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PlaceCurry's Post
… Curry’s Post is a beautifully scenic area in the heart of the Midlands Meander that lies between Mooi River and … hole’ during the gold and diamond rushes as…
PlaceCity Hall, Cape Town
… This is a large Edwardian building in the centre of Cape Town city. It was built in 1905, on the Grand parade, West of the Castle of Good Hope. Messrs Henry…
EventArchbishop Owen Cardinal McCann becomes South Africa’s first cardinal.
… Roman Catholic Church Archbishop of Cape Town, Owen McCann, an enemy of Apartheid, became South Africa's first Cardinal when he … policy and related matters…
EventLuc Montagnier, virologist who discovered the human immunodeficiency virus, is born
… France. He studied natural sciences at the University of Poitiers and received his license of sciences from the University of Paris in 1955. In 1960 he…
EventRiots erupt in Soweto
… On 27 August 1986 a crowd of more than 500 marched to council offices in Soweto, … and that they had also been setting fire to several homes of local Black…
EventNkosi Sikelel’iAfrica composer, Enoch Sontonga dies
… Enoch Mankayi Sontonga, writer and composer of the National Anthem Nkosi Sikelel' IAfrica (God Bless Africa) died at the age of thirty-two. He wrote Nkosi…
PlaceAlbany, Eastern Cape
… by Sir John Craddock, In 1811, he was appointed Governor of the Cape Colony and commander of the forces on that station, resigning in 1814 and being … was…
EventFormer Colonial Prime Minister John Merriman dies
… South African statesman and the last prime minister of the Cape Colony before the formation of the Union of South Africa in 1910, John Xavier Merriman, died…
ArchiveANC womens section : South African women march to freedom
… List of womens demands reprinted by the Federation of South African Women as set out in the 1955 Congress of the People. Green, yellow, black and white…
ArchiveWomen and the Satyagraha Campaign
… passive resistance campaign Before union, at the turn of the century, conditions for Indian families were very … but soon daughters and wives, who had to…
ANC ‘Military High Command’ Leader Interviewed
… African police today launched a campaign to fight a spate of urban bombs. There have been about a dozen bomb blasts in … Town - the latest today in Pretoria…
GANDHI THE PRISONER
… A comparison of prison experiences and conditions of Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela in South Africa 1 by … African Government during the first and second…
PlaceEmpangeni
… just off the N2, is positioned in the hilly countryside of the Uthungulu district. The area around Empangeni brings … languid days. It is only 15 km away are…
PlaceAlberton, Germiston
… Town 6 km West of Germiston and 11 km South of Johannesburg. It was laid out on the Farm, Elandsfontein … Named after General Hendrick Abraham Alberts,…
Ubuntu Awards 2018
… recognise South African citizens who embody principles of Integrity, Passion, Patriotism and Humility. 2018 marks the centenary of the first democratically…
PlaceHaarlem
… Sixteen kilometers East of 'Avontuur' and 29 kilometers from Uniondale , a village … City, near Amsterdam in Holland!) The tiny settlements of Haarlem and …
PlaceJansenville, Eastern Cape
… Willem Janssens (1762-1838), the last Batavian Governor of the Cape. Lying North West of the Upper reaches of the Addo Elephant National Park, Jansenville…
PlaceOld Town House, Greenmarket Square, Cape Town.
… As the town of Cape Town grew in size and sophistication, so then its … began to require a meeting place to discuss the affairs of the Burgher Council. Early…
PlaceElim
… fishermen’s cottages and fig trees. This town is one of the few surviving South African mission stations . It was … historical town! Elim is worth a visit…
EventDelagoa Bay railway line is officially opened
… railway line was completed a few years after the end of the first South African War (Anglo-Boer War) and the restoration of the Transvaal Republic after it…
PlaceFreedom Park
… The site of Freedom Park was carefully chosen, a 52 hectare undeveloped hill overlooking the city of Pretoria. It was here that the nation’s heroes would be…
Document 5 - “Trade Union Notes”, The Bolshevik, March 1920 (Extract)
… Notes", The Bolshevik, March 1920 (Extract) The action of the Executive of the Mine Workers' Union in calling upon the miners to scab upon the striking…
EventMandela smuggled out the country and appears in Addis Ababa
… in 1962, Nelson Mandela was smuggled across the borders of South Africa. He was granted an Ethiopian passport by … attacks were committed by uMkhonto we…
EventSt James Church massacre
… Azanian Peoples' Liberation Army (APLA - the armed wing of the Pan-Africanist Congress) operatives attack St. James Church in the Cape Town suburb of…
EventSouth Africa, Cuba and Angola Sign formal peace agreement, allowing Namibian independence from South Africa
… The agreement was the culmination of months of intense diplomatic efforts brokered by the United States. … in New York City, provided for the phased…
EventKen Saro-Wiwa, Nigerian author and environmental activist, is executed
… Born in the Ogani District of Nigeria, Ken Saro Wiwa studied English at the Government … the River State Cabinet, he was dismissed for his support of Ogani…
EventThe Johannesburg Stock Exchange is established
… is established in Johannesburg to facilitate the explosion of trade sparked by the discovery of gold in the Witwatersrand. The discovery of gold in 1886…
EventPower Struggle in Zulu hierarchy
… A heated dispute between Mangosutho Buthelezi, Minister of Home Affairs and leader of Inkatha Freedom Party, and his nephew King Goodwill … escalated during…
PlaceTree Garden, President Brand Street, Bloemfontein
… Old Presidency Museum. A walk along here is a highlight of any visit to Bloemfontein. In front of the 3rd Raadsaal (NALN) you’ll find the historic Tree ……
Reports Concerning Slaves from India in South Africa
… Jacob van der Heiden, a political prisoner, spent part of his confinement in April-May 1706 in a dungeon in the … took a liking to his brown companion and…