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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 ……
Bush Radio mourns, Professor William T. McClain (1923-2011)
… death. Professor McClain was originally from a small town in Indiana in the United States, and after his studies served as Deputy … of Indiana. His first…
ArchiveCongress Resister 1983 - 1989
… was virtually non-existent. At this time, some activists in the Indian community were involved in Black Consciousness organisations. Others associated … with…
Introduction
… The energies of South African Indians, mobilised in the 1890s against growing anti-Indianism in various parts of South Africa, were channelled into a … and…
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 the President of South Africa, Mr. Thabo Mbeki, at the Opening of Civil Society Forum of the WSSD, Johannesburg, 23 August 2002
… and Prosperity. We are especially moved that you are in this country, because in the past you stood side by side with us as we struggled together to defeat…
The South African Congress of Trade Unions
… African Congress of Trade Unions). All the unions there in Port Elizabeth took part in SACTU. I remember the Textile Workers' Union and the Food … I don't…
Speech on the Occasion of Installation as the Chancellor of the University of Fort Hare and on being Awarded the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws by O. R. Tambo, 19 October 1991
… Comrades and friends, I stand here before you today, in all humility, to receive the two great honours this … rich history. The wheel of history has turned…
Address to The 3rd Summit of The ACP Heads of State and Government Nadi, Fiji, 18 July 2002
… of State and Government under the theme - "ACP solidarity in a globalised world." This theme recognises two critical … One of these is the reality that the…
Address to the Joint Sitting of the National Assembly and the National Council on the New Partnership for Africa’s Development, 31 October 2001
… These are Africans who have chosen to define themselves in action. They had grown tired of being told who they are, … Union. It is important that our…
The diary of Maria Tholo - December 2 - 15 by Carol Hermer
… Maria's Diary, Sunday, December 5 Things have exploded in Nyanga. Isaac arrived here early this morning, badly … I know is that a friend of mine, Manuel, is…
Address at the Africa Regional Disability Consultative Conference Johannesburg, 6th May 2003
… Conference. I hope that our visitors had a good stay in our country and would take memorable experiences back … am confident that the deliberations that have…
Bernard Shaw and May Morris
… daughters, but only one of them-May -took a keen interest in his work, attended all the meetings and social gatherings; … as an architect and designer, was a…
PlaceAmaLinde, West of King Williams Town
… of the Battle of Amalinda between Gaika and Ndlambe, in October 1818. The long standing rivalry between the senior … of Xhosaland, Ngqika, and his uncle,…
PlacePhilippi
… was established sometime before December 1896, and in August 1898 its name was changed to Philippi. Philippi is one of Cape Town’s Townships formed, in the…
PlaceRustenburg House, together with its Summer House, Main Road, Rondebosch.
… When the VoC granted land in Rondebosch to the first free Burghers, Governor Jan van … of this Land to be used as an Orchard by the Company. In February of…
EventThe Pondoland Revolts
… The Pondoland revolt in the Eastern Cape refered to the action taken by iKongo to … Bantu Authorities Act of 1951. During a protest gathering in the district…
The Trust Feed Massacre
… An incident occurred in December 1988 which shocked the nation and forever changed … community of Trust Feeds, a rural village near New Hanover in the Natal…
PlaceFrankfort
… farming town situated on the banks of the Wilge River in the Free State province of South Africa. The town was laid out in 1869 on the farm Roodepoort, and…
PlaceOld Drostdy Museum, Rawson Street, Pearston
… This former government building, an architectural treasure in itself, containing some impressive artifacts. Particularly … Drostdy Museum was built by the…
PlaceThe Roman Catholic Church, Polokwane
… This was one of the earliest Churches established in Polokwane (then Pietersburg). Building began in 1895, and the church was completed in 1897. Prior to…
EventFormer Springbok captain Bobby Skinstad is born
… the youngest ever Springbok rugby captain, was born in Bulawayo, Rhodesia (Zimbabwe). Skinstad captained the Springboks in twelve tests. After a semi…
EventTrader and art collector Habib Rajab is born
… Habib Mohamed (A.M.) Rajab was born in Durban. He was a trader and collector of oriental art, remembered for his role in preventing the Grey Street complex…
EventExplorer Karl Gottlieb Mauch dies
… Mauch, allegedly the first person to discover gold in South Africa, died in poverty in Stuttgart, Germany. He made geologic and archaeological …
EventMalawi’s Kamuzu Banda losses election
… Dr. Hastings Kamuzu Banda since independence from Britain in 1964 concedes defeat to Bakili Muluzi in the country's first multi-party election. With 30 years…