
… of what they feel the conflict was about in South Africa, and who they think the major protagonists were. … of literature that describes the type of conflict…
EventOne-fifth of SA's military infected with HIV virus, so HIV positive people are no longer accepted into their ranks
… It was announced that at least one-fifth of South Africa's military was infected with the HIV virus that causes …
PlaceKogelberg Biosphere Reserve, Kleinmond
… than 400 biosphere reserves worldwide. Kogelberg was South Africa’s first registered biosphere reserve and it …
Apartheid power in crisis
… year in the struggle for a non-racial democracy in South Africa. If there is one event, which could be said to have … the floodgates to the resistance of the…