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ArchiveHeinemann African Writers Series
… Advertisement for free African Writers Catalogue. Artwork of map of africa. List of countries and names and photographs of writers. …
ArchiveNotes from meeting with Pete Hathorn and Ross Harker
… Notes of a meeting held between Pete Hathorn and Ross Harker pushing for the complete abolition of the Trespass Act of Section 1 of the Illegal Squatting Act…
ArchiveJews for social justice invite you to a public meeting
… 27th November. Simon Kuper Hall, Oxford Synagogue. List of speakers. Artwork of Star of David with dove of peace. …
End conscription
… White, black and red poster. Photo of a conscript. Issued by the Progressive Society, PFP. National poster campaign of the Young Progressives. Photos of…
PlaceAlbertinia, Mossel Bay- The Garden Route
… Village some 50 km West of Mossel Bay. It was laid out in 1900 on the farm … Municipality in 1920. The name is derived from the surname of Johannes Rudolph…
Liberal Opinion/Reality
… Opinion (1961-1968) was published by the Liberal Party of South Africa which was established in 1953 by Alan Paton, … Liberal Party was forced to disband…
PlaceMontecasino
… Montecasino is located in the suburb of Fourways in Northern Johannesburg. The casino and … an ancient Tuscan village and is named after the village of Monte…
PlaceMaitland Road
… Maitland Road, was opened on 20 December 1853, and one of these Mile Stones's was probably located at a local Inn, … but this was abolished in about 1860,…
PlaceMarconi Beam, Montague Gardens
… Beam is next to Montague Gardens and is located in City of Cape Town. Montague Gardens and Marconi Beam are of strategic importance to the entire Cape…
PlaceKwaNdebele
… KwaNdebele (or place of the Ndebele) was granted self-government in 1984 and was … . The homeland had about 300 000 residents, but most of them had to…
PlaceMakhonjwa Mountains, Barbeton
… in North-Eastern South Africa, the site comprises 40% of the Barberton Greenstone Belt, one of the World’s oldest Geological structures. The Barberton ……
EventThe Bantu Homelands Citizenship Bill is passed
… passed, whereby every African is issued with a certificate of citizenship of his respective 'homeland'. The homelands in question at … Swazi Homeland and…
EventMandela is awarded the Joliot Curie Gold Medal for Peace
… Peace the previous week. The announcement came a day short of Mandela's birthday, the first of its kind that he was going to celebrate behind closed … The…
EventFormer National Public Prosecutor Bulelani Ngcuka is born
… In 1998 he became South Africa's first National Director of Public Prosecutions. After his appointment he resigned from all political posts to avoid…
EventPik Botha is born
… Roelof Frederik "Pik" Botha , Minister of Foreign Affairs in the government of President F.W. de Klerk was born in Rustenburg, Transvaal (now North West…
EventAllan Boesak is arrested
… Allan Boesak was arrested and appeared in court on charges of trying to enter a Black township without permit, but … to Pollsmoor Prison in Cape Town, to…
EventThozamile Botha breaks banning order
… order and escaped to Lesotho. PEBCO was an affiliate of the banned United Democratic Front. Thozamile Botha studied BA Law with the University of Lesotho,…
EventLanguage crisis in schools resolved
… The minister of Bantu Education, M.C. Botha, announced that the South … Afrikaans. New regulations were issued, leaving the choice of the medium of…
EventEric Mntonga is found dead
… The body of Eric Mntonga, co-director of the Institute for a Democratic Alternative for South … ranking Ciskei police officers were arrested in the wake of…
EventLibrary and clinic names are changed in Pretoria
… The name of the Mid-City Library (Sammy Marks), city library of Pretoria, was changed to Es'kia Mphahlele Community … Square. Prof. Ezekiel (Es'kia)…
EventBBC reports demonstrations at a game ranch in SA
… BBC News reported that hundreds of demonstrators have protested at a game ranch in South Africa over the ill-treatment of fourteen baby elephants from…
EventANC makes first submission to TRC
… Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). The submission of 300 pages comprised a detailed analysis of its record and strategy during its campaign against ……
EventN.P. van Wyk Louw is born
… was born in Sutherland, Karoo. He was second in line of four brothers, the youngest of which was the poet W.E.G. Louw. N.P. van Wyk Louw received … against…
EventRabbi Israel Abrahams is born
… Chief Rabbi of Cape Town and Hebrew scholar Israel Abrahams was born in … He came to South Africa in 1937 and held the position of chief rabbi for more than…
EventAfrikaans author, Lulu Latsky is born
… Louise (Lulu) Latsky, favourite author of Afrikaans books, mostly for children, was born in Carnarvon, in the Karoo region of South Africa. Latsky was known…
PlaceClumber, Eastern Cape
… The Village of Clumber was established on land allocated in 1820 to Dr Thomas Carlton, leader of a party of settlers from Nottinghamshire. In October 1893…
EventPaul Kruger's house in Church Street West is declared a national monument
… Street in Pretoria used to be the official residence of then president of the Zuid Afrikaanse Republik (ZAR), Paul Kruger. The house … is said to have been…
ArchiveEllen Kuzwayo
… Dear Mr Mandela I acknowledge receipt of your memorandum dated 26 June 1992. However, an exchange of memoranda is no substitute for face-to-face talks. I was…
EventRayda Jacobs, the novelist and documentary filmmaker is born
… on 6 March 1947. Her first publication was a collection of short stories called “The Middle Children”, which was published in 1994.[i] Rayda’s first novel…
The Final Prize by Norman Levy book review by Chris Saunders, 1 June 2014
… so well-written and because he brings to it the insights of a historian and social scientist. Author of major book on the foundation of South Africa’s cheap…