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EventSoweto agrees to pay rent
… In a meeting between the Soweto People's Delegation (SPD) … boycott by the residents of Soweto. The SPD was engaged in the negotiations to create a just…
EventCOSATU headquarters Johannesburg is sabotaged
… Since its formation in 1985, Congress of South African Trade Union (COSATU) was … to physical attacks and arrests by the government agents. In the early…
EventIFP proposes truce with ANC
… Oscar Dhlomo , communicated the peace offer to the ANC in exile. Despite this effort, the IFP still maintained … responsible for the violence between the ANC…
EventSheik Yusuf arrives at the Cape of Good Hope
… with his family and retinue; they were forty-nine people in total. In order to minimise his influence on enslaved people at the … Zandvliet, located outside…
EventCharles Swart, a student ranger from Mangosuthu Technical College, is killed by a leopard
… tour guide and student from Mangosuthu Technical College in Durban, Charles Swart,was attacked bya hungry leopardon … who try to cross the park to find a…
PlaceFort Cunynghame
… together with Komgha and a number of other establishments in the Transkeian Territories, was manned by the Frontier and … Police. It was named after…
EventChristoffel Coetzee de Villiers (37), compiler of South African genealogical registers, dies
… Location: back to this day in history search archive Christoffel Coetzee de Villiers was born on 10 March 1850 in Swellendam, in the Cape Colony (now Western…
The child who was shot dead by soldiers at Nyanga by Ingrid Jonker
… screams Africa screams the smell of freedom and heather in the locations of the heart under siege The child raises his fists against his father in the…
EventChris Hani, the SACP secretary-general, is assassinated
… to many as Tshonyane (his clan name), was shot and killed in the driveway of his Boksburg home. Soon after, Janus Walus, a Polish immigrant who came to South…
EventFormer Egyptian President Anwar al-Sadat is born
… al-Sadat was a graduate of the Royal Military Academy in Cairo . During the 1952 revolution which saw the end of British rule in Egypt, Sadat, who would…
Address at the Opening Ceremony of the 16 Days of Activism Campaign, Motherwell, 25 November 2004.
… on No Violence Against Women and Children. This is in support of the national cause to unite in the fight against violence and abuse of our women and … to…
ArchivePostage stamps: second quarter 1990
… White background. Yellow scrollwork in four corners. Grey oval in centre containing replicas of postage stamps issued in Southern African countries in 1990…
SAHO Commemorates 40 Years Since Soweto Uprising: Intergenerational Dialogue by Olehile Bada Pharasi
… did not make sense at all. What saddened me most was that, in the midst of all this, 40 years after the June 16 1976 … not been resolved. 21 years on,…
ArchiveOpening Address of Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory and Commemoration Project, by Nelson Mandela, 21 September 2004, Johannesburg
… enemies. Sometimes they used these documents as evidence in court cases. Sometimes they used them in various forms of intimidation. Sometimes they simply ……
PlaceKronendal, Main Road, Hout Bay.
… of Kronendal was part of land granted to Willem Basson in 1713, although it was only developed as a farm towards the … converted into Kitima Restaurant –…
Quotes by Steve Biko
… is we, the indigenous people, who are poor and exploited in the land of our birth. These are concepts which the Black … realise that they are also human, not…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the International Conference on African Development (TICAD) Summit, Yokoyaha, Japan, 28th May, 2008.
… Theme: Boosting Economic Growth in Africa. We thank the Prime Minister, the government and … whose outcome will assist us to boost economic growth in Africa…
PlaceNew Brighton Location
… of this disease. The plague reached Port Elizabeth in 1901, and although its spread affected all sectors of the … Brighton Township grew around the railway…
PlaceMofolo Arts Centre
… Located on Mzilikazi Street in Mofolo, the Mofolo Arts Centre is a hub of cultural and artistic exploration in Soweto. The centre is one of the few…
PlaceDan Pienaar, suburb of Bloemfontein
… Dan Pienaar is a tranquil, upmarket suburb in Bloemfontein - regarded as one of the safest suburbs in the country! It is an excellent place to raise one’s ……
PlaceSomerset Road, Green Point
… Green Point was established sometime before June 1846, and in 1870 its name was changed to Somerset Road, presumably to … it from another Settlement also…
PlaceGreat Brak Rivier
… with his wife and four children, emigrated to the Cape in 1859. They landed at Mossel Bay following a sea voyage of … could handle and employed his first…
Statement by the National Executive Committee of the ANC - 20 September 2008
… on the 12th of September by Judge Chris Nicholson. In particular, we have focused on the implications of the … and we are determined to heal the rifts that…
EventViolence erupts during Defiance Campaign
… The first violence during the Defiance Campaign erupted in New Brighton, near Port Elizabeth . According to reports … retreated from the station and surged…
EventThami Mazwai, former journalist and anti-apartheid activist, is jailed for two years
… Act. At the time Mazwai was a journalist with the Sowetan. In the early 1980s the Nationalist Party government was … flowing from the unrest that had gripped…
PlaceOliewenhuis Art Museum
… South African artists. It is the only museum of its kind in the Free State and one of the youngest art museums in the country. Oliewenhuis was designed by…
PlacePampierstad
… or Tswana word meaning Help/Assistance) was established in the former homeland of Bophuthatswana in the late 1960's. It was located 31 km North-West of Jan ……
PlaceTwo Oceans Aquarium, Cape Town Waterfront
… The Two Oceans Aquarium in Cape Town is all about fun and entertainment, for Adults … rare seahorses, and colorful clownfish. Immerse yourself in the…
PlaceTransvaal Museum, now known as the National Museum of Natural History
… The City's natural history museum, founded in 1892, serves as the home of "Mrs Ples" and includes … the Staatsmuseum of the ZAR on the 1st of December 1892. …
EventDaniel Arap Moi is elected President of Kenya
… Daniel Arap Moi was elected President of Kenya in what would be his twentieth year in office since his swearing in, in 1978 following the death of Mzee Jomo…