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EventDr Alexander Logie du Toit, South African geologist, is born in Cape Town
… South African geologist. His work raised him to prominence and he became South Africa’s most important geologist. Du Toit studied both mining engineering and…
EventZAR’s last Cruesot ‘Long Tom’ is dynamited
… During the Second Anglo-Boer War, the fourth and last Creusot 'Long Tom' of the state artillery of the … was widely used. The war lasted three years, …
EventKing Mswati III is born
… III) was born in Masundini Swaziland to King Sobhuza III and one of his younger wives Ntombi Tfwala. Mswati was … ridiculous policies for combating HIV…
EventMannetjies Coetzer is killed by a crocodile in the Kunene River
… Mannetjie Coetzer and his family had gone to the Kunene River in Namibia on a … The Kunene River is located on the border of Namibia and Angola and has a…
EventNegotiators representing Afrikaner Republics travel to Pretoria to present terms of surrender
… negotiators for the Afrikaner republics of the Transvaal and Orange Free State travelled to Pretoria to present their … terms of surrender to British…
ArchiveFrank Talk
… wrote several articles, later published in the journal and hence the title of the journal. Volume 2, September 1987, … articles. The theory of Black…
EventPretoria High Court Judge, Nkola Motata, is arrested
… north of Johannesburg. He was found to be drunk by police and is said to have resisted arrest. The owner of the … drove into took pictures of the visibly…
PlaceAmersfoort near Ermelo
… A Town 56 km South of Ermelo and 72 km South-East of Bethal , on the banks of the Schulpspruit River. It was founded in 1876 and proclaimed a town in 1890…
Resignation of Cde Zweli Mkhize a Premier of Kwazulu-Natal, 22 August 2013
… a province all of us are proud of in terms of governance and the advances that have been made to better the lives of … the ANC Headquarters, Luthuli House…
EventAKA, the Prince of South African hip hop is born
… is “Touch N Go”, however the group disbanded in 2006, and AKA ventured out into his solo music career. After … engineering, he co-founded The I.V. League…
PlaceVredefort Dome, Free State Province
… The Vredefort Dome is the oldest and largest Meteorite Impact Site (Astrobleme) in the World. … 8 World Heritage sites in South Africa. It is the biggest and…
EventBritain refuses Uganda’s request for independence
… traders in the 1830's, soon followed by British explorers and abolitionists. Catholic and Protestant missionaries had also followed suit by 1879. … made with…
PlaceTsolo
… its "protection" in the Transkei to amaMpondo territory and, as a result, Mhlonthlo was persuaded to accept the … known locally as Tsolo. The name is of…
PlaceCookhouse, Eastern Cape
… patrols as a halt, during which they could shelter inside and prepare their meals. Hence the name of a "cookhouse". … Eastern Cape Province some 170 km North…
PlaceBathurst, Eastern Cape
… fierce conflict between White settlers moving Northwards and African pastoralists and refugees from the Mfecane moving Southwards. The White … military…
ArchiveAIDS is a union issue
… Black, red, yellow and white poster. AIDS education and prevention poster. COSATU, NACTU logos and issued by National Aids Program NPPHCN and their logo. …
ArchiveA 70th Birthday Tribute to Oliver Tambo
… Includes newspaper tributes, messages from friends and family, heads of State and Government, fraternal organisations, international … organisations,…
ArchiveMemorandum: a study in political heresy
… memorandum on the history of the Peoples Struggles and strategy and the tactics of the National Liberation Movement and the South African Communist Party up…
ArchiveEnd conscription
… poster for end conscription campaign. Red blocks at top and bottom with title in red at top and the words stop destroying our schools at the bottom in white…
Interview with Oliver Tambo by Stanley Uys, 01 August 1983, Londo
… not until the National Party came into power in 1948 and was physically violent. The obvious thing was to respond … was our policy to be consciously,…
EventF.W. de Klerk apologizes for apartheid
… Speaking before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission for a second time, F.W. de Klerk repeats his assertion that murder and torture had never been part of…
ArchiveNational Detainees Day March 10: take forward their fight
… Black, white and red poster with notiice of a meeting. The date and venue for this event have not been indicated. Artwork of man kneeling on one knee and…
34. Further immigration restrictions, 1903
… History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai A fresh piece of legislation sought to … a petition submitted on 23 June 1903…
Enuga S Reddy: Meeting with SWAPO in Dar Es Salaam -1969
… Namibia. South Africa was making propaganda in the towns and villages of Namibia by pointing out the weaknesses of the UN and telling the people that UN…
PlaceAlfred Nzo District Municipality, Kwa-Zulu Natal/Eastern Cape
… by Mount Currie , Umzimkulu , Ixopo , Port Shepstone and Bizana. It was named after Prince Alfred , son of Queen Victoria of England. He was born and…
PlaceSeal Island
… 120 passengers. Cruises vary between 40 minute trips and 1 hour trips, the latter of which return via the … range to see the shipwreck at Maori Bay or via…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the opening of the African Cup of Nations Tournament Johannesburg, 13 January 1996
… Mr. Issa Hayatou; Mr. Joao Havelange and other Guests of Honour; Mr. Solomon Morewa; Players and Supporters. The countdown is over. For the next three ……
Document 61 - Minutes of the meeting of the Workers’ Party of South Africa, Johannesburg Branch, held at 90 President Street, Johannesburg, 25 March (1936) at 8.30 p.m.
… chairman. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. A letter replying to C. B. J. Dladla was read. … Nigel, Lago Collieries, Welgedachte,…
EventThe Anglican Bishop of Johannesburg, Bishop Ambrose Reeves, resigns
… particularly his criticism of the Sharpeville massacre and the subsequent state of emergency. Reeves' action was … major confrontation with the Government…
EventStudents at Lovedale strike against new Code of Conduct
… embarked on a strike against the new Code of Conduct and the appointment of the new Headmaster who had just … The Board was not officially recognised by the…