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PlaceLangeberg Mountain Range, Western Cape
… Mountain Range is in the Western Cape Province of South Africa and is approximately 170 km long! The Marloth Nature … Mountain Range is in the Western Cape…
PlaceAl-Azhar Mosque, Cape Town
… one of the foremost Islamic scholars in the Cape and South Africa. He served as one of the Imams of the Al Azhar masjied …
Address at the National Council of Provinces, Cape Town 12 October 2000
… about change at the base and foundation of the new South Africa we are struggling to create. The unequivocal …
Funeral arrangements afoot for Mama Dideka Mhlaba, 20 January 2010
Funeral arrangements are afoot in the Eastern Cape in preparation for the funeral of African National Congress (ANC) veteran, Mama Dideka Mhlaba (85) - wife of…
PlaceBaxter Theatre, Rondebosch- Cape Town
The Baxter Theatre Centre opened on 1 August 1977 and was designed by Jack Barnett as honor to the late Dr. W Duncan Baxter’s bequest for the purpose of…
ANC`s urgent court application in view of DA march, 12 February 2014
The African National Congress will submit its protection order application to afford its staff, members, its assets and the public at large protection against…
ANC Election victory party, 19 May 2010
With the number of ballots already counted following yesterdays local government elections signalling yet another convincing victory for the African National…
EventFour political detainees escape from Pretoria Central prison in one of the most dramatic escapes in SA history
Four political detainees: Harold Wolpe, a listed Communist arrested on the Bechuanaland border; Arthur Goldreich, caught in the Rivonia raid; Moosie Moolla,…
EventANC launches mass boycott of Bantu Education
… The Right to Learn: The Struggle for Education in South Africa . Johannesburg: Ravan Press. …
EventGeorge Msimang, artist, is born
Artist George Msimang was born on 26 October 1948 in Durban. Msimang's interest in art began at school although art was not offered as a subject. He left…
EventANC calls on International community to save lives
At the end of the Soekmekaar and Silverton trial in Pretoria, three young Black men, Noimbithi Johnson Lubisi 28, Petrus Tsepo Mashigo 20, and Naphtali Manani…
EventGovernment admits responsibility for Mdluli’s death
The South African government admitted responsibility for the death of the African National Congress (ANC) member, Joseph Mdluli (50), on 19 March 1976 and…
EventResolute Treurnicht rejects waiving language policy
Despite the indications of African unrest at Soweto schools being noticed by government authorities on 4 June, who reported it to the Minister of Bantu…
EventThe death in police custody of Ahmed Timol, political activist and underground operative, is confirmed
On 28 October 1971, the death of anti-apartheid activist, Ahmed Timol, was officially confirmed. It was revealed that the thirty year old teacher at the…
EventLucas Mangope, Bophuthatswana homeland leader is deposed
On 13 March 1994, Lucas Mangope was ousted as President of the homeland of Bophuthatswana. Mangope came to power in Bophuthatswana in 1966 during the reign of…
EventHarms releases his report
The one-man Harms commission released its report on its investigations in the activities of South African Defence Force Army and South African Police counter…
EventKhotso House is bombed
The South African Council of Churches (SACC) headquarters, Khotso House, based in Johannesburg, was bombed for harbouring anti-apartheid groups a year after a…
#JimiMatthews decision praised by Chelsea Geach (News), 28 Jun 2016
Cape Twon - The suddent resignation of SABC acting chief executive Jimi Matthews has been hailed by groups across the country as a move of integrity amidst…
Statement of ANC National Working Committee, 5 September 2011
The National Working Committee of the African National Congress, met today in its regular session to deal with organizational matters. One of the issues that…
Zola Skweyiya, former Social Development Minister, to work at ANC Headquarters, 7 May 2009
Comrade Zola Skweyiya, following his resignation from parliamentary politics, has been redeployed to work at the ANC`s headquarters, Chief Albert Luthuli House…
ANC statement on The Farming Sector Initiative, 1 November 2014
The African National Congress welcomes the Western Cape Farming Sector Engagement initiative by the national government today in Paarl, Western Cape. This…
Frances Baard Launch of the ANC Volunteer Corps, 11 July 2013
The African National Congress in the Frances Baard Region will be launching the Luthuli Volunteer Corps on Sunday 14 July 2013. The Programme will include a…
EventThe Afrikaans Protestant Church, a breakaway faction of Dutch Reformed Church, is formed
Horrified by apparent infiltration of the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) by non-whites, right-wingers formed their own Church for white Afrikaners only. This…
EventPresident Thabo Mbeki establishes a commission of inquiry to probe alleged illicit activities on the UN's Iraq oil-for-food programme
On 17 February 2006 the Donen Commission of Inquiry was established by President Thabo Mbeki to probe alleged illicit activities of certain South African…
EventTafari Makonnen proclaimed Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia
Born in 1891 (some sources say 1894), Tafari Makonnen, or Haile Selassie, as he was later known, was born the son of Ras Makonnen Wolde Michael, the Governor…
EventThree ANC members are sentenced to death
Three African National Congress members, Telle Simon Mogoerane, Jerry Semano Mosololi, and Marcus Thabo Motaung, were sentenced to death for separate attacks…
EventThe ANC threatens to suspend constitutional talks
The African National Congress (ANC) threatened in an open letter to President F. W. de Klerk to suspend constitutional negotiations until the government meets…
EventPolice head admits to Khotso House bombing
Appearing before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission(TRC), General Johan van der Merwe former South African Police Services(SAPS) National Commissioner …
EventTrevor Manuel unveils GEAR
In a long-anticipated move the recently appointed Minister of Finance, Trevor Manuel announced the government's macro-economic strategy, called Growth,…
EventWits attains full university status
… et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa , Cape Town: NASOU, v. 11, p. 437.| University of the …