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… then it is time that they, the Coloured races, state in precise terms what line of action they will pursue in the future. Such action on their part, whether they have … for discussion to our Conference, and if Europeans persist in their policy of repression, there will one day arise a …

… At approximately 11:00 PM, John Lennon was shot 4 times in the back as he entered his luxury apartment building on … up the driveway when the gunman opened fire. He was rushed in a police car to St Luke's Roosevelt Hospital Center, where … former Beatle for his autograph only hours before he laid in wait and killed him. After the shooting, Chapman sat and …

… used to be the Transvaal Museum of Natural History, which in turn developed from the 1892 Zuid Afrikaanse Republiek’s … history museum, it is one of the largest of its kind in South Africa. The Ditsong National Cultural History Museum lies on Visagie Street, in the Old Mint, vacated for newer premises in Midrand. It is …

… Dr Abdurahman delivered his Presidential Address, speaking in English. He said that some people wondered at the reason … the congress was necessary or not. He put Education in the forefront of his programme. It was a perennial … as there were children. They were today still far down in the social scale and had many obstacles to contend with, …

… Early Portuguese name in 1503, of Table Bay . Meaning 'watering place of Saldanha', it was given in honour of Admiral Antonio da Saldanha who was wounded there by the Khoikhoi , whilst taking water. In 1601 the name was applied to the present Saldanha Bay by …

… Emoyeni, the ‘Place in the Air’ in Nguni, is located on the highest point, of the highest ridge in Parktown, keeping its original name through the decades. …

… by the Netherlands-South Africa Railway Co, probably in 1896, and is the largest and best remaining example of the Company's architecture in Pretoria. It was declared a National Monument under old … on 2 October 1981. The building was again restored in the early 1960s. However, before this it was vacant and as …

… Wuppertal is a most attractive oasis in a very rugged wilderness, 72 km southeast of Clanwilliam … . The name ``Wuppertal" derives from the Wupper River in Germany , from where two Rhineland missionaries, Theobald … of renowned writer C. Louis Leipoldt ) arrived in the Cape in 1829 to spread the Word among the indigenous …

… that constitute part of this heritage, contributing to it in an important way. It depicts five life-sized miners … weight of the sieve. This is a working fountain, situated in the heart of the Ernest Oppenheimer Gardens. These gardens … memorial to Sir Ernest Oppenheimer, who was a key figure in the local and international mining world, and the first …

… Treaty, which prohibited the testing of nuclear weapons in outer space, underwater, or in the atmosphere. The treaty was hailed as an important … the Soviet Union concerning a ban on nuclear testing began in the mid-1950s. Officials from both nations came to believe …

… were the host of the Africa Cup of Nations Tournament in 1996. It was the national team,  Bafana Bafana’s second appearance in the tournament. They had been unbanned just four years … tournament and were generally thought of as the underdogs. In their maiden appearance in the 1994 edition of the …

… forces besieged the small town of Mafeking (now Mafikeng) in the Northern Cape (now North West Province), situated on … and Blacks under command of Col. Robert Baden-Powell. In the fight preceding the siege two British soldiers were … attack on the town was made under Field-Cornet Sarel Eloff in April 1900, though General P.A. Cronje repeatedly shelled …

… system of Black authorities and the reforms brought about in the agri­cultural sphere were not unreservedly accepted in the homelands. Opposition came from two sides. On the one … and ignored the Black man's demand for representation in the country's central government. On the other hand, there …

… was founded as an Afrikaans nationalist organisation in Bloemfontein, under leadership of Colonel J.C.C. Laas. The OB was evidence of the surging Afrikaner Nationalism in the centenary year of the Great trek (1938) and the … When the Second World War (WWII) broke out in 1939, the OB opposed South Africa's involvement on the …

… medical help that would suit politicos. One medico, in need of therapeutic help, himself, advised me at 5am one … some of us could be sent out of Lesotho amateurs engaged in this "externalising" exercise. We were unable to sleep in our homes unless family in our homes or expatriate friends …

… Address, Cape Town, 13th April 1909 1 The President, in formally opening the Congress, said that, in the first place, he thought they would expect him to thank … that he meant everyone who was a British subject in South Africa, and who was not a European. (Cheers). He …

… the youngest ever Springbok rugby captain, was born in Bulawayo, Rhodesia (Zimbabwe). Skinstad captained the Springboks in twelve tests. After a semi-retirement from South African Rugby in 2004, Skinstad returned in 2007, following a lengthy stay …

… 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 completion occasional services were held by …

… African athlete Zola Budd, who had emigrated to Britain in 1984 to take part in the Los Angeles Olympic Games, announced that she has … international athletics and to return to SA permanently. In April 1988, her name was added to the UN blacklist and it …

… at a young age by his father, and turned professional in 1979. Under the guidance of Theo Mthembu, Matlala won his first professional victory against Fraser Plaatjie in Port Elizabeth in 1980. Matlala then went on to become the South African …

… 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 at … would be able to usher Malawi into a new era. Banda died in a hospital in South Africa in 1997, at the age of 101 and …

… Herschelle Herman Gibbs was born in Green Point, Cape Town, Western Cape. In school he played soccer and rugby, but chose cricket as … handed batsman who made a name for himself at Eden Gardens in Calcutta, India in the 1996/97 seasons, his national team …

… Rev. Robert Selby Taylor was born in the United Kingdom in 1909. His parents later sent him to New Zealand in the hope of broadening his experience. Taylor later … on 21 January 2014]| Tengatenga J. (2010)  The UMCA in Malawi: A History of the Anglican Church, 1861-2010 . …

… 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 from being handed over … and educational development of the Indian community. In 1968, at the inaugural meeting of the South African Indian …

… Mauch, allegedly the first person to discover gold in South Africa, died in poverty in Stuttgart, Germany. He made geologic and archaeological …

… artist, was born on this date. He completed his schooling in the Transvaal. He began his career as a house painter and was inspired to paint by the works he saw in the houses. Maseko gave up house painting and began painting designs and pictures on scarves in a small shop. He was discovered by John Mohl, who taught …

… I must admit at the outset that when we first met in this hall six years ago, we and our people, who looked … were full of great hopes for the future of this Assembly. In the midst of the onslaught then being made upon our … people, and fully realising the hazardous task before us in staving off this onslaught, we were still confident. …

… women returned home, for nothing at all could be left in gaol. It seemed bizarre that after five months, there must … men's gaol, we found most of our friends waiting outside in the street for us, for the last ride in the "singing lorry". We had sung freedom songs every day, …

… it is struck’”, ice was chipped away and the area doused in water. The effects of different water temperatures were … if any areas were still frozen. Variations of these tests in more gruesome forms were performed.” Other “experiments” … you can think of, they did it. I spend a lot of time in Japan. My girlfriend is Japanese. Let me tell you?—?the …