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PlaceRiebeek East
… 1840 the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) acquired a portion of the Farm; Mooi Meisiejie Fontein for the purpose of establishing a Kerkplaats. The village of…
Press Conference by O. R. Tambo, Introducing Alexandre Moumbaris, Stephen Lee and Timothy Jenkin who Escaped from Prison in South Africa, Lusaka, 2 January 1980
… by their own ingenuity, defeating the sophistication of the enemy's structures, not only of repression but of detention. If I may begin with Alex Moumbaris,…
PlaceParsonage House Museum, Port Elizabeth
… in Port Elizabeth and was built by Rev Francis McClelland of the Church of England, who arrived in 1820 with the Irish party under … in Port Elizabeth where,…
PlaceNewington Road Victorian Houses, Port Elizabeth
… This row of late Victorian double-storey, semi-detached dwellings … on 15 July 1983. Newington Road is found in one of the most historic suburbs in central…
EventEgyptian President Anwar Sadat, Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and President Carter begin a Middle East peace conference at Camp David, Maryland
… The three heads of state met for 13 days of secret meetings at Camp Devid, the Presidential Retreat in the Catoctin Mountains of Maryland, about 100…
EventFree, compulsory education for Black children
… to White education. Moreover, there was growing shortage of schools in rural and township areas for Black education. The government had a policy of separate…
EventThe Dutch Reformed Church decides that Afrikaans may be used alongside Dutch during services
… many influences, including French and Malay. At the time of the Great Trek in the 1830's, various dialects of Afrikaans were believed to have existed,…
EventWilliam Brown becomes the first South African officer killed during World War I
… and September 1915 for service overseas. It was comprised of four battalions (or regiments) of infantry. The Brigade, numbering 160 officers and 5 648 … on 1…
EventBritish establish first ‘refugee’ camps during the South African War
… Anglo-Boer War) by a military notice. The initial aim of the establishment of these camps was to provide protection to the families of boers who had…
EventThe Trojan Horse Massacre
… particularly by students. On 15 October 1985, members of the security forces shot and killed three young people who were part of anti-government…
PlaceFirst Raadsaal
… building in Bloemfontein, the First Raadsaal is part of the National Museum. The modest building of dung floors and a thatched roof was erected by Major ……
On trial for treason
… 'Before dawn on 5 December, 1956, the security branch of the police entered the homes of 140 people and arrested 156 individuals, White, Black and Coloured,…
June 12 Movement
… June 12th marked a historic moment in the history of Black students. The University of the Western Cape acting together with the Department of Coloured…
June 12 Movement
… June 12th marked a historic moment in the history of Black students. The University of the Western Cape acting together with the Department of Coloured…
ArchiveJune 12 Movement
… June 12th marked a historic moment in the history of Black students. The University of the Western Cape acting together with the Department of Coloured…
EventBusiness leader Matome Maponya is born
… Matome Maponya, chair/owner of several food companies in his name and deputy chair of the Agricultural and Rural Development Corporation Ltd … the Eastern…
Burundi: A year later, still in crisis by Simon Allison (Daily Maverick), 05 May 2016, South Africa
… today is not safe tomorrow. Civilian life today is a life of fear, a life of uncertainty, and not knowing exactly what is happening … it, but what is…
For Richard Turner by Peter Sacks
… You wrote on the back page of my last essay ("Political Education in The Republic") "Good ideas, but style too literary. Use of images evades the final point…
PlaceJosephine Mill, Boundary Road, Newlands
… was achieved by 1988. Josephine Mill's is a little slice of history in the heart of the green, leafy suburb of Newlands. It is situated on the banks of the…
PlaceFourteen Streams
… been commissioned by the Cape Government, powers of construction were transferred to the British South Africa … Salisbury in Rhodesia. On 16 October 1899 a…
PlacePretoria Correctional Service Museum
… in Tshwane, built by Alexander Anderson at the corner of Pretorius and Paul Kruger streets, has an appealing … for all intents and purposes, and was…
EventIt is announced that a child prostitution and trafficking task team rescues 14 underage prostitutes in downtown Johannesburg
… and prostitution has become rife in the syndicates of Cape Town, Johannesburg and Durban. Children who are … The most vulnerable children are girls between…
EventUnesco lists Robben Island as a World Heritage Site
… on Robben Island as they protested to Dutch rule of their countries. When the British took control of South Africa, a leper colony was started on the island…
PlaceOld Morley
… by Shaka and his Zulu armies in the Mfecane wars. Most of them fled westwards and settled amongst the Xhosa . After some years of oppression by the Gcaleka…
PlaceOld Drostdy Museum, Rawson Street, Pearston
… artifacts. Particularly noteworthy is a collection of late 18th and early 19th century Cape furniture. The … Johannes Theophilus Rhenius and he was assisted…
PlaceRegina Mundi, Catholic Church, Soweto
… Regina Mundi Catholic Church is located in the Township of Soweto, in the Suburb of Moroka. The Church forms part of the rich History of Soweto and is the…
Cosatu special congress, Day Two: Numsa, Vavi walloped by Ranjeni Munusamy (Daily Maverick), 15 July 2015, South Africa
… if their votes were secret. But the vote was taken by show of hands on Monday night, revealing that they were greatly … dominance. While that does not mean…
EventMbongeni Ngema was born on this day
… Tony Awards and later also for the Grammy Awards. Some of his most successful plays include Woza Albert, Township … Fever and Mama. He was inducted in the…
Foreword, By Nelson Mandela
… This compilation of speeches of Dr Monty Naicker is an invaluable chapter in the history of our struggle for liberation. Monty, as we all referred to …
EventThe SACBC urges that lawful means be used to resist Apartheid
… that lawful means must be used to fight against injustices of apartheid rules. The Bishops wrote; "As Christian people we dare not remain silent and passive…