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EventCosatu celebrates its 18 th anniversary
… its 18th anniversary by becoming the first trade union in the world to sponsor a CD. The recording of Solidarity … both the musicians and delegates. Cosatu…
EventDevastating storm hits Mount Ayliff, Eastern Cape
… On this day in history, at least 22 people were killed and 4000 left homeless, when a severe storm hit Mount Ayliff in the Eastern Cape Province of South…
EventSheila Cussons is born
… poet Sheila Cussons was born at Moravia, near Piketberg in the Cape Province. She studied fine arts at the University … Cussons moved to Israel but continued…
EventGen. J.B.M. Hertzog founds the Free State National Party
… officially established the Free State National Party in Smithfield, Orange Free State. As the National Party was … federal basis, separate branches of the…
EventErmelo is founded
… industrial and commercial centre of a 7,750m² district in Mpumalanga Province of South Africa was founded by the … Dutch Reformed Church, who was converted…
Speech by President Mandela at the Chief Albert Luthuli Centenary Celebration, 25 April 1998, KwaDukuza
… for the treatment of Chief Bhambatha's injured warriors in 1906. This year marks the centenary of the birth of one of … will last forever to us who worked…
ANC statement on the Heritage Day, 24 September 2014
… appreciation of the world community. We need to take pride in our ability to appreciate the positive step that has rebuilt in us a new sense of belonging and…
Frances Baard Launch of the ANC Volunteer Corps, 11 July 2013
… The African National Congress in the Frances Baard Region will be launching the Luthuli … Jim Summers Hall at 14h00. All volunteers will be engaged in a…
PlaceAgtersuurberg, Eastern Cape
… present Venterstad district, Eastern Cape. It was laid out in 1875 and attained Municipal status in 1895. Named after the owner of the land on which it was ……
PlaceKookfontein
… of our wine. Climate is considered the principal factor in the potential style and quality of wine that a region can … climates have consistently produced…
PlacePump House, corner Prince and Sir George Grey Streets, Oranjezicht.
… it is used to pump water from the Robinson Dry Dock in the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront. It is also the building … introduced whereby water from the mountain…
PlaceTable Bay
… Dias was the first European to explore the region in 1486. The region of the Western Cape which includes the … shores of Table Bay they came into contact…
PlaceRhodes Memorial, Vredehoek- Table Mountain
… were modelled on those at the base of Nelson’s Column in Trafalgar Square. Cecil John Rhodes was Prime Minister of … 1890 until 1896. He is among the most…
PlaceRiversdale, Western Cape
… In August 1838 the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) at Swellendam … the Doornkraal 'Steyns' featured prominently. This time in the governance of the Town when…
PlaceJutten Island, Saldanha Bay
… oyster catchers were counted on Jutten Island March 2000. In 1702 the treasure ship; 'Merenstein ' wrecked on the … Merestein were several chests of silver…
EventThe Afrikaans Protestant Church, a breakaway faction of Dutch Reformed Church, is formed
… Church members which took place towards the end of 1986 in Pretoria, where a resolution to appoint a committee to … founding a new church was taken. That…
EventLabour Party Colonel Creswell’s move to support the war wins majority
… at the Labour Party's annual conference which was held in East London in January of the same year. As war agitation mounted, the … grew speedily…
EventFour South Africans and a British national charged with illegally exporting military equipment to South Africa
… claims that South Africa was completely self sufficient in terms of its arms manufacturing capability, the Apartheid … modern radar systems, while the gas…
EventSix PAC members are sentenced for the killing of PAC leader David Sibeko
… state of emergency after the banning of the organization in 1960. He soon became a leading figure within the … was responsible for the establishment of new…
EventEllis Park soccer stampede kills 43
… At least forty-three people were killed in a stampede at Ellis Park stadium, Johannesburg , at a … the ground. A police spokesman put the figure at 120,000…
EventPolice head admits to Khotso House bombing
… Commissioner (1990-1995), admitted that he gave the order in 1988 for the SAP to blow up Khotso House on 31 August … conveyed this order directly from…
EventOrigin of Johannesburg’s name is explained
… In reaction to an inquiry, officials in Pretoria replied that Johannesburg was named after Johann … the name Johann(es) occupied positions of authority in…
Event200th Anniversary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act
… 200-year-celebration of the abolishment of the slave trade in the British Empire. The Abolition of the Slave Trade Act … British slave trade as was envisaged…
EventPaul Kruger is elected president
… Joubert with 3 471 votes to 1 171. Kruger was sworn in on 9 May 1883 as state president and announced a policy … struggle waged by the Boer republic against…
EventPublic places of recreation for whites only, are proclaimed
… Public places of recreation in white areas were proclaimed in accordance with provisions of the Group Areas Act of 1950. … also listed sporting events,…
EventPAC leader Robert Sobukwe is born
… brother. His earliest education was at a mission school in Graaf Reinet. After completing Standard 6 Sobukhwe … for the safety of his family and left his…
EventA strong delegation of the ANC NEC members arrives at Caculam, Angola
… centre of the ANC’s military wing, Umkhonto we Sizwe(MK) in the town of Malanje, Angola. Normally, such a visit by the … of the Union for Total Independence…
PlaceAlverstone, a Railway Station near Drummond
… Hill. Takes its name from a flat-topped Hill nearby, which in turn takes its name from Lord Alverstone, president of the … Commission on Martial Law…
PlaceAll Saints Mission, Eastern Cape
… An Anglican Mission in the Xuka River valley, 4 km East of Ngcobo. Established in 1860-61 by Rev. John Gordon, named thus because the Land … had been…
ArchiveInterview with Sibongile Mthembu Mkhabela
… Mthembu Mkhabela, conducted by a third year class in African Politics, University of the Witwatersrand, … The interviewee, nee Sibongile Susan Mthembu, was a…