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ArchiveTribute to Anti-apartheid campaigner, Helen Suzman, by African National Congress, 1 January 2009
… who has died at the age of 91. As a Member of Parliament and a vocal critic against apartheid, the ANC remembers and respects the contribution of Suzman…
PlaceWelgelegen Farm, Stellenbosch
… of Stellenbosch. This Farm with its Vineyards , Proteas and Fynbos has been in the Bonthuys family for many Years. It … activities for those that wish to…
PlaceBo-tuin, Hof Street, Gardens.
… The property was originally part of the Leeuwenhof Estate and was developed in about 1820 by Johannes Zorn. It … together with a long Building serving as…
PlacePollsmoor Prison
… Pollsmoor Prison is situated in Tokai, Cape Town, and is the largest Prison in the Western Cape Province. It … Victor Verster Prison prior to his release…
PlaceGoedverwact
… as a local area in conjunction with Wittewater, and has a population of approximately 500, of whom about 400 children attend the school. The church and…
EventThe Immigration Regulation Act is passed in South Africa
… Regulation Act, which limited the free movement of Asians, and restricted their entry into the country, was passed in … prejudiced on the basis of national…
EventSACC publishes a report condemning apartheid as a false faith hostile to Christian beliefs
… Party had been governing the country for twenty years and the harsh realities of apartheid were beginning to make … had made some representations to the…
EventElizabeth Taylor remarries Richard Burton in Botswana
… while on holiday in Chobe Game Park, Botswana. Taylor and Burton were both married to other people when they first … by African district commissioner Ambrose…
EventDorothy Fischer becomes the first South African woman to undergo a heart transplant
… 40 year-old Dorothy Fisher was given a new heart in 1969 and became the longest surviving patient. She lived for 12 … She was South Africa's fifth heart…
EventHarold Strachan is served with restriction order
… former South African Air Force pilot in World War 2 and member of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) and Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the armed wing of…
EventLadysmith Black Mambazo win a Grammy
… music icon Paul Simon. Simon was captivated by their music and helped the group conquer the international music scene. … group that has sold over 6 million…
EventThe four corner stones of the castle (Kasteel de Goede Hoop) at the Cape are laid
… were laid by Zacharias Wagenaer, Johan van Arckel, Gabbema and Lacus, the structure was completed by 1679. The Castle … in South Africa. This fortification…
EventThe Santo Alberto is wrecked
… leadership of the captain, only twenty-eight Portuguese and thirty-four slaves were drowned, while 125 sailors and 160 slaves reached the shore safely. Most…
EventFormer anti-apartheid activist, Allan Boesak accuses ANC
… activist, leader of the World Alliance of Churches and patron of the now disbanded United Democratic Front … marginalised in the new South Africa, warned…
EventUnited Nations World Summit starts
… brought about by issues ranging from disarmament and militarisation of outer space to the environment, poverty and globalisation. The live Webcast in English…
EventNelson Mandela marries Graça Machel on his 80th birthday
… Nelson Mandela first married in 1944. He and his wife Evelyn had 2 children and divorced in 1957. A year later, he married Winnie … Machel is known as an…
EventThe League of Nations is established
… result of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919-1920, convened and met for the first time in London. The League's goals … disputes between countries through…
EventYusuf Dadoo, political activist, is born
… On 5 September 1909, a tireless fighter for national and social liberation, Dr. Yusuf Mohamed Dadoo was born in … linked to the resistance of racial…
EventEarly Xhosa author William Gqoba dies
… Author, editor, teacher, catechist, interpreter and wagon-maker William Wellington Gqoba (Mbaba, Goba) died … Lovedale, Eastern Cape. He was born in Gaga,…
EventChief of the Lebelo group of the Ndebele, Johannes Jane Tane Kekana, dies
… died on the farm Leeukraal, to the north of Hammanskraal and was buried at Wallmansthal. His son Seroto Karel Kekana … Potgietersrus. He succeeded his father…
EventAfrikaner patriot Danie Theron is killed
… Danie Theron, an Afrikaner patriot believing in the just and divine right of the Boer to stand against British … during the Second Anglo-Boer War in an…
EventSouth Africa readmitted to United Nations
… of the United Nations (UN) recalled resolution 48/258 A and adopted by consensus an invitation to SA to resume its … the establishment of the Government of…
EventJudge Edwin Cameron of SA reveals that he has been HIV positive since 1987
… with HIV for twelve years. Cameron was a judge at the time and is one of the first few high profile people to publicly … by the case of Gugu Dlamini, a woman…
EventBritish troops land in Madagascar.
… large island in the Indian Ocean, consists of many rivers and high rainfalls. was previously a French colony controlled … have seriously threatened its sea…
EventRobben Island is turned into a maximum security prison
… was used mainly as a hospital for people with leprosy and the mentally and chronically ill because it was believed it was safer to … more than 3,000…
Fighting Talk
… a publication of the Springbok Legion of ex-servicemen and women, until in February 1954 when the "Fighting Talk … on resistance by South Africans to the…
EventWalter Sisulu secretly attends a meeting at the house of George Xorile with F. Van Rensburg
… from dynamite. At the time of the meeting the ANC and other liberation movements were banned under the Unlawful … were on 7 April 1960 banned. Six months…
PlaceTembisa Township, Midrand
… in 1957 when Black People were resettled from Alexandra and other Areas in Edenvale, Kempton Park, Midrand and Germiston . The name Tembisa comes from the…
ArchiveCommunity Growth Fund calendar: 1995
… Red, yellow, black and orange artwork of a miner and a woman, small houses, a train and power station stacks in background. Calendar for 1995. …
ArchiveSouth African Labour Bulletin: Feburary 1990 volume 14 number 6
… Red strip at top with title in black letters. Black and white map with black hammer and sickle over Africa. List of contents. ANC and SACP logo. …