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PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Bloemfontein
… Wocker was commissioned to design a church at a cost of £17,500. The old building was demolished whilst services …
ArticleThe Cabinet Reshuffle of 2017
… debt-servicing costs seen at the R144-billion in the 2016/17 fiscal year. [4] The grounds on which the president made …
Prehistory of the Polokwane/Pietersburg area
Prehistory of Southern Africa Two places are of particular heritage interest in the Polokwane area: the BaKoni Malapa Museum south of the stadium and…
ArticleKora
The Korana or Kora were a nomadic Khoikhoi group that probably derived their name from a chief called Kora (or Gora), who was originally a leader of the…
ArticleHIV/Aids in South Africa
… are defined as children from birth up to the age of 17 whose mothers have died, UNAIDS estimates that there were …
ArticleFreedom Day: 27 April
Freedom Day on 27 April is an annual celebration of South Africa's first non-racial democratic elections of 1994. It is significant because it marks the end of…
ArticleHow do we find out about the history of a local area?
… means that she grew up with two cultures. When she was 17 years old she met an imbongi, or traditional African poet …
EventMoïse-Kapenda Tshombé becomes the Prime Minister of the Congo
On 10 July 1964 MoÁ¯se-Kapenda Tshombé, leader of the Confederation of Tribal Associations of Katanga, became the Prime Minister of the Congo (now known as…
Notes on the Life of Ernest Cole 1940–1990 by Gunilla Knape
This book and exhibition are an attempt to construct a clear picture of Ernest Cole, a complex man whose work is little known, especially in his own country,…
EventNuclear Test Ban Treaty signed
Representatives of the United States, the Soviet Union, and Great Britain sign a Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, which prohibited the testing of nuclear weapons in…
EventKader Asmal, political activist and future Member of Parliament, is born
Kader Asmal political activist, human rights lawyer, former Minister of Education (1999-2004) and of Water Affairs and Forestry (1994-1999); is born in Stanger…
EventThe SA author and journalist, Herman Charles Bosman, shoots and kills his stepbrother David Russell during a quarrel
… editor of South African Opinion and Trek (1944-9). In 1950, Bosman began to write humourous short stories for the …
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 2 Glossary
Terms You Need to Know: Christopher Columbus arriving in the America. Image Source Abolition: The ending of a law, a system or an institution. During…
The Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA): CODESA 2
… – 15 June 1992 Mass action and Boipatong Massacre on 17 June Rumours of Police Involvement and ANC break off … at the second plenary of Codesa, the Boipatong…
ArchiveRemembering Hugh Masekela: the horn player with a shrewd ear for music of the day by Gwen Ansell (The Conversation), 23 January 2018
… Kirk Douglas’s acting and Harry James’s trumpet, in the 1950 movie “Young Man With A Horn”. Masekela saw the film as …
ArticleWomen, employment and the changing economic scene, 1920s
… canteens and assaulted the male customers. In Durban on 17 June 1929 chaos erupted with 2 000 whites clashing with 6 000 Africans on 17 June 1929. More than…
EventLouis Raymond, an Olympic tennis singles gold medalist is born
… (17 August 2015). ↵ [iii]David van Lill, Van Lill’s South … (17 August 2015).|Louis Raymond, …
EventMichael “Muis” Roberts, South Africa’s best jockey is born
… Michael Leonard Roberts was born on 17 May 1954 in Cape Town.[i] Roberts was one of South …
EventUmkhonto we Sizwe bombs Church Street, Pretoria
… one hundred injuries. [ii] The bombing took the lives of 17 men and 2 women, of which 9 were White and 7 were Black. …
EventCôte d’Ivoire gains independence from France
The more recent pre-colonial history of CÁ´te d’Ivoire can be traced to the 17th century, with the establishment of the kingdom of Gyaaman. The capital,…
EventThe Rembrandt Tobacco Corporation was founded in South Africa
In 1948 the Rembrandt Tobacco Corporation was established by Anton Rupert. The first cigarettes were manufactured in an old flour mill in Paarl on 12 June 1948…
EventMilitary service becomes compulsory for White South African men.
… months of service for all white males between the ages of 17 and 65 years old. Conscripts became members of the South …
ArchiveThe Final Prize by Norman Levy
… - Chapter 16 The Final Prize: Inside and Out - Chapter 17 The Final Prize: Exile - Chapter 18 The Final Prize: Exile …
PlaceBoksburg, the Witwatersrand
The Town of Boksburg was founded in 1887 as the Administrative Centre of the East Rand. It is the second oldest Town on the Witwatersrand. Boksburg was an…
2007 ANC National Policy Conference: Report of the Commission on Strategy and Tactics, 30 June 2007, Gallagher Estate
… will be used to improve the Chapter as a whole. 17. Further, it was felt that the draft did not adequately address global challenges that include: 17.1 the…
PlaceOude Molen, Alexandra Care and Rehabilitation Centre, Maitland
… 1802. The extent of the Nieuwe Molen property was 17 morgen 36 sq. roods 108 sq. ft. Van Niekerk was the owner … granted 36 morgen of quitrent farmland…
EventOlive Shisana was born on this day
… town of Pietersburg, South Africa, on the 27th of November 1950. [1] She holds a BA degree which she obtained from the …
PlaceWits Art Museum
… the Nelson Mandela Bridge . Its’ collections begun in the 1950’s and was known as the first collecting institution that …
SASPU National, 1980 - 1987
SASPU National was one of two publications produced by the South African Students Press Union (SASPU), the other being SASPU Focus. A non-profit newspaper,…
Document 67 - Letter from the African Metal Trades Union, Johannesburg, to the Workers’ Party of South Africa, 21 February 1937
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 67 - Letter from the African …