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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…
ArchiveInterview with Absolom Zithulele Cindi
… was arrested following student rallies to mark the victory of FRELIMO in Mozambique. He was charged under the Terrorism Act and became a defendant in the…
EventGeraldine Fraser is born
… on 24 August 1960, in Lansdowne, Cape Town, the daughter of a teacher and factory worker. She became politically … she enrolled for a Teachers Diploma at the…
EventWW2: Italy invades Ethiopia
… In 1935, the League of Nations was faced with another crucial test. Benito Mussolini, the Fascist leader of Italy, had adopted Adolf Hitler's plans to expand…
EventUDF leaders are charged with treason
… Three leading members of the United Democratic Front (UDF), Archibald Gumede, Paul … Government was hot on their heels for organising a boycott of elections…
EventBiafra, a Nigerian Province is recognised by Tanzania
… This region comprised roughly the south-eastern provinces of Nigeria. This declaration came after two military coups … in Nigeria. The Igbo people…
Mandela and Fidel A film by Estela Bravo
… America, Africa, the Caribbean and the U.S Retrospectives of her films have been mounted in Madrid, London,New York and … memory while pursuing a more humane…
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…
EventGraça Machel is born
… Graça Machel, political activist and champion of children's rights, widow of Samora Machel and wife of former President Nelson Mandela, was born in Gaza, …
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…
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…
PlaceCape St Francis, Eastern Cape Peninsula
… is a village on a headland on the Eastern Cape coast of South Africa, in the Kouga Local Municipality. The quiet fishing settlement of Oyster Bay lies some…
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…
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…