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PlaceLions Bridge, Church Street, Arcadia, Pretoria
… The bridge was designed by the Department of Public Works of the ZAR, under the guidance of Sytze Wierda. It was built by JJ Kirkness and was …
EventMandela signs a law into bill creating the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)
… an integral and restorative component in the advent of democracy in South Africa. Its role was primarily to … the Apartheid era, through public hearings. The…
EventSeretse Khama is re-united with his British wife
… Kgosi (King) Khama III known as Khama the Good, ruler of the Bangwanto people. Subsequent to his father’s death … Botswana (then known as Bechuanaland) and…
EventThe Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian Representation Act is introduced
… Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian Representation Act (Act 28 of 1946) was introduced on 15 March 1946 and passed in June … on land ownership, Indians were…
EventMinister announces compulsory education for Black children
… The minister of (Black) education and training, Dr Ferdinand Hartzenberg, … near Pretoria. Implementation would start at the beginning of 1981 for children…
EventRylands Civic Association collectively rejects the proposed move to remove non
… roll. At a meeting in Gleemoor Town Hall, the Chairman of the association representing the Indian group area of Rylands, Athlone only known as E. Moosa said;…
EventThe British successfully thwart the Zulu attack at Rorke’s Drift
… During the Anglo-Zulu war Lord Chelmsford, commander of the British forces, took over the buildings of the Swedish Mission at Rorke's Drift, near Isandlwana …
EventThe Native Land Act is passed
… The Natives Land Act (No. 27 of 1913) was passed to allocate only about 7% of arable land to Africans and leave the more fertile land … law created reserves…
ArchiveEgalite
… Multicoloured poster. Oval of rainbow colours, containing artwork of two people, one white, one black, with a red heart in the centre, holding a globe of the…
ArchiveWe are there because you were there ... without us there is no Britain
… Green, yellow, black and white poster. History of Zimbabwe. Artwork of an African man and child with a book. Photographs of scenes from Zimbabwe. Green map…
ArchiveRally
… Notice of rally at Dube "Y" on 29th September 1984. Speaker Rev F … White poster with black lettering. Black and white image of man holding cross in one hand…
Chapter 8 - Survivors
… From the book: Le Rona Re Batho (An account of the 1982 Maseru Massacre) by Phyllis Naidoo, South Africa, … radio. You have watched your TV sets. Just read…
PlaceMelville Koppies Nature Reserve, Judith Road, Johannesburg
… We have no recorded evidence of how the Iron Age community on Melville Koppies was … to be discovered, not in quartz at all, but in the band of conglomerate…
ArchiveMafika Gwala Second Annual Lecture and Book Launch, 5 October 2016
… in 2015 and is run in partnership with both the University of Kwa Zulu Natal (UKZN) and the National Institute for … culture’ in the 1970’s and 1980’s. The…
EventHuman Rights Day is celebrated for the first time in South Africa
… in South Africa. It shares the day with the anniversary of the infamous Sharpeville Massacre, which occurred in 1960. This gross violation of human life…
EventZANU-PF wins the first free elections in Zimbabwe
… first free elections in Zimbabwe. Robert Mugabe, president of ZANU since 1977, became the prime minister. Joshua Nkomo … in the new 100-seat parliament…
EventUnited Front launch in jeopardy
… The proposed launch of the United Front was threatened when the Azanian People's Organisation (AZAPO) denounced fourteen of the more than seventy-five…
EventArchbishop Desmond Tutu is arrested
… outside parliament while leading a protest march (one of many) against the death sentence of the 'Sharpeville Six'. Tutu was freed a few hours later. … and…
EventFamine anniversary in Ethiopia
… Following major American television's first airing of the famine crisis in Ethiopia, the world celebrated the … as famine anniversary. The day was used to…
EventUS invades Afghanistan
… The United States invasion of Afghanistan, codenamed Operation Enduring Freedom, took place after the destruction of the Twin Towers on 11 September 2001 in…
EventCellist and music teacher Betty Pack is born
… orchestras, was born in Nylstroom, Transvaal. At the age of 16, she gave her first public performance of the Dvorak cello concert. A year later she was…
EventSouth African Aerial Transports services are inaugurated
… were inaugurated in South Africa with the amalgamation of a London-based company, the South African Aerial … African Aerial Transports Ltd company, under the…
EventCelebrated nurse, Constance Nothard, is born
… Constance Annie Nothard, nursing sister and recipient of the Florence Nightingale Medal, the highest award of the International Red Cross Society, was born…
EventNelson Mandela delivers a speech marking his first 100 days in office
… 18 August 1994, the first democratically elected President of the Republic of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, delivered a speech to the joint sitting of…
EventSouth Africa’s first multiracial elections start
… Four years after the unbanning of the liberation movements and release of political prisoners, SA held its first multi-racial … elections. The elections…
EventEgyptian author, and trade unionist, Gamal al-Banna is born
… Though he was the younger brother of Hassan al-Banna, the founder of the Muslim Brotherhood, Gamal al-Banna was a liberal scholar and a critic of the Muslim…
Clarion Call
… Clarion Call was published as the official journal of the KwaZulu Government, as a record of their activities, and as a mouthpiece of the Inkatha Institute…
PlaceBoom van Sameswering, Onze Rust, Bloemfontein
… The so-called Tree of Conspiracy stands on the farm Onze Rust, and once belonged to Marthinus Steyn, the last President of the Free State, who bought the…
Izwi lase Township, 1982 - 1984
… concerned with Alexandra, since that was the home location of Ditshwantsho, it held that Alexandra was but a part of South Africa and shared in the general…
WhatsYourHeritage
… This event is an initiative of the University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business Solution Space and the Bertha Centre for Social …