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On the 20th Anniversary of the passing of Comrade Oliver Reginald Tambo, 24 April 2013
… of the passing of Comrade Oliver Reginald Tambo, a towering giant of our struggle, a unifier and a selfless leader. The African National … inhumane apartheid…
Treasurer General`s PBF Breakfast and Networking, 24 March 2009
… of the ANC, Dr Mathews Phosa was the keynote speaker at a PBF Breakfast and Networking event which took place at the … party in Government for the next five…
PlaceEastern Fort/Battery and Blockhouse, Chapman’s Peak, overlooking Hout Bay, Cape Town
… administrations also perceived that the Bay offered a possible landing place to an invading military force. Consequently, towards the end of the 18th century…
PlaceNZASM Goods Office, Railway Street, Pretoria
… of the Company's architecture in Pretoria. It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 2 October … the early 1960s. However, before this…
PlaceFort Daspoortraand
… was built by the firm Schneider & Co, which was connected to the French firm, Le Creusot. Military engineers, Leon … Joseph Allias. The commander of the fort…
PlaceDolobran, Parktown, Johannesburg
… millions by speculation and brilliant accountancy. He was a prominent figure in the mining and financial world. The mansion was towered and turreted in a…
EventProf. Hudson Ntsanwisi, former Chief Minister of Gazankulu, dies in Johannesburg
… of Mlungisi and Evelyn Ntsan’wisi. Ntsan’wisi qualified as a teacher at Lemana Training Institution, a Swiss mission teachers’ college near Louis Trichardt…
EventBlast opposite the Athlone Magistrate’s Court and police complex kills two people
… On 23 July 1989, a blast occurred opposite the Athlone Magistrate's Court and … were killed when the explosive device they were attempting to plant opposite…
EventSADF mounts raids on ANC targets in neighbouring states
… In the 1960s, the ANC extended resistance activities to armed struggle and thus set up an underground armed wing … state structures. Although it did not…
EventInkatha Freedom Party is concerned about stability
… Brigade in the Ezingolweni area. The region experienced a renewed series of politically motivated killings in early … Thompson, and eight other people were…
EventAnna Neethling Pohl, South African actress and author, is born
… 1906. At the age of five she joined theatre and continued to perform until high school when took part in Die laaste van … the in 1926 and the Vaderland…
The Legal Veneer
… From: A Crime Against Humanity - Analysing the Repression of the … government always had an obsession with projecting itself to the outside world as a…
EventJudge Essa Moosa passes away
… in District Six, Cape Town on 8 February 1936.[i] He was a judge in the Supreme Court of South Africa. Moosa was a former human rights lawyer who defended…
ArchiveBirth of a reggae superstar 3 August 1964 by Sam Mathe
… In the mid-80s a strange pop phenomenon swept through the shebeens and music … song title, everybody was convinced that Oom Hansie was a coloured oke from…
EventOlive Shisana was born on this day
… South Africa, on the 27th of November 1950. [1] She holds a BA degree which she obtained from the University of the North, South Africa. She holds a Master’s…
PlaceWits Art Museum
… collection was founded through generous donations from a collector by the name of Vittorino Meneghell. In 1992, the … works grew substantially and in 2002…
SASPU National, 1980 - 1987
… Students Press Union (SASPU), the other being SASPU Focus. A non-profit newspaper, about 25 000 copies of SASPU National … It began as an apolitical…
PlaceOns Huisie, Bloubergstrand, Cape Town
… for many years, the property of the Stadler family, and is a typical example of the type of vernacular building found on … and oven, although it has also…
PlaceLions Bridge, Church Street, Arcadia, Pretoria
… the previous bridge (Arcadia Bridge) which it replaced to better withstand floods. It is unclear where the name … though it is known that he was originally…
EventIvory Coast’s new prime minister, Daniel Kablan Duncan, takes office
… trade union for African farmers. He established a strong relationship with the French government, which … crime rose dramatically in the capital, Abijan. By…
EventSACP is legally re-launched
… unbanned in February 1990, was formally re-launched as a legal organisation at a mass rally in Soweto which was attended by approximately 45 … National…
References and links: Learning from Leaders
… History Standard 2. Johannesburg: Heinemann. Machado, A. M. (1994). Exploration into Latin America. London: Belitha … Lessons on Life, Love, and Courage, …
Bibliographical Data
… and outside South Africa. The documents, of which only a small proportion are reproduced here, and the transcripts … certain other trial records are…
The Clanwilliam Arts Project / Lantern Festival 2017
… Back for the 17th year in a row! Magnet Theatre in patnership with The UCT Drama … some 700 learners in the Western Cape town of Clanwilliam to resurrect the…
EventWillie Smith, South Africa’s bantamweight champion boxer is born
… He also beat Teddy “The Pride of Poplar” Bradlock[v] to claim the British bantamweight title, a title widely regarded as the world championship title in ……
PlaceAlgiers, Capital of Algeria
… Presumed to be named after the Harbour City, on the West side of the … of Algeria. Algiers is the urban area of Ganyesa, which is a town with a population of…
EventBevil Rudd, the Olympic gold, silver and bronze medalist
… in Grahamstown.[iii] He became the first South African to win a full set of Olympic medals, for which he received a gold medal for in the 400 metres, a…
PlaceGroote Schuur Estate
… Cecil Rhodes had a herbivorous menagerie on his estate and in 1896 he was given two lions and a leopard, for which he built an extension onto the menagerie…
The Nkosi Albert Luthuli Oral History Competition 2014
… papers by learners and educators. Provincial officials to facilitate this. NB Should the requisite material not be … 20h00-21h00 Professor Sekibakiba…
PlaceGraaff-Reinet Division
… alteration, and by the 1880's they bore no relationship to the original lines of delimitation. When William Burchell … well as its disadvantages, it is…