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EventZuid-Afrikaansche Republiek decides that December 16 will be a public holiday called Dingaan’s Day
… about 470 Voortrekkers at dawn. With the advantage of gun powder Zulu warriors were repelled with an estimated 3000 warriors killed. The blood of casualties…
EventPrime Minister B.J. Vorster predicts South Africa will become leading state in the Southern Africa
… Minister B.J. Vorster declared that if the positive signs of cooperation with the rest of Africa are interpreted accurately, South Africa could … Ten days…
EventEugéne Nielen Marais, S.A. poet, writer, lawyer and naturalist, is born
… Marais began writing at a very young age. By the age of 12, he was a published writer. Marais became famous as an Afrikaans writer, even though much of his…
PlaceBo-Kaap, Cape Town
… IN FURTHER READING) Cape Town is a city built on layers of history and landscape. Beyond its iconic mountain and coastline, there is a network of stairways…
Letter on plans for June 26, from the Rev. J. J. Skomolo to Professor Z. K. Matthews, June 16, 1950
… feet. We must study the conditions and internal affairs of the nation. We are a conquered nation, this we must admit. … The nation is not ready. If we are to…
PlaceGroote Schuur Estate
… just above the land presently occupied by the University of Cape Town, a cage like structure was built in 1897 to … surrounded by colonnades for his lions,…
PlaceOld Lutheran Church, Kroondal
… The Kroondal congregation was founded by a group of German speaking farmers, artisans and entrepreneurs living in and around the village of Kroondal, on 2…
The Nkosi Albert Luthuli Oral History Competition 2014
… at Misty Hills Country Hotel, Muldersdrift and handing in of all written portfolios and research papers by learners and … oral history project and attendant…
EventNearly 200 People are killed in the Bulhoek massacre in the Eastern Cape
… than 30 minutes between police and Israelites, followers of prophet Enoch Mgijima , more than 180 people were killed. … and their homes demolished. Soon…
PlaceWarden, Thabo Mofutsanyana Municipality
… on the route between: Johannesburg and Durban , just North of Harrismith . It falls under the jurisdiction of the Thabo Mofutsanyana Municipality. However…
Rixaka
… Rixaka, the cultural journal of the African National Congress, was launched to establish a platform allowing full expression of the cultural voice in the…
PlaceRiversdale Division, Western Cape
… The Division of Riversdale was originally located on the Eastern boundary of the District of Swellendam, which had been proclaimed in 1745. It was …
EventCiskei National Security Decree No 19 promulgated
… The government of Ciskei introduced the National Security Decree No 19 as an attempt to curb the pressure of the increasing calls for the end of the Ciskei…
EventPharmaceutical companies drop a lawsuit against South Africa ending an international battle over patent rights and profit
… In 1998 the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America and thirty nine international pharmaceutical … for patent infringement regarding the…
EventThirteen residents are gunned down in Mamelodi by South African police
… by South African police. This followed the declaration of a State of emergency on 25 July 1985 by President PW Botha in 36 of South Africa’s 260 magisterial…
EventThe Esso Oil Company closes its business in South Africa
… Africa on 31 December 1986. The country was at the height of political conflict and violence that made it hard for most … to remain operational. Esso South…
PlaceAgterwitsenbergkom a Mountain Region in the Route 62, Cape Winelands
… in the Cape Winelands District on Route 62, consisting of : Ceres; Tulbagh; Wolseley; Op-die-Berg and Prince Alfreds Hamlet. The name means 'basin of water…
Storming: The Insurrections Ensemble by Marcus Grossman, September 2015
… ensemble, Prosperus is not about magic but about a sense of the demonic power of the current world system. He is a white man who hates the feel of money but…
EventDr Ernst Gideon Malherbe, SA educationist, is born in Luckhoff, OFS.
… studied at the Stellenbosch University and the University of Columbia and was a founding member of the National Commission of Education and the Bureau of…
PlacePhilippi
… The settlement of Springfield was established sometime before December 1896, … 1898 its name was changed to Philippi. Philippi is one of Cape Town’s…
PlaceBophuthatswana, was Previously a Homeland
… Bophuthatswana's capital city was Mmabatho and 99% of its population was Tswana speaking. This new country's … to be declared an independent state outside…
EventRioting and destruction in Cato Manor and Durban continues
… people had first begun living there informally at the end of their indentured labour contracts. A small number of them had earned enough money to buy land…
The Trust Feed Massacre
… which shocked the nation and forever changed the lives of the close-knit community of Trust Feeds, a rural village near New Hanover in the Natal Midlands. On…
PlaceGreen Point
… horse races on its common, and the area developed as one of Cape Town's most popular social centres. William Burchell commented in 1811 that: "Vehicles of…
Hastings Banda, the early years by Angela Thompsell updated 01 March 2016
… Hastings Banda was one of the more enigmatic “Big Men” of the post-independence era in Africa. He was Malawi’s first … and ruled the country for 30 years…
PlaceSt James, Cape Town
… The Seaside Resort of St. James was located on False Bay , some 26 km South of Cape Town , the Suburb derived its name from the Church of St. James, built…
EventNUSAS disbands
… The National Union of South African Students (NUSAS) elected to disband on this day. Founded in 1924, the aim of the organisation was to represent and…
EventNUSAS President Ian Robertson is banned
… The President of the National Union of South Africa Students (NUSAS), Ian Robertson, receives a banning order under the Suppression of Communism Act of 1950…
EventNP Secretary-General Stoffel Van der Merwe resigns
… Former Minister of Education and professor of political science at the Rand Afrikaans University, … van der Merwe (52), who left the cabinet at the request…
EventThe Santo Alberto is wrecked
… cargo ship Santo Alberto was wrecked on the coast of Pondoland, south-west of the mouth of the Umtata River. Through admirable leadership of the … Potgieter,…