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Baroness Castle of Blackburn opened an exhibition on the history of the Anti-Apartheid Movement at the opening session of the Symposium
… I don't know why I should have been honoured in this way by being asked to open this exhibition; awhole … Movement. I was President, but I was only able to…
V - The Funeral
… from leaving the three main cities on the grounds that in permits; while roadblocks nearer King William's Town … back of cars and many buses, as South…
Chapter 4 - ‘SASO on the Attack’ : Organisation, Mobilisation and Collective Action
… SASO's initiatives around publishing which I deal with in the first section can be considered to be equally a form … protests and political mobilisation that…
ArchiveInternational year of shelter for the homeless
… Cream background. Green circle in centre with cross underneath. Title in cream letters around circle. Poem by Dora Tamara in black letters in centre of…
Address by President, Nelson R. Mandela, at the funeral of Martin Chris Hani FNB Stadium, Soweto, 19 April 1993
… Comrade Chairpersons, To the family, Our daughter-in-law, Limpho, and grandchildren Neo, Nomakwezi and Lindiwe, … occasion, To the tens of thousands of you,…
Statement of the African National Congress by Oliver Tambo, 18 March 1980
… decided to summon a conference representative of all races in our country to "deliberate about matters affecting South … to the questions was of course given…
Call for United Front by Albert Luthuli, 5 November 1961
… strained budget to arm almost the entire White race in South Africa. Unacceptable Now that the Government has … is detrimental to their interests and, in the…
Forward to a People's Government by O. R. Tambo - Statement of the ANC, 18 March 1980
… decided to summon a conference representative of all races in our country to "deliberate about matters affecting South … to the questions was of course given…
ANC National Conference, 13 July 1991
… 1991, 2,244 delegates representing 760,000 members met in the 48th National Conference of the African National … by the presence of 450 foreign guests from…
Statement by Oliver Tambo on South African Raid on Matola, 05 February 1981
… troops attacked and killed a number of ANC refugees in Matola, Mozambique. The following is from an address by … Tambo to thousands of members and supporters…
EventWayne Ferreira was born on this day
… Wayne Richard Ferreira was born on 15 September 1971 in Johannesburg.[i] Wayne Ferreira and his tennis partner, Pietie Norval won a silver medal in the men’s…
PlaceAgtersrivier and Kou Bokkeveld Pass , Western Cape
… River rising in the Koue Bokkeveld Mountains, (meaning Cold Buck Shrub … 15 km South of Citrusdal. The name of the river in Afrikaans and means ' the…
PlaceDitsong National Museum of Military History, Johannesburg
… the many conflicts that South Africa has been involved in through the centuries including the Anglo-Boer Wars, the Anglo-Zulu War, World War I and II, the…
PlaceLodge de Goede Hoop, Stal Square, Cape Town
… In 1772 the Masonic Order established its first lodge in the Cape under a warrant obtained from the Grand Lodge … National of the Netherlands. Initially…
PlaceOld Town House, Greenmarket Square, Cape Town.
… As the town of Cape Town grew in size and sophistication, so then its management committee … place to discuss the affairs of the Burgher Council. Early in…
PlaceVan Riebeeck’s Hedge, Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, Cape Town.
… These trees are a remnant of the hedge planted in 1660 by Jan van Riebeeck as a Boundary to the newly … of the Dutch East India Company (VOC), Arrived at the…
PlaceThree Anchor Bay
… Three Anchor Bay is a small anchorage in Table Bay. Its name was first recorded in Dutch records of 1661, and probably refers to a defensive … which…
PlaceGoodwood
… of Cape Town , 11 km from the centre of the City and in the Bellville district. It was originally a Village … Mile Stone'. The Village was established by…
PlaceNapier
… endangered Blue Crane can often be seen gathered together in large flocks. Napier is situated under the Soetmuisberg … Century old cottages blend with modern…
PlaceCote D’Ivoire or Ivory Coast
… Ivory Coast is a West African State bordering Ghana in the East, Burkina Faso, Mali in the North, and Guinea and Liberia in the East. To the South lies, the…
PlaceOld gaol, Seventh Avenue, Roodepoort
… The original building was apparently already in existence in 1890 when it was converted to use as a gaol for the mining … house on the corner of Goldman…
EventThe Republic of South Africa is established
… his plea for a republic. This was also the first time in 12 years of government that the National Party (NP) was able to gain a majority in parliament. Given…
EventThe UN orders Libya to hand over two suspects linked to the Lockerbie bombing
… and crew on board were killed, as were eleven people in the town of Lockerbie, where large sections of the plane … were considered to have been responsible…
EventCharles Darwin and the HMS Beagle reached the Galapagos Islands
… Darwin's experience in the Galapagos would be the principle inspiration for his … fundamentally changed the people think about the world in which they live…
EventSlavery is abolished at the Cape
… On 1 December 1834, slavery came to an end in the Cape Colony. The move to abolish slavery in the Colony came a year after the Slavery Abolition Bill of ……
EventWolraad Woltemade drowns at sea after saving 14 people from a sinking ship
… India ship, was anchored at the mouth of the Salt River in Table Bay. In the early hours of the morning, a storm that had been … and hit the jagged rocks of…
EventThe Directors of the Dutch East India Company propose Hout Bay to Jan van Riebeeck as a possible area to settle some Dutch families
… Europe's seafaring powers. Thus did Jan van Riebeek arrive in Table Bay (Cape Town) in 1652 to set up a refreshment station for the Dutch East … the…
EventThe Rand Revolt strikers’ stronghold at Fordsburg Square falls to the government
… mining companies were faced with rising costs and a fall in the price of gold. A general strike was organized by white trade unions in Johannesburg, South…
EventSouth African artist Gerard Sekoto is born
… Jan Gerard Sekoto was born on 9 September 1913 in Botshabelo, a mission station established by the German missionaries amongst the Pedi community in the…
PlaceCradock Division
… Yethemba Local Municipality or District. It is situated in the Chris Hani District in the Eastern Cape Province. It is approximately 240km north ……