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EventJan van Riebeeck is born
… Founder of and first commander of Cape Town, Johan Anthoniszoon van Riebeeck, was born in … Company (DEIC), van Riebeeck landed at the southern tip of Africa…
EventIFP agrees to participate in 1994 elections
… counter demands from political parties on a wide variety of issues. The African National Congress (ANC), Inkatha … 26 to 28 April 1994. There had been a…
Chapter 1 - Introduction
… and final Constitution fixed a milestone beside the road of South African history, and marked the way for a new … order. The Constitution was also the birth…
PlaceCredo Mutwa Cultural Village
… Located in the heart of Soweto , the Credo Mutwa Cultural Village is a museum-cum-outdoor exhibition of astounding sculptures and buildings created by…
PlaceGardens, Cape Town
… Gardens is a residential suburb of Cape Town and was probably so named because it incorporated part of Van Riebeeck's original gardens. Lying sandwiched…
EventGermany invades Poland, starting World War II
… Three years of mounting international tension - encompassing the Spanish Civil War, the Anschluss (union) of Germany and Austria, Hitler's occupation of the …
PlaceShri Jagannath Puri Temple, Tongaat
… the Historic Indian temple thereon, being the remainder of Lot 79, Tongaat Township, situated in the Township of Tongaat, Province of Natal, and measuring …
The Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA): CODESA 1
… over the negotiation process. During the two days of discussion the mechanism and technicalities of transition … in action” but where there was no consensus…
PlaceAliwal South, Alternative Name for Mossel Bay
… to search for a trading route to India, by King John II of Portugal. Without realizing it he had actually rounded the Cape of Good Hope. Dias' excursion…
PlaceKalk Bay, Southern Suburbs- Cape Town
… The Village of Kalk Bay was probably established in the 17th Century as a small community of lime burner's who mined the nearby deposits of limestone. … Town…
PlaceGeorge, Garden Route- Western Province
… Principal Town of the Magisterial District and Division of George, on the … seems easier to rather explain the effect that this unique land has on me... The…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.9 No.4 1991
… A. Monkwe; Till We Meet, Mavis Smallberg; In the Shacks of Inanda, Gladman Mvukuzane Ngubo. Essays: The West End Becoming, David Goldblatt; The Renewal of…
PlaceSt George’s Grammar School, 1 Queen Victoria Street, Cape Town
… designed in an Edwardian style, was erected by the Synod of the Dutch Reformed Church to commemorate the arrival of French Huguenot settlers in 1688. Its…
PlaceKroondal, Rustenburg
… Kroondal, situated on a farm, was one of 22 German Lutheran mission congregations established in … existence since 1843, was registered in 1858 in the name…
ArchiveChapter 18 New Life Number 9 2002- 2009 by Denis Goldberg
… information showing that I could indeed handle the post of Special Adviser in the Ministry of Water Affairs and … of what rural development planning should…
ANC statement on more lies inside the Cape Town story, 14 May 2011
… and unlawful conduct displayed by the DA since the start of this election campaign as well as the many revelations, … being legally forced to undertake to…
South African and World leaders
… Africa, each with their own stories and background. All of these have produced amazing leaders who have been … women to be arrested under the General Laws…
PlaceZandspruit, Johannesburg
… years ago, the informal settlement was once a piece of land with a few houses scattered around. Today over 30 000 … many residents roaming the streets,…
ArticleConvict Stations & Labour in the Cape Colony
… Written by: FRANCO FRESCURA The exploitation of convict labour at the Cape during the Colonial era is … when he was appointed Colonial Secretary to Van…
Grade 12 - Topic 2 - Independent Africa
… powers carved up Africa amongst themselves. By 1914 all of Africa, except Liberia and Ethiopia, was under colonial … African socialism, as follows: a)·no…
ArticleSita’s story
… My Childhood at Phoenix Settlement I was born on 19th of October 1928 on my grandfather’s farm, which was fifteen … were plantations of sugar cane fields…
EventKhulane Morule, the Motswako rapper is born
… series Rhythm City in 2010.[vii] He has been the opening act of many internationally renowned hip hop artists along the lines of Drake,[viii] Big Sean and…
77. The South African Indian Council: an assessment from within, 1978
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … The political struggles that ensued before and after the Act of…
EventBeyers Naudé is served with his second banning order
… into a family that was fully committed to the preservation of Afrikaner nationalism. His father was a minister of the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) and was a…
EventOn 17th November 1921 Professor Richard van der Ross was born in Plumstead, Cape Town
… completed his higher education diploma at the University of Cape Town (UCT) in 1940 and became a teacher at the Karoo … in 1946. In 1952 he was appointed as…
EventAnti-apartheid activist Sister Bernard Ncube dies
… activist Sister Bernard Ncub e died at the age of 80. She was a practicing Roman Catholic nun and was … activism and was outspoken about the human rights…
EventThami Mazwai, former journalist and anti-apartheid activist, is jailed for two years
… a former fellow student-leader charged under the Terrorism Act. At the time Mazwai was a journalist with the Sowetan. In … Party government was determined to…
PlaceBantu Dramatic Society, Johannesburg
… artistic and intellectual sub-cultures to meet. The aim of the society was “to perform European drama from time to … operatic art”. In doing so, the society…
PlacePomeroy- Solomon Linda
… is a small Town in KwaZulu-Natal which is some 72 km North of Greytown and 56 km South-South-East of Dundee. It falls … the Gordon Memorial Mission. He…
PlaceSongimvelo Game Reserve, an Early Archaeological Site
… The Songimvelo Game Reserve is located South of Barberton in the South-Eastern part of the Mpumalanga … and only about 425 million Years ago, vegetation…