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EventFifth banning order for Albertina Sisulu
… Congress (ANC) leader Walter Sisulu, was placed under a banning order for the fifth time since 1963. Click here to read more about the life of Albertina…
EventRSA golf team is expelled from Greece
… The action by the Greek Foreign Minister followed a request from the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid to condemn all practices of racial…
EventNP wins by election
… seat, the National Party (NP) candidate wins, but with a much reduced majority over the Herstigte Nasionale Party … of 1978, that brought his political…
EventState Security Council Approves Cross
… actions; and clandestine operations. With respect to reconnaissance and clandestine operations, the document admits that such actions would be difficult to…
EventPik Botha is appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs
… ambassador in the United States of America (USA), returns to South Africa and is appointed as Minister of Foreign … Read more about Botha's political career…
EventF.W. de Klerk announces the release of political prisoners
… after taking over from P.W. Botha as state president, F.W. de Klerk announced the unconditional release of eight … (PAC). This demonstrated the government's…
EventDutch East Indian Company expedition into the interior
… Beutler was employed by the Dutch East Indian Company to lead an exploration expedition into the Eastern Cape. … ship Le Necessaire at the Gourits River,…
EventAmnesty application of Gideon Nieuwoudt fails
… The Truth and Reconciliation Commission refused amnesty to the notorious former police officer Gideon Nieuwoudt, for his role in the death of Steve Biko in…
EventPFP Leader Colin Wells Eglin born
… Party, Independent Party and National Democratic Movement to form the Democratic Party (DP) on 8 April 1989 as opposition to the National Party (NP) in…
EventTravelling in a cab no longer in fashion
… The Star reported that travelling in a cab was falling out of favour. This trend was attributed to the changing socio-economic conditions in Johannesburg and…
PlaceRiebeek East
… On 13 April 1840 the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) acquired a portion of the Farm; Mooi Meisiejie Fontein for the purpose of establishing a Kerkplaats. The…
EventChoirmaster, educator and singer Mary Eveline Fincken is born
… was born in Hoyland, Yorkshire, England. She came to South Africa in 1908 for health reasons. Fincken was one … On her death in 1955 she left her collection…
EventWinnie Mandela’s jail sentence is suspended by the Appeal Court
… of five years' imprisonment for kidnapping four youths and a one year sentence related to a charge of being an accessory to assault. This was imposed …
EventThe "Battle of Andringa": violently separating Stellenbosch
… Several Stellenbosch University students engaged in a fight with the town’s Coloured residents on the corner of … Andringa and Plein Street in Stellenbosch. …
EventNasty C, the South African hip hop artist and song writer is born
… at the age of nine.[iii] Nasty C was previously signed to the Free World Music label,[iv] and is currently signed to … label. Nasty C released his first…
PlaceTable View
… View. Table View is popular with young families and is a vibrant and growing Community. The Table View Beachfront, … Africans call an "informal settlement"…
PlaceOak-Villa Cottage, Baviaanskloof Road
… is one of the first townhouses in Hout Bay and the first to be erected in the Baviaanskloof area. The original portion … was erected in 1850 by the then…
PlaceWoutersen Vault, Wessels Road, Green Point.
… The vault is huge, well looked after, with a fence that nobody can cross! It was erected in 1827 by the … style of the vault is very confidently ascribed to…
PlaceHarbour Board Building, Port Elizabeth
… Rufane Donkin was acting Governor at the Cape from 1820 to 1821 during the absence of Lord Charles Somerset . In … Lamani of KwaMgxaki , who proposed the…
EventThabo Mbeki, former President of SA, is born in Idutywa, Transkei
… his parents were activists. His father, Govan Mbeki, was a prominent member of the African National Congress (ANC) in … After his schooling at Lovedale…
PlaceCity Hall, Cape Town
… This is a large Edwardian building in the centre of Cape Town city. … and Frederick George designed this building and is home to the Cape Philharmonic…
PlaceAbaxab, a Railway Siding in the Northern Cape
… Old Khoi name for 'Rooilyf', a railway siding 17 km North of Groblershoop, on the way to Sishen. The name means 'red body'. Definition: Track or … the…
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 8 February 1983, Volume 32
… Transcript. Address by Advocate K P C P von Lieres, to the Commission of Inquiry into the South African Council … of Churches (SACC), chaired by the…
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 1 September 1982, Volume 26
… Transcript. Evidence from Edward Phillip Cain to the Commission of Inquiry into the South African Council … of Churches (SACC), chaired by the Honourable Mr…
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 29 October 1982, Volume 20
… Transcript. Evidence from Edward Phillip Cain to the Commission of Inquiry into the South African Council … of Churches (SACC), chaired by the Honourable Mr…
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 8 September 1982. Volume 11
… Transcript. Continuing evidence from Eugene Lesley Roelofse to the Commission of Inquiry into the South African Council … of Churches (SACC), chaired by the…
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 7 September 1982, Volume 9 and Volume 10
… Transcript. Continuing evidence from Eugene Lesley Roelofse to the Commission of Inquiry into the South African Council … of Churches (SACC), chaired by the…
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 6 September 1982, Volume 7 and Volume 8
… Continued evidence from Eugene Lesley Roelofse to the Commission of Inquiry into the South African Council … of Churches (SACC), chaired by the Honourable Mr…
ArchiveWhose Reality Mr. Botha?
… SADF polluting the townships; Fascist vigilantes allowed to attack us; People's organisations harrassed and banned; … We reject your'facts'; Release our…
June 12 Movement
… June 12th marked a historic moment in the history of Black students. The … issued the 12th June declaraton in which they resolved not to reapply for re…