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PlaceHaarlem
… the Berlin Mission Society and was named Anhalt-Schmidt , in 1860. This Village however had already been named Haarlem … today. (presumably named after the…
PlaceWynberg Park, Southern Suburbs
… In the heart of Cape Town lies the beautiful Wynberg Park! … pretty. The 'Krakeelwater' River’s Spring actually begins in this Park. Wynberg Park is renowned…
PlaceSalt River
… the Village of Salt River was established is not known but in 1665 the Settlement is recorded to have overlooked a Fjord … consisted of an Inn and several…
PlaceElim
… surviving South African mission stations . It was founded in 1824 as the third Moravian mission station in the Cape. Today it is halfway on the dirt road…
PlaceFreedom Park
… on 1 June 2000, and the Freedom Park Trust was established in 2001 to develop the heritage project. Construction of the first phase began in July 2003, and…
EventReported arrest of London bomb mastermind, Rashid Aswat
… The suspected mastermind of the bomb attacks in London on July 7 hid in South Africa for several weeks before being arrested in Zambia last week. Cable News…
EventSir Bartle Frere, the new British High Commissioner delivers an ultimatum to Cetshwayo the Zulu king to disband his army’
… his army, handover offenders. Frere who was appointed in 1877 wanted to pursue the idea of creating a Confederation … realised that Cetshwayo was a major…
An extract of the speech delivered by Albertina Sisulu on the first anniversary of the UDF
… born For today our baby that will rule this South Africa in future is born The multiracial baby, the United Democratic … born on this date last year when one…
PlaceTree Garden, President Brand Street, Bloemfontein
… along here is a highlight of any visit to Bloemfontein. In front of the 3rd Raadsaal (NALN) you’ll find the historic … trees and five orange trees (although…
65. Letter from the Natal Indian Congress to Smuts, 1945
… and collaboration, took over Indian political leadership in 1945. A deputation led by the president of the Natal … measure of confidence amongst Indians, as…
EventMbongeni Ngema was born on this day
… On this day Mbongeni Ngema was born in Kwazulu Natal. He has distinguished himself as a renowned … Woza Albert, Township Fever and Mama. He was inducted in…
On Post Colonial African Liberation Movements
… to speak into the conversation of liberation movements in Africa post supposed Independence, how they are complicit in the continuation of the neo-colonial…
EventMiriam Makeba returns to South Africa
… This Day in History: 10 June 1990 Miriam Makeba returned to South Africa on 10 June 1990 after 31 years in exile. Known as Mama Africa , she had left in 1959…
Message by Albert Luthuli to people of Western Areas, 7 February 1955, Johannesburg
… [Protest meetings were held in South Africa in February 1955 denouncing the government`s use of force to … unity, and as long as the people are courageous…
ArchiveMandla Mandela wants inquest into deaths of Stompie Seipie, Dr Asvat, 19 January 2018, South Africa
… activists Stompie Seipei and Abu-Baker Asvat in 1989. He made the call in a statement welcoming a Supreme Court of Appeal judgment … who was 14 when he was…
ArchiveThe agrarian problem
… and intellectuals. The agrarian problem is discused in length in connection with the distribution of the population and the type of work that people are…
PlaceElsie’s River
… also known as Elsie's Kraal River, was probably named in honour of one Elsje van Suurwaarde, a widow who outlived two husbands and farmed in the area in 1698…
EventThe British High Commissioner for Basutoland, Bechuanaland and Swaziland issues the Prevention of Violence Abroad Proclamation
… persons to conspire against, incite, or instigate violence in South Africa or other neighbouring countries. The history … for the administration of the…
EventUDF is launched
… Front (UDF) was launched at Rocklands Community Centre in Mitchell's Plain in Cape Town on 20 August 1983. Its inception was inspired by the union of anti…
EventSoweto High School under siege
… South African Defence Force soldiers, travelling in a convoy of more than ten armoured vehicles, surrounded the Thaba-Juluba high school in Soweto and…
EventAllan Boesak guilty on charges of fraud
… Justice, was found guilty of fraud by Judge John Foxcroft in the Cape Supreme Court. He was accused of embezzling … projects of the Foundation for Peace and…
EventAdriaan Vlok applies for amnesty
… Reconciliation Commission (TRC) for amnesty for his role in the bombing of a trade union headquarters in Johannesburg in 1987. He became the first apartheid…
EventFormer Prime Minister H.F. Verwoerd is born
… prime minister and chief architect of apartheid was born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, to Willem Johannes Verwoerd … Anje Strik. Driven by a strong sympathy…
EventThe Young Communist League (YCLSA) is officially formed
… formation of the Young Communist League (YCL) were laid in 1921 when the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) was established. Youth groups were formed in…
PlaceElizabeth le Roux Hostel, Bloemfontein
… old lamps, and border trellis work. The building is built in a victor The foundation-stone of the Elizabeth le Roux Hostel was laid in 1899. During the Anglo…
EventThe Johannesburg Meteorological Observatory opens
… the first director of the centre. It was officially opened in 1905 and the first telescope was installed in 1906. The Observatory sits on a hill in the…
Constitution of the African National Congress (South Africa), January 1958
… of the Congress shall be: To unite the African people in a powerful and effective instrument to secure their own … To promote and protect the interests of…
ArchiveInterview with John Daniel
… Oral interview, conducted in Mbabane, with John Daniel, a student leader at the … African Students (1966 and 1968). He then spent 23 years in exile,…
EventJan Smuts is born
… Smuts, who became South Africa's second Prime Minister in 1919, was born on the farm Bovenplaats near Riebeeck West in the Cape. Smuts had a distinguished…
EventANC leader, Oliver Tambo, dies after a long illness
… the African National Congress (ANC),Oliver “OR” Tambo died in Johannesburg after a long battle with illness. Tambo was born in the village of Bizana in…