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ArchiveThe preliminary nature of the Constitutional document
… Paper covering rights and duties attached to property and rights to education, power-sharing and rights of minorities, … speech, organisation and electoral…
Phakamani
… Phakamani, meaning "stand up", reflecting the call to stand up and join the democratic forces inside South Africa and abroad to oppose the legality of the…
PlaceBoekenhoutfontein, District of Rustenburg
… The earliest structure known to have been erected on this property was a 'Hartbeeshuisie', belonging to farmer: 'Bronkhorst'. In 1862 the property was…
EventFormer South African Prime Minister Strijdom dies
… with a march by twenty thousand women on August 9th, 1956 to the Union Buildings in Pretoria to protest against the proposed amendments to the Urban Areas…
EventMinister introduces free and compulsory education
… education for Black pupils. This was the fifth concession to Black demands since the 1976 Soweto Uprising. The … a home ownership scheme; and agreed in…
EventA.W.G. Champion, outspoken opponent of apartheid dies
… for racial equality and, himself a Zulu, devoted his life to the betterment of the Zulu people. In 1942, he was elected to the Native Representative Council …
EventBantu Holomisa is dismissed
… hotels and billionaire paid the sum of R5 million to secure his residence in South Africa. His responsibilities were assigned to former ANC Youth League…
EventThe Star is published in Johannesburg
… under that title on January 6, 1871, and was moved to the Witwatersrand sixteen years later by its owners, … Sheffield. In 1889, the name Eastern Star was…
EventKenyan men arrested as part of the continuing crackdown by British authorities
… authorities against the Mau Mau. Four days later, close to 100 people were killed and scores of others injured at … Mau freedom fighters attacked the area…
EventWomen Draw up a Petition against Pass Laws
… Native and Coloured Women's Association sent a petition to Governor-General Gladstone. Women pleaded with him to persuade the Prime Minister and Minister of…
SASPU Focus
… for Democracy' for 1982. This slogan called on students to understand, and act on, their university and their education. SASPU Focus attempted to cover…
PlacePrince Edward Islands
… and are politically part of South Africa. The only way to travel to Marion Island is on board a South African research vessel. … on the island for 14 months,…
ArchiveCultural considerations for a democratic South African Constitution
… and artistic enterprise and production. Examines how to preserve and protect cultural heritage, how to foster cultural endeavours, how to realise cultural…
PlaceKoedoespoort Aerodrome, Pretoria
… the aircraft Voortrekker , whose epic flight from London to Cape Town, piloted by Lieutenant-Colonel Pierre van … Ryneveld and Flight Lieutenant Quintin…
EventLesotho and Swaziland threatened with sanctions
… and Swaziland with economic sanctions if they continued to harbour African National Congress (ANC) insurgents. Their refusal to co-operate in this regard…
EventWaddington report on Boipatong is released
… who had been invited by the Goldstone Commission to make an independent inquiry into the Boipatong massacre on … The report further contained recommendations…
EventSouth African multi-title holder, Brian Mitchell wins the WBA title
… Layne of Panama in Sun City, on a tenth-round knockout to lift the title. Mitchell managed to defend the title a world record 12 times before retiring ……
EventFirst Black Test cricket captain in SA is announced
… as South Africa's first Black Test cricket captain to lead the Protea team in Sri Lanka. This announcement was … first of two Tests between Sri Lanka and…
EventUN warns Africa of the scourge of HIV
… Africans may die from Aids by 2025. The numbers could soar to ninety million, or more than 10% of the continent's … population, if more immediate action wasn…
EventBulelani Vukwani on a shooting spree
… fired randomly at everyone he came across before returning to the scene of the original murder to shoot dead his girlfriend's father, Maxanjana Mbenya. … the…
EventUS President Bill Clinton arrives in Cape Town
… The first American president to visit SA with his wife, President Bill Clinton, arrived … unprecedented for a Western head of state. In an address to…
EventArchbishop Tutu retires as Archbishop of Cape Town and head of the Anglican Church in SA
… the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). According to him, his retirement was a way of off-loading some of the work he had been doing in order to…
EventANC leader Wilton Mkwayi born
… on Robben Island for his involvement in MK. Mkwayi had to fight Robben Island prison authorities for twenty years for the right to marry the love of his life…
EventKing Dinuzulu dies
… prison by Prime Minister Gen. Louis Botha, who also saw to it that he received a farm to live on, died on his farm Uitkyk in Middelburg district, … in…
EventGhana is declared a republic
… became the first sub-Saharan country in colonial Africa to gain its independence on 6 March 1957. On 1 July 1960, … Africa, under the leadership of H. F…
EventSouth Africa abolishes financial Rand
… The financial Rand, used as a parallel currency to the commercial Rand, was abolished on 10 March 1995. The … nonresidents’ assets in the country, it was…
The Story of PR Pather, the grand old man of Indian politics in South Africa: Bibliography
… 1947. Correspondence from the Natal Indian organisation to J.C. Smuts. 21 May 1947. Natal Indian Organisation Report of deputation to the Prime Minister, N/D…
PlacePretoria National Zoological Gardens.
… and chips. The 'Zoovenir' Shop has something special to take home of those who weren't able to visit the Zoo. There are numerous Picnic Spots were you ……
Launch of the ANC Volunteer Corps and Visit of the President, 19 June 2013
… ANC will be unveiling 5000 volunteers who will be working to secure victory for the elections campaign in the Siyanda … across the province. The President…
PlaceAalwynkop Peak, Mpumalanga
… Africa. In addition, this versatile succulent is used to make delicious juice. So, it is no wonder that the Aalwyn … countryside of South Africa. "The Aalwyn…