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PlaceJoubertina
… in much the same vein as its Neighbour's. Now referred to as the 'not yet discovered' Joubertina, and 'the Big Apple of the R62' (this is an allusion to the…
Ubuntu Awards 2018
… year, the Awards are carried live on national television to a viewership to over 100 million people across the continent. The Ubuntu … champion of human…
PlaceDitsong National Museum of Military History, Johannesburg
… Lovers of military history are sure to enjoy a tour of the Ditsong National Museum of Military History. The museum, located on an 80ha site next to the…
PlaceUganda
… bursting through a chasm in the Rift Valley escarpment to form the raging Murchison Falls. Wildlife enthusiasts can expect to see great pods of hippo and…
EventSt James Church massacre
… Massacre. He was convicted of 11 murders and sentenced to 23 years in prison. Sichumiso Nonxuba, Thobela Mlambisa … arrested and charged in 1996. While on…
EventSouth Africa, Cuba and Angola Sign formal peace agreement, allowing Namibian independence from South Africa
… P.W. Botha proclaimed, "A new era has begun.... We want to be accepted by our African brothers. We need each other." … the 1960s, as the European powers…
EventFawcett Commission into Concentration Camps in South Africa
… degrading conditions in these camps. Her findings were key to the setting up of the Fawcett Commission. Her report was … Office responded by appointing a Six…
EventFreedom Day is celebrated in South Africa
… South Africa. Today, South Africa celebrates Freedom Day to mark the liberation of our country and its people from a … the President of South Africa on 10…
PlaceAlbaster Klip, Northern Cape
… in what is today the Limpopo Province of South Africa, to 1 May 1838, when his wife died less than three weeks after … transcriptions of Trechardt's diary…
PlaceHole in the Wall, Coffee Bay- Wild Coast
… along the entire South African coastline . Second only to Table Mountain , most likely, though only a small fraction … years of the pounding sea. "The lagoon…
PlaceGreyton, Western Province
… verdant plains and forested ravines of the area were home to the; Hassequas Khoikhoi tribe who had their kraals near … the Castle of Good Hope was sent here,…
EventCharges against Cape Times editor, Mr Anthony Heard are dropped
… PFP spokesperson on justice, Mr Dave Dalling responded to the deputy minister of information, Mr Nel Bureau to launch a booklet ‘Talking with the ANC’’. Mr…
EventA Cape Passive Resistance Council is formed
… Town, attended by 1 500 people. Among the first people to volunteer were African activists. Councillor Zainunnisa … "Cissie" Gool was elected the leader of…
EventArtist Allina Ndebele is born
… master weaver Allina Ndebele, nee Khumalo, who returned to her father's village and established a small workshop to teach neighbourhood women to card, spin,…
EventSenator Robert Kennedy visits SA
… States (US) Senator Robert Kennedy made a historic visit to South Africa. He was invited by the National Union of … Students (NUSAS), an anti-Apartheid…
EventDjibouti and Cote d’ Ivore strengthen diplomatic ties with SA
… Following a visit to Nigeria by the state president, F.W. de Klerk, and his … of other African countries announced their willingness to improve their…
EventMinister Kobie Coetsee on meeting between Botha and Mandela
… in South Africa. However, the document which Mandela gave to Botha prior to the meeting suggested otherwise, hence he refused to denounce violence and break…
EventP.W. Botha appears in court
… State President P.W. Botha appeared in court for refusing to testify at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). … in George. Botha's case was…
ArchiveFederation or desolution
… constitution and that the" Verwoerdian Utopia has fallen to pieces"; he also challenges the State President to give the people of KwaZulu and Natal an…
ArchiveSouth African Church leaders confront the Sstate
… and after a brief service set out on the short walk to Parliament to present a petition of protest. Within minutes the leading … The petition was later…
International Council for Traditional Music
… Music Study Group on African Musics is pleased to announce its Second Symposium on the theme, “African … Keynote Speaker for this event. This second…
ICA launches 2017 Great Texts/Big Questions lecture series with Professor Ngugi wa Thiong'o
… The Institute for Creative Arts (ICA) is honoured to launch its annual Great Texts/Big Questions lecture series … “As I See It”. The novel Weep Not Child was…
PlaceOld Pretoria Iron Mines Ltd Buildings, Iscor, Pretoria
… The objectives of establishing the company were, to produce iron and a range of steel and to create employment opportunities for communities close to its…
EventRonald Harwood , Oscar winning screenwriter, is born in Cape Town, South Africa
… Born Ronald Horwitz in in 1934, he moved to from South Africa to London in 1951 to pursue a career in the theater. He changed his name to …
PlaceElgin
… the farm 'Glen Elgin', a portion of which was given over to the railways for the erection of the local station. The … Elgin'. Initially they grew vegetables…
ArchiveAPDUSA Bulletin 4: Dont vote! its not a crime
… This pamphlet wishes to clear some fears and anxieties of those members with regards to the consequences of them not casting a vote or registration to vote…
ArchiveA survey of race relations in South Africa: 1951-1952
… the Union; Rising tensions in South Africa and work to help resolve these; General South African affairs; Urban … welfare and recreation; Administration of…
Yukon, Bezuidenhout Valley, Johannesburg
… who subsequently became Mayor of Johannesburg from 1917 to 1919. It is a testament to the high expectations that initially surrounded the establishment of…
EventNotices served on Solly Sachs
… of South Africa (GWU). The first notice ordered Sachs to relinquish his position in the Union within thirty days and not to participate in any way in the…
EventSA signs Nuclear Non
… countries that signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty to curb the spread of nuclear weapons. Other countries that … the treaty, while Finland became the…