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PlaceAlberton, Germiston
… Town 6 km West of Germiston and 11 km South of Johannesburg. It was laid out on the Farm, … rugby player) as well as Bernadette Coston (Protea and Olympian…
EventJoyce Mashamba passed away
… was described as an “accomplished political commissar and an educator” that made personal sacrifices for the … under the African National Congress, ANC’s…
EventGerman torpedoes sink the SS Mendoza close to Durban
… was handed over to the Blue Funnel Company for manning and management. Later it was also used as a liner by the … B.T. Batho. On board the ship were 153 crew…
EventLord Charles Henry Somerset, governor of the Cape Colony, is born in Badminton, England
… of settlers arrived in Table Bay on board the Nautilus and the Chapman on 17 March 1820. These became known as the … is now the Eastern Cape. This was in…
EventTRC gathers evidence against Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
… Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) began public hearings, … Madikizela-Mandela included thirteen counts of murder and numerous human rights abuses,…
EventMother Teresa is buried
… Mother Teresa, the nun who captured the world's attention and accolades with her selfless devotion to the poor, was … at St. Mary's High School in Calcutta,…
EventFighting breaks out on the Johannesburg market square
… 1913, a scuffle broke out between police, mounted soldiers and a riotous crowd at the Johannesburg market square. This … union activity. By 1910, trade…
PlaceCradock Division
… its geographical area. The two urban centres of Cradock and Middelburg are fairly similar, with well-developed CBDs and fair infrastructure. A lot still…
PlaceCamdeboo was called Aberdeen, Eastern Cape
… Aberdeen is about 50 km South-West of Graaff-Reinet and only 3 hours drive from Port Elizabeth. Aberdeen was … Vorster. A Village soon sprang up around the…
EventPower Struggle in Zulu hierarchy
… between Mangosutho Buthelezi, Minister of Home Affairs and leader of Inkatha Freedom Party, and his nephew King Goodwill Zwelithini, escalated during ……
Document 9 - First letter from Nelson Mandela to Hendrik Verwoerd
… of the Pretoria regime to engage in negotiations genuinely and seriously, could create the possibility to end apartheid … get together to negotiate an end to…
EventThe SA department of foreign affairs announces that the bodies of two South Africans have been found in Thailand
… when disaster broke out. South African authorities and the Department of Foreign Affairs in particular were … A call centre was established to help family…
ArchiveTrade union brief
… Circular about the meeting between the Commercial Catering and Allied Workers Union of South Africa (CCSAWU), the Hotel and Restaurant Workers Union (HARWU)…
EventPresident Jacob Zuma arrives in Moscow to attend the commemoration of the 70th Anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War.
… end of the World War 2. Russian President, Vladimir Putin, and President Zuma had successful bilateral discussions in Moscow. The two leaders discussed the…
EventSouth African storyteller, Gcina Mhlophe is born
… South Africa. She is most famous for writing both stories and music for children. Some of her work has been used in different schools and universities around…
Document 9 - Letter from W. H. Andrews to Tom Mann,” 26 December 1922
… 1. Organisations of the people remain banned, restricted and prevented from operating freely and hundreds of key individuals remain restricted. 2. Freedom of…
EventCorner stone of Mission Church is laid in Graaff-Reinet
… Andries Stockenstrom had donated a piece of land and six windows, building started on the Dutch Reformed … in Graaff-Reinet. The corner stone was laid on…
EventWorld Cancer Day is instituted as an annual world-wide cancer awareness campaign
… for International Cancer Control (UICC) to raise awareness and to encourage its prevention, detection and treatment. The day was inaugurated in 2002 by a…
EventUnrests break out in the Coloured townships
… dissatisfaction with the South African educational and political systems. Students from about sixty Coloured high schools, teacher training facilities and…
ArchiveBlack consciousness: a reactionary tendency
… This article is a reprint, and first appeared in June 1976 in The Educational Journal of … author provides the reader with a very detailed background and…
EventGeorge Pauling, builder of railway lines in SA, dies
… railway lines in South Africa, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and other Southern and Central African countries. He came to South Africa at the age of 20. His…
EventA new right-wing group Aksie Eie Toekoms (Action for our Own Future) (AET) is founded in Pretoria.
… was founded by Afrikaner academics Professors Willie Lubbe and Alkmaar Swart. Lubbe stated that he and other Afrikaners were disenchanted with then ruling…
Interview with Archibald Gumede 5 August 1991
… to go back to one or two things that I was a bit unsure of and this was, first on the question of whether or not the … agenda, on the one hand holding out…
Message by Albert Luthuli, 1 May 1955
… "Prepare for congress of the people" On June 25 and 26, only five weeks from now, there will assemble in … as it is today. The future of the country appears…
PlaceFourteen Streams
… to build the line from Kimberley to Fourteen Streams and thereafter to Vryburg, in British Bechuanaland. … Eventually the railway stretched through Mafeking…
EventBishop Desmond Tutu is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo
… Archbishop Mpilo Desmond Tutu, world renowned preacher and strident voice against apartheid, first Black Secretary … Church in South Africa, Archbishop…
EventA bomb blast rocks the ANC London office
… Coetzee, former head of the South African security police, and seven other policemen, claimed responsibility for the attack and applied for amnesty before…
EventThe First Draft of the Constitution is published
… could start to deal with the unresolved issues and changes. The final draft constitution was expected before … had been an issue between the Inkatha Freedom…
PlaceWelgelegen Homestead, next to Mosterts Mill
… The original house was erected during the 18th century and was subsequently altered by Herbert Baker who rebuilt it … Subsequently it became the home of the…
ArchiveCAS: Conscription Advice Service
… Red, blue and white poster. Notice of Conscription Advice Service. Red and white border with initials CAS and goemetric shapes. Blue and white photograph of…