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PlacePretoria Art Museum
… artworks of the 17th century Dutch and Flemish artists to the City. Her donations also included South African works … in the Pretoria Town Hall until 1955…
Nelson Mandela University presenting AEE REP qualification programme
… and IT at NMU was the ideal choice for the EnTF to expand its training programs to other regions within Southern Africa. NMU boasts excellent … In addition,…
PlaceGroote Kerk, Pretoria
… town, Pretoria (1855). The congregation was moved to Bosman Street where a new church building was inaugurated … and around Pretoria. It also had a very…
PlaceOpera House, Port Elizabeth
… before artificial lighting - in the form of Gas - came to The Opera House. The building was run candles and … as “The finest theatre in all the World”…
EventJosiah Gumede is succeeded by Pixley ka Isaka Seme as ANC president
… and George Montsio called for a convention of Africans to form the South African Native National Congress (SANNC). … history of the organisation, and…
EventFormer Kenyan President, Jomo Kenyatta, dies
… southwest of Mount Kenya. Kenyatta ran away from home to become a pupil at the Church of Scotland Mission, where he … he later became general secretary. The…
EventArchibald Campbell Mzoliza Jordan, Xhosa writer and linguist, dies
… He did his education at Mbokothwana mission before moving to St John's College in Umtata where he qualified as a … a year and also excelled as choirmaster…
Documentry on the Life and Death of Ahmed Timol Premieres on SABC3, on 1 February 2015.
… remain whether he may have been pushed, or tortured to death and thrown from the window. It has been suggested … at which Timol was captured was set up…
4. Complaint of ill-treatment on an estate
… I.I./1/18, 18911884, Natal Archives. I am indentured to Mr. J. Meikle. Five of the men who were assigned with me … The circumstances of his leaving were, he…
Inner-Party Bulletin
… discipline and standards of conduct, report on a visit to the Soviet Union, a meeting with the CPSU Central … of the editorial board of Communist, report on…
EventPresident de Klerk warns General Bantu Holomisa
… Commission, President F.W. de Klerk issued a stern warning to General Bantu Holomisa, leader of the Transkei homeland, … was accused of aiding the activities…
EventDepartment of Transport launches Be Legal campaign
… at the Jack Mincer Taxi Rank in Johannesburg, aiming to improve and legalise the taxi industry. The Be Legal … provided an opportunity for illegal minibus…
EventNP serves legal papers on TRC
… Commission (TRC) giving notice of a High Court application to be heard on 26 August 1997. The application called on the court to order Archbishop Desmond…
EventThe Transvaal National Union is established
… president. The principal reason behind its formation was to further the interests of Uitlanders (Foreigners i.e. immigrants from abroad who flocked to the…
EventJeremy Cronin and British couple are sentenced in the Cape Town Supreme Court
… a South African lecturer, Jeremy Cronin, were sentenced to ten, one, and seven years' imprisonment respectively. They … charged under the Terrorism and…
A Brief History of Niger - Part 1 by US Department of State
… the individual territories, including Niger. In addition to conferring French citizenship on the inhabitants of the … by the French Parliament early in 1957…
Place(The) Gambia
… country, Senegal. It is a long narrow strip of land, 25 to 50 km wide, that surrounds the Gambia River . The … when Britain took over, they maintained that…
PlaceWits School of Arts (WSOA)
… interdisciplinary school of arts in South Africa according to World Universities Ranking. Forming part of the University … in 1923 after they moved premises…
PlacePhiladelphia
… Not the Philadelphia one attributes to the Eastern parts of North America, this Philadelphia lies … Local farmers travelled all the way, by horse and cart,…
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Wynberg
… This area began to be settled by free burghers in 1657, and for more than a century most of them travelled into Cape Town to attended religious services…
PlaceGreen Point Common
… The Green Point Common was vested land, which was granted to the City of Cape Town in 1923 for public recreation and sport fields. Your stadium is home to…
PlaceQuaqua
… in the Orange Free State (OFS) that had been granted to the followers of a relative of Moshoeshoe . It was only … By 1960 there were 20 000 residents, which…
EventFearon Fallows, the first Astronomer Royal at the Cape, is born
… Fallows, the first Astronomer Royal at the Cape, was born to John and Rebecca Fallows on 4 July 1789 in Cockermouth, … age of 19 he became an assistant at a…
PlaceOld Lutheran Church, Kroondal
… in Kroondal and was consecrated on 24 June 1896. Prior to this, from about 1891, regular services were held in the … From its beginnings, missionary…
EventThe Queen mother Elizabeth is born.
… for War wounded people. Although she was too young to serve as a nurse, she assisted her parents with welfare … two children, Elizabeth and Margret. She…
EventAlbertina Sisulu addresses a major anti-apartheid rally in London.
… Titus Mafolo. The delegation’s expedition was primarily to call for increased sanctions on the apartheid government. … President F.W. de Klerk’s governance,…
EventAfrican National Congress Youth League is founded
… of the ANC who believed in African Nationalism, and wanted to follow an active policy focused on the mobilisation of the … from the official ANCYL website: …
EventChief George Mzimvubu Mathanzima, former Prime Minister of Transkei, dies
… as the Minister of Education, but he was elevated to the Minister of Justice. In 1979 George was appointed as … Defence Forces (TDF) soldiers served…
EventBeginning of the Waterberg Battle in the Herero Revolt
… 1884. The Herero, a pastoral and nomadic group, had begun to move into Namibia in the 17th century. German settlement in the region started to take place in…
EventYoussou N’Dour, Senegalese singer, is born.
… of Star Band, Senegal’s most famous band. He left the band to form his own, Á‰toile de Dakar in 1979. By 1995, N’Dour … the Senegalese presidential race and…