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PlaceCarletonville
There are no fewer than seven gold mines surrounding the town. As if to make up too all noise of this industry the Abe Bailey Nature Reserve lies just outside,…
ArticleNdebele architecture and settlement patterns
Glossary of Ndebele building terms APOKORWAN - Eaves overhang AMAKAPA - Roof AMAKAPA IBALELO - Timber roof rafter AMAOBA - Enclosed room located in the…
EventUnited Party MP for Benoni, D.G. Ross, dies in England after a long illness
… Cape Times,Available at the National Library of South Africa, Cape Town Campus,[Accessed: 13 August 2013] | …
EventANC's economic plans
African National Congress (ANC) Deputy President Nelson Mandela stated that his party was prepared to abandon its long-held policy of nationalisation if the…
EventPAC leader, David Sibeko shot dead in Dar-es-Salaam
Former Pan African Congress (PAC) director of Foreign Affairs and representative to the United Nations, David Sibeko, was murdered by a militant stance faction…
EventOliver Kgadime Matsepe, Northern Sotho writer and poet dies in Tafelkop, Groblersdal district.
Oliver Kgadime(Phukubjane) Matsepe is a novelist and poet who was twice awarded the S.E. Mqhayi Prize by the Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns …
EventJohn Ndevasia Muafangejo is born
John Muafangejo was born in Etunda lo Ghandi in the area of Ovamboland, in Southern Angola. He studied art at the College of Art in Rorke’s Drift from 1967 to…
PlaceHershel Memorial Obelisk, Claremont-Cape Town
The most significant memorial [to Sir John Herschel] is the Herschel obelisk. On 28 November 1838 the Cape Governor, Sir George Napier, presided over a public…
PlaceBerg River
The Great Berg river used to be navigable for a distance of about 45 km from its mouth and, during the 1880's, it was accessible to a variety of Schooners and…
PlaceBarton Keep, Jacob Mare Street, Pretoria
This imposing Victorian dwelling was erected in 1888 by EF Bourke, who later became the first mayor of Pretoria. It is one of the last remaining examples of…
Don’t eat potatoes!
From the book: My Spirit Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner I have already spoken about the boys on the potato farms at Bethel, how they…
PlaceDoornkop/Doornsluiten
Doornkop/Doornsluiten farm was located in Utrecht, a town in Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). To the west lay Annandale farm which was acquired by the South African…
PlaceWaaihoek Farm
Waaihoek is a remote Farm situated near Ladysmith in Natal (now KwaZulu Natal). The first rent paying Tenants were 47 families who arrived in November 1984…
EventMandela confirms Kerzner's contribution to the ANC
President Nelson Mandela confirmed that hotel magnate and socialite Sol Kerzner did indeed make a contribution to the ANC electoral funds as alleged by Bantu…
EventSongwriter, film producer and actor Joe Mafela dies
… Brand South Africa. (2017). Remembering Joe Mafela, South African actor …
EventMalebane-Metsing stages a coup in Bophuthatswana
A dissatisfied faction of the Bophuthatswana Defence Force and some members of the National Executive Committee of the People's Progressive Party, led by Rocky…
EventSAA flight 295 crashes
The South African Airways Helderberg 747 jet aircraft crashed into the Indian Ocean near Mauritius, killing all 159 people on board. A fire, which started from…
EventMozambique and Soviet Union reject Margo Commission's finding
Mozambique and the Soviet Union rejected the findings of the Margo Commission, led by Justice Cecil Margo. The commission was instituted to investigate into…
EventCoup attempt on S Doe's government in Liberia
A coup attempt headed by Brigadier-General Thomas Quiwonkpa, a faction of the Liberian military failed to take power from Samuel Doe. It was a third coup…
PlaceWalter Sisulu University, Mthatha- Eastern Cape
Walter Sisulu University (WSU) was established on 1 July, 2005 in terms of the Higher Education Act No 101 of 1997, as amended. WSU, a comprehensive University…
EventNigerian Federal troops begin a major offensive in Biafra.
Nigeria's Federal Troops launched a major offensive against multiple targets in Biafra on the 19th of August 1968. Despite claims that scores of people were…
EventMahlatse Chiliboy Ralepelle becomes the first Black Springboks captain
Rugby player, Mahlatse Chiliboy Ralepelle was born in Tzaneen on 11 September 1986. Ralepelle moved to Pretoria and attended Pretoria Boys High School, where…
EventThe Minister of Justice, Police and Prisons, Jimmy Kruger, received a report of a police investigation into Steve Biko's death
The Minister of Justice, Police and Prisons, Jimmy Kruger, received a report of a police investigation into Steve Biko's death as well as a post-mortem report…
EventMagnus Malan's trial ends
The seven-month trial of former Minister of Defence Magnus Malan ended on 11 October when he and other officials were cleared of all charges relating to the…
PlaceHumansdorp
Humansdorp has grown from a small Town in 1849, with the purpose of serving mainly the Farming community. Today it has flourished into a diverse Town with…
PlaceJohannesburg Public Library
The Library opened its doors to the Public in 1890, operating from several short-lived spaces provided, until a site was acquired in Kerk Street where it would…
Address by his excellency, President Jacob Zuma at the 50th Anniversary of the Mpondo Revolt of 1960, 07 June 2010, Ingquza Hill, Lusikisiki, Eastern Cape
Hon Minister Sicelo Shiceka; Hon Premier Kiviet; Members of the Provincial Executive present; Mayors of OR Tambo and Ingquza Hill Municipalities; Hon…
2012 ANC National Policy Conference: ANC Statement on Policy Conference state of readiness, 25 June 2012
The African National Congress is more than ready with its preparations for the fourth National Policy Conference which will kick off with a colloquium on Brics…
ANC statement on the state of readiness for celebrations of 101 year celebration of the ANC, 9 January 2013
On Tuesday, 8th of January 2013, the African National Congress celebrated its 101 years anniversary of its existence. In this context, we send our…