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EventErnie Els wins the Nedbank Golf Tournament
… played at the Gary Player Country Club Golf Course in Sun City. Els finished the tournament with a remarkable record …
EventBrian Duddy dies
… the Planet Hollywood bomb blast, Brian Duddy, died at the City Park Hospital. Duddy, together with twenty staff …
EventNigerian author Ben Okri wins the Booker Prize for his novel The Famished Road
… the life of a spirit child living in an unnamed Nigerian City. …
Four important figures in the South African Film Industry
… screens two high profile anti-Apartheid films: Place of Weeping (Anant's first feature film) and Sarafina! …
ArticleAftermath of the Bhambatha Rebellion 1906
… King Dinizulu was arrested near Nongoma. His trial took place in Greytown. Although he was defended by William Philip …
ArticleCommercial, Catering & Allied Workers Union of South Africa (CCAWUSA)
… and programmes is a national congress that takes place every three years. SACCAWU is affiliated to the …
ArticleGrade 7 - Term 4: Co-operation and conflict on the frontiers of the Cape Colony in the early 19th century
… another country. Indigenous people people who live in the place where they were born/local people. …
Women’s Enfranchisement Association of the Union (WEAU)
… who had the right to vote. It was felt that a women's place was in the home and that politics was the domain of …
Apartheid-Crime in aftermath of democratic elections May 1994, December 1996
… of the political landscape, imagined or actual, has taken place with the departure or evaporation of some previous …
Introduction
… of the political landscape, imagined or actual, has taken place with the departure or evaporation of some previous …
PlaceOld Post Office, Rissik Street, Johannesburg
… Post Office is one of them. Built in 1897, it’s among the city’s oldest surviving buildings and was named a national … complements other Heritage Monuments…
ArticleThe Crackdown on the Black Consciousness Movement in 1973
… its first congress. The first national BPC conference took place in Hammanskraal from 16 to 17 December 1972, with 1400 … during which he tried to meet with…
ArticleAzanian People’s Organization (AZAPO)
… South Africa and believed that class divisions had taken place along racial lines. AZAPO adopted the slogan - 'One … student grievances, the BSL organized a…
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1930-1939
… Born and Indian Settlers Association (CBSIA) at the Durban City Hall is attended by Sir Kunwar Maharaj Singh, the Indian … maintained and that no new cases…
PlaceMaitland Road
… on a site nearby. The suburb of Maitland, 6km East of the city hall, was only proclaimed an independant Municipality in … New Dictionary of South African…
ArchiveAll That Glitters by Emilia Potenza
… the mineral discoveries. Bridging two worlds. In the city. Bound to strike back. The rock on which the future will …
EventThe University of Port Elizabeth is founded
… on 830 hectares of land donated by the then Port Elizabeth City Council UPE was the country's first dual-medium …
EventVoortrekker leader Andries Pretorius dies
… Farmers". His son Marthinus Wessel Pretorius founded the city of Pretoria and named it after his late father. …
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 3
… if only officially. At a farewell ceremony, held at the City Hall in Durban, Congress leaders paid a tribute to the … Mr. Edward Dunn" and by "kind…
ArticleCOVID-19 Timeline 2019-2020
… the virus. 7 February- Hong-Kong puts prison sentences in place for any persons who breach the rules of the quarantine … between 05:00 and 19:00 and a…
ArticleThe Empty Land Myth
… expulsion of the Khoikhoi. That the Xhosa used Khoikhoi place names for regions and geographic features was also … western Xhosa and eastern Khoi, giving…
EventThe body of the former president Nelson Mandela is taken to the Union buildings in Pretoria.
… out of the hearse. Mandela’s body travelled through the city from Thaba Tswane to the Union Building up until Friday. …
EventAnna 'Sister Nannie' Tempo died
… soon became an institution recognised by the Cape Town City Council and police. In 1937 Sister Nannie was honoured …
EventThe first Indian people, 197 men, 89 women and 54 children, arrive in Natal
… and railway worker, clerks and interpreters. Today The City of Durban in Kwazulu-Natal has the highest population …
PlacePolokwane Bird and Reptile Park
… Park. It is still however, a great attraction in the City is the now known as:' Polokwane Bird and Reptile Park.' … place …
EventRamaphosa and Motlatsi are arrested
… arrested when they staged an 'illegal' march through the city centre during a strike, which turned out to be the …
EventExplorer Karl Gottlieb Mauch dies
… in Hartley Hills in 1867 and the ruins of the ancient city of Zimbabwe. On his return to Potchefstroom, South …
EventDavid Frost wins the South African Open golf championship in Stellenbosch
… his victories were at the Gary Player Country Club at Sun City. In 1999 Frost won his second South African Open …
Beerhalls in Soweto from Soweto Heritage Survey Final Report compiled by Steven Lebelo and Elsabe Brink for the National Monuments Council, Northern Region
… in Johannesburg's African townships. The Johannesburg City Council JCC) opened a beerhall in Western Native … in African locations as well as those situated…
His Life and Legacy - Oliver Tambo
… remain independent. The annexation of Pondoland had taken place within Oliver Tambo's parents' lifetime. It was an act … After five years at Holy Cross, his…