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Message by Oliver Tambo to the Prime Minister of Lesotho, Dr. Leabua Jonathan, 13 December 1982
… deep-felt condolences to Your Excellency, the Government and people of Lesotho and request that Your Excellency convey these condolences to … We further wish…
PlaceOppenheimer Gardens, Kimberley
… up a diamond sieve, high above their heads. Their strength and power is seen as they work hard under the weight of the … Sir Ernest Oppenheimer, who was a…
PlaceBeach houses, Main Road, Muizenberg
… These properties, located between Muizenberg and St James, are the only remaining concentration of early 20th century Edwardian beach houses in South Africa,…
PlaceKhomani Cultural Landscape
… the Southern Kalahari , bordered in the East by Botswana and the West by Namibia , is where you will find a small … recently, were thought to have vanished…
PlaceIrish House, Polokwane Museum
… Irish House, a Victorian building that was prefabricated and moved complete to the City by a German immigrant, August … 1900's. The building was burnt down…
PlaceEmoyeni, Parktown, Johannesburg
… its yesteryear hospitality in their conference, function and dining offering. Enjoy the elegance and timeless luxury of this English Renaissance beauty, ……
EventAfrican Mineworkers’ strike starts
… Africa (CPSA), which was active in distributing pamphlets and other material related to the strike. About 60 000 miners … by force. According to official…
EventEvelyn Dalberg, SA opera singer, is born in Germany
… in Leipzig, Germany. The daughter of Frederick Dalberg and German Soprano Ellen Winter, Dalberg was trained at the … began her professional career at Covent…
EventThe Federation of South African trade unions
… after the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) and Federation of Free African Trade Unions (FFATU) … in the 1960s. The organisation had twelve…
EventJohn Traicos makes his International Cricket Test debut for South Africa
… On 5 February 1970, a disciplined and perfect off-spinner, John Traicos one of international … first four Tests. The break between appearances - 22 years…
EventStompie Seipei’s murderer goes to jail
… Stompie Seipei. Stompie Seipei was a child activist and member of the infamous Mandela Football Club established … stand against apartheid. Jerry Richardson…
EventDiplomatic office of the ANC in Stockholm is bombed
… broader strategy of the apartheid government in the 1970s and 80s that sought to eliminate or neutralise South African liberation movements and the Anti…
EventSA author, Nadine Gordimer, is born
… South African author and winner of the 1991 Nobel Prize for Literature, Nadine … has written non-fiction on various South African subjects and made TV…
EventBattle of Delville Wood starts
… the wood, than to hold it. Despite fierce counterattacks and artillery bombardments from German divisions, the SA … The brigade was relieved on 20 July after…
EventThe Vereeniging peace conference begins
… May 1902, thirty delegates from each republic, Transvaal and Orange Free State attended the Peace Conference, which … by the commandos after two republic…
EventGideon Scheepers executed
… Commandant Gideon Scheepers, Boer scout and commanding officer during the Second Anglo-Boer War … He was captured in October 1901 by a British column and…
EventKing George VI is born
… on 12 December 1936. George who was the Duke of York and his wife Elizabeth the Duchess of York were crowned as … was preparing for the elections in 1948,…
EventMlungisi Sisulu dies.
… Lungi, was born on 20 August 1966 in Moscow to Max Sisulu and Mercy Vuthela, two young South African exiles studying in … Union. At the age of five, Lungi…
EventHilda Bernstein passes away
… at the passing away of veteran political activist, artist and writer Hilda Bernstein. She passes away on the 9th … Town at the age of 91 from an aneurysm. In…
EventSouth Africa signs SADC treaty
… 1980 following the adoption of the Lusaka Declaration, and was premised on closer co-operation between African heads … members included the states of…
EventMore than 400 miners killed in what was the worst mining disaster in South Africa
… caved in. About 1,000 miners were in the mine at the time and 435 died after being trapped, while the rest escaped … incline shaft. The miners were…
EventSir Patrick Duncan, Governor-General of the Union of South Africa, is born
… just been appointed as High Commissioner for South Africa and Administrator of the Orange River Colony and of the Transvaal. In South Africa, Duncan was…
16. Advice to a son about coming to Natal
… History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai Madline Alexander Pillai wrote on 22 … sending you £0. 15s. ... So you must pay…
EventBafana Bafana, SA’s National soccer team, wins the Africa Cup of Nations Final
… had been unbanned just four years prior to the tournament and were generally thought of as the underdogs. In their … topped their group following victories…
Document 27 - Letter from E. R. Roux to Douglas Wolton, 5 September 1928
… reaches you. I hope to see S.P.B. on his return to England and get acquainted with the final position. However, as a … come to a number of conclusions with…
PlaceEerste Rivier, Cape Town
… River was a Railway Station of the Cape Town , Wellington and Docks Railway Co Ltd, and was probably established as a Village after 13 February … the tomb of…
PlaceAdelaide, Eastern Cape
… , estimated about the year 1530-1760. In the late 18th and 19th Century the Xhosa and White Settlers arrived. The Bushmen were displaced and no longer found…
EventSouth Sudan votes in Referendum on Independence
… the 2009 Southern Sudan Referendum Act, had a 60% turn out and was declared fair and free by international standards. Eligibility was … indigenous population…
EventBafana Bafana legend Philimon Raul Masinga dies
… World Cup appearance in 1998. The Minister of Sports and Recreation, Thokozile Xasa acknowledged Masinga as one … league. He was also labeled as the…
PlaceValkenburg Hospital, Observatory
… The Building, originally designed in a Cape Dutch style and is one of the oldest Farmhouses surviving along the … Liesbeek River . Its original construction…