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DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES
… misery. We don't want to hate and despise one another. In this world there is room for everyone. And the good earth … We have developed speed, but we have…
EventDurban Declaration is published denouncing Thabo Mbeki’s AIDS denialism
… Declaration was a statement signed by over 5 000 people in the scientific community stating that HIV caused AIDS. The declaration was signed and published in…
The Clanwilliam Arts Project / Lantern Festival 2017
… Back for the 17th year in a row! Magnet Theatre in patnership with The UCT Drama Department, The UCT College … Dance Theatre, will be working with some 700…
EventWillie Smith, South Africa’s bantamweight champion boxer is born
… William “Willie” Alexander Smith was born in Johannesburg on 4 July 1904.[i] Smith’s boxing debut took … won the bantamweight title at the 1924 Olympic Games…
PlaceMadikwa Game Reserve, North West
… Many of the Farms described by writer Herman Charles Bosman in his short stories no longer exist, quite a number having … into Madikwe Game Reserve. Wildlife…
PlaceGuinea-Bissau
… fragility, dating back to its independence from Portugal in 1974. The country is one of the most coup-prone and politically unstable countries in the World…
EventTumi Molekane, the South African hip hop artist and poet is born
… Boitumelo “Tumi” Molekane was born in Tanzania on 16 August 1981. [1] At the time of his birth his parents were living in exile due to the Apartheid regime…
EventBevil Rudd, the Olympic gold, silver and bronze medalist
… Bevil Gordon d’Urban Rudd was born on 5 October 1894 in Kimberley, Northern Cape.[i] He is the grandson of Charles … company.[ii] Bevil was educated at Saint…
EventTumi Molekane, the South African hip hop artist and poet is born
… Boitumelo “Tumi” Molekane was born in Tanzania on 16 August 1981.[1] At the time of his birth his parents were living in exile due to the Apartheid regime…
PlaceMonterey House, Klaasens Road, Wynberg
… it served as a private preparatory school for boys and in 1982 the building was restored by the Seardel Investment … 27 December 1985. Monterey Nursery…
PlaceWierda Bridge, Six Mile Spruit, Pretoria
… girder Bridge is one the first of its kind to be Built in South Africa. It was Built in 1891 and is based on the hinge system, with heavy … being lower than…
PlaceDjibouti
… beaches. It's home to one of the saltiest bodies of water in the world, the low-lying Lake Assal, in the Danakil Desert. The nomadic Afar people have ……
EventMass Democratic Movement (MDM) begins their Defiance Campaign
… was a non-racial coalition group that was initially formed in protest to the Tricameral Parliament. It was one of the … Albertina Sisulu and Helen Joseph…
EventExplorer and navigator Vasco da Gama completes his voyage round the Cape of Good Hope to India
… his early life. Da Gama was said to have been educated in the town of Evora, where he studied navigation and mathematics. In 1497, he set out with a crew of…
EventBantu Women’s League protests against pass laws
… developments, the Bantu Women's League (BWL) was formed in 1918 as a branch of the ANC. Charlotte Maxeke was elected … system. As early as 1913 protests…
Entering Namibia without visas
… Committee on South West Africa visited South West Africa in 1961 with the approval of the South African Government.] … to take over the administration. …
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Bloemfontein
… on 13 November 1848, and its services were initially held in the Raadsaal, a humble thatched building in St George's Street. On 6 January 1849 Major Henry…
PlaceWarden, Thabo Mofutsanyana Municipality
… is a Hundred Years old (the Town celebrated its Centenary in September 2013). There is a larger than most Dutch … (seating as many as 1750 people at a time),…
Nelson Mandela Correspondence around financial problems
… fact that he had responsibilities and dependants. Nelson, in the loneliness of his cell, worried about the survival of … Mandela breaks her government bans…
John Vorster Square revisited as Timol inquest reopened by Ernest Mabuza (Timeslive.co.za), 27 June 2017
… Timol on Tuesday afternoon visited the scene of his death in October 1971 - John Vorster Square police station. The … the 10th floor of the building. An…
ANC Statement on the 40th anniversary of Chief Albert Luthuli`s death, 20 July 2007
… the legacy of an outstanding South African leader. Writing in the foreword, President Thabo Mbeki recalls the day the … tells of the occasions that Chief…
EventHaile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia, warns the League of Nations that he is going to mobilise his forces after threats of invasion by Italy
… "the scramble for Africa" by the major European powers in the late 19th century. Both Italy and Ethiopia were members of the League of Nations, founded in…
EventThe birth of the Treatment Action Campaign
… 15 people protested on the steps of St George's Cathedral in Cape Town to demand medical treatment for people living … didn't realise that AIDS medications…
Book 2: The Impact and Limitations of Colonialism - Glossary
… on many other parts of the world. It reached its peak in the late nineteenth century. In South Africa, the colonial period began with the arrival of Jan van…
PlaceCape Province- 'Province of Good Hope' or previously the- Cape Colony
… trading post was started by Jan van Riebeeck , who arrived in 1652. At first most of the Europeans worked for the DEIC, … Dutch, French and German people…
PlaceLovedale Missionary School
… Steve Biko — were to be educated. Lovedale was established in 1824 by John Bennie and John Ross of the Glasgow … Thyume Valley . Lovedale officially opened…
Killings at Ntshanga, 29 December 1996
… The ANC in KwaZulu Natal strongly condemns the killing of our people in an ANC stronghold at Tin Town, Ntshanga near Durban … 6. Bongani Hadebe The ANC calls…
Pro Veritate
… of power and discriminatory legislation are discussed in order to raise Christian consciousness and awareness to effect peaceful social change in those…
PlaceGeorge Division
… were separated to form new divisions at Mossel Bay in 1848, Knysna in 1856, Oudtshoorn in 1858, and Uniondale in 1879. Originally the region had …
EventThe Biafran War erupts as Nigerian forces invade the Republic of Biafra
… as one country. It served the British to have the country in turmoil because it would make it much easier for them to … 300 ethnic groups, with the more…