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PlaceKitson the Steam Train, Krugersdorp
… South African National Monument, yes on wheels, is resting in the Museum railway yard at SANRASM, Krugersdorp. This Kitson locomotive was, in 1983, the…
EventWell-known political activist and academic, Dr. Neville Alexander is born
… Neville Edward Alexander was born on 22 October, 1936 in Cradock, Eastern Cape. He went on to complete three university degrees in History and German at the…
EventA national congress, under auspices of the Dutch Reformed Church, meets to discuss the ‘poor White problem’
… problem' or the Armblankevraagstuk as it was referred to in Afrikaans, was a significant political issue in South Africa in the late 19th century and first…
EventNelson Mandela and Walter Sisulu on Robben Island 5 August 1982
… African National Congress (ANC) leader and first commander-in-chief of uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK), was marked by a call for his release by China. This was…
EventNaledi High School is founded
… the South Africa Students Movement (SASM), Enos Ngutshane. In retaliation students stoned the police and burned their car. The first sign of Black unrest in…
EventThomas William Bowler, prolific painter at the Cape, is born
… He arrived at the Cape with astronomer Thomas McClear in 1834 whom he worked for until his dismissal in 1835. After marrying Jane Elizabeth Hawthorne, he set…
ArchiveThe Mandela I knew by Saths Cooper, 6 December 2013
… During my incarceration in the same single-cell block in Robben Island Maximum Security Prison with Nelson … hardships provide the opportunity for the best…
EventCliff Drysdale, the tennis star is born
… Eric Clifford “Cliff” Drysdale was born in Nelspruit on 26 May 1941.[i] He was widely regarded as one … best tennis players South Africa has ever produced…
Accuser insulted as Zuma hailed at court (IOL), 14 February 2006
… HIV-positive Aids activist who may not be named, has been in hiding for three months, for fear of intimidation. Shortly … against Zuma, the home of the…
PlaceBattle of Muizenburg Monument, Muizenburg
… Given the turmoil in Europe and the importance of the Cape sea-route to India … gateway to the East. That fleet arrived off Simon’s Town in early June, 1795…
Chapter 1 - Introduction
… From: The South African Communist Party In Exile 1963 - 1990 On 10 December 1996, the signatures on … Assembly. This Constitution is one of the most advanced…
PlaceSarah Baartman Centre for Women and Children, Manenberg
… This centre was established in memory of Sarah Baartman who was transported in 1810 from South Africa to Europe. The Saartjie Baartman Centre for Women and…
Document 31 - S.O.Y.A. National Executive Committee, The Maritzburg Conferences and the Tasks of the Immediate Future, 31 May 1959
… National Unity by which alone liberation can be achieved in this country, and the foundation of a true S. Africa … to buy the land", where the African…
Address of President Nelson Mandela on the occasion of the opening of the second session of the Democratic Parliament Cape Town, 17 February 1995
… guests, Ladies and gentlemen: We have gathered in this hallowed chamber to begin the work of the second … parliament, nine months after its first members…
Burundi: The ambiguous coup by Simon Allison (Daily Maverick), 14 May 2015
… While President Pierre Nkurunziza was stuck in Dar es Salaam tweeting up a storm, his former intelligence … over the country. Many welcomed the coup,…
Document 28 - Brian Bunting, “Problems of the Multi-Racial Conference”, Liberation, 28, November 1957
… November 1957 The decision of the Congresses to take part in the forthcoming multi-racial conference has naturally aroused a great deal of discussion in…
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on the Occasion of the 26th Singapore Lecture, “Africa’s Season of Hope: The Dawn of a new Africa-Asia Partnership”, at Shangri-La Hotel, Singapore, 21 April 2005.
… the Bandung Asia-Africa Conference, which will take place in Indonesia this weekend. It is indeed important that we … of the colonial mentality, which drove…
52. Gandhi: my experiences, 1914
… the ship that was to take him to England. It was completed in two or more installments, and appeared in Gujarati in the Golden Number of Indian Opinion,…
Chapter IX - Triumph of disunity (1)
… From the book: The Role of the Missionaries in conquest by Nosipho Majeke The Griqua Nation THE CONFLICT between Black and White in the north and north-east…
PlaceWindermere
… Windermere was a settlement situated on the N1 highway in Cape Town near the Ysterplaat airbase. The Group Areas Act … Town from rural areas such as the…
EventNiger's Independence Day
… outpost for the French military. However, some territories in the region fiercely resisted colonialism, especially the … action, a decision was taken by the…
PlaceVlakfontein Monument, Roodepoort
… was erected to commemorate the Jameson Raid of 1895/ 96, in which the Boer Commandos managed to prevent the Jameson’s invasion on 2 January 1896. In 2009 the…
Imijondolo
… Published in 1985, Imijondolo, (the isi Zulu word for a shack or … groundbreaking book documents how radically different life in the settlement was, despite…
EventDr Abrahams to be returned to Bechuanaland
… South African prime minister, Dr H.F. Verwoerd, announced in a statement before the Supreme Court in Cape Town, that Dr. Kenneth Abrahams would be returned…
EventFollowing the infamous Treason Trial, ANC leader Chief Albert Luthuli is banished by the Apartheid Government for five years
… (ANC) from 1952 to 1967 and Nobel Peace Prize winner in 1961, was one of South Africa's greatest leaders. In 1952, the Apartheid Government demanded that…
EventMembers of the ANC and SACP are detained due to Operation Vula
… maintain open communication links between the ANC Leaders in exile, at home and in prison. With the unbanning of the ANC in 1990, a decision was taken that…
EventA military coup deposes the Lesotho Government
… Army, ousted Lesotho prime minister Chief Leabua Jonathan in a military coup. Jonathan had been prime minister since … control over Lesotho when the king's…
EventAndries Hendrik Potgieter establishes the town of Potchefstroom
… away from Natal and heading inland and eventually settling in the northern Free State . Potgieter was born in the Graaff Reinet district in the Cape Colony…
EventSir Benjamin D’Urban, for whom the city Durban was named, assumes office as Governor of the Cape of Good Hope
… Benjamin D'Urban was born in Suffolk, England and joined the British Army in 1793. He soon rose to prominence, serving in most major battles, including…
EventClampdown on 'conflict diamonds' begins
… to certify all legitimate shipments of rough diamonds, in an unprecedented effort to weed out the 'Black market' trade in gems that has been used to fund…