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PlacePhiladelphia
… as a farm. Local farmers travelled all the way, by horse and cart, to Durbanville for Nagmaal (the Eucharist) and, as a result, a local farmer donated a…
PlaceMonterey House, Klaasens Road, Wynberg
… The house was originally known as Oosterzee and was built by PAM Cloete shortly after the South African … to 1976 it served as a private preparatory school…
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 … tarred…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer
… in the gestation of the anti-apartheid front, at home and abroad. it was the forerunner to the Defiance of Unjust … organised jointly by the South African…
PlaceOnderstepoort Veterinary Research Institute
… The building was designed by the Department of Public Works and was completed in 1908 as the centre for the then … core of what is widely regarded as one of…
PlaceWierda Bridge, Six Mile Spruit, Pretoria
… (Six Mile Spruit) on 4 June 1900, the Royal Artillery and the Royal Garrison Artillery retreated from the Burghers … its kind to be Built in South Africa. It…
PlaceMarket Square, Port Elizabeth
… It is home to the City Hall, which is colonial in style and dates back to the mid-1800’s. Its clock tower was added in 1883, and the entire structure was…
EventThe Queen mother Elizabeth is born.
… 4 August 1900. Queen Elizabeth Angela was the ninth child and daughter of Claude George Bowes-Lyon, father and Cecilia Cavendish-Bentinck. She was educated…
EventAlbertina Sisulu addresses a major anti-apartheid rally in London.
… African Women (FEDSAW) comrades, Sister Bernard Ncube and Jessie Duarte. This was after Sisulu had received her … Front (UDF) leaders; Curnick Ndlovu, Azhar…
EventRobert Kennedy, American politician, speaks at the University of Cape Town about the racial inequality of apartheid
… the brother of former American president John F. Kennedy and American politician, made a parliamentary address at the … to a 'Day of Affirmation' or a …
EventNelson Mandela celebrates 88 th birthday
… for this anti-apartheid icon, including a photo exhibit and the release of a book on the Meaning of Mandela the … The photo exhibition by South African…
EventNearly 200 People are killed in the Bulhoek massacre in the Eastern Cape
… in a battle lasting less than 30 minutes between police and Israelites, followers of prophet Enoch Mgijima , more … that the Israelites evacuate land they…
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Pretoria East
… NG Kerk Pretoria Oos is next to Loftus Versfeld Stadium and is located in City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, … Thus the settlement is at the foot of…
PlaceNederlandse Hervormde Kerkgebou, Pretoria
… The ‘Nederduitsch Hervormde' congregation was founded on 8 and 9 September 1855 in Pretoria. It was one of the … building (1857-1882) was built on the corner…
#JimiMatthews decision praised by Chelsea Geach (News), 28 Jun 2016
… From political parties to non-governmental organisations and advocacy groups, Matthews’s resignation has been viewed … on Monday morning. “What is happening…
PlaceHole in the Wall, Coffee Bay- Wild Coast
… size. It is found on the northern banks of the Mpako River and it is an iconic. 'Hole in the Wall' in formation.The Hole … of Wild Coast , mid-way between…
PlaceMolenvliet House, Molenvliet Street, Mowbray
… house, Westoe. Molenvliet dates from the 18th century and originally consisted of a barn and Jonkershuis which formed part of the Westoe building … the…
Address by President Mandela at the opening of the 36th Annual World Boxing Council Convention Johannesburg, 26 October 1998
… that South Africans are well known for their hospitality, and you may need to exercise all the discipline of athletes … to the business of the WBC! We are…
Document 47 - “International Communist League Formed in South Africa”, International Bulletin of the International Communist League, New Series, 2, September 1934
… through lack of experience, of political leadership and of perspectives. Our comrades made an attempt to revive … for African workers, it has continued for…
EventZulu King Cetshwayo address his warriors at the great military kraal of Nodwengu
… you out against the whites, who have invaded Zululand and driven away our cattle. You are to go against the column at Rorke's Drift and drive it back into…
PlaceThe Old Presidency Museum, Bloemfontein
… or Ou Presidensie (Afrikaans) is a Museum, art Gallery and Theatre in the City of Bloemfontein, South Africa, … with the Surname of Brits settled on the site…
Extract from a speech made in the House of Assembly on 22 April 1976 during the Prime Minister’s Vote
… concluded on economic co-operation between South Africa and Israel, is of major importance to both countries. Mr. … to reply to certain questions which were…
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1652 - 1699 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… of Batavia were brought by the Dutch into the Residency, and subsequent Settlement of the Cape of Good Hope... " It is … a halfÂway house for its ships…
Interview with Albert Luthuli by Studs Terkel, 6 May 1963, Chicago
… From Perspective on Ideas and the Arts TERKEL: Here in a suburb of Durban, South … Albert John Lutuli, winner of the 1960 Nobel Peace Prize, and deposed…
ArchiveInterview with Absolom Zithulele Cindi
… who was an activist in the black consciousness movement and later in the Azanian People's Organization and the trade union movement. Born in Alexandra…
PlaceGazebo, Civic Square
… stage-coach service between Pietersburg (now Polokwane) and Bulawayo (in Zimbabwe, then Rhodesia) in 1894. It is a reminder of an era of huge progress and…
Fatima Meer: Portfolio
… WE, THE PARTIES, organisations and administrations assembled in this Multi-party Planning … FULLY CONSCIOUS of the responsibility we individually and…
EventDeath of Maria Koopmans-De Wet
… footsteps as she established herself in the social and cultural life of Cape Town. In 1864, she married Johan … who was an officer in the German Post Office…
EventThe Korean War ends
… ended after three years of fighting between North Korean and Chinese Communists against the United Nations (UN) forces (mainly South Korean and American)…
EventHerman Charles Bosman guilty of murder
… his visit ended in tragedy in the house of his mother and stepfather. Bosman, who was then teaching in the Marico … became involved in a quarrel with his…