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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'…
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…
PlaceWits Art Museum
… Situated on the ground floor of University Corner in the heart of Braamfontein, The Wits Art Museum is one of … from the Nelson Mandela Bridge . Its’…
Placem'Bashe Lighthouse
… way between East London and Port St Johns. It was back in 1890's that the Cape Colonial Lighthouse Commission, … a hilltop just west of the present…
PlaceNewington Road Victorian Houses, Port Elizabeth
… semi-detached dwellings forms a unique terrace erected in the late 19th century, and survives largely unaltered to … NMC legislation on 15 July 1983…
EventDr. Hendrik Verwoerd announces his plan to grant Transkei independence
… such as defence, foreign affairs and justice would remain in the hands of the central government in Pretoria. On 26 October 1976, the Transkei gained … its…
EventHendrik Verwoerd becomes Prime Minister
… ratified the Promotion of Bantu Self-Government Act in 1959. The Act classified black people into eight ethnic … his plea for a republic. This was also the…
EventSeretse Khama is re-united with his British wife
… was considered the rightful heir to the Ngwato chieftaincy in Botswana (then known as Bechuanaland) and became a chief … of the Bangwanto tribe. Seretse…
EventBishop Desmond Tutu leaves for the USA to meet with American President Ronald Reagan
… More particularly, he is renowned for his involvement in the fight against apartheid. This included his support for … engagement with the apartheid…
EventMinister announces compulsory education for Black children
… education for Black children would be introduced in stages, with a first programme beginning near Pretoria. … at the beginning of 1981 for children entering…
EventFree, compulsory education for Black children
… education. Moreover, there was growing shortage of schools in rural and township areas for Black education. The … that given to White schools. The ratio of…
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…
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…
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…
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…
EventZwelethu Mthethwa found guilty of murder
… a young sex worker, aged 23, on the 13th of April 2013, in Woodstock, Cape Town. Judge Patricia Goliath sentenced Mthethwa with intent in the form of dolus…
PlaceRhodes University, Grahamstown
… Rhodes University, founded in 1904, the University has a well-established reputation for … among the best undergraduate pass and graduation rates in South…
Extracts from the book ‘A long walk to Freedom’. Nelson Mandela’s autobiography
… minority regime to the people as a whole. This will usher in a new era characterised by the complete eradication of the … movement faced certain objective…
PlaceFort Klapperkop
… The walls were crenellated to make defense possible in the event of the forts being surrounded. Trenches and … embankment. By May 1986 planning had been…
PlaceEllis Park
… known by its old name Ellis Park Stadium, was constructed in 1928 and was first named for Mr J.D. Ellis who initially … Park has been the site of numerous…
EventPiet Retief’s Great Trek manifesto is completed
… Voortrekkers are leaving the Cape Colony. It is published in English in the Graham's Town Journal on 2 February 1937. To … Cape Colony it is important to…