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PlaceRoodepoort Town School, Rex Street
… The Roodepoort Town School was established in the 1890s and its premises, including a School Building and a Hall, were opened on 8 October 1913. In 1914 the…
EventAnti-apartheid activist, Norman Levy is born
… Norman Levy and his twin brother, Leon Levy were born in Johannesburg to Mary and Mark Levy, immigrants from Lithuania. Levy attended the Yeoville Boys’…
EventCurnick Ndlovu, Trade Unionist, is arrested.
… of the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) and a member of the African National Congress (ANC). He was a … He was also actively involved in trade…
EventSA artist, Bongiwe Dhlomo, is born
… Natal. She grew up in Bergville, matriculated in Ladysmith and obtained a National Secretarial Certificate at Inanda … studied printmaking at the Evangelical…
EventAdriaan Vlok is born
… Former South African minister of law and order, Adriaan Johannes Vlok, was born in Sutherland, … of justice at the magistrate's offices in Keimoes and…
EventGriffiths Mxenge is murdered
… Mxenge , an African National Congress (ANC) veteran and apartheid activist, was assassinated and his body was severely mutilated in an act of barbaric … His…
PlaceMjanyana Hospital
… the Gospel on Foreign Parts established a mission station and lazaretto there, from that developed a government/public … a comprehensive health care service…
EventFirst Tramway Company in Cape Town commences operations, with a horse
… Many years later in September 1862, the 'Cape Town and Green Point Tramway Company' was formed, and began operations on 1 April 1863, with a horse-drawn ……
Dawn
… wing of the African National Congress, open to all races and set up in conjunction with the South African Communist … strategic targets within the Republic,…
Elections Programmes for Deputy President, Secretary General & Treasurer General, 16 May 2011
… ANC Deputy President, Secretary General and Treasurer General will on Tuesday lead the movement`s election campaign in the Western Cape, Gauteng and the Free…
Address at 90th brthday celebration, by Nelson Mandela, 25 June 2008, London United Kingdom
… Friends, thank you for joining us here this evening, and your support for our causes. It is a great privilege having been able to travel here in our 90th…
PlaceGanyesa
… in the 1800’s. Prior to this, the locals had been farmers and hunters, living off the produce of the land and creating a life of self-subsidy. This Village…
PlaceDolobran, Parktown, Johannesburg
… Andersson. Andersson had amassed millions by speculation and brilliant accountancy. He was a prominent figure in the mining and financial world. The…
EventWorld Health Day
… The WHO's Constitution came into effect on 7 April 1948, and therefore this date has been celebrated as World Health … World Health Day is to create…
EventBessie Amelia Head, SA novelist dies
… in Pietermaritzburg to Bessie Amelia Birch, a White woman and a Black unnamed father. Due to the apartheid policies of the day, her parents were not allowed…
EventStart of blood classification controversy
… learned that the SANBS racially profiled blood donations, and that Coloured and Black donors were considered as "high risk" cases. This led to the…
EventSA Police kills eleven Pondo tribesmen when they revolt against the imposition of Bantu authorities.
… The system of Black authorities and the reforms brought about in the agriÂcultural sphere … there were the people of the African National Congress and the…
EventCPSA is founded
… Cape Town. It was founded mainly by radical White workers and socialists who had experienced workers' struggles in Europe and were inspired by the first…
Speech to the ANC Rally at Soccer City by O. R. Tambo, Johannesburg, 16 December 1990
… of the National Executive Committee of the ANC, Comrades and friends, Compatriots, I came on Thursday, having spent a … accompanied by my wife, my son-in…
PlaceMasjiengebou (Machine Building), Defense Headquarters, Pretoria
… The Historic Machine Building, "Staatsartillerie" Stables and Western portion of the Main Building. all situated at Defence Headquarters, Pretoria. Stables…
EventBarend Strydom kills 8 People in Pretoria
… Barend Strydom went on a killing spree with his pistol and attempted to shoot every Black person he encountered. He killed 8 people and seriously wounded 16…
PlaceUniversity of the Orange Free State, Grey's College School
… College School in Bloemfontein was formally inaugurated, and lectures in the Humanities were presented to six students … an official educational institution…
PlaceGrabouw
… Post Office was opened at Palmiet River on 1 January 1846, and was probably located at a ford where a small bridge, … However in 1849 the position of its…
PlaceCity Hall, Pretoria
… in 1931. An architectural competition occurred in 1826, and the winning design by FG McIntosh was chosen to be used … construction of the City Hall only…
EventThree Zimbabwean intelligence officers stand trial for a bomb attack on an ANC house
… Kevin Woods, Michael Smith and Philip Conjwayo were arrested in Zimbabwe in connection … that killed the driver of the car transporting the bomb and injured…
EventSouth Africa closes its borders with Lesotho
… its borders with Lesotho, cutting off fundamental food and fuel supplies. The relationship of the South African and Lesotho in the 1970s and early 1980s was…
EventAnglo-Boer War 2 - Kitchener proposes establishment of concentration camps
… The arrival of Lord Kitchener and Lord Roberts, with the latter taking up the role of … forces. Several British garrisons in the Cape, Mafikeng and Natal had…
38. The Natal Franchise Bill, 1894: Do not make our sons pariahs
… History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai The Franchise Law Amendment Bill of 1894 … (vice-president of the newly-formed…
PlaceKenilworth
… Kenilworth lies flanked by the Constantia Winelands and popular Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens , between the suburbs of Claremont and Wynberg . A leafy…
“No Room for Racialism at Natal University”: Statement, June 1956
… Statement, June 1956 51 [The most unscientific and blatantly racialistic statement made by Dr Malherbe, … alleging that the African was “totalitarian at…