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EventThe State Theatre in Pretoria opens
… theatre consists of five arenas, a large public square and a number of restaurants. It can accommodate any event, … product launches to shows such as opera, …
EventThe United Nations adopts a resolution establishing an eleven member United Nations Council for South West Africa
… West Africa. Their task was to administer the Territory and to enter immediately into contact with South Africa to … was supported by eighty-five votes, two…
PlaceGreen Lodge, 81 St George Street, Bloemfontein
… independence of the Boers in the area between the Orange and Vaal rivers, which had previously been known as the … not state what the boundaries between the…
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 2 September 1982, Volume 3
… Transcript of Volume 3, evidence from Bishop Desmond Tutu and Joseph Wing (honorary life Vice-President of the SA … Honourable Mr Justice C F Eloff, to…
EventThe International Labour Organisation calls for South Africa’s withdrawal at the Geneva Conference
… the racial policies of the South African government and calling for South Africa's withdrawal from the ILO, by … the international organization responsible…
EventAn intricate prisoner exchange takes place in Maputo, Mozambique
… Pierre Andre Albertini, a French university lecturer and Major Wynand du Toit, a South African officer captured in … Major du Toit was captured at Cabinda,…
EventIndian students join the Coloured schools boycott
… dissatisfaction with the South African educational and political systems. Students from about 60 Coloured high schools, teacher training facilities and the…
Educationist Martha Helena Cillié dies
… Martha Helena Cillié , teacher and headmistress whose greatest achievement was her contribution to the education of girls and to teacher training over a…
EventSA tenor Johan Botha is born
… lessons at the age of ten. After completing his education and military training, Botha studied in Pretoria first as bass-baritone and later as tenor. He…
EventThe Du Preez brothers appear before Judge Faan Hanke in Bloemfontein High Court in connection with the murder of two soldiers
… Two brothers, Hendrik and Petrus du Preez appeared before Judge Faan Hanke in … with the murder of two soldiers, Michael Leisanyane and Gilmore van Wyk of…
Document 2 - Letter from E. R. Roux to Douglas Wolton
… it however marks a new beginning. Few months ago NEDLAC and later parliament passed a new LRA which is a corner stone … COSATU will study the green paper in…
Where is Jacob Zuma’s rape accuser? by Noni Mokati (IOL News), 7 May 2016, Johannesburg
… on those hot African nights - I exist for the comfort and convenience of a woman - But no no no make no mistake - I am not here to please a man - And I…
PlaceRustenburg House, together with its Summer House, Main Road, Rondebosch.
… year the first bricks were made for a House on this Site, and this was probably completed by 1663. The Farm, later … van der Stel made it his preferred place…
Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa
… silenced Black opposition through bannings, arrests, and imprisonment of leaders. South Africa's economy grew and for White South Africans, life was good…
Passive Resistance, 1946 by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Special Focus: Wrangling between political groups - 1948
… Meer 1948 SAIC in Court The refusal of the President and the Joint Honorary Secretary of South African Indian … to be held on 11 May last year to discuss…
EventWorld Aids Day is internationally observed for the first time
… to bring to people's attention the worldwide challenges and consequences of the epidemic, in order to prevent the spread of HIV and improve the lives of…
EventAnglo-Boer War 2: The siege of Okiep, in Namaqualand, starts
… the 'scorched earth' tactics Lord Kitchener employed and the fact that the British confined much of the rural … This was after the neighbouring towns of…
EventParliament convenes to consider the resignation of President Thabo Mbeki
… September 2008. Parliament convened on Monday 22 September and accepted his resignation. The African National Congress … the National Assembly on the…
PlaceParow
… Captain Parow settled down in; the Cape of Good Hope and married: ' Johanna Wilhelmina Timmerman '. (She was the … value of the Tyger Valley Area North of…
ArchiveZondeni Veronica Sobukwe interviewed by Ntsikelelo Sandi,King Williams Town,12 May 1997
… Veronica . We welcome you Mrs Sobukwe in this hearing and we will ask Reverend Xundu to help you take an oath. REV … Clause. I took my younger sister…
EventTwo men are sentenced to death for petrol executions
… Solomon Mangopane Maowasha and Alex Mashaba Matsepane were found guilty of burning Solomon Maake and his son in September 1985, after they were accused of ……
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 9 May 1983
… Wolfram Kistner, Director of the Commission of Justice and Reconciliation in the SA Council of Churches, of the … Honourable Mr Justice C F Eloff, to inquire…
ArchiveRenewed fighting in April
… of Resolution 435, clashes between Swapo guerillas and South African security forces broke out in northern … . According to official figures, 279 Swapo…
ArchiveIn Verwoerd's South Africa: a tale of per
… the experiences of various members of the Unity Movement and those directly involved with the liberation struggle, and illustrates the animosity of the South…
Mayibuye
… African National Congress publications alongside Sechaba and Dawn (Umkhonto we Sizwe). Circulation was limited and hampered by conditions of illegality…
PlaceNational Women’s Monument
… was put up in 1913 in remembrance of the 26 370 Boer women and children who died in prison camps during the South … monument, is the first in the world…
EventMuhammad Ali knocks out George Foreman to regain his world heavyweight title
… The historic boxing match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman in Kinshasa, Zaire (now Democratic … the greatest sporting events of the 20th century. A…
PlacePioneer's Memorial Synagogue, Raleigh Street, Port Elizabeth
… Memorial Museum is open to the Public between 10am and noon every Sunday, expect when it is a Jewish Holy Day. … the City’s Eastern European Jewish Community…
PlaceCity Hall, Rissik Street, Johannesburg
… subsequent pomp of the Georgian era. The Duke of Connaught and Strathern, laid the corner stone on 29 November 1910, and the building was officially opened…