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PlaceSprings
… The Town of Springs, East of Johannesburg, is on the East Rand, or what is now known as the Metropolitan area of Ekurhuleni , in the Gauteng Province. It was…
PlaceTable Mountain, Cape Town
… The World famous Table Mountain is part of the scenic Peninsula Mountain chain that stretches from … Valleys, Bays and Beaches bound by the cold waters of…
EventOn 17th November 1921 Professor Richard van der Ross was born in Plumstead, Cape Town
… completed his higher education diploma at the University of Cape Town (UCT) in 1940 and became a teacher at the Karoo … in 1946. In 1952 he was appointed as…
PlaceElaandslaagte, a Mission Station in Kwa Zulu Natal
… Elandslaagte was a mission station of the Dutch Reformed Church of South Africa, and was probably founded in about 1860. The … 1875 census indicated that the…
PlaceSAAF Memorial and Museum
… This memorial is built on Bay Hills and offers a clear view of the Air Force Base at Zwartskop. The outline of the Voortrekker Monument is also visible from…
EventPetronella Nellie du Toit South African soprano singer is born
… Nellie du Toit began her singing career at tender age of nine, and by the age of sixteen she began to sing opera. After completing her … the Diploma in Opera…
PlaceCuylerville
… A party of 256 from London led by Lieutenant John BAILIE, R.N. sailed … after Colonel Jacob CUYLER, 59 Regiment. Divisions of the party were directed by…
PlaceColesberg, Northern Cape
… The Village of Colesberg was founded in 1830 on the site of an abandoned station of the London Missionary Society, and was named in honour of …
PlaceKuboes, Northern Cape
… Regarded by the local people as the heartland of the Nama Culture , the little Town of Kuboes lies nestled between the Mountains of Ku Boesberg to the North,…
PlaceSammy Mark’s Residence, Zwartkoppies, Pretoria
… The Estate became a Museum in 1986 and the opulent life of the Marks family is remembered today, in this carefully preserved House Museum and it is one of…
EventInaugural Women’s Legacy Dialogue
… was in context with Women’s month. The event consisted of women leaders from government, the corporate sector and … Wendy Luhabe, social entrepreneur, chair,…
EventPresident F. W. de Klerk rings in cabinet changes
… in size and for the first time appointed non-White members of Parliament (MPs) to cabinet posts. Five members retired to … the system. The five among others…
EventClampdown on 'conflict diamonds' begins
… Representatives of the diamond industry and government, from more than thirty countries agree to certify all legitimate shipments of rough diamonds, in an…
EventSABC TV News Editor, Joe Thloloe resigns
… (SABC) was plunged into a crisis when the Editor-in-chief of television news, Joe Thloloe, announced his resignation … just days after the corporation…
EventHansi Pauline Pollak, welfare worker and social activist, is born
… Johannesburg in 1905. She served as an officer in command of the Women Army Auxiliary Services during the World War II. … among refugees and displaced…
FOREWORD: THEORETICAL DEBATES AND METHODOLOGICAL CONTROVERSIES
… to ensure free and fair elections throughout the Republic of South Africa. 3. The undersigned parties agree to recognise and protect the institution, status…
Enuga S Reddy: Meeting with SWAPO in Dar Es Salaam -1969
… Africa was making propaganda in the towns and villages of Namibia by pointing out the weaknesses of the UN and telling the people that UN resolutions were ……
ArchivePolitical Action Committee report
… Report of the Political Action Committee to the 62nd Annual Congress of the National Union of South African Students, University of Natal, …
EventDulcie September's 's life commemorated at Athlone High School
… September was born on 20 August 1935. From her early years of activism she chose the path of resistance against the apartheid regime. She was a member of the…
EventSA and Mozambique revive Nkomati Accord
… During the 1980's P. W. Botha, the President of South Africa and leader of the National Party, launched his "Total Strategy" in response to what he saw as…
EventThe Rand Revolt strikers’ stronghold at Fordsburg Square falls to the government
… The Rand Rebellion of 1922 was an armed uprising, also referred to as the Rand Revolt or Red Revolt, which occurred during a period of economic depression…
PlaceCradock Division
… the Eastern Cape Province. It is approximately 240km north of Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Municipality. It is one of six municipalities in the district,…
EventFreedom Day is celebrated in South Africa
… South Africa celebrates Freedom Day to mark the liberation of our country and its people from a long period of colonialism and White minority domination …
ArchiveCongress Resister 1983 - 1989
… Indian Congress (TIC), which was formed at the turn of the twentieth century by Mahatma Gandhi. It was not banned but was severely affected by the harsh…
Joint Statement by Chief Albert Lutuli, Dr. G.M. Naicker and Peter Brown appealing to the British People to Boycott South Africa, 5 December 1959
… In May, 1960, the Union of South Africa will be 50 years old. The Government is … hold land in freehold; their school education is now to be of a specific…
David Goldblatt - 'Mostly Unseen' at the Goodman Gallery by Sean O'Toole
… 'Mostly Unseen' presents a selection of photographs taken by David Goldblatt over the past five decades. At times, it is a show of subtle and understated…
PlaceEthiopia
… formerly Abyssinia, is a landlocked country in the East of Africa. It shares one of its borders with Somalia , to the East. Sudan to the West, … Ethiopia is…
ArchiveThe Little Freedom Fighter with the Ponytail by Greg Ardé
… in the fight against apartheid, now a thorn in the side of the fat-cat politicians. (This article first appeared in … chairs, cooing sympathetically about…
An interview with Mr. A.W.G. Champion
… in 1964 by Mr. Stanley Trapido, Lecturer at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, Oxford. S. Trapido : Mr. Champion, … : We established, branches in every…
PlaceRotunda, Bay Hotel- Camps Bay
… a beautiful, geometrical domed building, was the epitome of high society in Cape Town at the turn of the century when it was built as part of a hotel and…