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EventUS Secretary of State Colin Powell is heckled by activists on the closing day of the World Summit.
… to discuss sustainable development by the United Nations, and gathered numerous leaders from business and non-governmental organizations. While addressing a…
EventKing Moshoeshoe II, the paramount chief of Lesotho, is killed in an accident
… that the King's driver was under the influence of alcohol and that caused him to lose control of the vehicle. … death in 1996, however, his political power…
PlaceAlexandra, Township in Johannesburg
… Alexandra, the daughter of EH Papenfus, Township secratary and owner of the Ground, it was laid out on. It was the only … on a boycott of Public Transport to…
EventHaitian leader General Raoul Cedras resigns in favour of exiled President Jean
… Columbus in 1492. The island was named Hispaniola and became the territory of the Spanish crown until the … Saint Domigue, was claimed by the French. Sugar,…
Hendrik Verwoerd’s response to the ‘Winds of Change’ speech
… The tendency in Africa for nations to become independent, and at the same time to do justice to all, does not only mean … ideals which western civilisation…
Document 63 - Letter from Workers’ Party of South Africa to the International Secretariat of the International Communist League (B-L), 11 April 1936
… Manifesto". The translation is now complete in manuscript, and is being typed by comrades in readiness for the printers. Only one thing is lacking to crown…
EventNamibian artist, John Ndevasia Muafangejo, dies
… Ovamboland, Angola. He came from the Kwanyama people and spent his childhood tending cattle in his father's kraal. … West Africa (now Namibia), where John…
PlaceThe Queen’s Fort Military Museum, Bloemfontein
… ordered a set of defensive works, consisting of trenches and sangars, to be constructed on a ridge south of the city … Battle of Boomplaats, Warden was…
Introduction
… History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai The anti-trader sentiments evident in the … in the agitation, set loose by…
PlaceAluin Krantz West, a Farm Near Alexandria
… Municipality, Eastern Cape. Aluin Krantz West is a Farm and the estimated terrain elevation Above Sea Level is; 199 … of Alexandria. The Name means in Dutch…
PlaceCape Town Stadium
… has proved to be very use full in hosting other events and is a major tourist attraction. Welcome to Cape Town … that caters for everything from the arts to…
PlaceBreakwater Prison, near Alfred Docks, Cape Town
… 1991 the remaining building houses the Breakwater Lodge and the University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business … Prison. It's design with the four…
EventNatal votes for the formation of the Union of South Africa
… White minority over Africans, Asiatics (mostly Indians) and Coloureds. This Act brought together two former British colonies, the Cape and Natal, and the…
EventScores of people are killed in Boipatong, Vaal
… the Boipatong massacre, township residents were butchered and assaulted in their homes by armed hostel dwellers in the middle of the night. Forty-six people…
EventThe Algerian War of Independence begins
… restoration of an Algerian state that would be democratic and sovereign within the framework of Islamic principles. The French’s conquest of Algeria started…
EventBhekisani Manyoni, artist, is born in Greytown
… Drift in Standard 7 (Grade 9) to complete his education, and remained there for the next three years. At Rorke's … he also took classes in fine arts, in…
EventRebels overrun the Somalian capital of Mogadishu
… Siyad Barre took control of the country's government and established strong ties with the USSR and other Soviet-bloc nations. In 1978 the Barre government ……
EventThe “Sharpeville Six” narrowly escape executions
… Ja-ja Sefatsa, Theresa Ramashamola, Francis Mokhesi and Reid Mokoena, better known as the "Sharpeville Six", … there were eight people charged, but Christian…
EventSir Benjamin D’Urban, for whom the city Durban was named, assumes office as Governor of the Cape of Good Hope
… Benjamin D'Urban was born in Suffolk, England and joined the British Army in 1793. He soon rose to … serving in most major battles, including Salamanca and…
EventThe first missionary in Southern Africa, Gonçalo da Silveira, is murdered
… Gonçalo da Silveira was a Jesuit Priest born and educated in Portugal. He was a missionary in India, … Africa. He first arrived at Sofala (Mozambique) in…
EventGrant Baker, SA surfer, wins the Mavericks Surf Contest at Santa Cruz
… Half Moon Bay. The 32 year-old Billabong KwaZulu-Natal rep and self confessed adrenaline junkie whose slight frame and skinny legs have earned him the…
EventTRC releases documents revealing plot to kill UN Secretary
… Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) chairperson, Archbishop … (SAIMR, thought to be an SA Defence Force front company) and linked M15 (United Kingdom…
EventHaile Selassi I, Emperor of Ethiopia, is born
… his countries resistance to Italy's invasion of Ethiopia and also spoke out against the use of chemical weapons at the … support. In 1974, he was dethroned…
EventF.W. de Klerk clamps down on KwaZulu
… was taken to ensure that there was free political activity and that elections would take place in Natal. He disputed the … charge, to use the necessary force…
Freedom In Our Life Time - List of Photographs
… Bernadette Sibeko, 1991 (Luyanda ka Msumza) Anton Lembede and A. P. Mda, late 1930's ( Catholic African Teachers' … M. Lembede, mid-I940s ( African Advocate …
PlaceEbenezer, Limpopo
… The name is of biblical origin , (1 Samuel 7:12) and means 'stone of help'. Also spelt 'Ebenhaesar ' or ' Ebenhaezer '. Ebenezer Dam is a popular and…
Part 2: Ahmed Kathy Kathrada Addresses Gandhi Satyagraha Tour Delegates
… Provenance and Attribution This recording was produced and first published by Catalyst House . Video shoot and edit by Lynnea Bylund . Recorded on 9 June…
PlaceAliwal Shoal, a Rocky Reef Off; Kwa-Zulu Natal Coast Coast
… South Africa. The Reef is inhabited by many kinds of hard and soft corals and a variety of tropical and subtropical fish species. Aliwal Shoal was named…
PlaceMbombela Orion Hotel, 'Promenade', Nelspruit
… Situated on corner Henshall Street and Samora Machel Drive/N4, it is hard to imagine that what … stately tower overlooking the Promenade Shopping Centre and…
EventAdam Tas is arrested
… burghers against the incumbent Governor W. A. van der Stel and other farming officials. The Tas petition was submitted … of the Dutch East India Company (VOC…