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EventJameson Raid starts
… Leander Starr Jameson led a group of about six hundred men of the Mashonaland Mounted Police from Bechuanaland (now Botswana) over the border of the Zuid…
EventSouth Africa’s first democratic elections
… Following a series of tense negotiations and years of liberation struggle, the first democratic election was … on the 27th April, 1994. This election changed…
EventZulu army defeat British Army at the Isandlwana Mountain
… in Africa when 24,000 Zulu soldiers overran a British camp of 1 800 near Isandlwana Mountain. Over 1 300 of the British force were killed with over 1 000…
PlaceCeres, Western Cape Winelands
… Ceres is the Administrative centre and largest Town of the Witzenberg Local Municipality in the Western Cape Province of South Africa . Ceres serves as a…
PlaceGroote Kerk, Pretoria
… where the first church was built would become the centre of the newly established town, Pretoria (1855). The … This church has played an enormous part in the…
Insurrections III: The Storming
… at District Six for two performances on the 25th and 26th of September. For those of you who managed to catch the Ensemble last year, the new … be titled,…
PlaceKommetjie, Cape Town
… Kommetjie was established in 1902 when a consortium of Cape Town businessmen purchased the farm Kommetjie from … J Albertyn, and developed it as a…
PlaceFort Wonderboompoort, Wonderboom-Pretoria
… and Weiner, the fort cost £49 000 and had the same type of entrance as Fort Schanskop. Ramparts were built around the … , and alter the Corps Vesting…
EventMercenaries from South Africa led by Colonel “Mad Mike” Hoare, attempt an unsuccessful coup in Seychelles
… as a beer-drinking tourist party, "The Ancient Order of Froth-Blowers." Hoare's objective was to return to power … inspired by Hoare's adventures, and he is…
58. Congress has sold our rights
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … charged that the South African Indian Congress consisted of a…
Hlaudi manifesto gives Jimi Matthews and his SABC comrades no option but to vote #Hlexit by Ra'eesa Pather (Mail & Guardian), 27 June 2016
… The group’s acting CEO is gone and one of its most popular DJs has just said bye Felicia. But what … would be the SABC. The group’s acting CEO is gone, and…
PlaceMotswedi Alexandra Art Centre, Wynberg Sandton
… Johannesburg. Bill helped start FUBA (Federated Union of Black Artists), FUNDA (means ‘Learn’ in Xhosa), and the … people in Alex! Vivienne Abrahams…
Address by President Nelson Mandela North West stadium Welkom, 27 August 1995
… 1. Introduction - The Launch of the Manifesto 1.1 It is with great pleasure that I stand … today during this important phase in the democratisation of South…
ArchiveTrade unions, politics and the working class struggle: the Food and Canning Workers Union, 1975 to 1986
… Thesis submitted in partial fulfilment for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts Honours (BA Hons) in African Studies at the University of Cape Town by Riyaad…
EventAnna 'Sister Nannie' Tempo died
… Anna 'Sister Nannie' Tempo, was born of a slave mother and father who were kidnapped as children off the coast of Mozambique. She was born in the late 1870s…
PlaceThe Roman Catholic Church, Polokwane
… This was one of the earliest Churches established in Polokwane (then … The Sacred Heart Cathedral in Biccard Street is the seat of the Bishop, (A bishop is…
EventInternational Labour Organisation (ILO) suspends South Africa
… The governing body of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) voted in favour of suspending South Africa from participation in its Annual … two…
EventC.J. Langenhoven dies in Oudtshoorn
… Cornelis Jacob Langenhoven, SA author and writer of the words of Die Stem van Suid-Afrika (The Call of South Africa), died at his home 'Arbeidsgenot' in …
EventSA accepted back in international cricket
… to grant full membership to the United Cricket Board of South Africa (UCBSA), which would allow South African players to participate in test matches by the…
EventGoldstone report on police shootings in Sebokeng is released
… The report of the inquiry, led by Justice Richard Goldstone, into the shooting by the police of anti-Apartheid protesters in the township of Sebokeng on 26…
EventWinnie Mandela’s Soweto home reported burnt down
… The Sowetan reported that the Soweto home of Winnie Mandela, wife of an imprisoned leader of the African National Congress (ANC), Nelson Mandela, was …
EventSix SA Tsunami survivors arrive at Lanseria
… Six injured South African survivors of the tsunami in Thailand arrived at Lanseria airport on … earthquake measuring 9.0 on the Richter scale, west of the…
EventReport released on the Waratah steamship's disappearance
… A report was released in London about the disappearance of the Waratah between Durban and Cape Town. The twin-screw passenger and cargo steamship, one of the…
EventLindiwe Sisulu is detained
… in political activities. The police suspected her of being in possessions of the then banned African National Congress (ANC) funds. … 1990 she returned to…
EventDr. E. Rhoodie is arrested at the French Riviera resort Juan les Pins
… proceedings on 31 July 1979. This followed the receipt of extradition documents from the South African government. Rhoodie was one of the key players in the…
ArchiveBlack consciousness: a reactionary tendency
… and first appeared in June 1976 in The Educational Journal of March-May issue. The author provides the reader with a very detailed background and history of…
EventTseko Simon Nkoli dies
… day in history, prominent activist Tseko Simon Nkoli died of an AIDS related illness. Nkoli was one of the first Black anti-apartheid activists to publicly ……
Homeless Giving Tourists a Negative Perception - Fietas Museum by Wim Pretorius and Iavan Pijoos, (News24.com), 15 February 2016
… Johannesburg – In the heart of Pageview in Johannesburg lies a small, but almost … morning I have to clean up the mess people leave in front of the museum…
PlaceLebowa
… During the apartheid period, Lebowa was the homeland of the North Sotho people. It became a semi-independent … the main growth points. The Chief Minister…
“No Room for Racialism at Natal University”: Statement, June 1956
… racialistic statement made by Dr Malherbe, Principal of the University of Natal, alleging that the African was “totalitarian at heart and used to an ideology…