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EventBelgium annexes the Congo Free State
… African region in which the Congo (now Democratic Republic of the Congo) lies has been pervaded by conflict and … with local chiefs, but it was only in 1867…
PlaceThe Free State National Botanical Gardens, Bloemfontein
… a Botanical Garden for the cultivation and display of the varied Flora of the Province. Several Sites were investigated in the City Centre, on the Slopes of…
PlaceClearwater, Now Known as Griquastad- in the Northern Cape
… In 1801, William Anderson and Cornelius Kramer , of the London Missionary Society, established a Missionary … little better than their first, and for many…
EventSACTU launches a national potato boycott.
… and slave wages. In articles in New Age the brutality of this system was exposed in 1947, nationalising the issue. … took up the story in 1952, after coming…
EventCheryl Carolus is born
… in London, political activist and Chief Executive Officer of Tourism South Africa, Cheryl Carolus, was born in … on the Cape Flats. At school, Carolus was an…
EventOliver Tambo returns from exile
… Oliver Tambo, former President of the African National Congress (ANC), returns to South … going into exile nearly thirty years ago. Tambo was one of the…
EventBhambatha becomes chief
… was popularly known as the Bambatha rebellion became chief of the AmaZondi people. Bhambatha succeeded to the throne after the death of his father and uncle,…
Chapter 5. A Rebel’s Daughter - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… My mother, as a little girl, escaped the horrors of the concentration camps. When grandfather returned after … a building worker and mother looked after the…
EventThe world pay tribute to former president Nelson Mandela at the FNB Stadium
… 90 world leaders gathered together at the Memorial service of Nelson Mandela, which was held at the FNB Stadium in Johannesburg. Thousands of people sang and…
PlaceAlicedale a Village in Albany District
… A Village in the Albany District, some 42 km West of Grahamstown. Named after Alice Slessor, wife of the engineer who constructed the railway. Its Xhosa…
ArchiveCivil Society vs. the State: identity, institutions, and the Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa
… A dissertation presented to the Facilty of the Graduate School of Yale University in candidacy for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. This dissertation…
ArchiveAfrica South Vol.5 No.2 Jan-Mar 1961
… Gask. The Same Boat, an anon. correspondent. Diary of a Detainee, ‘Tandi’. The Birth of African Nationalism, Lionel Forman. Four Years of Treason, Freda…
EventSisulu is served with two notifications
… Walter Sisulu, was served with two notifications in terms of the Suppression of Communism Act (Act 44 of 1950) . In terms of these notifications Sisulu was ……
EventThe first Boer Trek to Angola that started in 1874 reaches Lake Ngami (Thirstland Trek) in 1875
… The Thirstland Trek is the name given to the exodus of Boer/Afrikaans families, most of them from the districts of Pretoria and Rustenburg, through Northern…
EventThe British government closes its consulate in Angola
… tensions in Angola, with Cuban forces fighting on behalf of the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) and South African troops for the…
The Segregation Fallacy and Other Papers by D.D.T Jabavu
… These papers are selected from a number of essay and address published from time to time and are here … after the necessary alterations for the convenience…
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Bosman Street, Pretoria
… church has its aesthetic origin in the Dutch Golden Age of the 1600’s. The interior for the church is spectacular, its roof freely spanning the whole of the…
Congo gains its independence from Belgium
… The colonization of Congo was precipitated by the persistently violent and cunning efforts of King Leopold II as well as the European explorer, Henry … the…
PlaceRailway Administration Building, bounded by Maitland-, Hanger, St Andrew and Harvey Streets, Bloemfontein
… that year, from 31 May to 4 June, it was the location of unsuccessful negotiations between Presidents Steyn and … in a centrally located station site on the…
EventFearon Fallows, the first Astronomer Royal at the Cape, is born
… especially subjects like mathematics, and at the early age of 19 he became an assistant at a school. He went on to … but yet to be constructed, observatory…
EventScientists uncover possible reason for SS Waratah’s disappearance 100 years later
… the Waratah did not reach its destination, and no trace of the wreckage was found. A number of wreckages, bearing similarities to the outline of the steamer,…
EventProf. James Smith, who identified the first coelacanth found in South Africa, is born
… (now Eastern Cape). He studied chemistry at the University of Stellenbosch, and completed his PhD at Oxford. After he … Smith gradually switched over to…
EventIan Smith announced that he is ready to yield to majority rule in Rhodesia
… This represented an about turn from his announcement of the Unilateral Declaration of Independence on 11 November 1965. On this occasion, Smith … intensified…
Curry and the South African Revolution by E. S. Reddy
… not accept the food they offered until he became convinced of the need for unity with the Indians (and other … she left for Durban to join the Indian passive…
International Council for Traditional Music
… Call for Proposals: 2nd Symposium of the ICTM Study Group on African Musics (Updated on 29 June … The symposium will be hosted by the Department of Music,…
ArchiveArt Fair forced to reinstate Mabulu painting after Goldblatt threat by Matthew Krouse (Mail & Gurdian), 28 September 2013
… Art Fair, running in Sandton until Sunday, has been full of surprises. The Mail & Guardian reported on Friday that … Jo'burg Art Fair 2013 by the event…
SAHO Commemorates 40 Years Since Soweto Uprising: Intergenerational Dialogue by Sindile Moya
… schools in Langa. Moya is currently a full member of PAC provincially, and is still an activist in his community in Langa. He is also an executive member of…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.11 No.1, No.2, No.3 and No.4 1993
… Munsaka; The Jungle Peacemaker, Blessing Museki; The Story of how the Tortoise Shell Became Patterned, Lackson Chibanga; The Return of the dead One Suleimen…
Document 24 - De Klerk’s reply to Nelson Mandela
… in the constitution. 3. There should be no entrenchment of apartheid education through the back door. 4. Provinces … should not be given powers that will…
PlaceDurbanville
… . On 2 September 1836 it was renamed; "D'Urban" in honour of Sir Benjamin D'Urban, Governor of the Cape. Durbanville is not your average Cape Town ……