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PlaceOur Lady of Montserrat Catholic Church, Betty's Bay
… Our Lady Of Montserrat in Betty's Bay, Western Cape is a Christian Congregation … Church has been burnt to the Ground because of the Fire in the Overstrand…
Grassroots
… Grassroots was started in 1980 as the first of a series of community newspapers … of the first (March 1980) edition were printed although in subsequent years…
EventNatal is formally separated from the Cape Colony
… a partly elected Legislative Council. Ten years later, in 1866, Natal invaded a portion of the Mpondo Paramount, … become part of the Cape Colony, known as…
PlacePearson Conservatorium and Prince Alfred’s Guard Memorial, St Georges Park, Port Elizabeth
… was designed and erected by Boyd & Son, of Paisley, in Scotland, who dismantled the original building into … by the Saracen Foundry of Walter MacFarlane, of…
PlaceSeal Point Lighthouse, Cape St. Francis
… Reserve on the seaward tip of what is known as Cape Seal in Plettenberg Bay. Cape Seal lighthouse lies 146 metres … Reserve on the seaward tip of what is…
Cable to the United Nations Opposing Incorporation of South-West Africa, by Dr. A. B. Xuma, January 1946
… League of Nations. Africans South West Africa no share in Government therefore take no part in incorporation negotiations. South Africa itself denies ……
EventThe United Arab Republic is proclaimed by Egypt, Iraq, and Syria
… a United Arab Republic. The first two countries to engage in this initiative were Syria and Egypt on 22 February 1958. … of Syria and Nasser of Egypt, after…
EventTreason Trial of 16 UDF members resumes
… Thirty years after the first Treason trial in 1956, 16 members of the United Democratic Front (UDF) were accused of treason in the Pietermaritzburg Supreme…
EventBiafra, a Nigerian Province is recognised by Tanzania
… coups and two major pogroms against the Igbo (Ibo) people in Nigeria. The Igbo people constituted the majority of the population in the seceded territory…
EventJan van Riebeeck visits Robben Island for the first time
… the largest of the nearby coastal islands around the Cape. In the nearly four centuries of European settlement it has … The first political prisoner,…
EventBasutoland (now Lesotho) becomes British territory
… who had been driven apart by Zulu and Ndebele raids. In 1867 and 1868, most of Moshoeshoe's land was overrun by … time. This state of affairs led to…
Cutting Through The Mountain
… them Jewish - who fought against institutionalised racism in South Africa. Denis Goldberg, Helen Suzman, Ronnie … testimony to the personalities of some…
PlaceQuadrant House, 114-115 Victoria Embankment, Durban
… In 1929, H Live commissioned architect Ritchie McKinlay to … so-called `Berea Style' which arose from local interest in Spanish Colonial Architecture as…
PlaceEbenezer, Limpopo
… Ebenezer was established in 1831 as a station of the Rhenish Missionary Society . The … had a population of 291. It was visited by James Backhouse in March…
Apartheid and the Medical School
… and further condemns the whole system of oppression in dividing the people by colour and now in education as well. …
ArchiveDecide our response
… Light grey poster with dark green strip at top with title in grey lettering. Announcement of Student Body Meeting at the SU at 1pm on Tuesday. All other…
ArchiveThe sixteenth annual Richard Feetham Memorial Lecture by Helen Joseph
… on Thursday 12 August 1982 at 20h00. Small map of Africa in top right hand corner. Wits logo in top left hand corner. …
EventMosibudi Mangena is born
… party Azanian People's Organisation (AZAPO) was born in Tzaneen, Limpopo Province. Before he was appointed as Minister of Science and Technology in 2004…
EventAfrikaans linguist H J Terblanche is born
… of several dictionaries and grammar books, is born in Aberdeen in the Eastern Cape. Dr Terblanche was a pioneer of Afrikaans … fratse oor 1000 jaar, Kaapstad…
EventOscar Pistorius South African sprint runner is born
… known as the “Blade Runner”) was born on 22 November 1986 in Sandton, Johannesburg. He was born with fibular hemimelia, which is a congenital absence of the…
ArchiveNow Cape Town...Now Langa too is burning
… of Cape Town students of a mass meeting to be held in response to the political turmoil that had begun to affect Cape Town. The government asks for law and…
ArchiveEducate for socialism
… White background, with artwork and text in red and black. Artwork of man holding the Azanian Peoples … flag, over the map of South Africa. Image of the a…
ArchiveReport on regional resettlement consultation held at St Peters, Hammanskraal on February 1-2, 1980
… forced removals and how if affected people. It is argued in this speech that enforced removals lead to great loss of property, resulted in poverty, exposed…
Speak
… article: "Fighting our slavery: Domestic workers organise" in english and zulu. Black and white photographs of domestic … the other shows a group of women…
ArchiveRally
… lettering. Black and white image of man holding cross in one hand and broken handcuff chains in other. Words 'the challenge of the cross' on image of map …
ArchiveSeparate development: the challenge of the Transkei
… lecture The Transkei became a semi-autonomous territory in Decmber 1963 and separate territorial development began to take place. The paper discusses in…
ArchiveBiography of Oupa John Hlomuka
… John Hlomuka. Oupa John Hlomuka was born on 24 June 1953 in Evaton where he attended school until standard 8, he joined the Azanian people's organisation in…
PlaceTrovato, 44 Coach Road, Wynberg
… details was designed by Herbert Baker and was erected in 1898-1902 for Carl Jeppe who had been appointed Consul-General for the Transvaal in Cape Town. It…
EventSouth African cricket player Jonathan ‘Jonty’ Rhodes is born
… right handed batsman, Jonathan Neil Rhodes was born in Pietermaritzburg, Natal Province (now known as Kwazulu … during the 1992 World Cup earn him a…
PlaceResidence, 21 Cuyler Street, Uitenhage
… approximately 1840. It is thus one of the oldest dwellings in Uitenhage. An extension was made to its rear in about 1880 and it was declared a National…