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PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Wynberg
… cruciform plan as the old structure. This was completed on 17 March 1899 at a cost of £4000. It was declared a National …
EventFormer Vaal policeman Gerhardus Peens admits his role in the Boipatong Massacre
… the Vaal Triangle (now Gauteng) township of Boipatong on 17 June 1992 when several people were killed and others …
EventBeginning of the Waterberg Battle in the Herero Revolt
The German colonisation of Namibia, then German South West Africa, took place in 1884. The Herero, a pastoral and nomadic group, had begun to move into Namibia…
PlaceGraaff-Reinet Division
… on 26 August 1785 and its boundaries were proclaimed on 17 July 1786. However, over the next century these underwent …
PlaceSastri College, 1 Winterton Walk, Durban
… a National Monument under the National Monuments Act on 17 March 1989 . …
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Bloemfontein
… Wocker was commissioned to design a church at a cost of £17,500. The old building was demolished whilst services …
ArticleThe Cabinet Reshuffle of 2017
… debt-servicing costs seen at the R144-billion in the 2016/17 fiscal year. [4] The grounds on which the president made …
Prehistory of the Polokwane/Pietersburg area
Prehistory of Southern Africa Two places are of particular heritage interest in the Polokwane area: the BaKoni Malapa Museum south of the stadium and…
A growing urban African population
… three townships. By 1931, the population had increased to 17 000 growing to 26 000 in 1934. Consequently, Sophiatown, …
ArticleKora
The Korana or Kora were a nomadic Khoikhoi group that probably derived their name from a chief called Kora (or Gora), who was originally a leader of the…
ArticleHIV/Aids in South Africa
… are defined as children from birth up to the age of 17 whose mothers have died, UNAIDS estimates that there were …
ArticleFreedom Day: 27 April
Freedom Day on 27 April is an annual celebration of South Africa's first non-racial democratic elections of 1994. It is significant because it marks the end of…
ArticleHow do we find out about the history of a local area?
… means that she grew up with two cultures. When she was 17 years old she met an imbongi, or traditional African poet …
Address by ANC President Jacob Zuma at the celebration of the 90th birthday of former President Nelson Mandela, 2 August 2008
… the ANC was banned you lived the life of a fugitive for 17 months moving from one place to another, hunted by the … should live in, from the dock during the…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 2 Glossary
Terms You Need to Know: Christopher Columbus arriving in the America. Image Source Abolition: The ending of a law, a system or an institution. During…
PlaceGood Hope Centre, Cape Town
… between Nervi and the City of Cape Town started in 1964, but the project was approved in the following decade …
PlaceBats Cave Trail, East London
… footprints (dated at 124000 years old) were found in 1964. The trail starts at the Coastal Education and Visitor …
ArticleWomen, employment and the changing economic scene, 1920s
… canteens and assaulted the male customers. In Durban on 17 June 1929 chaos erupted with 2 000 whites clashing with 6 000 Africans on 17 June 1929. More than…
EventLouis Raymond, an Olympic tennis singles gold medalist is born
… (17 August 2015). ↵ [iii]David van Lill, Van Lill’s South … (17 August 2015).|Louis Raymond, …
EventMichael “Muis” Roberts, South Africa’s best jockey is born
… Michael Leonard Roberts was born on 17 May 1954 in Cape Town.[i] Roberts was one of South …
EventUmkhonto we Sizwe bombs Church Street, Pretoria
… one hundred injuries. [ii] The bombing took the lives of 17 men and 2 women, of which 9 were White and 7 were Black. …
EventCôte d’Ivoire gains independence from France
The more recent pre-colonial history of CÁ´te d’Ivoire can be traced to the 17th century, with the establishment of the kingdom of Gyaaman. The capital,…
EventThe Rembrandt Tobacco Corporation was founded in South Africa
In 1948 the Rembrandt Tobacco Corporation was established by Anton Rupert. The first cigarettes were manufactured in an old flour mill in Paarl on 12 June 1948…
EventMilitary service becomes compulsory for White South African men.
… months of service for all white males between the ages of 17 and 65 years old. Conscripts became members of the South …
ArchiveThe Final Prize by Norman Levy
… - Chapter 16 The Final Prize: Inside and Out - Chapter 17 The Final Prize: Exile - Chapter 18 The Final Prize: Exile …
PlaceBoksburg, the Witwatersrand
The Town of Boksburg was founded in 1887 as the Administrative Centre of the East Rand. It is the second oldest Town on the Witwatersrand. Boksburg was an…
2007 ANC National Policy Conference: Report of the Commission on Strategy and Tactics, 30 June 2007, Gallagher Estate
… will be used to improve the Chapter as a whole. 17. Further, it was felt that the draft did not adequately address global challenges that include: 17.1 the…
ArticleSouth African Congress of Trade Unions Timeline 1919-1997
… Organization (ILO) voted to expel South Africa. 1963 - 1964 Repression under the 90- and 180-day detentions. South … He was the first person to be banned…
‘Ubuqaba’ and ‘UbuGqobhoka’: Reading Zakes Mda’s Heart of Redness through a Post-Developmental lens by Rachel Fenton
… threat both to them and to more prosperous areas” (Truman, 1964). In response, he proposed a game-changing solution; “I … them realize their aspirations for…
ArticleFootball in South Africa Timeline 1862-2012
… reinstated in 1963, but FASA is again suspended in 1964. It is expelled from FIFA in 1976. 1964 FASA's (Football Association of South Africa) suspension …