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PlaceMarconi Beam, Montague Gardens
… Marconi Beam is next to Montague Gardens and is located in City of Cape Town. Montague Gardens and Marconi Beam are of strategic importance to the entire ……
EventMovie director Henry Cornelius dies
… The South African born British film director and scriptwriter, Henry Cornelius, died unexpectedly during the production of the crime comedy "Law and Disorder…
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…
Thirty years ago by Raymond Suttner (extract from 'Inside Apartheid's Prison')
… released after my first spell of 5 months detention plus 7 and a half years more as a sentenced prisoner, just three … earlier. I had anticipated the…
EventDurban Declaration is published denouncing Thabo Mbeki’s AIDS denialism
… stating that HIV caused AIDS. The declaration was signed and published in response to then President Thabo Mbeki’s … asserted the view that HIV was not the…
David Goldblatt: “Particulars” (1975) by The ASX Team, 16 May 2013
… innate propensity which has been fed by life experiences and heightened by the kind of hyper-awareness that photography sometimes enables and demands…” “My…
Statement "Algeria honours Chief Luthuli" by Oliver Tambo, 30 November 1964
… of their supreme contribution to the cause of freedom and human dignity. Their successful struggle against a … importance for oppressed people everywhere in…
PlaceRehoboth
… Rehoboth is a Town in Central Namibia and lies on a high elevated plateau with several hot springs. … a few years the Basters were closely linked to Rehoboth…
PlaceKweneng, District of Botswana
… Kweneng is one of the districts of Botswana and is the recent historical homeland of the Bakwena people, … village (only trailing Botswana’s two cities:…
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…
PlaceRooigrond
… Rooigrond was a Rural Community 16km of Mafikeng and 25km South-West of Ottoshoop, in the former fomeland of … The small Town was named for the red soil of…