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EventNizaam Carr, the South African rugby player is born
… Nizaam Carr was born in Cape Town on 4 April 1991.[i] He is a professional South … rugby for Bishop Diocesans.[ii] Nizaam played Craven Week in 2009, and was…
PlaceNewlands
… In 1700, Governor Willem van der Stel was granted land some … officials. Translated into English means: 'New land'. In 1791 the property was sold to the…
PlaceRondebosch
… In 1657 a group of four free burghers were granted land in an area south of Table Bay at the Cape of Good Hope . Jan … of the Liesbeek River. By 1670 this…
PlaceShangana Cultural Village
… who speak isiTsonga, one of the official 11 languages in South Africa. The Village, which was built by locals, is … Kruger National Park. The picturesque…
EventIt is widely reported that British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher criticised the ANC, calling it a terrorist organisation
… comments made at this press conference and at the summit in general help cement her reputation as a supporter of South … as demanded by almost all the other…
EventNapoleon assembles his army near Aboukir, Egypt
… for the French and secured France's occupation of Eqypt. In June 1798 Napoleon's army departed France to conquer … Nelson. After the Ottoman Empire declared…
PlaceThe Fourth Raadsaal, Bloemfontein
… The Raadsaal building which currently stands in President Brand Street, is the fourth such to have been … Following the abolition of the Orange River…
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Bibliography
… William and Saul Dubow (eds.). Segregation and Apartheid in Twentieth Century South Africa . London, Routledge, 1995. … Elizabeth van Heyningen and Nigel…
Freedom for Namibia by Toivo Herman Ja Toivo (1968)
… by the Southwest African People's Organization (SWAPO). In the address below which was originally published in April, 1968, Toivo Herman Ja Toivo, a SWAPO…
Address at the 58th session of the United Nations General Assembly 23 September 2003
… said about the deaths of the dedicated UN workers who died in the bombing of the UN Headquarters in Baghdad last month, including Sergio Vieira de Mello, an …
EventGraça Machel is born
… and wife of former President Nelson Mandela, was born in Gaza, Mozambique. In her quest for peace and reconciliation in her country she became Chairperson of…
PlaceCarlisle Bridge, Eastern Cape
… of Farmsteads and is known as Carlislebrug. It is located in the Cacadu Municipality in the Eastern Cape!. The original bridge was built in 1863 over the…
ArchiveBolt: Magazine of the Literary Society, University of Natal, Durban Vol.1 No.2 1970
… CONTENTS Isotopes. For women in Trouble, Douglas Livingstone. The Problem of Censorship, … Thinking, Rick Turner. Whites Only, Christopher Hope. In a…
PlaceVictoria Tower, Uitenhage
… 1910 from a settlement with a typical Dutch Layout popular in the Cape Colony at the time of the founding of Uitenhage - … the street edge, with all the…
EventLiberian President, Samuel Kanyon Doe publically offers to resign
… Liberian President, Samuel Kanyon Doe offered to resign in response to rebel incursions in his country. Doe was eventually kidnapped during a truce … Court …
EventANC and IFP to meet over violence
… that they would hold a meeting of the two parties in Durban, in an attempt to end the escalating violence in Natal and in the townships of the Reef. The…
EventSecond biggest archaeological discovery of the century at Sterkfontein
… discoveries of the 20th century was documented in the South African Journal of Science on this date. Dr Ron … skeleton of a 3,5 million year old hominid (ape…
EventSir Abe Bailey, Rand mine magnate and politician, marries Mary Westenra, pioneer aviatrix
… Westenra on 5 September 1911, and together they settled in Johannesburg. Lady Mary Bailey, as she was later known, received her pilot's certificate in 1926,…
EventBlack, Coloured and Indian churches issues a statement on Immorality Act and the Mixed Marriages Act
… statement stating that the Churches had no objection in principle if the authorities thought that circumstances … intermixing of couples of different races…
EventJean-Bedel Bokassa, ruler of Central African Empire, crowns himself.
… on 4 December 1977. Bokassa was overthrown by the French in 1979. He fled the country and went into exile in France. The Central African Empire was dissolved…
EventFirst Women Anti-Pass Campaign starts
… About 700 women marched to the Bloemfontein City Council in the Orange Free State to petition the mayor. The Orange Free State was the only province in which…
PlaceGold Reef City
… was flooded by prospectors after the discovery of gold in 1886. With its Victorian houses and geological displays, it offers many fascinating insights into…
EventRuben Xulu is born
… South African artist Ruben Xulu was born in Hlabisa, Natal. Xulu, born deaf, began carving with … on a life-long career of producing religious sculptures in…
EventSouth African artist Michael Zondi is born
… March 1926, Michael Zondi, a South African artist was born in Msinga in Greytown , Natal. He was trained in woodwork at the Swedish Lutheran Mission Trade…
Chapter 8
… 1943 When the All African Convention held its Conference in Bloemfontein, on the 16th and 17th December, 1943, the … African National Congress was holding…
The diary of Maria Tholo - August 16 - 24 by Carol Hermer
… We didn't even go out Saturday evening. We went to church in the morning but no one would say a word about all that's happening because we have this informer…
Statement at the 50th Session of the OAU Coordinating Committee for the Liberation Of Africa by O. R. Tambo, Harare, 13 May 1988
… and greatly inspire the masses of our peoples in Namibia and South Africa who are presently locked in battle with the most vicious monster that has ever…
Address at the 8th Asean Summit, 5 November 2002
… from the peoples of Africa. It is fortuitous that we meet in Cambodia, whose King and Head of State belongs to a … leaders who came together with their…
Address at the National Summit of Unity and Reconciliation Kigali, Rwanda, 18 October 2000
… other things to convey our own best wishes for success in the important work in which you are engaged of achieving unity and … very much for offering me an…
14. Suicide among indentured labourers
… Pachai By far the largest number of Indians (152 184 in all by 1911) who came to South Africa were indentured. … There are hundreds of medical and employer…