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PlaceNelson Mandela Bridge, Johannesburg
… 295 metre span that is lit up in all the colours of the rainbow at night. (It's one of the really striking attractions of Johannesburg!) The Bridge, which…
Cape Slave Naming Patterns by Robert Shell
… Cape Town in 1804 he correctly noted the significance of the naming pattern for Cape Slave owners: It may here be … most honourable to those deities at whose…
46. The Gandhi-Smuts compromise explained
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai On 28 January 1908, Gandhi and two of his…
Address by ANC President Jacob Zuma to ANC National General Council fundraising dinner at Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre, 19 September 2010, Durban
… Kgalema Motlanthe, ANC Officials and NEC members, Captains of business and industry, Special guests, Good evening, we … us. Tomorrow we start the third…
PlacePretoria High School for Girls, Park Street
… for Girls was started by Lord Milner in 1902 as part of his efforts to anglicise the Transvaal under British Occupation. And so it was that a group of 106…
52. Gandhi: my experiences, 1914
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … and appeared in Gujarati in the Golden Number of Indian Opinion…
PlaceSteve Biko Bridge, East London
… Bridge across the Second Creek, East London, West of Buffalo Harbour. Named in honour of Balthazar John Vorster, 1915-1983. Former Prime Minister of the…
ArchiveChristian principles and race problems by Jan H. Hofmeyr
… This was the first lecture in a series of the Hoernle Memorial Lectures delivered by Jan H. Hofmeyr, who was subsequently a student of Professor Hoernle at…
ArchiveChristian principles and race problems
… This was the first lecture in a series of the Hoernle Memorial Lectures delivered by Jan H. Hofmeyr, who was subsequently a student of Professor Hoernle at…
EventProfessor John Fleming “Jack” Brok dies
… a scientist, physician and a professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Cape Town. Fleming was born on 27 March 1905 in Port … in the Cape…
PlaceKliptown Museum
… The story the Kliptown Open Air Museum tells of the thousands of people who contributed to the drafting of the Freedom Charter through photographs, news…
EventJoe Slovo is born
… and African National Congress (ANC) leader and Minister of Housing was born in Lithuania. From 1950s Slovo became a victim of the government repressive…
EventNational Party wins general election
… The National Party under Dr H.F. Verwoerd claimed majority of votes in a parliamentary general election, Verwoerd's last … before his assassination in office…
EventUN passes resolutions on South Africa
… The UN General Assembly re-affirmed the legitimacy of the region's struggle against apartheid and the legitimacy of armed resistance. The UN General Assembly…
EventCiskeian police disrupt residents’ meeting
… meeting, which was held to inform those residents of Peelton unable to attend a previous meeting, of the incorporation of the whole of Peelton into the…
How Zuma, the smiling spy, controls South Africa by Joe Brock and Ed Cropley (World News), 04 May 2016, Johannesburg
… As head of intelligence for the outlawed African National Congress … from inside and outside the ANC to resign over millions of rand of improper state…
XI - The Verdict
… which he stated that no one could be blamed for the death of Biko: Van Lieres: The real inquiry at this inquest centres … the evidence points to an act or…
ANC NEC meets (30th November, - 2 December 2001), 29 November 2001
… from Friday, the 30th November until Sunday, the 2nd of December, 2001. The meeting will be opened by a political … which is expected to address amongst…
EventThe United Democratic Front (UDF) is dissolved
… Front (UDF) was formed in August 1983, and was one of the most prominent anti-apartheid movements, comprising of over 400 workers', church, civic and student…
PlaceGrey Street Complex
… is the teaming business and residential Indian sector of the Durban City Centre , and is also the educational, cultural and business heart of; the Natal…
PlaceFranschhoek, Western Cape
… Originally known as the Valley of the Huguenots , a Community of French Huguenots were granted land in this Valley by the Dutch Government of the Cape ,…
PlaceOlivedale , Randburg
… had a House erected upon it. During WWII Italian prisoners of war were used to build Improvements on the estate. One of which, a windmill, was built in…
PlaceRosemount
… time as East London, and was located immediately south of the town. By the early 1900s it had been overtaken by … residential development, and in about 1909…
PlaceNqamakwe
… In 1865 a number of Mfengu clans were resettled in the area around Nqamakwe. … and, at a relatively early stage, came under the guidance of European…
Call to A. N. C. Ranks by Albert Luthuli, 1 November 1954
… have not in any way dampened the spirit and enthusiasm of the rank and file, but on the contrary, have fired each … time by willingly and happily carrying an…
PlaceSabie Sands Game Reserve
… the' World-Renowned': Kruger National Park. Today, many of the families who reside here are now third and fourth … Their legacy being mainly; the successful…
PlaceDarlington Dam- Lake Mentz
… P.W.F. Weyers, a former 'Hawker' (an informal seller of goods). He had lost Cattle in an attack by the Boers … and later still, they all disappeared under…
PlaceBerg River
… The Great Berg river used to be navigable for a distance of about 45 km from its mouth and, during the 1880's, it was accessible to a variety of Schooners…
Declaration on Apartheid and its Destructive Consequences in Southern Africa
… back to the year 1986. In this year the Organisation of African Unity, which had accepted that one of its responsibilities, was decolonisation, the end of…
PlaceDoornkop/Doornsluiten
… in 1954. The farm was owned by a White man and comprised of the SADT land and Black freehold farms. The homesteads, of the people of Doornkop, were…