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EventThe last passenger boat of the Union Castle line, the Windsor Castle, leaves Table Bay
… Once part of a vital communications link between Europe and Southern … Castle Line's, "Cape Mail Express." Every Thursday at 4pm a Union-Castle Royal Mail…
EventA car bomb explodes at Ellis Park Rugby Stadium
… of an Umkhonto we Sizwe special operations unit, detonated a car bomb by remote control outside Ellis Park Stadium in Johannesburg. The detonation occurred…
EventThe Azanian People’s Liberation Army (APLA) disbands
… took place in the Eastern and Western Cape. According to the evidence of APLA victims before the Truth and … Killings and attacks on White farmers were…
EventUniversity of Pretoria's 100th anniversary
… On 10 February 1908 a new department of the Transvaal University College (TUC), … situated in Johannesburg, started its classes in Kya Rosa, a house in…
EventGermany declares South West Africa a German protectorate
… for Africa," when the European colonial powers raced to divide the remainder of Africa for themselves. By the end … 1903, and 13,000 by 1910. In 1903, the…
EventFirst United Nations General Assembly opens
… end of World War I. The League of Nations was put in place to ensure that war is avoided at all costs globally. The … or at the concurrence of the majority…
EventRenowned Nigerian writer, Chinua Achebe, is born in Ogidi, Nigeria
… Chinua Achebe (1930-) is a prominent Igbo (Ibo) writer, famous for his novels … Chinua Achebe was born in Ogidi, Nigeria, the son of a teacher in a…
Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism - Bibliography
… 1986. Callinicos, Luli. We are not Alone: The Making of a Mass Movement, 1950-1960. Staffrider , Volume 8 Numbers 3 and 4, 1989, p 91. Davenport, T.R.H…
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…
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…
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, …
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…
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…