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Event46664 concert is held in Fancourt
… South African 46664 concert, 46664 being the prison number of South African president Nelson Mandela during the apartheid era, was staged at the exclusive…
EventSouth Africa mandated to govern South
… The League of Nations, the world body formed after World War 1 in 1919, … (now Namibia). The mandate gave South Africa full power of administration and…
EventWork is stopped at the Kimberley mine
… work was stopped at the Kimberley mine after 43 years of operation. The mine became uneconomical to operate as it reached a depth of 1 083 m without yielding…
ArchiveNUSAS Congress 1984: Head Office report
… Report of the Head Office of the National Union of South African Students to the Annual Congress of the National Union, University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg…
PlaceBoschhoek Farm, uMzinyathi,-a District in kwaZulu-Natal
… History of the farm Boschhoek Farm, (known locally as kwaHlathikhulu) … Inkosi Sigweje the previous leader, related the history of his people and their…
’Under Investigation’ video material going live on facebook
… project has several elements but centres on the enquiry of five young people eager to understand and build on the history of their home town during the…
EventB.J Vorster steps down as Prime Minster
… Balthazar Johannes Vorster stepped down as Prime Minster of South Africa after the holding office since 1966. John Vorster, as he became known, was a former…
PlaceClarkebury, Eastern Cape
… The Village of Clarkebury was established in 1830 as a station of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society. James Backhouse … in March 1839 and made the…
Chapter X - Trial by detention
… had changed at court. Our van drove through the gates of the old synagogue. We heard shouts of greeting as we were driven in and knew that friends were … to…
EventNNP federal council decides to disband the party
… At midnight on the evening of the final certification of results of the 2006 local government elections, the federal council …
EventAnti-apartheid activist Sister Bernard Ncube dies
… activist Sister Bernard Ncub e died at the age of 80. She was a practicing Roman Catholic nun and was … activism and was outspoken about the human rights…
Giyani, Polokwane
… More or less 550 kilometres north east of Johannesburg you will find the little happening town of Giyani, a popular town in the heart of Bushveld country in…
PlaceVineyard Hotel, Colington Road, Newlands
… two Centuries, The Vineyard has proudly evolved into one of the most Environmentally-friendly, progressive Hotels in … The seven Acre Property, is Home to a…
PlaceKing’s Blockhouse, Devil’s Peak, Cape Town.
… Following the first British occupation of the Cape in 1795, the existing Dutch line of defence, known as the French line , was extended by the addition of…
EventBritain and Egypt sign the Suez Canal agreement.
… the Mediterranean and the Indian Oceans, the canal was of great strategic importance. Situated in Egypt and largely … to the British government in 1875. The…
EventThe Boipotong massacre takes place
… During the period of transition and negotiation in South Africa, the core area of the conflict in the late 1980s was in the KwaZulu-Natal … National Congress…
Joint statement by ANC Commission on Religious Affairs and SACC, 18 September 2009
… for Religious Affairs (CRA) and the South African Council of Churches (SACC) met at Chief Albert Luthuli House in Johannesburg today. The meeting was part of…
PlaceOak-Villa Cottage, Baviaanskloof Road
… Oak Villa is one of the first townhouses in Hout Bay and the first to be erected in the Baviaanskloof area. The original portion of this cottage, consisting…
PlaceAthenaeum building, Belmont Terrace, Port Elizabeth
… NMC legislation on 17 October 1980. The Grand Old Lady of the city, the Athenaeum, is the community hub for the … emerging creative industry in Nelson…
EventQueen Elizabeth ascends to the throne
… Elizabeth I ascended to the throne following the death of her half-sister, Mary. The Queen of England, who was just 25 at accession, was the daughter of…
EventSACP is legally re-launched
… 45 000 people. At the time the SACP faced allegations of conspiring with the African National Congress(ANC) … those named wereJoe Slovo, Ronnie Kasrils, the…
EventSlachter’s Nek rebels are hanged
… settlers strongly (and correctly) suspected the British of resenting their presence in the Cape Colony. Following the prosecution of an Afrikaner farmer by…
Thirty years ago by Raymond Suttner (extract from 'Inside Apartheid's Prison')
… ago on 12 June 1986 I was re-detained for 27 months. 18 of these were in solitary confinement due to my being the … white detainee. I had been released after…
PlaceMolenvliet House, Molenvliet Street, Mowbray
… on which this house is situated originally formed part of the farm Coornhoop, which was granted to Thielman Hendricks in 1661. The subdivided piece of land…
Appeal to the British public by Dube
… with the following editorial note: “The Native Land Act of the Union Parliament has created consternation among the Natives”¦ This land is theirs by birth…
ANC pays tribute to the late Arthur Goldreich, 26 May 2011
… Arthur Goldreich will go down in history as one of the rare breeds of revolutionaries that changed the course of South African history. Not only did he…
ArchiveZambia, the ANC and the struggle against apartheid 1964-1990
… A short dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Magister Artium in History in the Faculty of Arts, at the Rand…
EventNelson Mandela receives a hero’s welcome in New York
… greeted the way New York welcomes its heroes – with mounds of security and miles of tickertape. According to reports, the security for Mandela … police…
PlaceDonkin Heritage Trail, Port Elizabeth
… This group of double-storey semi-detached houses with prominent … and Georgian features was erected shortly after the turn of the 20th Century. It consists…
EventWinnie Mandela is found guilty
… Congress Women League president and Deputy Minister of Arts and Culture, was found guilty on four charges of kidnapping and four of being an accessory after…