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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…
EventKenyan mediates in SA election deadlock
… talks between President F.W. de Klerk , Nelson Mandela and Mangosuthu Buthelezi to participate in the elections. … of international mediation which led to…
EventDemonstrating Clergymen are arrested in central Johannesburg
… who had supported the school boycotts by Coloured and Indian students. They were released on bail the following … day, after being charged under the Riotous…
EventSir Harry Smith, governor of the Cape, dies in London
… Sir Harry Smith was the Governor and High Commissioner of the Cape Colony from 1847-1852. He ruled during the time of the Frontier Wars and was remowned for…
PlaceOrange River
… however situated outside the Country, in Lesotho, Botswana and Namibia . The Orange River is South Africa's longest and one of it's major Rivers! The Orange…
EventJosiah Gumede is succeeded by Pixley ka Isaka Seme as ANC president
… January 1912, Pixley Seme, Alfred Mangena, Richard Msimang and George Montsio called for a convention of Africans to … its inaugural meeting, where Seme was…
EventCanada offers a second contingent of troops to the British in the South African War
… contingent of troops consisting of infantry, cavalry and field artillery to bolster British troops in the South … by Afrikaner forces, the British were…
EventInfant hominid discovered at Cradle of Humankind
… Professor Lee Berger and his son Matthew Berger (9 years) stumbled across a new … a function attended by Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe and other…
PlaceElukhanyweni
… from King William's Town, at the confluence of the Gxulu and Keiskamma Rivers. It has long been known to local inhabitants as a sheltered and fertile spot…
PlaceAasvoelberg known as The Eye Of Zastron
… imperial feet), it is the highest peak in the province, and takes its name from the Cape vulture (Gyps Coprotheres) … its cliffs for nesting. In Afrikaans, …
EventJudas Mahlangu, South African graphic artist, is born
… artist. He is a member of the Soweto Art Society (SAS) and produces mono- and polychromatic etchings. Mahlangu participated in group and solo exhibitions…
ArchivePromotion of Bantu Self-governing Act, Act No 46 of 1959
… gradual development of self-governing Bantu national units and for direct consultation between the Government of the Union and the said national units in…
Luthuli House to be auctioned over R25m debt?, 20 August 2017
… who represented Resurgent to provide election support and strategic services to the ANC during the 2014 national … said the party's lawyers were dealing with…
Press Conference in Addis Ababal: Oliver Tambo, 02 July 1987
… from the African States, through the machinery of the OAU and its Liberation Committee based in Dar es Salaam. We get support bilaterally from individual…
EventWorldwide speculation begins that a bright flash detected over the southern Indian Ocean was a South African nuclear test
… Prince Edward Islands, roughly midway between Africa and Antarctica. The signal matched the distinctive light … 22 event," has never been conclusively…
Burkina Faso: Echoes of a Revolution Past by Ernest Harsch, December 22nd, 2014
… Past Ernest Harsch discusses the enduring appeal and influence of the revered revolutionary leader, Thomas … from huge crowds of angry demonstrators when…
Address to the International Labour Conference Geneva, 8 June 1990
… Director-General of the ILO, Honourable delegates and observers, It is a matter of great honour to us that we … membership, the Mass Democratic Movement of…
Document 36 - Letter from E. R. Roux to the Executive Bureau, Communist Party of South Africa, 18 November 1930
… I was very pleased to learn of Comrade Douglas' return and hope that it will mean an extcnsion of Party activity … the country districts. What is wanted now…
Document 22 - CODESA I - Declaration of Intent
… budget, COSATU acknowledges that it has both positive and negative elements. We believe that the positive elements could have been strengthened, and the…
Chapter 3 - Historical Lesotho
… delegation arrived in South Africa. A clasped black and white hand was featured in most front pages of our … new Chief Justice came from SA together with 4…
Accuser insulted as Zuma hailed at court (IOL), 14 February 2006
… outside the Johannesburg High Court, his alleged victim and her supporters were insulted and abused by the crowd. The complainant, a 31-year-old … home in…
PlaceSt George’s Grammar School, 1 Queen Victoria Street, Cape Town
… in 1688. Its foundation stone was laid on 24 August 1899 and the building was officially opened on 15 October 1903. In … Earliest days, the Scholars…
Letter on plans for June 26, from the Rev. J. J. Skomolo to Professor Z. K. Matthews, June 16, 1950
… carry our brains in our feet. We must study the conditions and internal affairs of the nation. We are a conquered … the May Day strikes, our people lost…
News SABC ‘should be hitting the panic button’ over Jimi Matthews’ resignation by Ndileka Lujabe (City Press), 27 June 2016
… resigned. “What is happening at the broadcaster is wrong and I can longer be part of it,” he said in his resignation … at the SABC had affected his moral…
PlaceGuinea-Bissau
… Guinea-Bissau, one of the world’s poorest and most fragile countries, has a population of 2 019 023 … The country of Guinea-Bissau, borders Senegal to the…