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PlaceNewlands
… garden and an oak plantation. It remained the property of the VOC, and over the years became a gracious residence … 'New land'. In 1791 the property was sold…
PlaceCiskei
… for the South Africa's Xhosa -speaking people as part of apartheid racial segregation . The area was relatively small for the number of people it was…
PlaceVictoria and Alfred Waterfront, Cape Town
… a small Jetty, built by Jan van Riebeeck in 1654 as part of his task to establish a Refreshment Station at the Foot of Africa for the Dutch East India…
Address by Nelson Mandela to the National Consultative Conference, 14 December 1990
… Comrade President, Comrades, members of the National Executive Committee of the ANC, Comrades leaders of the South African Communist … been rounded up,…
EventNapoleon assembles his army near Aboukir, Egypt
… The First Battle of Aboukir was a decisive victory for the French and secured France's occupation of Eqypt. In June 1798 Napoleon's army departed France to ……
EventAhmed Timol born on the 3rd Nov 1941
… and trained as a teacher. In 1964 he attended the funeral of Suliman 'Babla' Saloogee who had died in detention. This … 4 days later, on the 27th Oct 1971 he…
EventClements Kadalie dies
… Bandawe mission station in Nyasaland, now Malawi. After being educated at the Church of Scotland mission station, he was trained as a teacher. In 1915, he…
PlaceVanderbijlpark
… Vanderbijlpark is south of Johannesburg , on the banks of the Vaal River . It is considered an industrial city in … in 1947 and the town was proclaimed in…
PlaceLuckhoff High School
… With being established in 1935, the school is a very important part of the Stellenbosch Community. It has produced great South … committed to the principle…
PlaceMatjiesfontein
… visitors can enjoy a ride on an old red London bus while being entertained by local stories and music. Matjiesfontein … fortification during The Anglo-Boer…
EventA fishing trawler off the South African Coast catches a coelacanth
… two-year-old Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer was the curator of a small museum in the port town of East London, northeast of Cape Town, South Africa. She had … to…
EventFive American nuns are shot to death in Liberia
… Society (ACS) in 1822 and was to serve as the home of freed slaves from the United States. Although Liberia has … managed to maintain its independence…
PlaceNelspruit
… a World Cup Stadium. This stadium which was built for some of the 2010 world cup soccer matches and is currently used … structure has a striking and…
ArchiveZuma's rape accuser questioned (BBC News), 07 March 2006
… accusing South African ex-Deputy President Jacob Zuma of rape is being cross-examined in court. The judge has agreed to the … about the complainant's…
PlaceKilnerton Training Institution
… called: 'KTI', during the Sixties was undoubtedly one of the premier Black schools of its time. Reflecting on the impact which its Alumni had on … John…
ArchiveWhat lost photos of Blue Notes say about South Africa’s jazz history by Lindelwa Dalamba , 14 October 2019
… camera along to a jazz concert at the then University of Natal Pietermaritzburg’s Great Hall and captured a series of black and white images of the band, the…
Archive2022 - President Ramaphosa, State of the Nation Address, 10 February 2022
… STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT CYRIL RAMAPHOSA CAPE TOWN CITY HALL 10 FEBRUARY 2022 Speaker of the National Assembly, Ms Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, ……
ArticleVlakplaas and the History of Apartheid's Death Squad
… Vlakplaas is the name of an undercover counterinsurgency division of the apartheid police that operated in the 1980s. Vlakplaas … to an Askari Comrades would…
Patric Tariq “de Goede” Mellet
… Names: Mellet, Patric Tariq. Date of Birth: 1956 Place of Birth: Areas of Woodstock and District six, Cape Town, … been strongly influenced by the many years…
56. The Cape Town Agreement is welcomed
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … was prepared 'to meet this friendly and tolerant spirit' of the…
EventNizaam Carr, the South African rugby player is born
… 8. He first attended Alexander Sinton High School, before being offered to play rugby for Bishop Diocesans.[ii] Nizaam … senior Western Province team in 2011…
Chapter XI - Witness for freedom
… managed to make my opening statement: I did not accept any of the Minister of Justice's assurances that I should not suffer any … but we did not know we…
40. 1903 reviewed by Indian Opinion
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … this time, the British Indians in the Transvaal were full of…
Documents, and articles relating to the Sharpeville Massacre 1960
… you that I deeply appreciate your decision in terms of which eight fellow-prisoners were freed on 15 October 1989, and for advising me of the fact in advance…
ArchivePetrus Mashishi
… Petrus Mashishi, President of the South African Municipal Workers Union (SAMWU) from its founding in 1987 until 2009, was both a man of his times and a giant…
Address by President Nelson Mandela on Receiving and Honorary Doctorate from Harvard University Boston, 18 September 1998
… Mister President Members of the Convocation Members of the University Distinguished Guests Ladies and Gentlemen … a more moving start to the visit than one…
35. Colour legislation in the Orange River Colony
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai The draft Ordinance of October 1903 imposed…
A Farewell To Madiba! National Assembly, Cape Town, March 26,1999.
… Madame Speaker Chairperson of the Council of Provinces Honourable Members Mr President Isinamva … their eyes away from you because somewhere in their mortal…
Free Nelson Mandela - Margaret Thatcher
… back in London, I should like to give you a fuller account of the discussion of South Africa at the recent Commonwealth Heads of … South Africa. I received a…
Document 42 - “Boycott the Dummy Elections: 2 000 Demonstrate AT Mass Rally”, The Torch , National Edition, 1 April 1958
… greatest political rally on the franchise in the history of the Coloured people. It is conservatively estimated that … people were present. At 2.30 p.m…