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PlaceSouth African Library, Cape Town
… The National Library of South Africa, as we know it today, was formed on 1 November 1999 as a result of the amalgamation of the two former National libraries…
EventPeter Mokaba is born
… He was born under the cruel injustices and violence of the Apartheid system. His parents, Albert and Priscilla, … Hwiti High School in Mankweng, he became a…
EventWorld Aids Day is internationally observed for the first time
… Following the January 1988 meeting of Health Ministers in London, a decision was taken that 1 … that, unlike other pandemics such as malaria, the spread of…
EventHajara Ibrahim appears before a Nigerian Islamic court to launch an appeal against her conviction for adultery
… Sharia law refers to a body of Islamic religious laws and deals with aspects of everyday life, such as politics, banking, family, … Since 1999, 12 states…
ArchiveGeorge Peake by David Hemson
… had links throughout Southern Africa and an understanding of the social linkages between struggles particularly in … after the Second World War. He had the…
Document 48 - “The Anti-C.A.D. and the Trade Unions”, The Torch, 1 April 1958
… will be seen already from the discussions and resolutions of the Second Conference, held in 1944. Reporting on the … Bulletin No. 30 January 19th, 1944, said…
Damon – The Malabar Slave (Historic Alleys)
… Read this characterization of a Slave from Malabar (Walks & Sketches – Robert Semple) – He is in all respects the best of the household slaves. Without the…
51. The ‘Satyagraha’ campaign ends
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai The Indian Relief Act of 1914 and the Smuts…
V - The Funeral
… on 25 September. Police actions prevented thousands of mourners from reaching the funeral from Johannesburg, … while roadblocks nearer King William's Town…
PlaceKwaDukuza timeline
… Bantu civilisation in the period from 400 A.D. The site of a later iron-age village of the Lala people can be visited in the Shaka Valley, near … 1500. Ice…
Archive”I am Albertina Sisulu”, Interview from Blue Portraits
… Sisulu. Metetiwe. Born in the Transkei, in the district of Tsomo on twenty-first October 1918. Educated in a lower … school that took me up to high school in…
ArchiveThe South African Choir’s pathbreaking tour: 1891 – 1893 by Martin Plaut, 6 January 2017
… United States played an important part in the development of the South African intelligentia. They found in America currents of thought that they could learn…
PlaceAkkedisberg Mountain Pass
… coastal pass on the R 326 links the small Farming Town of Riviersonderend with the quaint coastal hamlet of Stanford and the coastal road to Hermanus. The…
PlaceTable Mountain, Cape Town
… The World famous Table Mountain is part of the scenic Peninsula Mountain chain that stretches from … Valleys, Bays and Beaches bound by the cold waters of…
PlaceRissik Street Post Office, Johannesburg
… The correct name of Johannesburg's Old Post Office clock is the "Coronation … next apply to the prevailing authority for the demolition of the Old Post…
EventThe Dutch Indiaman, the Nieuwe Haerlem, is wrecked in a storm in Table Bay
… 1488 in an attempt to find a sea route to the spice lands of East Asia, numerous Dutch ships, called Indiamen, dared … navigational instruments that could…
PlaceSprings
… The Town of Springs, East of Johannesburg, is on the East Rand, or what is now known as the Metropolitan area of Ekurhuleni , in the Gauteng Province. It was…
PlaceOld Presidency
… This building served as the official residence of the presidents of the former Republic of the Orange Free State, it was declared a National Monument …
EventOn 17th November 1921 Professor Richard van der Ross was born in Plumstead, Cape Town
… completed his higher education diploma at the University of Cape Town (UCT) in 1940 and became a teacher at the Karoo … in 1946. In 1952 he was appointed as…
PlaceElaandslaagte, a Mission Station in Kwa Zulu Natal
… Elandslaagte was a mission station of the Dutch Reformed Church of South Africa, and was probably founded in about 1860. The … 1875 census indicated that the…
PlaceRaadsaal Building, Church Square, Pretoria
… Raadsaal Building is located on the South-Western corner of Church Square and forms an important part of the Historical Architectural character of early…
PlaceSAAF Memorial and Museum
… This memorial is built on Bay Hills and offers a clear view of the Air Force Base at Zwartskop. The outline of the Voortrekker Monument is also visible from…
EventViolence erupts during Defiance Campaign
… that followed, four White people were killed. The Campaign of Defiance of Unjust Laws (commonly known as Defiance Campaign) started on 26 June 1952 as a…
EventPetronella Nellie du Toit South African soprano singer is born
… Nellie du Toit began her singing career at tender age of nine, and by the age of sixteen she began to sing opera. After completing her … the Diploma in Opera…
EventThree British mercenaries are sentenced to death for their part in the Angolan civil war
… In January 1976, a group of 100 mercenaries crossed over from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (then Zaire) to Angola in order to support The National…
PlaceCuylerville
… A party of 256 from London led by Lieutenant John BAILIE, R.N. sailed … after Colonel Jacob CUYLER, 59 Regiment. Divisions of the party were directed by…
PlaceColesberg, Northern Cape
… The Village of Colesberg was founded in 1830 on the site of an abandoned station of the London Missionary Society, and was named in honour of …
PlaceGoodman Gallery
… instrumental to the development and professionalisation of how commercial galleries are structured within South … Africa and the continent, as well as the…
EventFirst enslaved people arrive in Cape Town
… had a human cargo: 174 slaves. This was the first shipment of slaves to arrive in South Africa, and marked the beginning of almost 200 years of slave trade…
EventInaugural Women’s Legacy Dialogue
… was in context with Women’s month. The event consisted of women leaders from government, the corporate sector and … Wendy Luhabe, social entrepreneur, chair,…