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EventFirst recorded discovery of diamonds in the colonial period of South Africa
… in the vicinity of the present-day Kimberley, leading to the establishment of De Beers Consolidated Mines under the … of gold, which changed South Africa's…
EventDrum Magazine calls for the release of all political prisoners
… called on South African Prime Minister B.J. Vorster to follow the example of Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith … Mandela and Bram Fischer. The campaign was…
EventKenyan politician, businessman and mathematician, George Saitoti dies
… He is of Masai and Kikuyu descent which would prove to be a disadvantage in his future political career. He … ethnic support base due to his dual ancestry…
EventThe 41st annual conference of the ANC in Queenstown gets underway
… was Walter Sisulu. At the conference the ANC resolved to begin with the boycott campaign. A series of boycott campaigns were staged throughout the … Indian…
EventNelson Mandela announces his separation from his wife, Winnie Mandela.
… out from prison, Nelson Mandela announced his intention to separate from his wife of 34 years, Winnie … born in 1960. In 1962, Mandela was arrested and…
EventGovernment declares that five ‘non-White’ South African University Colleges will be entities separate from the University of South Africa
… entities. Among other things, the institutions were to be called universities and would be subject to certain conditions, be free to provide their own…
East Cape Update
… published by East Cape News Agencies in Grahamstown, aimed to provide a reliable index of in-depth information and analysis of the Eastern Cape region. This…
1983, Volume 7 Dawn pages 1 and 2 Article: Editorial comment - Victory is Calling
… victorious. It has convincingly displayed its capability to engage and deliver devastating blows at the hated enemy. … set by our gallant army, from…
EventCommandant General Hiemstra announces the outcomes of Anglo-South African deliberations
… Africa. The story of the Simonstown Agreement dates back to 1955 when it was signed by South Africa and Great Britain. … the Simonstown base and Naval…
PlacePreller-Rondawels, Pelindaba
… These buildings were declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 2 March 1973. The farm, Welgegund was awarded to Swart Martiens Pretorius a…
EventBishop Desmond Tutu is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo
… 1984 and was delayed for twenty minutes because of a bomb threat. The award recognised his unifying role in the … made specific mention of his part in the…
EventThe second Carnegie Report on poverty in South Africa is released
… solely on the 'poor White' problem. This report gave rise to policy changes which over time, effectively eradicated … Fifty years later, most Black South…
EventCharles Robberts (Blackie) Swart, first state president of South Africa, is born
… Charles Robberts Swart was born on a farm in the Winburg district of the Orange Free State (OFS) … on 5 December 1894. Part of his childhood was spent in a…
PlaceFrankfort
… Frankfort is a small farming town situated on the banks of the Wilge River … status in 1896. Frankfort is now the capital town to Villiers, Cornelia and…
Conference: One Hundred Years of the ANC - Debating Liberation Histories and Democracy Today
… anniversary of the African National Congress in 2012 is a momentous event in South African and African history. It … Histories of the liberation struggle…
PlaceDutch Reformed Church Hall, Uitenhage
… mother church decided Uitenhage North, EAST and -The Mist to secede. Early in 1804, Graaff-Reinet was proclaimed a separate drostdy. It received the…
PlaceClarkebury, Eastern Cape
… The Village of Clarkebury was established in 1830 as a station of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society. James … of Clarkebury was commenced about 1831…
History Wars, Wars in history & other Southern African histories
… In the prologue to The Go-Between, L.P. Hartley claimed that the “past is a foreign country: they do things differently there”. That is … in its various…
Citizenship and Justice: rethinking Political Theory and Political Philosophy
… A project of the Centre for Humanities Research, the Dept. of … Studies and the Dept. of Philosophy, UWC invites you to a Reading Group and Seminar on the…
Joint statement by ANC Commission on Religious Affairs and SACC, 18 September 2009
… House in Johannesburg today. The meeting was part of a series of engagement between CRA and other faith-based organisations with an objective to hammer out a…
Placem'Bashe Lighthouse
… Lighthouse Commission, originally recommended putting up a few beacons on the coast East of Port Alfred. And a beacon was finally erected on a hilltop just…
PlaceAthenaeum building, Belmont Terrace, Port Elizabeth
… opened in 1896 and 1901 respectively, and it was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 17 October … Pemads Ford Little Theatre.This multi…
PlaceMoletzie Bird Sanctuary
… quite appropriate as it protects the Cape Vulture! Endemic to Southern Africa, but a few individuals have been recorded from Zambia. They are … One of the…
EventSimon Petros Matseke, prominent in African social and political life, dies in Pretoria
… for Boer Commandos. Through that experience, he learnt to speak Dutch as well as a number of African dialects, which assisted him in his work as a court…
EventNelson Mandela condemns the Lockerbie bombing, the first mass killing of Americans by terrorists
… Nelson Mandela issued a statement condemning the Lockerbie bombing and loss of life that occurred as a result. The bombing killed all 243 passengers, 16 crew…
EventJulius Nyerere chairman of the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) addresses the ANC in Arusha
… Julius Nyerere president of the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM), a party that succeeded the TANU, addressed delegates … advocated for an independent, socialist…
EventDay of mourning held for Kinross mine disaster that claimed 177 lives
… held memorial services throughout the mining industry to mourn these deaths, under the supervision of NUM (National … own, scheduled for 1st October. …
EventMuziwendoda Mdluli, National Intelligence Agency (NIA) security chief is found dead
… car parked near the Botanical Gardens in Pretoria, with a bullet wound to the head. Mdluli is rumoured to have told his lover, Zintle Galada, that he was…
EventThe Dutch Reformed Church decides that Afrikaans may be used alongside Dutch during services
… in the 1830's, various dialects of Afrikaans were believed to have existed, however all written material was in standard … as well as the first Afrikaans…
EventWWI: battalion consisting of ‘Cape Coloured men’, called the Cape Corps, is established
… On 20 September 1915 a new battalion consisting of Cape Coloured men, called the … Corps was established with the view of being dispatched to East Africa in…