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Oration by the President of the Republic of South Africa, Kgalema Motlanthe, at the funeral service of the late Cleopas Mododa Nsibande, 3 January 2009, Benoni
… and white. During its founding conference on the 05 and 06 March 1955, SACTU clearly signalled its advanced …
PlaceAnnis River, near Kuboes in the Northern Cape
… Stream rising between Ploegberg and the Oemsberg about 14 km South-East of Kuboes. The name is said to mean, 'the …
Kirstenbosch Summer Sunset Concerts 2017
… January 2018 Prime Circle 7 January 2018 The Parlotones 14 January 2018 Fokofpolisiekar 21 January 2018 The Soil 28 …
PlaceHarbour Board Building, Port Elizabeth
Known popularly as the 'White Building'. The old Harbour Board Building was used for 70 years for harbor administration by the South African Railways and…
PlaceMoletzie Bird Sanctuary
… 12 tail feathers (in other species of this genus there are 14) and the inner dark brown secondary feathers contrast …
EventQueen Elizabeth ascends to the throne
On 17 November 1558 the British Queen, Queen Elizabeth I ascended to the throne following the death of her half-sister, Mary. The Queen of England, who was…
EventUN report accuses Katangan President and Congo President of conspiracy to murder Patrice Lumumba
… On 14 November 1961 Katangan President, Moise Tshombe, and Congo …
Known as Black Tuesday’, the New York Stock exchange collapsed sending economic shockwaves throughout the world and throwing the global economy into depression
Tuesday, 29th October 1929, saw the world's economy go into recession as the New York Stock Exchange collapsed and saw shocked investors withdraw their…
EventTurkish newspapers criticise of ANC leader Nelson Mandela for refusing to accept Turkey’s peace award
… On 14 May 1992, Nelson Mandela, leader of the African National …
EventJonas de la Guerre leaves the Cape in an expedition to the north
… with Pieter van Meerhof as second in command, along with 14 European volunteers and three 'Hottentots'. They trekked …
EventGeneral Louis Botha wins elections
… that the Immigrants Regulation Act was passed on June 14 1913. The Act put an end to Indian immigration and …
EventKitchener succeeds Roberts as Commander-in-Chief
… war as approximately 26 000 Boer women and children and 14,000 Black South Africans died in over-crowded, unsanitary …
EventANC sacks its chief whip Mbulelo Goniwe, after finding him guilty of sexual harassment
… two charges and was fired as the chief whip of the ANC on 14 December 2006. He also lost his parliamentary seat and his …
ArchiveAll That Glitters - In the city by Emilia Potenza
… the land which Africans could own from 7,5% to about 14%. But it placed more controls over tenancy on farms. 1937: … other people. It served a row of five…
PlaceMapungubwe Cultural Landscape, Joining South Africa with Zimbabwe and Botswana
Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape is an open, expansive Savannah Landscape at the confluence of the Limpopo and Shashe Rivers. Mapungubwe developed into the…
ArticleTuberculosis
… be improved to better facilitate the TB treatment process [14] . Dr Cox argues that the lives of patients are complex … with a 73% cure rate and a 9% drop…
PlaceFunda Community College
… has been teaching painting and drawing at Funda since 1986 and is currently the director. When Rorke’s Drift art …
David Goldblatt by Jean Dykstra, 11 September 2011
… Garden, Bloubergstrand and Table Bay, Cape Town, 9 January 1986 shows a manicured lawn leading down to a beach and …
EventRay Alexander Simons, founder of Food and Canning Workers Union, arrives in South Africa
… for the African Communist under various pseudonyms and in 1986, she was elected life president of FAWU. The role played …
EventBophuthatswana decide not to publish report of Smith Commission
… of inquiry into the shootings at Winterveld on 26 March 1986 because, according to the homelands minister of Foreign …
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1950 - 1959 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… - Two Conflicting Portraits by Syed Abul Hasan Ali Nadvi, 1986. 8. Broad aspects of Shi'ite Religion by Muhibbudeen … of the Arabic Study Circle was held on…
Township Uprising, 1984-1985
… and the Soweto Parent's Crisis Committee was formed in 1986 to try and solve the problem. The UDF leadership, and in …
A growing urban African population
… of Sophiatown's population was made up of property owners, 14% were tenants and a staggering 82% were sub-tenants. This …
ArticleBloemfontein Timeline 1824-2010
… between Bloemfontein, Johannesburg and Pretoria. 14 July, President Brand dies of a heart attack. December, …
PlaceStilfontein
… below sea level'. The mine, which began producing in 1986, is near the town of Carletonville, some 90km south-west …
PlaceOriental Plaza, Fordsburg, Johannesburg
Indoor bazaar with shops selling bargains from clothing to home-ware to spices, plus food stalls. Established in the Johannesburg suburb of Fordsburg in the…
PlacePiquetberg
… 11,587 residents, of whom 4,939 were literate 1904 census: 14,434 residents, of whom 6,894 were literate In 1833 the …
EventFIFA World Cup is staged in Africa for the first time
… of achievements during the football celebration with 14 million signatures, 1 million of followers every week and …
EventThe Queen mother Elizabeth is born.
… passed with merit.When the World War I started, she was 14 years old and her family home, Glamis Castle, was used as …
EventThe Aula, auditorium of the University of Pretoria, is opened by the Governor
… year in 2008. The University of Cape Town Act (Act 14 of 1916) and the University of Stellenbosch Act (Act 13 of …