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PlaceAkkedisberg Mountain Pass
… dates back to 1776 and is one of the very oldest passes in South Africa! The Akkedisberg Pass runs along the R 326 … Akkedisberg Pass. The Klein River, which…
PlaceSt James, Cape Town
… derived its name from the Church of St. James, built there in 1874. The railway line from Muizenburg only reached St. … a large tidal pool, which is very…
Azikhwelwa on Monday. Flyer by Soweto Students’ Representative Council calling for a stay-away from 13 September 1976
… the oppressors, namely: Operation Azikhwelwa!! The racists in our last demonstration called by the cynics a riot-lost … it out with the oppressors rather…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the unveiling of the mural celebrating the adoption of the new constitution Cape Town, 8 May 1996
… Friends and Fellow South Africans; In the history of our country there have been many decisive … are gathered here to celebrate the progress we have made in…
Statement by President Mandela on receiving the report of the TRC Pretoria, 29 October 1998
… country it was when we adopted the Interim Constitution in 1993, when, together, we resolved to overcome the legacy … of what we sowed at the end of a South…
”Opening Address” at Annual Conference of the South African Indian Congress, by Dr. S. M. Molema, January 25, 1952
… contemptuous of their conscience and their God, and now in a frenzy of self-adulation preparing to embrace each other and shake their bloody hands in…
EventBeverly Palesa Ditsie is the first out lesbian woman to address the United Nations about LGBT rights
… about the importance of including lesbian rights in discussions about the empowerment and upliftment of women. … addressed about considering the realities of…
EventCourt verdict made on the sinking of the SS Mendi
… into the events that had occurred. The hearings took place in London before the magistrate, J.G. Hay Halkett with the … caused the sinking of the Mendi. The…
EventKhulane Morule, the Motswako rapper is born
… popularly known by his stage name ‘Khuli Chana’ was born in Mmabtho, North West province on 27 August 1982.[i] He is a … albums, namely his debut album The…
PlaceMowbray
… The village of Mowbray was established in about 1853 on the farm Welgelegen, in an area more commonly known as Drie Koppen. This name was … been impaled,…
PlaceRailway Station, Muizenberg
… impressive building surmounted by a Clock Tower was built in 1912-13 and was officially opened on 7 June 1913 by the … was declared a National Monument under…
Beyond the Apartheid University?
… made towards Africaness? 4. Universities and their roles in the promotion of citizenship and the public good: What … stomach? 5. Governance and the failing…
PlacePinetown and its Museum
… yet interesting museum. A range of topics is featured in the museum, which focuses on local history. Displays … of early settler history. Anthropology is…
Event90-Days Act comences
… The General Laws Amendment Act of 1964 (passed in 1963) or the 90-Day Act, commences on this day. It is … allows people convicted of political offences to be…
EventEditors oppose legislation on media control
… and administer a strict code of conduct, functioning in much the same way as a court of law. For the press, this … the major newspaper proprietors jointly…
EventFighting breaks out on the Johannesburg market square
… assaulted after strikers attacked them with stones. In the period of 1910 to 1914 organised labour began to find its feet in the Union. The first trade…
PlaceFort Wiltshire
… military during the frontier war of 1818-19, and was named in honour of Lt-Col Thomas Wiltshire of the 38th Regiment, … confluence of the Keiskamma and…
PlaceCamdeboo was called Aberdeen, Eastern Cape
… the new church, and it was named Aberdeen, after the town in Scotland where a minister of the Church, Andrew Murray, had been born. In 1858 the first Village…
PlaceCR Swart Building
… restaurant. The name change of the old CR Swart building in Bloemfontein to honour former Cuban president Fidel Castro … ago. The Democratic Alliance, as the…
PlaceHazyview
… outdoor crowd. A shimmering heat haze, hanging over town in summer gave it its name, still the beautiful surroundings … 3 000 plant species. Hazyview was…
ArchiveThe end conscription campaign 1983-1988: a study of white extra-parliamentary opposition to apartheid
… Thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Arts in the subject history at the University of South Africa. … chapters on…
PlaceOfficers’ Club, Military Base, Wynberg
… exception of the Castle, the oldest military establishment in South Africa. Its history has long been neglected. … 1797 and 1807 have been demolished; a few…
EventCape Coloured Board agrees with the Department of Education on the establishment of an Art Centre for Coloured children
… The Cape Coloured Board agreed, in principle, to the establishment of an Art Centre for Coloured children in Cape Town. The resolution was taken during a…
PlaceCuyler Manor, Uitenhage
… outskirts of Uitenhage is Cuyler Manor; a Historical giant in Nelson Mandela Bay gently tucked away between the … Dutch house reflects a bygone era. The…
PlaceConstitution Street House 14, Port Elizabeth
… 1983. Donkin Street is a famous tourist street located in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape. The street is lined with the … a completely unique charm. It…
EventGeneral Secretary of the ANC, journalist and writer, Solomon Plaatje dies
… Johannesburg. He was a prolific journalist and writer and in 1912 became first secretary-general of the South African Native National Congress (SANNC), which…
EventFifteen African states tabled a draft resolution at the UN denouncing racial discrimination
… (UN) Economic Commission for Africa at Leopoldville in Congo, fifteen African states tabled a draft resolution … is commemorated annually on 21 March. On…
EventInternational Labour Organisation (ILO) suspends South Africa
… body of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) voted in favour of suspending South Africa from participation in its Annual General Conferences in Geneva…
EventSouth West African People’s Organisation (SWAPO) is founded to oppose South African rule
… West African People's Organisation (SWAPO) was founded in Windhoek, South West Africa (presently Namibia) on 19 … became the country's leading party…
EventNovelist and poet Kgadime Matsepe is born
… Matsepe, Northern Sotho novelist and poet, is born in Magagamatala (Brakfontein or Mmitse), Groblersdal … for his work Kgorong ya Mosate (At the king's court…