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PlaceCamdeboo was called Aberdeen, Eastern Cape
… Aberdeen is about 50 km South-West of Graaff-Reinet and only 3 hours drive from Port Elizabeth. … the Nederduits-Gerefomeerde Kerk (Dutch Reformed Church)…
PlacePiquetberg
… It is now known as Piketberg. (prior to 1910) The division of Piquetberg originally fell under the district of Tulbagh, whose drostdy was transferred to…
EventNelson Mandela celebrates 88 th birthday
… birthday celebrations have kicked off with a new round of honours for this anti-apartheid icon, including a photo exhibit and the release of a book on the…
EventInkatha Freedom Party is concerned about stability
… lower south coast region, following the murder of IFP politician Sqoloza Xolo, who was blamed for the murder of G'caba by the African National Congress. Mr…
EventSouth Africa signs SADC treaty
… It was formed in 1 April 1980 following the adoption of the Lusaka Declaration, and was premised on closer co-operation between African heads of state. Some…
Firstly, as to COST
… 1993: NOTING With revulsion the unacceptable escalation of violence that is engulfing our country; OUTRAGED At the killings particularly of women and…
PlaceAnnisfontein, a Spring and Outspan in Richtersveld- Northern Cape
… with Geographical History dating back Millions of Years! A Spring may be the result of Karst Topography where surface water has infiltrated the Earth's…
EventSouth Africa’s first democratic elections end as counting begins
… The African National Congress(ANC) under the leadership of the late Nelson Mandela won the vast majority of votes with 12 237 655 (62.9%), the National…
EventPius Langa is born
… Justice Pius Nkonzo Langa, deputy president of the Constitutional Court and Chancellor of the University of Natal (now KwaZulu Natal) was born in Bushbuck…
EventThe SABS is established
… The South African Bureau of Standard (SABS) was established in terms of Act 24 of 1945. The Act was revised on several occasions and is … SABS, About , from…
EventCharlotte Maxeke dies
… Maxeke , teacher, social worker, politician and founder of the Bantu Women's League of South Africa, died in Johannesburg at the age of 65. In 1905 she…
PlaceUmlazi
… History of Umlazi The history of Umlazi (or Mlazi) dates back to 1845 when British settlers … was then Natal (now KwaZulu Natal ) and created a number of …
PlaceSA Army College, Roberts Heights, Pretoria
… The main building of the SA Army College was designed in a so-called … and when the South African Military School, predecessor of the Army College, was…
Address to the Swedish Parliament Stockholm, 13 March 1990
… It is a matter of the greatest joy to me that I have, at last, arrived in … This is therefore an historic day for us. It foretells of the moment when black…
Address by ANC President Jacob Zuma at the South African Communist Party Policy Conference, 27 September 2008, Randburg Towers
… Chairperson of the SACP, Comrade Gwede Mantashe, Secretary General of the SACP, Comrade Blade Nzimande, Members of the SACP Central Executive Committee,…
Siyanqoba Bafana-Bafana Siyanqoba!!! Siyavena Bafana Bafana Siyavena!!!, 3 June 2010
… Street Bash, tomorrow, Friday, the 4th June 2010, in front of the ANC Head Office, Luthuli House, from 12h30 to 15h00. … Bafana, Siyavena Bafana. This bash…
PlaceRondebosch Fountain, Main Road, Rondebosch.
… reality, only an ornamental trough used for the watering of horses, and consists of a round cast-iron drinking bowl supported on legs in the form of horses'…
PlaceElgin
… Originally called Koffee Kraal, the village of Elgin is a lush land circled with mountains, in the … . This broad upland valley, lies about 70km southeast of…
EventSouth Africa Freedom Day - 26 June 1950
… the Unlawful Organisations Act and the Suppression of Communism Act. In March 1950, the African National Congress (Transvaal), the Communist Party of South…
EventThe first ‘Bantustans’ or ‘homelands’ comes into existence when the Transkei Regional Authority is instituted
… On 11 December 1963 the first of the 'Bantustans' or 'homelands' came into existence when the Minister of Bantu Administration and Development, De Wet Nel,…
EventThe ship São Bento (St Benedict) is wrecked on the Transkei coast
… the reason for the wreck is said to be due to the greed of Portuguese traders. Unlike the English, Dutch and French … C. Auret and .T.Maggs in 1982, the…
EventLinguist and educationist Sedumedi Moloto is born
… linguist, educationist and teacher who served as chairman of both the Tswana Language Committee of South Africa and the Botswana National Language Committee …
Introduction
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … Orange Free State and Cape, to restrict the further entry of…
Document 47 - “Answer to Government’s Apartheid Unions”, The Citizen. 1 3, 30 April 1956
… "THE LABOUR MOVEMENT MUST FIGHT ALL ATTEMPTS ON THE PART OF THE GOVERNMENT TO CONTROL THE FREE ASSOCIATION OF WORKERS INTRADE UNION ORGANISATIONS. IT IS THE…
PlaceAG Bain Monument, Grahamstown
… This is a bronze plaque on a cairn at the top of the Ecca Pass, 12 km South of Grahamstown. It was erected in 1964 by the Historical Monuments Commission in…
Cape Flats Details - Life and Popular Art in Cape Town’s Townships
… Author : Chris Ledochowski This book is the culmination of 10 years of documenting life in the Cape Flats African and Coloured townships of Cape Town by one…
EventWiehahn Commission Report tabled in parliament
… On 1 May 1979, the first interim report of the Wiehahn Commission is tabled in Parliament. The … was set up by the government after the Durban strikes of…
EventPAC’s leader, Potlako Leballo confirms that Poqo is the organisation’s military wing
… Potlako Leballo, the leader of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), confirmed in Maseru, … revolutionary council was planning the timing and manner of an…
ANC Gauteng Province pays tribute to Comrade Lawrance Phokanoka,15 July 2005
… dips its banner in tribute and honour to a stalwart of our national democratic revolution, Comrade Lawrance … in the Limpopo Province, passed away on the…
EventMore than a dozen people are killed, including seven children, in Kwamakhutha Massacre
… in KwaZulu Natal led to 11 700 deaths and the displacement of up to 500 000 people. The organization and savagery of the conflict led to terror in the…