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PlaceRailway Station and Post Office, Point Road, Durban
… The Town of Durban was situated several kilometres away to the North of the Bay, and before the Railway, passengers and freight had to be transported in…
PlaceKing Edward VII High School, Houghton Estate, Johannesburg
… Second Anglo-Boer War was in sight. Plans were being made to reorganize the educational facilities in the Transvaal . These had virtually ceased to exist on…
EventZuma announces freeze on university fees increase
… announced a 10.5% increase in tertiary education fees, due to the high inflation of the South African economy, the news … on Wednesday the 14th of October. …
ANC Election victory party, 19 May 2010
… afternoon throw a victory party for its supporters to thank them for the race well run. President Jacob Zuma will address thousands of supporters expected to…
Place'Aardoringspruit', Brandfort in the Free State Province
… This is a Watercourse extending East to West, 14 km West around the Area of Brandfort ..The name is thought to be taken from the Walafrida Geniculata or '…
EventCricketer Omar Henry born
… Henry became the first South African cricketer of colour to be selected to play in an “unofficial” test against the rebel Australian … cricket side. The tour…
EventZuma announces freeze on university fees increase
… announced a 10.5% increase in tertiary education fees, due to the high inflation of the South African economy, the news … on Wednesday the 14th of October. …
EventFinal legal note on the SS Mendi
… their lives. The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company requested to have their liability limited for the collision of their SS … under the Merchant Shipping Acts…
ArchiveInterview with Peter Donald Hjul
… for the fishing industry in the early 1950s. Drawn to politics by a strong social conscience and a dislike for … at its inception. From the LP’s founding,…
PlaceBellville, a Suburb of Cape Town
… used as a wagon halt for farmers bringing their produce to Cape Town and was known as; Twelfth Mile Stone. Since it … founded as a railway station on the…
EventSA artist, Lionel Davis, is born
… Cape Arts Project (CAP). The main objective of the CAP was to educate and empower South Africans of all races by introducing them to art, theatre and dance…
EventJohn Fairbairn (70), journalist and outspoken critic, dies in Cape Town
… called the South African Journal. The magazine proved to be the beginning of what would become years of struggle … with his friend and colleague Thomas…
EventAnti-apartheid activist, Norman Levy is born
… and his twin brother, Leon Levy were born in Johannesburg to Mary and Mark Levy, immigrants from Lithuania. Levy … Johannesburg and matriculated in 1946. He…
EventLanga, Uitenhage Massacre: 20 killed by police on Sharpeville Commemoration Day
… 25 years to the day after the infamous Sharpeville Massacre, in which … in the Eastern Cape. At least 20 people are reported to have been killed in what has…
EventFour political detainees escape from Pretoria Central prison in one of the most dramatic escapes in SA history
… but a massive manhunt and police operation led closer to Mannie and he was forced into hiding while his family went … two months before the infamous Rivonia…
EventEdgar Whitehead succeeds Garfield Todd as premier of South Rhodesia.
… of the initiatives he proposed and enacted were beneficial to the African citizenry within South Rhodesia. This quality … period; greatly extend the number…
EventSA artist Mmakgoba Sebidi is born
… was a figurative painter working in oils until she began to experiment with abstraction and collage. She described … piling up on the carpet. At the end of…
EventThe Table Mountain cableway, one of the biggest tourist attractions in Cape Town, is inaugurated
… citizens had suggested the introduction of a railway line to the top of Table Mountain but plans to implement a proposed rack railway were delayed by the ……
EventSA signs multilateral treaty on the civil liability for oil pollution damage
… pollution damage. This treaty was drawn up in Brussels, to ensure that adequate compensation was available to those who suffered damage as a result of oil…
EventNP presents its revised constitutional proposals
… transitional councils by CODESA during the first phase to oversee regional and local government, finance, and … elections with the ultimate responsibilities…
EventKhotso House is bombed
… injunction from Minister of Law and Order Adriaan Vlok to bomb the house. Vlok, who appeared before the TRC two … were granted amnesty by the TRC. F.W De…
EventPeter Nchabeleng President of Northern Transvaal UDF dies
… bomb containing his son's school results. He refused to open the letter and directed his son Maurice to return it to the principal. According to Maurice, the…
EventThe French Foreign Legion is founded
… was founded by King Louis-Philippe as a military unit to support the conquest of Algeria, which the French had … had served the unpopular Bourbon regime. The…
EventFearon Fallows, first Astronomer Royal at the Cape, is born in England
… age of 19, he became an assistant at a school, and went on to study at St. John's College in Cambridge, where he became … and fellow. On 26 October 1813,…
EventWorld Aids Day
… of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) was not confined to geographic locations. The aim of World AIDS Day was to bring to people's attention the worldwide…
EventThe Afrikaner Broederbond is formed
… South Africa). In 1919 the organisation changed its name to Afrikaner Broederbond (Afrikaner Brotherhood). A rigorous … and membership - by invitation only -…
EventSan involvement in the Battle of Chrissiesmeer
… forces under General Smith-Dorrien. Botha's main aim was to cripple the advance of Smith-Dorrien into the eastern Transvaal. According to oral tradition…
EventSir John Robinson forms Natal’s first ministry as Prime Minister
… Robinson, who is regarded as a loyal Natalian, first came to South Africa as a child in 1850. He later became a … owner of the publication in 1855. After…
EventZulu King Cetshwayo Dies
… King Cetshwayo was born to Mpande, who was King Shaka’s half brother in 1826. His … very early on in life, which was unusual for a King to do. As Cetshwayo…
EventBritain and the Zulu Nation sign a peace treaty
… Britain signed a peace treaty with the Zulus. According to the treaty Zululand was divided into thirteen separate … under a chief elected by the British who…