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PlaceLanglaagte Deep Residential Village, Johannesburg
… In 1886 Hans Sauer, who combined a medical practice with prospecting on Cecil Rhodes’s behalf, was guided from Ferreira’s Camp to the main group of gold…
PlaceTogo
… Togo is a country of western Africa. Lomé, the capital, is situated … 1922 the League of Nations then; assigned eastern Togoland to France and the western…
EventArchbishop Owen Cardinal McCann becomes South Africa’s first cardinal.
… campaigning against Apartheid. In 1976, in an open letter to the Government, he made a particularly strong attack on its racial segregation policy ……
EventTanganyika becomes a member of the UN
… On 14 December 1961, Tanganyika became a member of the United Nations(UN) and two years later, in … and Zanzibar) their membership status at the UN changed…
EventSA rugby team plays and wins the first test match against Ireland
… significant, as Errol Tobias was the first black player to start a test match in South Africa during this game. South Africa, … at: southafrica.info …
EventOliver Tambo returns from exile
… President of the African National Congress (ANC), returns to South Africa after going into exile nearly thirty years … liberation movements in 1961 Tambo was…
EventAttempted coup in Equatorial Guinea sees fifteen arrested
… The day before, on 7 March, Zimbabwean authorities seized a US-registered cargo plane at Harare carrying 64 suspected … that the men were mercenaries from…
EventMax the gorilla is shot
… A mountain gorilla, Max was shot and wounded as he grappled … ducked inside the gorilla's night room and came face to face with Max. Max was feeling quite…
EventThe Second General Election is held in the Union of SA
… point at issue was whether South Africa should continue to support Britain's war effort and the results was a clear indication of the growth of Afrikaner…
EventBhambatha becomes chief
… became chief of the AmaZondi people. Bhambatha succeeded to the throne after the death of his father and uncle, at the age of 25. He quickly established…
EventJosephine Wood, founder of the South African Library for the Blind, is born in Grahamstown
… School for Girls in Grahamstown, Wood was trained as a teacher. In 1919 Wood began her work with the blind community. She started a small library for the…
EventSouth African Police (SAP) is founded
… enacted and the authorisation for the establishment of a national police force was given. The South African Police (SAP) was the successor to the police…
EventEdgar D. Ngoyi, South African ANC leader who spent seventeen years on Robben Island, is born.
… active in the African National Congress (ANC) as a member of the ANC Youth League in the 1950s. After the … ANC in 1960, Ngoyi went underground where he…
PlaceAlbany, Eastern Cape
… Somerset. He was promoted full General in 1814, elevated to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Howden in 1819, and to the Peerage of the United Kingdom under…
Invitation: BikoHausen - Steve Bantu Biko and Karlheinz Stockhausen in Johannesburg, 1971
… Meyburgh, Jannous Aukema (Editing) At the end of a working lecture tour to South Africa in March 1971, the composer Karlheinz … E: Benjamin.Keuffel…
PlaceMilnerton
… Milnerton on 22 September 1904. Then the area began to grow steadily. Today, Milnerton has become one of the … oldest of the suburbs along the northern Table…
EventSouth African cricket player Aubrey Faulkner, great all-rounder in the early 20th century, is born
… George Aubrey Faulkner (1881 - 1930) was in his day a dominating figure in South African cricket, one of the … the First World War he served with distinction…
EventSibongile Khumalo was born on this day
… 1994 Inauguration.[1] She has also treated South Africans to a number of critically acclaimed performances, including “The … album, Ancient Evenings, is…
EventJohn Kani was born on this day
… at Newell High School and his love for theatre led him to work with several drama groups in the New Brighton area … 1975.[1]His numerous other involvements…
ANC mourns the passing on of Mama Regina Nzo, 27 September 2011
… exile with her husband in 1964 for 26 years. She returned to South African in 1990 and worked for ANC Womens League. Her contribution will be a source of…
Not in My Neighbourhood Documentary
… themselves into ‘World Class’, Global City status, we have to ask ourselves, “at what cost”? " Not in My Neighbourhood … Documentary (running time 37:00 min)…
ArchiveChristian principles and race problems by Jan H. Hofmeyr
… This was the first lecture in a series of the Hoernle Memorial Lectures delivered by Jan H. Hofmeyr, who was subsequently a student of Professor Hoernle at…
ArchiveChristian principles and race problems
… This was the first lecture in a series of the Hoernle Memorial Lectures delivered by Jan H. Hofmeyr, who was subsequently a student of Professor Hoernle at…
ArchiveAfrica South Vol.3 No.2 Jan-Mar 1959
… Satyagrapha in South Africa, Fatima Meer. The Abduction of a Community by Rabbi Dr. Andre Ungar. The Trial Begins, D.A. Leonard. The Dutch Reformed Church…
PlaceLions Head, Mt.
… the Atlantic and Camps Bay . Although the walk can be a bit step at times, there is nothing too hectic about this hike. Along the path you will find a series…
EventNelson Mandela receives a hero’s welcome in New York
… with mounds of security and miles of tickertape. According to reports, the security for Mandela included 12 000 city … 16 teams of demolition experts,…
PlaceDoringbaai, Cape West Coast
… Doringbaai is a picturesque little Town on the Cape West Coast near … and Langebaan, about 300 km West of Cape Town. You can get to Doringbaai next to the N7…
PlacePublic Library, Port Elizabeth
… It was built in the late Victorian style incorporating a mixture of idiosyncratic Gothic and classical features. It was declared a National Monument under…
PlaceBourke's Luck Potholes
… River Canyon . The potholes were named after Tom Bourke, a gold-digger who staked a claim in the Area. The two Rivers that come together to create these…
EventPretoria is proposed as the new capital of ZAR
… or the old Transvaal, was transferred from Potchefstroom to Pretoria in 1860. With the city becoming the capital, it … the administrative capital when South…