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PlaceStaats Model School, Van der Walt Street, Pretoria
… Sir Winston Churchill escaped from this Building when, for a time it was used to House Prisoners-of-War, during the Anglo-Boer War . … Anglo-Boer War …
EventDeath of Maria Koopmans-De Wet
… were living in Wale Street at that time. They later moved to Marie’s parental home in Strand Street. In 1879 Johan … Koopmans-De Wet in memory of her husband…
EventKenneth David Kaunda wins Zambian elections
… Angola, South Africa, Mozambique, Namibia and Zimbabwe to use his country as a launch pad for the struggle against white minority rule. … Later in the 1989…
EventThe Korean War ends
… without warning and attacked South Korea on 25 June 1950. A SA fighting squadron, No 2 Squadron, known as Cheetah … all volunteers and highly experienced,…
EventDate set for start of Passive Resistance Campaign
… In July 1939 at a meeting of 6,000 Indians, held at the Indian Sports Ground … in Johannesburg under the chairmanship of E. I. Asvat, a decision was taken to…
EventA.G. Visser, SA physician and poet, dies in Heidelberg, Transvaal
… left teaching and enrolled at Edinburg College in Scotland to study medicine. In 1918, he became a member of the Heidelberg Afrikaans and Theatre Association…
EventArchbishop Desmond Tutu is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
… made specific mention of his part in the transition to democracy in South Africa. Despite sustained government harassment he was a staunch advocate of…
EventThe South African security police bombed two houses in Manzini, Swaziland
… In response to attacks on the Sasol oil refinery in Secunda, the South … destroyed three houses and killed 16 South Africans and a Portuguese national, Jose…
EventSipho Gumede, South African jazz legend, dies
… Manor near Durban, Sipho Gumede started playing music on a homemade guitar. He joined his first band at the age of 16 and soon became a known and sought…
EventHansi Pauline Pollak, welfare worker and social activist, is born
… Services during the World War II. In 1944 she was seconded to undertake welfare among refugees and displaced persons, as … honorary member of the…
Cutting Through The Mountain
… Cutting Through The Mountain is a collection of interviews with South Africans - most of them … Kasrils, Gill Marcus, Johnny Clegg and Albie Sachs - to name…
EventPrime Minister Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa is killed in Nigeria’s first military coup
… first military coup. Balewa’s term was tumultuous due to tensions in the western Region of the country. Nigeria was comprised of three regions each with a…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Bibliography
… Department of Education African National Congress. Address to the Nation by ANC President Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, on … Davenport, Rodney and Christopher…
ArchiveCC Resolution on Elections
… on elections, on Angola, and on negotiations. Supports a single ANC electoral list and commits to ensure an ANC elections victory. Condemns Savimbi's refusal…
ArchiveSeparate development: the challenge of the Transkei
… and Winifred Hoernle Memorial lecture The Transkei became a semi-autonomous territory in Decmber 1963 and separate territorial development began to take…
PlaceKruger chairs (Die twee Krugerstoele) in the Paul Kruger Church (Geref. Kerkgebou) in Church Street, Pretoria West.
… Paul Kruger used to be a member of the church in Pretoria . This church still … Dutch hymn book on display. This was as declared declared a National Monument…
EventBafana Bafana draws with Nigeria
… The South African national soccer team Bafana Bafana played to a goalless draw against a Nigerian team (Super Eagles) at Soccer City (FNB Stadium) … Special …
EventMandela meet De Klerk in Pretoria
… (ANC) Deputy President Nelson Mandela and State President F.W. de Klerk held discussions in Pretoria on the progress … of the Groote Schuur Minutes and on…
EventManne Dipico resigns from parliament
… advisor, Manne Dipico, resigned from the National Assembly to concentrate his effort on the upcoming local elections scheduled for 1 March 2006. Dipico was…
PlaceCwanguba
… A forest 34km East of Elliotdale. The forest is reputed to have resulted from Imilenya shrubs, planted on the grave of Chief Tsiwo! The name is thought to be…
EventSouth African Cricketer, Dave Nourse ,is born in England
… born in Croydo, England on 26 January 1878. Nourse went to South Africa as a drummer for the West Riding Regiment and decided to stay in the country. A…
ArchiveGrahamstown and group areas: some facts
… of Grahamstown under the Group Areas Act with particular to the Fingo village and other affected areas in Grahamstown. … of the document is handwritten which…
ArchiveStatements on Black Consciousness and human rights
… recommended that these pamphlets be studied as part of a pledge of reconciliation, between God and man and between all men, The other two pamphlets, attached…
ArchiveBill Nair interview
… Interview with Bill Nair where he was asked to first comment on the state of the United Democratic Front … since Murphy and Valli were detained and that…
PlaceAdmiralty House, Simonstown
… the mid-18th Century and its ownership was transferred to the Admiralty in 1814. Rear-Admiral Jahleel Brenton was the first of the navy commanders to live…
EventDipuo Peters is born
… in the Kimberley Diamond Fields region. She was elected to the National Assembly in 1994 and appointed to her current position by President Thabo Mbeki after…
EventDerek Hanekom is born
… Mandela after 1994 general elections. His appointment to the ministry could best be explained as a compensation for his contribution to the liberation…
EventThe Progressive Teachers’ Congress is secretly launched
… (PROTECO) was clandestinely launched in the Transvaal to fill the vacuum, which was created by the banning of the … Crisis Committee (NECC). PROTECTO changed…
EventShift in US Foreign Policy toward apartheid state takes place
… policy of constructive engagement has failed. He announces a change in United States foreign policy entailing the US … its relationship with black South…
EventSamuel Marks (77) dies in Johannesburg
… Sammy Marks was a diamond buyer of Kimberley, founder of the African and … the Parliament of the Union of South Africa. He was also a friend of President…