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PlaceTown Hall, 25 Market Street, Uitenhage
… Since the 1820’s there was a strong move locally for the Capital of the Colony to be situated in Uitenhage. When the Town Hall was built in … Victoria Tower)…
EventSir Christoffel Joseph Brand succeeds his brother, P.A. Brand, as editor of De Zuid
… partly in English and partly in Dutch, and started off as a weekly of four pages, until 1841 when it appeared twice a week, and from 1880 when it appeared…
EventThe “Ossewabrandwag” is founded
… The Ossewabrandwag (OB as it came to be known, meaning Oxwagon Sentinal) was founded as an … supported the Boers morally. In fact, many Afrikaners felt a…
EventThe Bethal Treason Trial resumes
… faced two main charges under the Terrorism Act, and a number of alternative counts under other legislation. Selby … and Sipho Bonaventura Malaza. Vusumzi…
Event523 people die in the Black concentration camps of the Second Anglo Boer War
… Kitchener, the commander of the British forces, decided to cut off the Boers supply of food. The Boers were being … 1. Pieter G. Cloete (2000). The Anglo…
National Arts Festival 2017
… Cape, 130km from Port Elizabeth. The Festival comprises a Main and a Fringe programme, which are both administered by the … a children’s arts festival. The…
EventSnaar Viljoen, the great all-rounder is born
… AnchorHe alsocompeted in the Decathlon events. Snaar won a gold medal in the high jump and a bronze medal in the long jump at the 1930 British Empire ……
PlaceAG Bain Monument, Grahamstown
… This is a bronze plaque on a cairn at the top of the Ecca Pass, 12 km South of … Houwhoek Pass and starting the Katberg Pass. There is also a bronze plaque…
PlaceMadikwa Game Reserve, North West
… Charles Bosman in his short stories no longer exist, quite a number having been incorporated into Madikwe Game Reserve. … out by the late 20th Century and it…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.3 No.1 Feb 1980
… Contents and Contributors To Kill a Man's Pride by Mtutuzeli Matshoba, The Poet in Love by Nape 'a Motana, The Slumbering Spirit by Jayapraga Reddy, Two …
EventTumi Molekane, the South African hip hop artist and poet is born
… the time of his birth his parents were living in exile due to the Apartheid regime. However in 1992, he was repatriated as a South African. [2] Tumi was the…
EventCassper Nyovest, the South African Hip Hop artist is born
… at the 2015 South African Music Awards.[5] Cassper went on to release his first single off his sophomore album “Refiloe” …
EventTumi Molekane, the South African hip hop artist and poet is born
… the time of his birth his parents were living in exile due to the Apartheid regime. However in 1992, he was repatriated as a South African.[2] Tumi was the…
PlaceGroote Schuur High School
… school Groote Schuur High School was founded in 1959 as a co-educational Afrikaans High School in the Vredenhof … of six extra classrooms in 2011, the…
PlacePakhuis Pass
… Pakhuis Pass (R364) is a spectacular 26.4 km paved mountain pass in South Africa's … gradients, and high-altitude views. The pass offers access to hiking…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer
… Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents , is a record of the second resistance movements waged by Indians … front, at home and abroad. it was the…
EventThe Aula, auditorium of the University of Pretoria, is opened by the Governor
… Governor General in South Africa, and is considered a "champion" of the development of the Afrikaans language in South Africa. The opening ceremony also…
EventPresident Paul Kruger (78), dies of heart failure in Clarens, Switzerland
… the trek party of Hendrik Potgieter, and later settled on a farm at the foot of the Magaliesberg in 1841. After the … heart failure on 14 July 1904. His…
Climate System Analysis Group (CSAG) at UCT ‘WINTER SCHOOL 2014 : Using climate information for adaptation and policy development’
… for participants from developing country and aims to take participants through the full spectrum of climate and … The full course fee (excluding…
EventHarry Hart, a South African athletics champion is born
… put and discus champion during both the Games and attained a silver and bronze in the javelin. [iii] He dominated the … and lastly four was for pole vault. …
ANC NEC meets (30th November, - 2 December 2001), 29 November 2001
… the 2nd of December, 2001. The meeting will be opened by a political overview from the President which is expected to address amongst others, issues of the…
EventUmkhonto we Sizwe bombs Church Street, Pretoria
… the armed wing of the African National Congress, detonated a large mortar bomb outside the Nedbank Square in Church Street, a building which hosted the South…
ArchiveInterview with Lybon Tiyani Mabasa
… Interview with Lybon Tiyani Mabasa, a leader in the Azanian People's Organisation (AZAPO) at the … at the University of the North, but did not complete a…
PlaceBoys High School, Pretoria
… It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 26 May 1978. … Pretoria Boys High School, also known as Boys High, is a public, tuition…
Programme for the High-Level delegation hosted by the African National Congress in Tshwane & Johannesburg from 18 - 22 October 2015
… Deputy Principal Chief Albert Luthuli House 1:30pm Depart to Tshwane 2pm Private Luncheon with Kgalema Motlanthe 4pm - …
EventWayne Ferreira was born on this day
… Wayne Ferreira and his tennis partner, Pietie Norval won a silver medal in the men’s tennis doubles at the Barcelona … an American by the name of Liesl, and…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.1 No.2 May-Jun 1978
… Four Poems) Ahmed Essop, Lenasia Gladiators, a story Stanley Mhlongo Evaton, It’s Love Freedom In This … Mtutuzeli Matshoba, Orlando,My Friend, the Outcast,…
EventProVerb, the South Africa hip hop artist, television and radio presenter is born
… Kimberley, [i] Northern Cape on 12 April 1981.[ii] He is a on-air radio presenter, radio technical producer, television presenter and a rap artist. ProVerb…
EventRiaad Moosa, the South African comedian is born
… Cape Town on 18 June 1977. He has won numerous awards as a comedian, presenter, writer and actor. Riaad is known as the “Comedy Doctor”,[i] for reason being…
EventTRC gathers evidence against Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
… president, Nelson Mandela. Despite the fact that there was a growing fear that her political career would be tarnished by testimonies against her, she…