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PlaceDie Grootkerk in Bosmanstraat
… part in the shaping of the Reformed Church tradition in and around Pretoria. It also had a very interesting part to … responsible for almost every single …
PlaceEthiopia
… West, South Sudan to the South West. Kenya to the South and Djibouti , to the North East. The Ethiopian Kingdom was … Ramidus Kadabba (c. 5.8?5.2 million…
PlaceSt Thomas’ Church, Ridge Road, Berea, Durban
… In 1835, Captain Allan Gardiner retired from the navy and went to Natal to begin Missionary work amongst the Zulus. … Zulus as a whole were singularly…
Document 10 - Letter from Nelson Mandela to Sir de Villiers Graaff, leader of the United Party
… by every articulate group amongst the African, Coloured and Indian communities, who constitute the majority of this … on crisis. We have been excluded from…
PlaceDiepkloof, Soweto
… covers an Area of approximately 2,50218 square kilometres and houses a Population of approximately 104 098 persons … Census). It is located on the Eastern…
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Johannesburg
… the DR Church Johannesburg, being the DR Church Jeppestown and the DR Church Johannesburg East , Irene. The new congregation started off by having its…
Address to the Summit of the International Conference on Financing for Development, 21 March 2002
… President Vicente Fox, Your Excellencies, Heads of State and Government, Your Excellency, Mr Kofi Annan, Secretary … to "eradicate poverty, achieve sustained…
Chapter 2 - SADF Speaks...
… filth scars the clarity of its skies. It is a precious and beautiful memory for those who have experiÂenced it. … by searchlights, frightening off the usual…
A short history of the oldest graves in Plettenberg Bay by Patricia Storrar (The Heritage Portal), 12 September 2016
… effort to restore these graves to some semblance of order and dignity after more than a century of neglect was made by a small committee of four residents of…
Document 118 - Johannesburg District Communist Party, Call to a Non-European United Front!
… TO A NON-EUROPEAN UNITED FRONT! TO ALL ASIATICS, COWURED AND AFRICAN PEOPLE SEGREGATION THREATENS US The Government proposes to drive Asiatic and Coloured…
ArchiveSt James Church Massacre
… Church in Cape Town, South Africa left 11 people dead and 58 wounded. At about 7:30pm, on Sunday 25th July, while … a hymn of worship, a group of gunmen…
55. S.A.I.C. deputation sees the Minister of the Interior, 1925
… on 16 November 1925. They opposed the Areas Reservation and Immigration and Registration Bill, and also urged the Government to agree to a round-table …
PlaceWaaihoek Farm
… bottom of a pot of mealie-meal. AFRA worked on land rights and agrarian reform in Natal. Its main aim was to assist Black rural people whose tenure was…
PlaceCathcart District, Eastern Cape
… The District of Cathcart was created in January 1877, and it was raised to a fiscal divisional on 1 December 1879. … gliders take off from the nearby hills,…
PlaceMbotyi, Eastern Cape
… For the adventurer wanting to explore the many unique and wild treasures this coast has to offer, Mbotyi offers the … privileged opportunity to visit the…
PlacePhilippi
… Springfield was established sometime before December 1896, and in August 1898 its name was changed to Philippi. Philippi … in the 1980s, at more-or-less the…
PlaceSouth African Library, Cape Town
… National libraries: the South African Library in Cape Town and the State Library in Pretoria. It was declared a National … Gardens in Cape Town. Inside the…
PlaceMelrose House, Jacob Mare Street, Pretoria
… transportation business that operated between Kimberley and Pretoria. With his newfound wealth he commissioned … stately Victorian mansion complete with…
PlacePreller-Rondawels, Pelindaba
… in 1920 for the building of the Hartbeespoort Dam and a Township development. The Township remained in the planning stage for a long time and when finally…
EventW. E. B. Du Bois (95), writer, scholar, intellectual, Pan
… activists. He was a key founder of the NAACP, the largest and oldest civil rights organization in the United States, and from 1910 to 1934 served it as…
The Trust Feed Massacre
… occurred in December 1988 which shocked the nation and forever changed the lives of the close-knit community of … attacked at 3 am, by assailants who kicked…
PlaceRegina Mundi, Catholic Church, Soweto
… The Church forms part of the rich History of Soweto and is the largest Catholic Church in South Africa – able to … The Church played a major role in the…
45. Mass meeting at the Empire Theatre, Johannesburg, 1906
… History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai On 11 September 1906, a mass meeting of … in the Gujarati sections of the…
On the 20th Anniversary of the passing of Comrade Oliver Reginald Tambo, 24 April 2013
… Tambo, a towering giant of our struggle, a unifier and a selfless leader. The African National Congress acknowledges and salutes the role played by Cde OR,…
EventPaarl Riots report submitted
… Riots. The report analysed the main causes of the riots, and included information on Poqo, an armed offshoot of the … (PAC). Snyman had heard evidence…
EventNelson Mandela is appointed the Secretary of the National Action Council
… rests on force to perpetuate the tyranny of a minority, and to organise and unite in town and country to carry out constant actions to oppose … from 145…
EventSir Christoffel Joseph Brand succeeds his brother, P.A. Brand, as editor of De Zuid
… was the first proper Dutch newspaper in South Africa, and was first published on 9 April 1830. The publication was initially published partly in English and…
Event523 people die in the Black concentration camps of the Second Anglo Boer War
… October 1899 war was officially declared between Britain and the Boers. In March 1901 Lord Kitchener, the commander of … the "scorched earth" policy. About…
PlaceHout Bay, Atlantic Seaboard- Western Cape
… Valley became the main source of timber for the building and repairs of ships and also for buildings such as the Castle of Good Hope . Protective Mountains…
EventB.J. Vorster, Minister of Justice, announces extensive security measures following the Sharpeville Massacre
… to the unrest following the Sharpville massacre in 1960. And in an attempt to prevent further outbreaks of unrest, the government had passed a state of…