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ArchiveBesoek van Mnr Clark aan Suid-Afrika en Suidwes-Afrika: 10-13 Junie 1981
… by Minister R F Botha and written mostly in Afrikaans, of the visit of Mr W P Clark of the United States of America, to South Africa and South …
ArchiveANC/UCT Position Paper proposals
… Report of a meeting between the ANC and the University of Cape Town on the education crisis. Includes handwritten … on a consultative meeting between the ANC…
PlaceElliot, Thembuland
… The Village of Slang Rivier was founded early in 1885, and in April 1894 … , a prominent Colonial administrator and Chief Magistrate of Transkie , which is…
EventFour Indian leaders are sentenced under Terrorism Act
… At the end of a lengthy trial in the Supreme Court in Pretoria, four Indian leaders are convicted of conspiracy under the Terrorism Act and sentenced to a…
EventHarold Cressy is born in Rorke’s Drift
… Harold Cressy , co-founder of the Teachers League of South Africa (TLSA), educationist and teacher, is born in … Drift, Kwazulu-Natal . He was the only Black…
Nelson Mandela Sending Photographs
… and comments on them, and he marvels at the growth of grandchildren. They come with their mothers as infants in … you look well and it pleases me very much…
PlaceNederlandse Hervormde Kerkgebou, Pretoria
… founded on 8 and 9 September 1855 in Pretoria. It was one of the independent churches started by the ‘Voortrekkers’. … first church building (1857-1882) was…
De Klerk pays tribute to Mandela’s ‘unique contribution’
… Former president FW de Klerk says South Africa has lost one of its founding fathers and "greatest sons". Former president FW De Klerk said South Africa lost…
PlaceCompany Gardens in Cape Town
… a large Public Park and Botanical Garden, set in the heart of Cape Town . This Garden features: a Rose Garden; Japanese … The Company's Garden is situated,…
PlaceTanzania
… succeeded in driving the Portuguese from the area north of the Ruvuma River by the early 18th Century. They then … his capital to Zanzibar in 1841. European…
JANAM People’s Theatre Group Tour!
… for change. Street theatre can be a dynamic example of popular pedagogy and kindle interest in and enthusiasm for … with a colloquium, followed by a…
ANC statement on Zimbabwe, 26 May 2000
… position on Zimbabwe as per the discussions and decisions of its last National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting which … the route to follow in the…
Message from Oliver Tambo to the United Nations Special Committee against apartheid on its 20th anniversary, 02 April 1983
… Committee the most cordial fraternal greetings on occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the Special Committee. The Special Committee belongs to … in…
Interview with Oliver Tambo to Radio Freedom, 01 April 1981
… who is allegedly being held by the ANC.] It is a lot of noise but I do not know if it is damaging to the African … because it is noise about nothing. We have…
PlaceSalt River
… The exact date when the Village of Salt River was established is not known but in 1665 the … overlooked a Fjord over the River and to have consisted of an…
PlaceGoodwood
… One of the Northern Municipalities adjoining the metropolitan of Cape Town , 11 km from the centre of the City and in the Bellville district. It was…
PlaceRosebank, Johannesburg
… business node and tourist attraction. Rosebank is one of a kind in that it has effectively combined a successful … many head offices, the district also…
EventUDF men takes refuge in the US consulate
… Vusi Khanyile (National Education Crisis Committee) all of them senior members of the United Democratic Front (UDF) took refuge in the … with other detainees…
EventThe company, IBM, re-forms in South Africa
… subsidiary to a new company established for the benefit of IBM South Africa employees. This was done, said company … in the country and would thus comply…
EventCharles Darwin and the HMS Beagle reached the Galapagos Islands
… be the principle inspiration for his work, On The Origin of Species, one of those rare scientific works that fundamentally changed the … careful observations…
EventSA judge jails former state assassin Eugene de Kock for more than 200 years
… the South African Police force. He acted as the commander of a counter-insurgency group located on the outskirts of Pretoria, known as Vlakplaas. De Kock…
PlaceNgcobo
… in the Christian calender as All Saints Day, Chief Fubu of the amaQwathi met with Archdeacon Waters and the Rev John Gordon of the Society for the…
Soweto: urban politics, poverty and race in apartheid society
… A dissertation presented to the Faculty of Princeton University in candidacy for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, in the Department of Politics. Abstract:…
PlaceGrand Parade, Cape Town
… dissected by meandering streams. In 1763 the burgers of Cape Town planted a number of oaks around this area, and in 1806 the city treasury voted money for…
EventZola Skweyiya is born
… Minister of Social Development of the Republic of South Africa since 17 June 1999, Dr Zola Sidney Themba …
EventHendrik Jacobus Coetsee is born
… Jacobus "Kobie" Coetsee, former minister of justice in the government of F.W De Klerk, was born in Ladybrand, Orange Free State. Both his parents were…
EventPresident John Vorster resigns
… Voster was elected to the unprecedented honorary position of State President. However, his spell in the new office was … scandal, named after Dr Connie…
EventManuel Pinto da Costa becomes the president
… After a brief period of transitional government Dr Manuel Pinto da Costa, the leader of the Committee for the Liberation of São Tomé and PrÁncipe(CLSTP)…
EventDictator Siad Barre flees Somalia ending his 22 year rule
… Siad Barre shared the fate of many post liberation leaders in Africa. Having started out as policemen in the Italian governed part of Somalia prior to World…
Event’Purple rain’ used on women protesters
… The rioting spread from the Schotche Kloof Malay section of Cape Town. Rioting started when groups of women wearing T-shirts with the slogan "Troops Out" ……