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EventJacob Abraham Uitenhage de Mist and his daughter Augusta leave on an exploration of the interior
… to be left behind, and continued the journey, with her bed in one of the wagons. They passed via Beaufort West, Prince … journal, which recorded this journey…
EventBambatha Rebellion
… The Bambatha Rebellion took place near Greytown in KwaZulu-Natal. The first signs of discontent started at … lived off the land as farmers, tenants on White…
EventMorgan Tsvangirai becomes Prime Minister of Zimbabwe
… Morgan Tsvangirai was sworn in as Prime Minister of Zimbabwe on 11 February 2009 as part of what was known as The Unity Government, in partnership with…
EventNongqawuse’s unfulfilled prophecy
… A period of hardship set in for the AmaXhosa after their defeat in the Eighth Frontier War (also called Eighth War of … and their cattle herds were…
PlaceAfrica South Art Initiative (ASAI), University of Cape Town
… Initiative (ASAI) is a non-profit company, specializing in research and publication on the visual Arts in Africa. ASAI began in 2005, concerned with the lack…
ANC Gauteng Province pays tribute to Comrade Lawrance Phokanoka,15 July 2005
… ANC Gauteng Province dips its banner in tribute and honour to a stalwart of our national … known as Comrade “Phokes”. Comrade Phokes, who was based in the…
PlaceAlabama, Klerksdorp
… Township 6 km West of Klerksdorp in the North West . It is said to take its name indirectly from the State in South-East America. Named after, the…
PlaceNelspruit
… of giraffe necks, giraffe being a common animal in Mpumalanga . ('The gym inside is impressive, but the large investment in this stadium is under utilised.')…
EventA fishing trawler off the South African Coast catches a coelacanth
… In 1938, thirty two-year-old Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer was the curator of a small museum in the port town of East London, northeast of Cape Town, … which…
Timol Inquest: He was murdered but culprits are dead, court rules
… courtroom clapped after Judge Billy Mothle ruled that in 1971 the SACP’s Timol was pushed by members of the Security Branch out of a window in John Vorster’s…
20. Johannesburg Parsees claim special status
… of the rights and privileges usually reserved for whites in the South African Republic. But their arguments did not … to the fact, that your memorialists'…
The diary of Maria Tholo - February 16 by Carol Hermer
… This group was Amahlubi boys who had been circumcised in Herschel in the Transkei - but they lived here in Guguletu, so their parents made a feast for them…
Albert Luthuli`s foreword to pamphlet published by the South African Congress of Democrats, 8 August 1960
… have screened off from each other Black and White in South Africa. Our knowledge of each other is scanty and … that so many should thus be made to live…
PlaceTokai Arboretum, Tokai Forest
… The Arboretum was laid out in 1885 by Joseph Storr Lister, Conservator of Forests of the … Colony, thus marking the beginnings of a Forestry Industry in…
Acceptance speech of the President of the ANC, Nelson Mandela, at the Nobel Peace Prize Award Ceremony Oslo, Norway, 10 December 1993
… Rev Martin Luther King Jr. He, too, grappled with and died in the effort to make a contribution to the just solution of … outside our country, had the…
Constitution of the ANC Youth League, 1944
… support and reinforce the African National Congress, in its struggle for National Liberation of the African … POWERS OF OFFICIALS: (a) President: (i) He…
Statement by Malusi Gigaba, ANCYL President, at the funeral of Cde Wanga Sigila, late SASCO Deputy President, Cape Town 23 October 1999
… the gods again with no room to offer them. Having failed in the service of the gods, I shall run to my den in the sewer pipe down by the river and hide from…
ArchivePACT = TPA = Government
… White poster. Title in blue letters in oblong boxes outlined with three blue lines. COSAW Logo in blue . Civil Association of Southern Transvaal Logo in …
ArchiveThe National Committee for Liberation (ARM), 1960-1964: sabotage and the question of the ideological subject
… Thesis submitted in fulfillment of the requirements for the MA degree in History at the the University of Cape Town by Andries du … is aimed both at…
PlaceMontecasino
… Montecasino is located in the suburb of Fourways in Northern Johannesburg. The casino and entertainment … and is named after the village of Monte Cassino…
ArchiveAll That Glitters by Emilia Potenza
… The discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand in 1886 was a turning point in South African history. Far more than diamonds, this … agricultural society to…
EventThe Natives Resettlement Act, Act No 19 of 1954 is passed
… residents were forcefully removed to Meadowlands in Soweto . In January 1955 the government deployed security police in Sophiatown in anticipation of a major…
EventAndrew Charles Hudson, South African cricketer is born
… Andrew Charles Hudson was born on 17 March 1965 in Eshowe, Natal (KwaZulu Natal). He distinguished himself as a cricketer by playing in 35 tests and 89 One…
EventEnoch Mgijima dies
… Mgijima (Mgizima), Fingo prophet of the Israelites sect in the Eastern Cape, died in Ntabelanga, Queenstown. His followers, believing Enoch's … outside…
EventAllan Boesak is arrested
… Dr. Allan Boesak was arrested and appeared in court on charges of trying to enter a Black township … without permit, but charges were subsequently dropped…
EventKimberley swimmer Karen Muir (12) sets new world record
… Karen Muir became the youngest official world record-holder in swimming history when she recorded 1min 8.7sec for the 110 … she became not only the youngest…
EventAfrikaans author, Lulu Latsky is born
… author of Afrikaans books, mostly for children, was born in Carnarvon, in the Karoo region of South Africa. Latsky was known for her … science editor for the…
EventPrince Eugene Napoleon is killed during Anglo-Zulu War
… of France, Eugene Louis Jean Joseph Napoleon, who studied in England at the Royal Military Academy and joined the British forces, was killed in the Anglo…
EventGriqua leader Andries le Fleur is born
… le Fleur, Griqua leader (kaptyn) and visionary, was born in Herschel, CC. He was the son of Abraham le Fleur and one of the leading figures in Griqualand…
EventVoortrekker leader Andries Pretorius dies
… Former Commander-General of the Boers in Natal and later Republican statesman, Andries Wilhemus Jacobus Pretorius, died on his farm in the Magaliesberg area…