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EventLuyanda Mboniswa charged with the murder of Marike de Klerk
… old security guard employed at the Dolphin Beach complex in Table View, Luyanda Mboniswa, was charged with robbing, … Marike de Klerk, ex-wife of former…
ArchiveOpen hearts : Open minds : Open city
… Title in blue letters on yellow background. Green circle in centre with slice cut out showing coloured photo of … words - Open City Initiative. Green border…
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Rustenberg
… Construction of this church started in 1898 and completion of the building were delayed by the … British, as a Hospital. The finishing touches were done in…
PlaceHout Bay East and West Forts
… Bay entrance! The site was declared a National Monument in the mid 1930’s. The heritage authorities responsible for … as “Serial Sites” and as such they must…
PlaceGroote Schuur Campus, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch
… Schuur campus of the University of Cape Town, was built in the classical revival style and together with its open … the original campus as designed by…
PlacePolokwane Game Reserve
… Bordering the City of Polokwane in Limpopo, the Polokwane Game Reserve is possibly one of the … One of the biggest Municipal-owned game reserves in South…
EventThe First Anglo-Boer War: Boers defeat the British at the Battle of Majuba
… prompted Disraeli's Conservative government to annex it in 1877. This was an important step in achieving the federation of the South African colonies. ……
Document 72 - Letter from R. T. R. Molefe to London comrades, 21 February 1938
… demands to the manager of Scaw works. 1. Increase of 25% in wages 2. Two weeks paid holidays a year 3. A week notice in dismissal etc. All were rejected. We…
PlaceGrey Street Complex
… the Natal Indian Community. The significance of the area, in the life of the South African Indian community, can be … but most importantly by the City's…
PlaceBoksburg, the Witwatersrand
… The Town of Boksburg was founded in 1887 as the Administrative Centre of the East Rand. It is … goods, clay products, canned foods, and refined petroleum. In…
ArchiveZuma rape case judge stands down (BBC News),13 February 2006
… as he issued warrants for a search of Mr Zuma's offices in a corruption case last year. It is alleged that Mr Zuma raped a family friend - a woman in her 30s…
Document 3 - Peace Treaty of Vereeniging
… of President Nelson Mandela to parliament will go down in the history of our country as one of the most sober analyses of the challenges we face. The manner…
Introduction
… It is common knowledge that Indians came to South Africa in two categories, namely as indentured Indians and as 'free' … the first category of Indians were…
Education for Service
… the awesome responsibility that rests on us at this moment in the history of our country, declare our solemn commitment: … political participation,…
PlaceAndries Pretorius Monument , Graaf Reniet
… a Monument 2,5 km North of Graaf-Reinet. It was erected in honour of the Voortrekker leader General Andries Wilhelmus … the Zulu's under Dingaan, at the…
ArchiveInterview with the Midland Chamber of Industries
… members of the Midland Chamber of Industries headquartered in Port Elizabeth. The aim was to explore their views at a … were at record highs. A partial state…
Black Renaissance: Papers from the Black Renaissance Convention, December 1974
… Renaissance Convention: The educational world of Blacks in South Africa; The Christian challenge of Black Theology; … manifestations of Black Consciousness;…
PlaceDie Stem Parsonage, Simonstown, Cape Town
… structure was erected as a Rectory and Vicarage, in 1815 by building contractor, Herman Schutte, and its verandah was added in 1820. The music for part of…
PlaceRiebeek West
… The village of Riebeek West, in the Riebeek Valley together with its sister town Riebeek East. was established in 1858 as a kerkplaats of the Dutch Reformed…
Culture and Resistance - Cynthia Kross
… This article by Cynthia Kross was published in 1982 in the South African magazine Staffrider. (Vol. 5.2) The … the recent 'Culture and Resistance Festival?…
EventThe Group Areas Act comes into effect
… In 1948 the Nationalist Party won the general election on a platform of separate development. In 1950 the government passed the Group Areas Act, a … for…
EventANC leader Nelson Mandela meets Boutros Boutros
… the possible involvement of the international community in investigating violence in South Africa and, in particular, the convening of the Security Council…
EventPresident F. W. de Klerk announced the opening of four hitherto Whites-only residential areas to mixed settlement
… areas to mixed settlement. They included two districts in Johannesburg, one in Durban, and Cape Town's District Six, which had been a … mixed-race area until…
EventAnti-apartheid activist, Beyers Naude is born
… Christiaan Frederik Beyers Naudé was born in Roodepoort, Transvaal, on 10 May 1915. He was named after … Broederbond. He was one of eight children and was…
EventJani Allan, South African Journalist, is born
… so popular that she was voted “the most admired person in South Africa” in 1987. Her close relationship with Afrikaner … leader Eugène Terre'Blanche was also…
PlaceAnnlin, a Suburb of Pretoria
… of Pretoria North, of the Wonderboom Reserve. Proclaimed in July 1953, it was first administered by Peri-Urban Health Board. In July 1964 it was incorporated…
African National Congress Press Statement by O. R. Tambo, 5 November 1979
… an article that there has recently been a secret meeting in London between representatives of the African National … nonracial and peace-loving South Africa…
!U’S STORY - Photographs 1 - 8
… Africa. Where we live, it is very dry. The big rains come in January, February and March but for the rest of the year, … never falls. During the season of…
ArchiveA Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai
… It is common knowledge that Indians came to South Africa in two categories, namely as indentured Indians and as 'free' … Contents Foreword Acknowledgements…
ArchiveReturning to the scene of the crime by Inside Time (Inside Time), 31 May 2017
… and threats that many of us have experienced, not as names in news reports, but as individuals” he explains. Initially … plan was to focus on people who had…