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BiographyCecyl Esau
Cecyl Esau was born on 30 September 1955 in Worcester, Cape Province (now Western Cape Province), the youngest of four children. His father was a veteran of…
ArchiveStudent walkouts have changed history before. In South Africa, one helped end apartheid by DeNeen L. Brown (The Washington Post), 14 March 2018
… African boy, was one of the first students to die. On June 16, 1976, more than 10,000 black high school students in Soweto marched out of … visits a memorial…
EventThe first Gay Marriage in South Africa
… in South Africa,” (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/dec/04/worlddispatch.southafrica) 8 January 2017. ↵ … in South Africa,” ( https://www.theguardian…
PlaceOak-Villa Cottage, Baviaanskloof Road
… of his son in 1878, enlarged it by the addition of two extra rooms at the rear of the building, thus enabling him to … was a humble fisherman's cottage whose…
PlaceAthenaeum building, Belmont Terrace, Port Elizabeth
… The building dates from the late Victorian period and has impressive …
EventNongqawuse’s unfulfilled prophecy
… 1856, but as the day dawned and nothing happened, other dates were set, including 18 February 1857. Disappointment …
EventFormer Minister of Public Works, Thoko Didiza, is born
… Minister of Agriculture and Land Affairs in 1999 and in 2006 she became Minister of Public works under President …
ArticleList of people banned under Apartheid
… James Act No. 44 of 1950 Sec. 9 (1) 1 Nov. 1976 31/10/1981 Restricted to Durban. Honours graduate of the … of an organisation associated with UMSA; sentenced…
Prehistory: Pre colonial farmers in Gauteng
… to Potchefstroom, including Johannesburg. Radiocarbon dates place the pottery (called Olifantspoort after the site … the name of a cave where it was first…
ArticleSefako Mapogo Makgatho Timeline 1861-1961
… Orange Free State breaks out. The war ends in 1902. 1902 - 09 Pedi chiefdoms, seeking to take advantage of the South …
A history of Volkskas and the Absa Banking group
… in the case of Sanlam, the spectacular growth of Volkskas dates from the assumption of power by the Nationalist Party … Volkskas share capital. Volkskas in…
ArticleXenophobic violence in democratic South Africa
… The history of refugees and asylum seekers in South Africa dates back to the 1980s when the country was home to a number … April 2015, the spate of…
PlaceA History of Ottosdal and Letsopa
… by intimidating them and deliberately targeting the ICU. [10] After he was evicted, Jingoes turned his attention to the … of Land Rights, annual report for…
EventThe Johannesburg International Airport is officially renamed OR Tambo International Airport by President Mbeki.
… political activist Oliver Reginald Tambo on 27 October 2006 by President Thabo Mbeki. The airport was previously …
EventCelebrated South African photographer, David Goldblatt, receives Hasselblad honours
… in the country of his birth. David Goldblatt received the 2006 Hasselblad Foundation Award in photography. He received …
PlaceRailway Station, Sannaspos, Bloemfontein
… brought in over 40 000 tons of grain during the 2005 – 2006 review period, the only traffic on the line. It was …
EventPresident Thabo Mbeki leads a government delegation to the funeral of former state president, P.W. Botha
… no regrets in the way he governed the country. In October 2006, Botha died of a heart attack and was buried on 8 November 2006. The then president, Thabo…
BiographyDr Kwame Nkrumah
… to further his studies. Nkrumah would go on to spend 10 years in the United States, gaining a variety of college … YEARS IN AMERICA” The Black Scholar, vol…
BiographyDulcie Evonne September
… worked diligently and the booklet was published on 16 June, in commemoration of Soweto Day. During June 1979, … assassin was found and the case remained on…
BiographyHorst Gerhard Hermann Kleinschmidt
… in the local student magazine and provided hundreds of extra copies for students at black campuses where … Kingdom, with a staff of 75 and an annual turnover…
PlacePeelton
… and surrounding municipalities. We are open from 07:30 to 16:00, Monday to Friday. Our services are free of charge. …
PlaceMarket Square, Port Elizabeth
… is home to the City Hall, which is colonial in style and dates back to the mid-1800’s. Its clock tower was added in …
PlaceWorld War Cenotaph
… Women. What is unusual about the Cenotaph is its memorial dates - 1914 to 1919. Although the war officially ended on 11 …
The people armed, 1984-1990
… formation of the United Democratic Front (UDF) in 1983, an extra-parliamentary organisation served as an umbrella … daughter Zindzi to a rally of UDF…
Article1960 - 1994: Armed Struggle and Popular Resistance
… formation of the United Democratic Front (UDF) in 1983, an extra-parliamentary organisation served as an umbrella … daughter Zindzi to a rally of UDF…
EventBoxing legend, Dingaan Thobela thwarts a hijacking at his home in Johannesburg
… On 27 September 2006, Boxing legend Dingaan Thobela 'The Rose of Soweto' … Potgieter Deon (2006) 'Boxing's looking good, but crime's a problem' , from …
EventDr Ben Ngubane is born
… until he was replaced by Lionel Mtshali in 1999. In 2006 he ended his long-term relationship with the IFP when he …
EventSiyabonga Eugene (Bhele) Nomvete, SA footballer who was winner of the Kick Off Magazine Soccer Player of the Season, 98/99 &
… Africa in the 2002 and 2010 World Cups as well as in the 2006 Africa Cup of Nations. He currently plays for Moroka …
EventA fire breaks out on Table Mountain after a British tourist allegedly tossed a lit cigarette out of a car window
… On 26 January 2006, a massive fire swept along the lower slopes of Table … Munnion, C., (2006), ‘ Briton in court over Table Mountain fire ’, from The …
Biography: Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Liberia's 'Iron Lady' by Alistair Boddy-Evans updated 08 August 2016
… the election. She came second to Charles Taylor (gaining 10% of the vote compared to his 75%) out of a field of 14 … Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice,…