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EventInternational Day of Peace Vigil is observed
… and non-governmental organisations and individuals to commemorate this day appropriately through education and …
EventSouth Africa mourns the passing of Beyers Naudé, apartheid struggle stalwart and Afrikaner cleric
… away at 3:30 am on Tuesday morning 7 September 2004 at a retirement home in Johannesburg . He was 89 years old and … friend Desmond Tutu said " Beyers helped…
EventRuth First is born
… Her political involvement started while she was still a student at the University of the Witwatersrand. She helped to establish the Federation of Progressive…
EventViolence escalates in German South West Africa during Herero Revolt
… of German women and children safe passage from Waterberg to Okahandja, SWA. At the time Namibia was still a German colony. …
EventZAR’s last Cruesot ‘Long Tom’ dynamited
… 46 kilometres east of Pietersburg (Polokwane). According to General Viljoen this took place within a mere 200 metres from the advancing enemy. Source: Cloete…
EventSA painter Frederick Timpson I’Ons (85) dies
… on 15 November 1802 and, accompanied by his wife, moved to the Cape Colony in 1834. They settled in the district of … Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite…
EventThe Bloemfontein Convention is signed
… territory between the Orange and Vaal Rivers. In addition to the declaration of independence, the document also … Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 2, p…
EventJohn Davidson Rockerfeller, US philanthropist, donates $10 million towards the building of a museum in Cairo, Egypt
… John Davidson Rockerfeller was an industrialist and a philanthropist who founded the Standard American Oil … is one of the richest families in the world and…
EventHenry Morton Stanley’s expedition reaches Fort Bodo, Congo
… meeting him. After finding Livingstone, Stanley continued to explore Africa and went deeper into the Congo region. …
PlaceNarainsamy Temple, Newlands, Durban
… Reddy, and probably represents his major contribution to the temple architecture of this region. The structure has a finely decorated spire and a prominent…
PlaceGovernment Buildings, President Brand Street, Bloemfontein
… firm of Herbert Baker & Masey made small alterations to the building. In October 1908 a part of the complex burnt down after which it was restored … Taylor,…
Document 6 - Africans’ claims in South Africa
… the civic with setting up street committees, doing house-to-house organizing one night. The next day on 13 June 1986, …
PlaceAogutoas, Village near Port Nolloth
… the Cape, in 1487. It was the last landfall sighted before a wild storm blew his ship off course and out to sea for 13 days. The land surrounding the bay…
PlaceAbiquasput, Northern Cape
… the species of plants, Abiqua. They used the branches for to make bows and digging sticks. Abiquasput is a Farmstead and is located in Namakwa District…
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the riots at Soweto and other places in South Africa held on 11 November 1976, Volume 51
… Excerpts from the transcript of evidence from Mr Sehume, a teacher at Moroka High School, Thaba Nchu; Howard Leighton Setlalentoa, a circuit inspector of…
ArchiveOrganisational Report of the National Executive Committee
… Executive Committee by the Secretary-General, Alfred Nzo to the First Legal National Conference of the ANC in Durban, …
Sechaba
… Congress, banned in South Africa during the period 1961 to 1990, forged its struggle for freedom, justice and liberation despite being a banned organization…
PlaceHluleka Nature Reserve, Mthatha
… Combining lush indigenous forests, a beautiful rocky coastline, unspoilt beaches and rolling … area of 772ha and includes the coastal area. Hluleka has a…
PlaceKeur River Bridge
… bridge in the pass. The honour of naming the pass fell to Mrs Geesje Bergh, wife of the former Civil Commissioner of …
EventPresident Zuma visits Russia
… Zuma arrived in Russia on the 8th, on the 9th he joined a number of world leaders at the Russian capiral Moscow for … (ITEC) agreements and preparations for…
Desmond Tutu: External Video and Audio Archive
… Peace Prize (vidoeo) Nobel peace laureate Desmond Tutu to retire from public eye (video) Archbishop Desmond Tutu on …
PlaceErica Girl’s School Building, Richmond Hill, Port Elizabeth
… Erica Hall. After the South African War, it was decided to erect a new school building, which was designed by architect W … then Superintendent-General of…
EventThe Khoi and San National Language Body is officially launched in Upington, Northern Cape
… set up the Khoi and San National Language Board in 1999, to ensure that these languages are promoted and developed. …
EventThe Population Registration Bill is read for the first time
… was read for the first time in Parliament. The Bill was a cornerstone of the Apartheid policy as it recognised three … Indians were initially classified as…
EventOscar Dumisani Dhlomo, politician and businessman, is born
… assembly. He subsequently resigned from Inkatha to form the Institute for Multi-Party Democracy, a political research organisation, serving as the executive …
EventMoses Madiba dies in Seshego, Limpopo
… in Seshego, Pietersburg (now Polokwane) district. He was a protagonist of mother tongue instruction in primary schools … would improve the quality of…
EventThe SA Prime Minister, B.J. Vorster announces that the Department of Information was being disbanded
… of Information was being disbanded and replaced by a Bureau for National and International Communication. The … Dr E. Rhoodie retiring from public service on…
EventRobert Sobukwe, first PAC president, dies
… of movement on humanitarian grounds, as he was banned to Galeshewe Township, Kimberley, but it was turned down by …
The Cillie Commission of Inquiry into the Soweto uprisings, holds its first public hearing
… between June 16, 1976, and Feb. 28, 1977. Cick here to read more about June 16, 1976 … Kalley, J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds) (1999). Southern…
EventSoweto students begin protest against the compulsory use of Afrikaans
… at Naledi High School vented their anger by burning out a police car and damaging three other vehicles. The first … by government authorities on 4 June, who…