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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…
PlaceGrand Parade, Cape Town
… planted a number of oaks around this area, and in 1806 the city treasury voted money for the erection of a fountain and … place …
PlaceWeskoppies Psychiatric Hospital, Main building, Ketjen Street, Pretoria
… old Botanical Garden, which is situated to the West of the City Centre. It was declared a National Monument under old … place …
EventRand Afrikaans University is established
… 46 000 students spread over five campuses across the city. …
Event’Purple rain’ used on women protesters
… T-shirts with the slogan "Troops Out" marched to the city centre to demand that troops, who were permanently …
EventGeorge Christopher Cato (79), Natal pioneer and first mayor of Durban, dies
… Cato, Natal pioneer and first mayor of Durban, dies in the city on 9 July 1893. Cato was born in London, England in …
The National Arts Festival
… Lotteries Commission, the National Arts Council, Transnet, City Press newspaper and MNet. The NAF continues to provide a …
ArticleHermanus Loots aka James Stuart Timeline
… state funeral is held for Loots at the Johannesburg City Hall on 3 February 2016. [xiii] A funeral service is …
ArticleThe Basotho
… of his own people resulted in many people flocking to his city for protection. He also conducted cattle raids and by …
Chapter 21. Civil War in the Factories - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… to work overtime to do so. Many employers agreed to place their factories, machinery and staff at the disposal of … weapons came into play. When I arrived at…
Who Shot My Dad? by Jann Turner
… for my father's killer in 1989. I was living in New York City at the time. I read in the paper that an investigative … journalist called Jacques Pauw had…
ArchivePhotography and the Liberation Struggle in South Africa
… that how things are is how they ought to be and that the place provided for us is the place we ought to have.” 7 Nichols' statement is illustrated ……
List of Laws on Land Dispossession and Segregation
… were established and structures of governance were set in place, laws or general rules regulating ‘native’ land … Under this Act African people in District…
PlaceChapman's Peak Drive, Hout Bay to Fish Hoek
… by SPM’s road management staff with lockable booms put in place to prevent unauthorized entry. On 29 December 1999 … environmental management process (IEM)…
PlaceRondebosch Fountain, Main Road, Rondebosch.
… have that Historical Architecture in that area. It makes a City interesting above all it keeps us humble because when we … somewhere safer. He said this…
EventMbongeni Ngema was born on this day
… in 2001, his name was engraved on the entrance of the City Hall in Durban, alongside those of Nelson Mandela, …
EventTwo ANC members gunned down in Swaziland.
… tension between South Africa and Swaziland. According to City Press the same incident occurred in the suburb of …
PlaceElsie’s River
… eight schools and a Civic Centre! The Municipality is The City Of Cape Town. It is with great sadness that we note the … place …
EventDavid Phaswane Mogano, SA artist, is born in Pietersburg , Northern Transvaal
… annually at Joubert Park in the Johannesburg inner city. One of his biggest exhibitions was of a collection of …
EventThe Transvaal Indian Congress takes a stand on Fietas removals
… and Vrededorp was known).They objected to a Johannesburg City Council meeting statement made on 17 October 1944, in …
EventAbdullah Abdurahman, medical doctor and Cape community leader, dies in Cape Town
… the first non-White to become a member of the Cape Town City Council (from 1905-1940). His death raised concern …
EventInternational Olympic Committee re-admit South Africa
… and the country was expected to participate in the Mexico City Olympics late in 1968. However, this decision elicited …
EventFirst Women Anti-Pass Campaign starts
… government. About 700 women marched to the Bloemfontein City Council in the Orange Free State to petition the mayor. …
"Peace and Development in our Region" Speech at "War on Want" Conference by O. R. Tambo, London, June 1988
… we can depend regardless of what their Government and the City of London might choose to do or not do about these … kwashiorkor because the robber barons of…
EventFifteen English cricket players are prohibited to play for three years in England because of their rebel tour of South Africa
… The rebel cricket tours were matches taking place in South Africa at a time when the country was banned … international condemnation, the tours continued to…
PlaceBill Ainslie Studios, Johannesburg
… Johannesburg in a house rented from the Johannesburg City Council at the time. By 1971 the Bill Ainslie Studios … place …
South Sudanese Independence Granted
… bodies supporting the executive branch and its capital city in Juba. …
PlaceMbombela Orion Hotel, 'Promenade', Nelspruit
… Hotel Promenade is located in the Lowveld region’s capital city, Nelspruit. Once the original town hall. This historic … place …
PlacePeter Mokaba Stadium
… two stadiums in Johannesburg; the Ellis Park and Soccer City . One of the most impressive Stadiums is the Peter … place …
EventJan van Riebeeck’s statue, presented by Cecil John Rhodes, is unveiled in Cape Town
… It was sculpted in bronze by John Tweed and donated to the city by Cecil John Rhodes, a politician and financier of the …