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EventLouis Trichardt, Voortrekker leader, is born near Oudtshoorn 225 years ago
… Louis Trichardt was one of the Voortrekker leaders. He was born near Oudtshoorn in … 1840s who left the Cape Colony moving into the interior of South Africa…
EventAmy Biehl’s murderers receive amnesty from TRC
… The four murderers of Amy Biehl, American Fullbright exchange student, are … Christopher Manqina had been convicted for the murder of Amy Biehl in the Cape…
EventField Marshal Lord Roberts is appointed British supreme commander in South Africa
… The appointment of Lord Roberts as Supreme Commander of the British forces in South Africa came after a series of failed campaigns against Boer Commandos in…
EventWorld Teachers Day - “Build the future: invest in teachers now!”
… primary intention to focus public attention on the work of the teachers. UNESCO proceeded to announce that 5 October … to commemorate the Recommendation…
EventMalawi voters take part in the first multiparty election in three decades
… Present day Malawi became the British colony of Nyasaland in 1890, after aggressive diplomatic conflict … is as the country's first president. From the…
PlaceTwo Oceans Aquarium, Cape Town Waterfront
… Two Oceans Aquarium celebrates the unique collection of Marine Life that lives off South Africa's Coasts , where … and Indian Oceans meet. Travelers can get…
ArchiveNUSAS resumé 1981
… Record of some of the main events that the National Union of South African Students initiated or was involved in during …
EventDr. J. S. Moroka dies
… Moroka , medical doctor, politician, and great-grandson of Chief Moroka I of the Barolong Boo Moroka in Thaba Nchu the then district of Bophuthatswana, now…
PlaceKhayelitsha Township
… Khayelitsha Township lies some 19km east of Wynberg and 25 km of south-east of Cape Town in the Western Cape . The name is of Xhosa … (David Philip), p.212|…
PlaceCape Agulhas, Western Cape
… Cape Agulhas is some 32 km South of Bredarsdorp. The name is Portuguese for 'needle' and is … with no magnetic deviation. Therefore the Portuguese name of …
PlaceBoys High School, Pretoria
… schools in rankings nationally, as well as in all of Africa. Notable alumni includes two Nobel Prize laureates, … Rhodes scholars, several government…
EventProfessional soccer is introduced in SA when the National Football League is founded
… Association (FIFA) officially recognised the White body of the Football Association of South Africa (FASA) as the sole governing body of soccer in South…
EventRobert McBride is arrested in Mozambique
… a high-ranking official in the South African Department of Foreign Affairs, was arrested by the Mozambican police in … was on a fact-finding mission…
PlaceBoksburg, the Witwatersrand
… The Town of Boksburg was founded in 1887 as the Administrative Centre of the East Rand. It is the second oldest Town on the … mining operation. Towards the…
PlaceAliwal South, Alternative Name for Mossel Bay
… to search for a trading route to India, by King John II of Portugal. Without realizing it he had actually rounded the Cape of Good Hope. Dias' excursion…
PlaceKalk Bay, Southern Suburbs- Cape Town
… The Village of Kalk Bay was probably established in the 17th Century as a small community of lime burner's who mined the nearby deposits of limestone. Its…
EventTwo prisoners sentenced to death for sodomy
… were two prisoners on Robben Island who had been accused of ‘mutually perpetrated sodomy’ according to trial records from the Cape Council of Justice in…
Introduction
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai The new and competitive presence of Indians in…
Address at 90th brthday celebration, by Nelson Mandela, 25 June 2008, London United Kingdom
… to travel here in our 90th year and be in the presence of so many good friends. Thank you for the continuing support in the fight against the terrible…
PlaceRichtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape, Northern Cape
… This is a dramatic Mountainous Desert in the Northern Cape of South Africa. Constitutes a Cultural Landscape Communally … property sustains the semi-nomadic…
PlaceGordonia Division
… Named after Sir Gordon Sprigg, who was Prime Minister of the Cape Colony four times between 1878 and 1902. It was … largest magisterial district in South…
PlaceNZASM Goods Office, Railway Street, Pretoria
… in 1896, and is the largest and best remaining example of the Company's architecture in Pretoria. It was declared a … a result became vandalized. Situated on…
PlaceDolobran, Parktown, Johannesburg
… was built in 1906 for Sir Charles Llewellyn Andersson, son of the famous explorer Carl Andersson. Andersson had amassed … The mansion was towered and…
Khoisan leader given state funeral despite last wishes by SAPA, 1 July 2012
… Cape government officials, traditional leaders and friends of the Khomani San. Traditional leaders at the funeral were … by governments' intervention. Paul…
EventAfrican Mineworkers’ strike starts
… African mineworkers, led by John Beaver (JB) Marks, leader of the African Mineworkers' Union, started on this day. The strike was initiated by the Communist…
EventEvelyn Dalberg, SA opera singer, is born in Germany
… was born on 23 May 1939, in Leipzig, Germany. The daughter of Frederick Dalberg and German Soprano Ellen Winter, Dalberg was trained at the Guildhall School…
EventThe “Ossewabrandwag” is founded
… nationalist organisation in Bloemfontein, under leadership of Colonel J.C.C. Laas. The OB was evidence of the surging Afrikaner Nationalism in the centenary…
EventStompie Seipei’s murderer goes to jail
… Seipei. Stompie Seipei was a child activist and member of the infamous Mandela Football Club established by Winnie Mandela as a front for the political…
EventDisinvestment moves by two major companies
… South African associate, Barclays National Bank Limited of South Africa (also known as Barnat). Sir Timothy Bevan, chairman of Barclays, admitted that while…
EventPope John Paul II appoints 31 cardinals, three from Africa
… Pope John Paul II appointed 31 new cardinals; three of them were from Africa. These were the Nigerian Cardinal … the Sudanese Gabriel Zubeir Wako. However,…