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EventThelma Gutsche, a South African scholar, historian and film critic, dies
… a South African scholar, historian and film critic dies in the Cape. Thelma Gutsche was born to Dr and Mrs J Gutsche in Somerset West in the Cape Province in…
EventWorld Aids Day is internationally observed for the first time
… Following the January 1988 meeting of Health Ministers in London, a decision was taken that 1 December would … the worldwide challenges and consequences of…
PlaceRegina Mundi, Catholic Church, Soweto
… Regina Mundi Catholic Church is located in the Township of Soweto, in the Suburb of Moroka. The Church forms part of the rich History of Soweto and is the…
PlaceParow
… Heinrich Ferdinand Parow was born on 1 March 1833 in a Province of Deutschland. During a great storm in Table Bay in 1865, 19 ships were stranded. Amongst…
EventMilitary service becomes compulsory for White South African men.
… the support of the opposition. Conscription was instituted in South Africa in the form of 9 months of service for all white males … anti-apartheid activists…
A French minister, Pierre Simond, joins the Huguenots at the Cape by order of the Heeren XVII (Lords Seventeen)
… Pierre Simond, a Huguenot minister, was born in 1651 in Nion (Dauphine). After studying theology he became a … of the reformed Huguenot religion, he fled to…
EventStander gang hits 3 banks
… On 19 January 1984, the Stander gang robs three banks in less than an hour in the Johannesburg city centre. The Stander gang was a group … and even during…
EventTwo ANC members convicted of terrorism training
… Isaac Giwu and Mr Sivuyile Botwe Qegu were convicted in the Supreme Court in Bisho for terrorism training and being in possession of firearms and explosives…
PlaceAlbany, Eastern Cape
… was established on 7 January 1814 by Sir John Craddock, In 1811, he was appointed Governor of the Cape Colony and commander of the forces on that station,…
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Wellington East
… The foundation stone of this church was laid way back in 1838. The first section of the building which comprised of the nave only was taken into use in 1840…
PlaceRuth Prowse School of Art
… With the death of Ruth Prowse in 1967, her Mansion Property “the Retreat” located on … She was also the Curator of the Michaelis Collection, in Cape Town…
ArchiveInterview with Duma Nokwe
… the ANC from 1958 to 1969. Born to working class parents in Evaton, he studied at St. Peter's School in Johannesburg, Fort Hare, and the University of the…
EventNigerian Political Scientist Professor Claude Ake is born
… University where he taught political science. Ake died in a plane crash in 1996 when the airplane that he was travelling in crashed into a lagoon in a…
Address to the SANC Local Government Conference, 30 July 1999 Johannesburg
… promote regional co-operation on local government matters. In the narrow sense of the word, and to some people, local … York which has a high tax base and a…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on the occasion of the 100th Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi’s Satyagraha, Durban
… and delighted to have this opportunity to address you in the presence of the Prime Minister of India, His … the 100th anniversary of the beginning of a…
PlaceSomalia
… vying for power. The arrival of European Colonists in the late 19th Century led to the division of Somalia … and Italy. Independence and reunification was…
ArchiveThe end of an era - A tribute to Cde Govan Mbeki, by Jacob Zuma, 8 September 2001, Port Elizabeth
… During the past week, the entire country has been united in mourning the fall of a giant of our struggle. Messages of … and indeed, his passing on closes an…
Address at the National Youth Day Celebrations, 16 June 2002
… has been 26 years since the youth of South Africa marched in all parts of the country on a lonely journey for a better … establish a new democratic order and…
Statement by Oliver Tambo at the meeting of the Special Committee against Apartheid, 12 January 1982
… non-governmental organisations, and from people in different walks of life in many parts of the world. The people of South Africa have … against South Africa…
Statement by Oliver Tambo at the meeting of the United Nations Special Committee against apartheid, 12 January 1982
… non-governmental organisations, and from people in different walks of life in many parts of the world. The people of South Africa have … against South Africa…
INDIAN SOUTH AFRICANS - A brief history
… among the first slaves that had been brought to the Cape in the second half of the seventeenth century, it was only … southern Africa had a relatively large…
PlaceMpumalanga
… the Rising Sun’ and is the name given to the new Province in Eastern Transvaal in 1993. It includes part of the old Transvaal and the former … Mpumalanga's…
PlaceNxuba (formerly known as Cradock)
… Cape Towns and Villages. The name changes were approved in terms of Section 10 (2) of the South African Geographical … . The name changes will mainly affect…
Address by President Nelson Mandela to the summit on rural Safety and Security Midrand, 10 October 1998
… this is perhaps one of the most representative gatherings in the country since Codesa. This summit represents what has … new democracy, to strive for…
Address by President Nelson Mandela to the Constitutional Assembly on the occasion of the adoption of the new constitution Cape Town, 8 May 1996
… assented to the new basic law of the land have captured, in a fleeting moment, the centuries of history that the South African people have endured in search…
PlaceJan De Waal House, 93 Bree Street, Cape Town
… Jan de Waal, born in Amsterdam, arrived at the Cape in 1715 as an employee of the Dutch East India Company The … which this double storey house stands was…
EventBritain and Egypt sign the Suez Canal agreement.
… The Suez Canal was opened in 1869. As the easiest link to both the Mediterranean and … the canal was of great strategic importance. Situated in Egypt and…
EventHundreds of thousands of people killed as tsunamis devastate large swathes of South and Southeast Asia, coming as far as South Africa
… a tsunami wave. The tsunami caused tremendous devastation in several countries and killed hundreds of thousands of … casualties as a direct result of the…
EventPolitical activist, Professor ZK Matthews is born
… Zachariah Keodirelang Matthews , was born in Kimberley in 1901, the son of Peter Motsielwa and Martha Mooketsi … to education. He enroll at Fort Hare…
EventHaile Selassie, deposed Ethiopian emperor, dies
… Haile Selassie was born Lij Tafari Makonnen, in the village of Ejersa Gor, in the Harar Province of Ethiopia. Heir to a 13th century dynasty, he ascended to…