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EventGovernment withdraws ten police officers from service
… them. The possible major standoff between the generals and De Klerk seemed to have been resolved when on 25 March … that Deputy Police Commissioner Lt.-Gen…
EventTranskei announces it is re-establishing diplomatic relations with South Africa
… The break of diplomatic relations between South Africa and Transkei became official when Kaizer Daliwonga Matanzima … from the non-aggression pact between…
EventPaul Kibii Tergat Kenyan professional long distance runner is born
… from 1995 to 1999. He came second in the 1996 Atlanta and 2000 Sidney Olympics, losing by a small margin to Haile … of Ethiopia. Tergat has broken several…
EventKaNgwane is proclaimed a self-governing territory.
… Africa. It was situated along the border with Swaziland, and its capital was at Louieville. Kangwane was granted … into South Africa, like the other nine…
EventFrance’s war in Morocco ends with Treaty of Tangier.
… in Morocco. He also had to agree to remain neutral and not assist any enemy of France in any way. A peace treaty was signed in Tangier on 10 September 1844…
ArchiveEllen Kuzwayo
… will make the resumption of the process more difficult and may lead to the loss of further lives. Annexures A-F … observations relevant to issues raised in…
EventManne Dipico, former Premier of the Northern Cape, is born in Kimberley
… Emsley Manne Dipico, activist, politician and former Premier of the Northern Cape Provincial … ended in 2004. He is now the Provincial Chair of the ANC and…
EventThe South African War field doctor, Arthur Conan Doyle is born
… The author of Sherlock Holmes and field doctor in the South African War of 1899-1902, … Edinburgh in 1859. The son of Charles Altamont Doyle and Mary Foley…
EventDie Huisgenoot, oldest still existing Afrikaans magazine, appears ten months after Die Burger
… Burger. Today, the magazine is simply known as Huisgenoot and has been converted into a weekly magazine. It has the … acquired two sister magazines, YOU, its…
EventSouth African President Charles Roberts Swart opens the first session of the Transkei Legislative Assembly
… of South Africa would continue to assist the Transkei and would train its successors in office. His speech came a … independence with Matanzima continuing as…
1983, Volume 7 Dawn page 3 Article: Response to a Crisis
… with the continuous manoeuvres to consolidate their power and maintain white supremacy - the rule of the few over the … Often, as history shows, resorting to…
Document 25 - Response by Nelson Mandela to De Klerk’s 2 July 1992 memorandum
… disappointed at the threats to withdraw the Bill if Labour and Business do not reach an agreement on areas in deadlock. … the view that the areas of…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.1 No.2 May-Jun 1978
… Content and Contributors Letters on the banning of Staff rider No 1 Athol and Sheila Fugard, Andre Brink, Directorate of Publications, … , Poems Christopher…
EventRhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith visits the United States, challenging officials to support his plan for the transition of government in the country.
… Smith reluctantly began to yield to diplomatic pressures and international sanctions. Further urging from then U.S. … that they eschew war. But exiled…
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Wellington East
… into use in 1840. The vestry was added two years later and two wings were added to the building in 1861. The … Ds Murray moved to various congregations over…
PlaceRuth Prowse School of Art
… Elson Rd, Woodstock , Cape Town, was bequeathed as an Arts and Culture Centre. Prowse was a respected Artist and advocated for the preservation of Historical…
EventA 19 year old Mzwandile Kekana is testifying at the trial of 14 Cookhouse people charged with murdering a teacher.
… entry, but a smaller group forced their way into the house and found Mr Mnyalatyo in the bedroom and killed him. He mentioned in court that he did not see…
EventArmed Policemen appeared at Langa funeral service
… door during the service. People started panicking, pushing and jostling against each other in a bid to get out of the … Civic Organization reported that…
PlaceAmanzamnyama, a small size Town in Kwa-Zulu Natal
… Life Orientation; Technology; Management Science and Tourism. aManzamnyama is a stream and is located in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The estimate …
EventTunisia: The self-emulation of Tarek el-Tayeb Mohamed Bouazizi sparks the Jasmin Revolution
… police confiscated his wheelbarrow full of fresh produce and publically humiliated him. Bouazizi, in his frustration … uprisings in Egypt, Algeria, Libya,…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.6 No.1 1984
… Contents and Contributors STAFFRIDER, VOL. 6 NO. 1, 1984 CONTENTS, … Caroline Cullinan; Percy Sedumedi; Features: Turkish Tales and Some Thoughts on South…
ArchiveInterview with Duma Nokwe
… studied at St. Peter's School in Johannesburg, Fort Hare, and the University of the Witwatersrand, where he pursued … he was a defendant in the Treason Trial…
TRAC (Transvaal Rural Action Committee) Newsletter, 1983 - 1990
… with removal as well as those already "persuaded" to move and living in conditions giving rise to unemployment, poverty, disease and malnutrition. The…
PlaceOfficers’ Club, Military Base, Wynberg
… original buildings constructed at the base between 1797 and 1807 have been demolished; a few of those built in the … Club) which was declared a National…
PlaceRailway Station, Main Road, Wynberg
… company was taken over by the Cape Government Railways, and the line, which had originally been built to the Standard … The extension to Muizenberg opened on…
PlaceBergvliet Farmstead, Bergvliet
… farm complex consists of a Cape Dutch house built in 1769, and a ring wall and outbuildings which were erected towards the mid-19th …
PlaceKlapperkop Fort, Pretoria
… Not only is it fast becoming a popular jogging, cycling and mountain biking destination, but with the introduction of … South African Republic (ZAR). The…
PlaceThe Roman Catholic Church, Polokwane
… in Polokwane (then Pietersburg). Building began in 1895, and the church was completed in 1897. Prior to completion … who is generally entrusted with a…
EventThe South African Government orders the slaughter of 30 000 ostriches in an effort to contain an outbreak of bird flu
… over 2000 birds in the Middleton area of the Eastern Cape and quickly spread. On 8 August, the government ordered the … as well as the movement of poultry…
EventFlorence Nightingale opens the first school for nurses at the St. Thomas hospital in London
… Florence Nightingale was a revered English nurse, writer and statistician. Nightingale chose to become a nurse over the popular role of wife and mother…