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Say It out Loud - The 1912 Presidential Address, Johannesburg, Transvaal, 1st January, 1912
… then it is time that they, the Coloured races, state in precise terms what line of action they will pursue in the future. Such action on their part, whether…
PlaceThaba Tshwane or Voortrekkerhoogte
… Voortrekkerhoogte, is a military base (or military area) in Pretoria , South Africa. Founded around 1905 by the … It was renamed Voortrekkerhoogte (…
PlaceRaadsaal Building, Church Square, Pretoria
… with end gables and a front verandah, which remained in use until 1889, when it was demolished to make way for the … The design was drawn by Sytze Wierda, of…
EventNotorious Pirate, Captain William Kidd, is reportedly sighted off the coast of Cape Town
… Perhaps one of the most notorious pirates in history, Captain William Kidd, was thought to have become … while serving as an apprentice on board a pirate…
EventThabo Mbeki is elected 2nd President of a democratic South Africa
… Thabo Mbeki was sworn in as South Africa's second democratically elected president in front of a vast crowd of dancing and cheering supporters. … their heads…
EventNicolaas Johannes Diederichs, South Africa’s fourth state president, is born
… for his doctoral degree at the University of Leyden in Germany, Diederichs returned to South Africa and was … at the University of the Orange Free State…
Union Buildings, Pretoria
… Designed and built by Herbert Baker and completed in 1913, the Union Buildings houses the Administrative … overlooks the City . The Legislative seat of…
Address at the opening of The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Durban 12 November 1999
… Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, are with us to participate in our proceedings. The significance we all attach to this … the large numbers of heads of…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the 150th anniversary of the Eastern Province Herald Port Elizabeth, 14 September 1995
… It is rarer still that this should be the case in these early days of our democracy, when the old still … Eastern Cape Herald represents Port Elizabeth's…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the 150th anniversary of the Eastern Province Herald Port Elizabeth, 14 September 1995
… It is rarer still that this should be the case in these early days of our democracy, when the old still … Eastern Cape Herald represents Port Elizabeth's…
PlaceAluin Krantz West, a Farm Near Alexandria
… Located in the Sundays River Valley, in the District of Cacadu District Municipality, Eastern … 199 metres. 28 km North-West of Alexandria. The Name means in…
EventRudolph Lewis, South African road racing cyclist is born
… Rudolph Ludewyk “Okey” Lewis was born on 12 July 1887 in Pretoria.[i] Rudolph was South Africa’s second world class … He represented South Africa at the 1912…
EventGeraldine Fraser is born
… Geraldine Fraser was born on 24 August 1960, in Lansdowne, Cape Town, the daughter of a teacher and … South Africa to join the African National Congress (ANC…
EventThe Algerian War of Independence begins
… These attacks were fuelled by a broadcast made by FLN in Nasser’s Egypt, which called for Muslims in Algeria to join a national struggle for restoration of…
EventIdi Amin, Ugandan dictator, flees after a seven year reign
… to Saudi Arabia. Amin began his career as a cook in the King's African Rifles and British Colonial Army in Uganda in 1956. He distinguished himself as a…
EventGerman South West Africa is put under South African administration
… hand encouraged Afrikaans speaking families to settle in the country, especially in the south.Since the late 1940s the South West Africa (SWA) … to the…
EventMahatma Gandhi is arrested for refusing to carry Apartheid pass
… 1908 Mahatma Gandhi was arrested for the first time in South Africa for refusing to carry an obligatory identity … card commonly known as the 'pass'. Gandhi…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the opening ceremony of Telecom 95, the 7th World Telecommunications Forum and Exhibition Geneva, 3 October 1995
… Africa is deeply honoured by the invitation to take part in this opening ceremony of Telecom 95, the 7th World … and Exhibition. Your seventh forum is the…
Address by Oliver Tambo to the joint session of Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago, Port-of-Spain, 2 July 1987
… august assembly of the lawmakers of Trinidad and Tobago. In particular, on this historic occasion, I greet you on … those of our patriots, like Nelson…
Say It out Loud - The 1907 Presidential Address, Outdshoorn, Cape, 7 January, 1907
… Dr Abdurahman delivered his Presidential Address, speaking in English. He said that some people wondered at the reason … the congress was necessary or not…
EventAnti-Pass petition sent to President Steyn
… aimed at controlling the mobility of the Black population in White urban areas. Bloemfontein was becoming a … Black people, who ended up being segregated…
PlaceTogo
… of western Africa. Lomé, the capital, is situated in the south-west of the Country and is the largest city and … of Asante and Dahomey, and its various…
EventChris Hani is born
… Party (SACP) since December 1991. Chris Hani was born in the rural village of Sabalele, in the Cofimvaba region of the former Transkei. He was the … of the…
EventPresidents of Mozambique and South Africa meet
… In search of peace two Southern African presidents, Joaquim … successor to Samora Machel who mysteriously died in a plane crash in South Africa, met his…
EventMarais Steyn dies
… Marais Steyn, died of heart failure at the age of 83 in Stellenbosch. His political career started in 1948, when he stood for the United Party (UP) against…
EventEdgar D. Ngoyi, South African ANC leader who spent seventeen years on Robben Island, is born.
… Edgar Dumile Ngoyi was born on 26 December 1926 in the Eastern Cape. Ngoyi became politically active in the African National Congress (ANC) as a member of…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the launch of the UNDP 2006 Human Development Report, Kirstenbosch, National Botanical Gardens: Cape Town, 09 November 2006
… to receive Administrator DerviÅŸ’ letter earlier this year in which he said: “Since South Africa has introduced … crucial policy ingredients for progress…
Say It out Loud - The 1909 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 13th April 1909
… Address, Cape Town, 13th April 1909 1 The President, in formally opening the Congress, said that, in the first place, he thought they would expect him to…
Address by I. B. Tabata, AAC Conference, December 16,1941
… I must admit at the outset that when we first met in this hall six years ago, we and our people, who looked … were full of great hopes for the future of this…
Chapter XII - Can we be free?
… women returned home, for nothing at all could be left in gaol. It seemed bizarre that after five months, there must … men's gaol, we found most of our…