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PlaceOatlands, Simonstown
… building, formerly known as the Government Garden House, and later as the Commandant's House. The land on which this … The 'Groot Tuin' was first established…
PlaceSt Paul’s Anglican Church, Main Road, Rondebosch
… neo-Gothic structure was opened on 16 February 1834 and was extended a number of times thereafter. In October … a new building. Further additions were made…
PlaceDie Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerkgebou in Du Toit Street, 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…
ArchivePhotography pundit David Goldblatt takes ex-offender portrait series to British jails by Matsepo, 2 June 2017
… photographs of former criminals in prisons in Birmingham and Manchester. The portraits, part of a series called Ex-Offenders, show men and women at the scene…
EventEmily Hobhouse addresses public meetings in Britain on the concentration camps
… at raising awareness about the conditions in the camps and at the same time to rally the support of the British … families from their homes including 3000…
Document 40 - Anti-CAD, Why You Should Not Vote [1958]
… was formed in 1943 to fight the Coloured Advisory Council and the beginnings of a Coloured Affairs Department. The … the reasons why you should BOYCOTT this…
PlaceScottish War Memorial, Johannesburg
… The Sculpture shows a soldier in kilt and Scottish regalia. It fits in most dramatically with its … a rising site on the triangular ground where St Andrew’s…
PlaceCape Province- 'Province of Good Hope' or previously the- Cape Colony
… ships on their way to India could stop to rest, do repairs and restock on supplies. This trading post was started by Jan … most of the Europeans worked for…
ArchiveInterview with Alexander Hepple
… with Alexander Hepple (1904-1983), politician and author, a member of the South African parliament for the white socialist Labour Party from 1953 to 1958,…
Document 64 - Letter from the Workers’ Party of South Africa to the International Secretariat of the International Communist League (B-L), 1 July 1936
… Workers Party consists of two small branches at Cape Town and at Johannesburg. As a distance of one thousand miles … separates us each branch is practically…
PlaceWalter Sisulu National Botanical Garden, Krugersdorp/Roodepoort
… covers almost 300 Hectares of ground with both landscaped and natural veld areas. Witpoortjie Falls is situated in the middle of the gardens and has been a…
PlaceImizamo Yethu, Hout Bay
… living alongside the Black Community in Imizamo Yethu and another Coloured Community in the Township of Hangklip , … the Harbour, between the prestigious…
PlaceNdabeni
… in about May 1901 near Maitland,North of Pinelands and some 8 kilometres East of the city centre. . It owes its … 1901 when the civil authorities located a…
PlaceMilnerton
… in 1902 on the site of the old farm: 'Janbiesjeskraal', and was named in honour of Sir Alfred Milner , Cape Governor … its stunning properties, shimmering…
PlaceCape Floral Areas, Western Province
… Parks, Nature Reserves, Wilderness Areas, State Forests and Mountain Catchment Areas. These elements add a … Shrubland adapted to both a Mediterranean…
EventPeter Mokaba is born
… Peter Mokaba, a notable freedom fighter and patriot, was born on 7 January 1959. Mokoba played a … in the struggle for freedom especially amongst the youth,…
EventSADF officers dismissed
… South African Defence Force (SADF), including two generals and four brigadiers, were being forcibly retired or … presented his preliminary findings to…
ArchiveThe Pan African Congress venture in retrospect: a Non-European Unity Movement pamphlet
… to the freedom struggle of the oppressed in South Africa and the formation and functions of the Non-European Unity Movement (NEUM). … incident on 21 March…
EventThe Transvaal Indian Congress takes a stand on Fietas removals
… Johannesburg area "Fietas", (the name by which Pageview and Vrededorp was known).They objected to a Johannesburg City … the conversion of Newclare, the…
EventA strike by White mineworkers turns into open rebellion
… White workers, on strike since 28 December 1921, stormed and occupied police stations, railway installations and mines on the Witwatersrand. They also…
ArchiveExtracts of 3 Interviews from the 1956 Women’s Anti-Pass March
… other centres, Johannesburg. They were coming by trains and thing like that Springs, East Rand and things like that”¦ In fact old people; older people were…
Statement of ANC National Working Committee, 5 September 2011
… NWC came to a conclusion that the protest was uncalled for and that it was calculated to undermine the internal … that the protest was used for ill…
EventChad gains its independence
… al-Zubayr, the Kimgdoms of the Kanem-Bournu, Baguirmi and Ouaddai fought consistently for the region. When the two … (Kousseri) along the Logone River, the…
Panel Proposal for the 17th Triennial Symposium on African Art
… Sustainability and Art in Africa Art that reflects sustainability includes … to create fashionable garments, innovative sculptures and decorative arts, but…
PlaceHout Bay Museum
… in Table Bay in 1652, they needed timber to build and expand. After looking for forests, they discovered Hout … Hout Bay grew from being a few farms to…
PlaceGreenmarket Square, Cape Town.
… to this place for sale to Cape Town residents. Farmers and freed slaves soon followed this example and began to bring their produce here in a variety of…
EventMass funeral for the victims of Bisho massacre
… the speeches from leading African National Congress (ANC) and South African Communist Party members such as Walter Sisulu, Chris Hani and other leading…
EventThe ANC Youth League is re-established at Orlando stadium in Soweto
… youth structures, the South African Youth Congress (SAYCO) and the ANC Youth Section, which had operated in exile. The Provisional National Youth Committee …
EventKitchener’s opinion on Concentration Camps
… the two former Boer Republics (the South African Republic and the Orange Free State Republic) and Britain from 1899-1902, the British forces, according to…
EventEmily Hobhouse is born
… born in Liskeard, Cornwall. Hobhouse was a humanitarian and pacifist who vehemently opposed British government policy in South Africa, and visited the…