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Some aspects of the South African industrial revolution
… the economic conditions in South Africa at the time and specifically makes mention of the industrial development in particular the mining, timber and textile…
PlaceGoede Hoop Wine Estate
… The Bestbier family first bought this farm in 1928 and today it’s still run by the family with Pieter Bestbier … require no irrigation due to sufficient…
EventTutu leads biggest anti-apartheid protest march in South Africa
… This march leads to more peaceful marches in Johannesburg and Durban with Anglican bishops at the helm. The marches … apartheid system, including the freeing…
EventRobert McBride is born
… The African National Congress (ANC) member and current chief of Ekurhuleni Metro Police, Robert McBride, … planted a bomb at Magoo's Bar in Durban. He was…
EventMarthinus van Schalkwyk is born
… FW de Klerk as leader of the National Party in 1997 and later changed the name of the party to New National … controversial for forming alliances with other…
EventWinkie Direko is born
… winner of the Bloemfonteiner of the Year Award in 1993 and Premier of the Free State since 17 June 1999, was born in … other things, a member of the Council…
EventApartheid leader P. W. Botha Resigns
… P. W. Botha suffers a mild stroke and, on this day he announces his intention to resign the … State President. His resignation shocks his colleagues and…
EventWynand Malan leads the newly formed National Democratic Movement
… was held between the African National Congress (ANC) and the NDM during which common ground on the protection of language, culture and religion and the…
EventTranskei Defense Force topples Transkei Bantustan leader George Matanzima, but denies coup
… George Matanzima, brother of Kaiser Matanzima and leader of the Transkei Bantustan, was toppled by his military and forced to flee from the Transkei after a…
EventDisaster strikes as Portuguese ship São João sinks
… on 3 February 1552 loaded with pepper, Chinese porcelain and other merchandise. 100 people were drowned and the rest of them, led by Manuel de Souza e…
EventBBC reports demonstrations at a game ranch in SA
… elephants from Botswana being trained for sale to zoos and circuses. TV pictures showed the animals being savagely whipped on their trunks and hindquarters…
EventElize Botha dies
… including former cabinet ministers, defence force chiefs and Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Chairman Archbishop … References: SAPA, EX-DEFENCE…
EventWinnie Mandela is dismissed from government
… the position of deputy minister of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology. The decision to expel Winnie Mandela was … parties as well as the African National…
EventWoolf Joel is killed due to his refusal to kidnap President Paul Kruger
… 34 year old Woolf Joel, Barney Barnato's nephew, was shot and killed by Baron Von Veltheim because he refused to assist … Veltheim had visited Joel at the…
SA Journalist James Gray is born
… South African journalist, newspaper proprietor and former editor of the Pretoria News, James Andrew Gray was … Scotland. He served on the staff of the…
EventPutin visits South Africa
… in Cape Town, leading a delegation of government officials and business people on a two day official visit. This was the … in a special ceremony. The two…
Commemorative Walk
… on the 30 November. Leaving Durban at 1.45 a.m. and returning at 10 p.m. will then do a short walk between Charlestown and Volksrust where there will be a…
EventBernert Willemsz Wijlant, the first White baby, is born at the Cape
… Two months after Dutch man Jan Van Riebeek and the Dutch East India Company arrived in the Cape, the … baby was born. The baby was named Bernert Willemsz…
EventDr Canaan Sodindo Banana is selected as the first President of the newly independent Republic of Zimbabwe
… Zimbabwean Methodist minister and theologian, Dr Canaan Sodindo Banana was selected as the … executive presidency. In 1998, after a highly publicized and…
EventPaul Kruger's house in Church Street West is declared a national monument
… Kruger. The house is said to have been built with milk and cement instead of the usual water and cement mixture because the cement available at the time ……
Claremont Histories
… Claremont Histories will be hosting an information and small photographic exhibition stand in conjunction with … who lived in Harfield & Claremont before…
EventProf. Astley Hilary Goodwin, first professional archaeologist in SA, is born
… He went to study at St. John’s College in Johannesburg and became the first professionally trained archaeologist to … in 1923. He went on to teach the first…
EventAstley Hilary Goodwin, first professional archaeologist in SA, is born
… He went to study at St. John’s College in Johannesburg and became the first professionally trained archaeologist to … in 1923. He went on to teach the first…
EventForced Removals commence from District Six
… aim of the Group Areas Act was very much to racialise and segregate spaces. At the time of the proclamation 56% of … property was ‘White’ owned, 26% …
Speech at the Funeral of M.P. Naicker, London by O. R. Tambo, 8 May 1977
… in the service of our struggle to liberate South Africa and fell in battle just like any member of Umkhonto we … of the African National Congress to members…
Statement of alliance secretariat following meeting held 5th Feb, 6 February 2015
… as to reflect on developments in Malamulele, Majakaneng, and Randfontein. The Alliance has agreed on a programme to … the area. This is informed by a desire…
PlaceMcgregor Museum, Kimberley
… 1900 . The fist curator of the museum was Ms Maria Wilman and in the forty years that she was in charge, she … her fields of interest were botany, mineralogy…
PlaceJutten Island, Saldanha Bay
… she hit reefs on the Southwest point of Jutten Island and within hours was smashed to pieces. Only 99 of the 200 … area. The Cape Cormorant uses it as…
EventPolice open fire to disperse a rioting crowd in Cato Manor, Durban
… Cato. The area has a remarkably rich history of culture and politics. In the 1950s, the area had become a political … by this large community of politicized…
Letter to Farzanah
… of the Child. The book, consisting of sixty-seven images and twenty- seven newspaper articles, focuses on the lives of both Black and White South African…