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Nadine Gordimer`s key note speech - Amnesty International Ambassador of Conscience Award
… Table Mountain and Pollsmoor Prison is part of Cape Town city. Entombed. Silenced. It was forbidden to reproduce his … urgently first. We have no choice but…
ArticleThe British Anti-Apartheid Movement
… with political parties and other powerful forces to put in place and reinforce effective measures to destabilise every … Wilson prevailed over his rivals and…
ArticleThe Black Sash: A History of Transformation
… saw 2,500 women march in silence from Joubert Park to the city hall’ (BS Magazine, 6). This was mostly due to the … kept considerable records of most of the…
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 …
EventFirst celebration of May Day in South Africa
… later, in 1872, a hundred thousand workers in New York City struck and won the eight-hour day, mostly for building … success. On 1 May 1890, May Day…
EventInternational celebration of ‘May Day’
… later, in 1872, a hundred thousand workers in New York City went on strike and won the eight-hour day, mostly for … success. On 1 May 1890, May Day…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 2000-2014
… the Burmese pro-democracy campaigner beat him to first place. 20 September, Jacob Zuma’s corruption trial is struck … Seventh Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture…
ArticleAnti-Pass Campaign
… for "positive action" would be drawn up, and the Golden City Post had mooted that the PAC was preparing to unveil a … in the 1950s to address itself to the…
ArticleThe Interim South African Constitution 1993
… announced that the first constitutional talks would take place on 29 and 30 November at the World Trade Centre in … 1992, CODESA II started. However, the…
ArticleLouis van Mauritius and the Slave Revolt of 1808
… these transients brought news of revolution and war taking place in other slaveholding societies such as the Americas … to the enslaved. It was however the…
ArticleNdebele architecture and settlement patterns
… the indoor apex of a roof. This is usually used to hold in place a central post supporting the roof apex during … space containing the cattle byre and the…
ArchiveZuma rape case judge stands down (BBC News),13 February 2006
… Zuma, 63, denied the charges when the trial began in the city on Monday. He was one of the country's most popular … gathered to back the former deputy…
PlaceStation Building, Point Road, Durban
… Not only did it play a key role in the Establishment of a City and its various Industries, but it also facilitated the … and good prices. It should be noted…
Americans for South African Resistance, 25 June 1982
… disobedience campaign against racist laws was to take place in South Africa soon. As believers in non-violence and … joint meeting to lay the foundation for…
American Supporters of the Defiance Campaign by George M. Houser
… disobedience campaign against racist laws was to take place in South Africa soon. As believers in non-violence and … joint meeting to lay the foundation for…
EventBruce Fordyce is born
… of the Comrades Marathon, was born in Hong Kong, then a city under English administration on the eastern side of …
EventBafana Bafana play 2-2 draw with Cameroon
… match between those two countries was played in the Soccer City Stadium, Johannesburg on this date. The match, which …
EventDemonstrators strip to deter bulldozers
… name – Sophiatown - was reinstated by the Johannesburg City Council. Read more about forced removals in SA. …
EventSol Kerzner admits to the Harms Commission, that he has paid R2m for the personal benefit of Chief George Matanzima
… Kerzner, who owns Sun International which runs The Sun City Resort in the North West, was accused of having paid R2 …
EventSouth Africa’s TRC begins its formal hearings into Human Rights Violations
… Tutu, began its first formal hearings in East London City Hall. The South African TRC was set up by the Government …
PlaceCottam Grove Hotel, 303-309 Florida Road, Durban.
… of the most impressive groups of Edwardian villas in the city. It was declared a National Monument under old NMC … place …
PlaceAmersfoort near Ermelo
… in 1876 and proclaimed a town in 1890. Named after the city in the Netherlands, by its Founder, F Lion Cachet. The … place …
The CASA Conference
… 1987. The CASA conference was a week-long event that took place in different venues, some of which were theatres. The …
The National Flag
… side. And when placed, elsewhere in the hall or meeting place, it should be to the right of the audience. When …