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EventSouth Africa abolishes financial Rand
… abolished on 10 March 1995. The currency was introduced in the 1960’s and only widely used in the 1980’s and 1990’s. Created by the sale of nonresidents’…
EventPresent UN headquarters is opened
… Nations (UN), which had replaced the League of Nations in 1945, opened its headquaters two years after construction work at UN Plaza in New York, USA, had…
PlaceStatue of President Paul Kruger, Pretoria
… Situated in front of the Rustenburg Town Hall, the work depicts Kruger … Archard. A figure symbolising the arrival of Christianity in the region, it is…
Document 118 - Johannesburg District Communist Party, Call to a Non-European United Front!
… reasons. The Law invites the Boards to cheat Asiatics in this manner and they do so! In a few years time there will be no Coloured or Asiatic t r … inroads…
Call For Renewed Struggle Against Ghetto Act: Joint Statement By Dr G. M. Naicker And Dr Y. M. Dadoo, December 1947
… the view that a restatement of the position is necessary in the light of recent developments. Since the advent of the Indians in this country the first…
Document 18 - Letter from S. P. Bunting to the South African Federation of NativeTrade Unions, 20 September 1930
… assistance for the sending of delegates to the All-in Trade Union Conference at Cape Town, and one for the use … and the Federation which is the essence of…
Appeal for action against Apartheid - Statement issued jointly by Chief Albert Luthuli and Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr,10 December 1962
… Lutuli and the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., 1962 In 1957, an unprecedented Declaration of Conscience was … of the United Nations. The Declaration…
ArchiveSt James Church Massacre
… A terrorist attack on St. James Church in Cape Town, South Africa left 11 people dead and 58 … A black man wearing some kind of overall was standing in the…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community by C. H. Calpin
… Kingdom I first met Abdulla Kajee on the quay at Durban in July 1929, when I stepped off a British India steamer at … and me strange. Yet for those concerned…
"Form united front now": Interview with Albert Luthuli, 5 May 1962
… once it is armed with the draconian powers implicit in the Sabotage Bill may, I fear, ultimately lead to … we have worked so hard to avoid," said Chief A. J…
PlaceMilnerton
… The Cape Town suburb of Milnerton was established in 1902 on the site of the old farm: 'Janbiesjeskraal', and was named in honour of Sir Alfred Milner , Cape…
PlaceJosephine Mill, Boundary Road, Newlands
… under old NMC legislation on 15 December 1978. Newlands in Cape Town is home to the Josephine Mill which was built in 1840. Its machinery ceased operation in…
PlaceFourteen Streams
… Fourteen Streams is located in Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South … Kimberley to Fourteen Streams and thereafter to Vryburg, in…
Passive Resistance, 1946 by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Special Focus: Wrangling between political groups - 1948
… Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer 1948 SAIC in Court The refusal of the President and the Joint Honorary … May last year to discuss certain and…
Resolution of the Executive Committee of the AAC, February 15, 1936 46
… tour has done a vast amount of good we feel the benefit in our organisation. We had touched rock bottom before you came and now a more buoyant spirit is in…
EventDepartment of Environmental Affairs and Tourism approves ESKOM’s prototype 110MW pebble
… reactor (PBMR) at the Koeberg Nuclear Power Station in the Western Cape. Their argument was that this was a potential solution to an emerging energy crisis…
EventUnesco lists Robben Island as a World Heritage Site
… many seals on the island. It was however, discovered in 1488 by the Portuguese explorer, Batholomeu Dias. When the Dutch colonized South African in the 17th…
PlaceThe Free State National Botanical Gardens, Bloemfontein
… Flora of the Province. Several Sites were investigated in the City Centre, on the Slopes of Naval Hill, part of the … last-named site was the most suitable…
EventRiaan Cruywagen was born on this day
… On this day, Riaan Cruywagen was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. He was educated at … obtained a BA degree. He began his career as a journalist in 1965…
August 9: National Womens Day: 25th Annivers
… lettering and illustrations. Notice of August 9th workshop in Durban. Description of origin of Women's Day with two … women's protests. 'We pledge' and…
EventZola Budd and Annette Cowley are banned from the Commonwealth Games
… On 13 July 1986 Commonwealth Games officials in London ruled that two South African born athletes, Zola Budd and Annette Cowley, could not participate in the…
Event12 people are killed after Kenyan jets bombed Somali town
… al Shabaab rebels. Kenya moved its troops into Somalia in mid-October in pursuit of Somali insurgents it blamed for a series of … Kenyan soil and…
EventNigeria imposes sanctions on South Africa, and implements a total trade boycott
… due to objections against South Africa's apartheid policy. In early 1960, Nigeria had decided to ban all imports from South Africa, and was reportedly in the…
EventSolly Sachs leaves South Africa
… Emil Solomon (Solly) Sachs left South Africa to settle in England on this date. He stated that his position in South Africa had become untenable. This move…
EventOmar Badsha, South African photographer, is born
… unionist and political activist, Omar Badsha, was born in Durban on 27 June 1945. Badsha played an active role in the South African liberation struggle. He…
EventANC attacks Koeberg nuclear power station
… In a well-planned attack on the Koeberg Nuclear Power Station in Cape Town, Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) causes heavy damage with … to dispel allegations that the…
EventJournalist Percy Qoboza is released from detention
… detention, together with nine other Black leaders seized in security raids in October 1976. Qoboza was freed as result of an … for his release. After his…
EventThe Ciskei homeland is established
… as an 'independent republic'. The creation of Ciskei was in line with apartheid policies of the South African … were two designated "states" for the Xhosa…
EventTripartite Alliance plans mass action
… South Africa (CODESA) negotiations at World Trade Centre in Kempton Park broke down after Boipatong massacre in 1992. COSATU played a pivotal role in the…
EventLand beyond the Great Berg River is annexed
… was annexed to the new district of Tulbagh, proclaimed in 1804. At the same time the area was declared a separate … Reenen. The region was renamed the…