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PlaceChapman's Peak Drive, Hout Bay to Fish Hoek
… Peak is named after John Chapman , the Captain’s mate of an English ship, the 'Consent'. The Peak which can be seen … mountaineer, but a lowly ship's pilot…
Albert Luthuli`s message from Oslo to the South African people, 5 December 1961
… My people, my sons and my daughters As I pace the floor of my bedroom in the Grand Hotel, Oslo, putting the final touches on my speech of acceptance of the…
PlaceEmoyeni, Parktown, Johannesburg
… in the Air’ in Nguni, is located on the highest point, of the highest ridge in Parktown, keeping its original name … Henry Hull to host lavish parties for…
EventNoble South Africans win Nobel Peace Prize
… The Nobel Peace Prize is considered by many to be a symbol of international recognition over the prize winners struggle … Nobel Peace Prize on 10 December…
Document 71 - National Committee for Liberation, Announcement [20 December 1961]
… for Liberation has been responsible for: 1. The removal of banished people to places of safety 2. The transportation of people overseas. 3. The taking of 20…
PlacePolokwane
… Is a City of 1 30,000 people counted in the census of 2011 . It now has a Population of about about 640,000 inhabitants. Spoken languages are: … iew-online…
The Wankie Campaign
… The Luthuli Detachment was one [of] those detachments that were well prepared and well … I personally participated in the preparations. A lot of time was…
Address by Deputy President Thabo Mbeki at teh Development Planning Summit Hosted by the Intergovernmental Forum, 27 November 1995
… to liberate all our people from the continuing bondage of poverty, deprivation, suffering, gender and other … "I have taken a moment here to rest, to steal a…
Event1300 Volkswagen workers dismissed for unprocedural strike against NUMSA leadership
… noteworthy is that it was possibly the first major example of workers, after 1994, striking not just outside of the auspices of their trade union but…
ArchiveZuma rape case judge stands down (BBC News),13 February 2006
… The judge presiding over the rape trial of South Africa's former Deputy President Jacob Zuma has said … Ngoepe might be biased as he issued warrants for a…
PlaceSouth Sudan
… Egypt attempted to colonize the region of Southern Sudan by establishing the Province of Equatoria in the 1870s. Islamic Mahdist revolutionaries … the…
EventUgandan premier Apollo Milton Obote is shot
… invasion by Tanzanian forces and the subsequent deposition of Amin. He was president until 1985, when he was deposed a … State's administration. The British…
Input by ANC President Jacob Zuma at the Farewell service for former President Nelson Mandela, Waterkloof Airforce Base, 14 December 2013
… The directors of the programme, fortunately for me you did not say how much I must speak. This is a mourning and a celebration of our leader and don`t you…
EventIconic musician, John Lennon, was shot dead outside his New York apartment
… him. After the shooting, Chapman sat and read a copy of Catcher in the Rye as he calmly waited for police to … to kill the world-famous musician. The instant…
Letter to Farzanah
… Omar Badsha's first book of photographs, Letter to Farzanah was published in 1979 in commemoration of the United Nations declared International Year of the…
EventHiroshima is targeted by a WWII atomic bomb
… On August 6 and 9, 1945, the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, were totally destroyed by … used in warfare. The American government justified the use…
EventSADF responds to allegations by FAPLA
… Following a press conference of General Staff Lieutenant-Colonel Antonio dos Santos Franca Ndalu, Chief of ForÁƒÂƒÂ§as Armadas Populares de LibertaÁƒÂƒÂ§ÁƒÂƒ…
EventEbola virus kills 153 people in Zaire
… virus a virus that kills its host by attacking the lining of the cells and coagulating the blood in the human body.. … named after the Ebola River valley…
EventElectrically powered units replaced Johannesburg's horse-drawn trams
… The rapid expansion of Johannesburg after the end of the Second Anglo Boer War increased to over twice it's the … before the war. This increase meant that…
PlaceVoortrekker Girl
… This charming figure which stands in front of the Oranje Girls High School was sculpted by Laurika Postma. The positive influence of aesthetically pleasing…
ArchiveDiana Mitchell obituary by Julia Gallagher (The Guardian), 08 February 2016
… Mitchell, who has died aged 83, was an active opponent of Ian Smith in the 1960s and 70s, and later used her political skills in an equally determined…
PlaceNelson Mandela Bridge, Johannesburg
… 295 metre span that is lit up in all the colours of the rainbow at night. (It's one of the really striking attractions of Johannesburg!) The Bridge, which…
Cape Slave Naming Patterns by Robert Shell
… Cape Town in 1804 he correctly noted the significance of the naming pattern for Cape Slave owners: It may here be … most honourable to those deities at whose…
Address by ANC President Jacob Zuma to ANC National General Council fundraising dinner at Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre, 19 September 2010, Durban
… Kgalema Motlanthe, ANC Officials and NEC members, Captains of business and industry, Special guests, Good evening, we … us. Tomorrow we start the third…
Extract from a speech by the Honourable the Prime Minister during the Cape National Party Congress at East London on 3 September 1975
… On this occasion the Prime Minister dealt with the policy of separate development in a particularly effective way. Adv. Vorster also referred to a few of the…
52. Gandhi: my experiences, 1914
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … and appeared in Gujarati in the Golden Number of Indian Opinion…
PlaceSteve Biko Bridge, East London
… Bridge across the Second Creek, East London, West of Buffalo Harbour. Named in honour of Balthazar John Vorster, 1915-1983. Former Prime Minister of the…
ArchiveChristian principles and race problems by Jan H. Hofmeyr
… This was the first lecture in a series of the Hoernle Memorial Lectures delivered by Jan H. Hofmeyr, who was subsequently a student of Professor Hoernle at…
ArchiveChristian principles and race problems
… This was the first lecture in a series of the Hoernle Memorial Lectures delivered by Jan H. Hofmeyr, who was subsequently a student of Professor Hoernle at…
EventProfessor John Fleming “Jack” Brok dies
… a scientist, physician and a professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Cape Town. Fleming was born on 27 March 1905 in Port … in the Cape…