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PlaceOld Anglican Church, Rustenburg
… the building burnt down some years ago and is presently in ruins but then this Church was reconstructed on its present site in 1967. It was originally built…
EventThe North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) is founded.
… hundred and ten thousand military personnel are engaged in NATO missions around the world, either in combat or peacekeeping. In Africa, the organisation is…
EventJomo Kenyatta is elected Prime Minister of Kenya
… Jomo Kenyatta was elected Kenya’s first Prime Minister, in 1963, following that country’s independence from Britain. In 1964 he became the first President of…
EventRetief Goosen is born.
… Goosen, a prominent South African golf player was born in Pietersburg, Limpopo province. Goosen, famously known by his nickname "The Goose" became a…
EventChris Hani is elected SACP Secretary
… African Communist Party (SACP) at its first legal congress in four decades after its unbanning in February 1990. He took over from Joe Slovo, who resigned as…
EventANC members meet with Adriaan Vlok and Gen. Magnus Malan
… Order Adriaan Vlok and Defence Minister Gen. Magnus Malan in Cape Town, to explore the possible involvement of a "third force" in the deteriorating security…
EventOscar Nominations are announced
… first Oscar nomination for a South African film Yesterday in the Best Foreign Language category, was announced by the … and Oscar-winning actor and Academy…
EventEli Weinberg, trade unionist and photographer, is born
… On 28 August 1908 Eli Weinberg was born in Libau, Latvia. Weinberg was a trade unionist and communist … member. He co-founded the African Garment Workers'…
ArchiveTrafalgar High School, Cape Town, marks 100 years
… Nadeem Hendricks, the celebrations will be drawing in ex-Trafalgarians from across the globe who have made their mark in every sphere of their societies. The…
PlaceBo-Kaap, Cape Town
… The stone shown in PHOTO is off the Well, uncovered at the Bo-Kaap Market site upgrade. (LINK PROVIDED IN FURTHER READING) Cape Town is a city built on…
Appeal For United Front, July 1948
… [A joint appeal to all "suppressed" people in South Africa, whether European or Non-European, to form a … Congress and the Natal Indian Congress, at a…
Address to the nation by ANC President, Nelson R. Mandela, on the assassination of Martin Thembisile (Chris) Hani 10 April 1993
… A man of passion, of unsurpassed courage has been cut down in the prime of his life. Chris Hani is known to all of us, … with distinction, earning the…
Will the real PAC please stand up? by Phumza Sokana
… Africanist Congress (PAC) is far from over as two factions in the party battle with each other over the legitimacy of … Mphahlele – is taking place at Fort…
PlaceUNISA’s Department of Art History, Visual Arts and Musicology
… of South Africa, better known as UNISA, was founded in 1873 as the University of the Cape of Good Hope . It is … at the corners of Justice Mahomed and Steve…
PlaceWave Crest, 181 Main Road, Kalk Bay
… Built on a Site upon which two of the earliest Cottages in Kalk Bay already stood, the first having been erected in 1846. Instead of Demolishing these…
EventSwazi King Sobhuza II dies
… In 1982, the small kingdom of Swaziland was shocked when His … reign of sixty years and was the longest reigning monarch in the world at the time. King…
EventAmnesty application of Gideon Nieuwoudt fails
… former police officer Gideon Nieuwoudt, for his role in the death of Steve Biko in 1977. In a seven page decision of the Amnesty Committee chairman …
EventPFP Leader Colin Wells Eglin born
… Federal Party (PFP), Colin Wells Eglin was born in Sea Point, Cape Town. During his political career, Eglin was instrumental in the merging of the…
PlaceRiebeek East
… a Kerkplaats. The village of Riebeek was established in 1842, and was named in honour of the first Dutch Governor of the Cape, Jan van Riebeeck . Its name…
EventChoirmaster, educator and singer Mary Eveline Fincken is born
… choirmaster, teacher of singing and educationist was born in Hoyland, Yorkshire, England. She came to South Africa in 1908 for health reasons. Fincken was…
ArchiveTowards racial justice: will there be a change of heart?
… South African Institute of Race Relations on July 3, 1979 in which the author portrays the social and political injustices in South Africa. Further…
African Statistics Day
… year on the 18th of November. This event was initiated in 1990 by the Subsidiary Body of the United Nations Economic … and Demographers. The day is…
Message by Oliver Tambo on the 40th anniversary of the three doctors` pact, 09 March 1987
… anniversary of the signing of the Xuma-Naicker-Dadoo Pact in March 1947. This significant revolutionary pact, signed on … Democratic Front (UDF), the broad…
Planned DA march to Luthuli House, 23 January 2014
… march to its headquarters is unnecessary and an exercise in adventurism. We further we view it as a provocative and … Our democratic order has also created a…
PlaceAalwynkop Peak, Mpumalanga
… 5 km West of Balfour and 20 km South-East of Heidelberg, in the Gauteng Province of South Africa . The name is of Afrikaans origin and means 'aloe hillock'…
PlaceSeychelles
… of Whites, Indians and Africans. The Islands remained in French hands until the defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo. … was ceded to Britain under ' The Treaty of…
PlaceKenilworth
… . The spectacular Kenilworth Racecourse is found in the midst of the suburb of the same name, which is … Racecourse Conservation Area (KRCA), established in…
PlaceCasa Labia,198 Main Road, Muizenberg
… Clifford Hume Knight purchased the land in 1901, and subsequently built his residence upon it, a large dwelling designed in a neo-Renaissance style with…
PlaceMalay Quarter, Cape Town
… began to expand along an east-west axis. The first houses in this neighborhood were probably built in 1790 but between 1795 and 1820 an increasing number of …
PlaceKirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens, Cape Town
… lives up to its reputation as the most beautiful garden in Africa and one of the great botanic gardens of the world. … Cape Town’s, Table Mountain …