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EventThe Harms Commission officially restricts investigations into South African security force
… The terms of reference of the Harms Commission, which was to inquire into alleged murders and unlawful acts of the security forces, were laid out in a…
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…
Birthday message by Albert Luthuli to Dr. Yusuf M. Dadoo, 2 September 1955
… sincerely wishing you good health, strength and longevity of life, both for your sake and for the sake of the successful prosecution of our struggle for…
EventUnited Nations Charter is adopted
… General Jan Smuts had prepared. Governments and a number of non-government organisations, including the Lions Clubs … received invitations to assist in the…
ABBREVIATIONS USED
… ICFTU - International Confederation of Free Trade Unions IDAF - International Defence and Aid … Metalworkers Federation ISCOR - Iron and Steel Corporation of…
PlaceHout Bay East and West Forts
… Found on opposite sides of the Bay entrance, on the mountain. Origanally built to … experienced a difficult metamorphosis since the advent of the National…
ArchiveInterview with Lybon Tiyani Mabasa
… in the Azanian People's Organisation (AZAPO) at the time of this interview, was born in 1952 and graduated from … School in Soweto in 1971. He studied at the…
PlaceFalse Bay
… If you leave the "Mother City" of South Africa and follow the M3 towards Muizenberg , you will have a great view of the Coasts of False Bay (Afrikaans:…
PlaceGaries
… To describe Garies as in the middle of nowhere does not do any damage to the reputation of the Town (for those who stay here, particularly during the … road…
”The African Mine Workers’ Strike-A National Struggle.”flyer issued by the ANC Youth League, August 1946
… against the most brutal, callous and inhuman exploitation of man by man in the history of mankind. Their struggle is a challenge to the whole economic and…
EventBoutros Boutros Ghali, former UN Secretary General, is born
… as a Professor in both these fields at the University of Cairo. With an impressive academic career as his basis, Ghali started his political career as a…
EventWomen protest against passes in the Free State
… The first protest of women against the carrying of passes by women took place in Bloemfontein, Orange Free … (now Free State), where there was a large…
EventUnited Nations lifts arms embargo on South Africa
… Following the election of Nelson Mandela as president of the government of National Unity, the United Nations (UN) Security Council …
EventNelson Rolihlahla Mandela passed away
… The 5th of December marks the anniversary of the death of revolutionary anti-Apartheid liberation leader, Nelson …
PlaceThe Queen’s Fort Military Museum, Bloemfontein
… the Orange River Sovereignty, covering a broad area of land over the Gariep River. In July the British Resident in Bloemfontein, Henry Warden, came under…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Timeline
… Transition and Freedom commissioned by The Department of Education 1902 Treaty of Vereeniging 1910 31 May, Adoption of South Africa’s first constitution 8…
Invitation: BikoHausen - Steve Bantu Biko and Karlheinz Stockhausen in Johannesburg, 1971
… Catherine Meyburgh, Jannous Aukema (Editing) At the end of a working lecture tour to South Africa in March 1971, the … activist Steve Biko. There is little…
PlaceFranskraal and the Strandveld Museum
… Situated right outside the shark cage diving centre of South Africa (Gansbaai), Franskraal is a quaint seaside village with an awesome array of things to do…
PlaceCape Floral Areas, Western Province
… the property is located at the South-Western extremity of South Africa. It measures nearly 90,000 square kilometers ! It is one of the world’s great centres…
EventDe Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd. is founded to exercise control over diamond production in South Africa
… company was registered in Kimberley, and was the merger of the De Beers Mining Company and Kimberley mines under the … were discovered in 1860 on De Beer's…
EventSouth African cricket player Aubrey Faulkner, great all-rounder in the early 20th century, is born
… his day a dominating figure in South African cricket, one of the games' finest all around players, and a legendary coach. His pupils included the likes of…
A tireless campaigner by Jaspreet Kindra, 29 October 2003, South Africa
… a court challenge led to the first government provision of a cheap basic water supply to the destitute. The person … compelled the Durban Metro Council to…
PlaceThe Old Supreme Court Adderley Street, Cape Town
… on 8 September 1967. It all began wth the proper Housing of Slaves in Cape Town presenting the Dutch with a problem, … Building soon fell into disrepair a…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Foreword by Walter Sisulu
… their poor ”” in those days there were many thousands of unskilled. jobless newcomers from the platteland. Lembede … theory (as opposed to the hamba kahle …
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 …
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…
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…
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…