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Interview with Oliver Tambo to Radio Freedom, 01 April 1981
… who is allegedly being held by the ANC.] It is a lot of noise but I do not know if it is damaging to the African … because it is noise about nothing. We have…
PlaceSalt River
… The exact date when the Village of Salt River was established is not known but in 1665 the … overlooked a Fjord over the River and to have consisted of an…
PlaceGoodwood
… One of the Northern Municipalities adjoining the metropolitan of Cape Town , 11 km from the centre of the City and in the Bellville district. It was…
PlaceRosebank, Johannesburg
… business node and tourist attraction. Rosebank is one of a kind in that it has effectively combined a successful … many head offices, the district also…
PlaceUganda
… Falls. Wildlife enthusiasts can expect to see great pods of hippo and immense rafts of crocodile in-and-around the Nile, as well as an array of exceptional…
EventUDF men takes refuge in the US consulate
… Vusi Khanyile (National Education Crisis Committee) all of them senior members of the United Democratic Front (UDF) took refuge in the … with other detainees…
EventThe company, IBM, re-forms in South Africa
… subsidiary to a new company established for the benefit of IBM South Africa employees. This was done, said company … in the country and would thus comply…
EventCharles Darwin and the HMS Beagle reached the Galapagos Islands
… be the principle inspiration for his work, On The Origin of Species, one of those rare scientific works that fundamentally changed the … careful observations…
EventSA judge jails former state assassin Eugene de Kock for more than 200 years
… the South African Police force. He acted as the commander of a counter-insurgency group located on the outskirts of Pretoria, known as Vlakplaas. De Kock…
PlaceNgcobo
… in the Christian calender as All Saints Day, Chief Fubu of the amaQwathi met with Archdeacon Waters and the Rev John Gordon of the Society for the…
PlaceAchab se Berg, Northern Cape
… Hill 23 km East of Aggeneys and 34 km from Pofadder, in the Northern Cape of South Africa. The name is taken from the Farm Achab. … the Town was founded to…
ArchiveInternational Bulletin, No 25, December 1989
… Issue covers an SACP delegation to the 14th Congress of the Romanian Communist Party, SACP delegation to the Congresses of the Communist Party of Britain and…
EventBishop Zulu is born
… Alphaeus Hamilton Zulu, Anglican bishop of Zululand and Swaziland was born in Nquthu, Natal. He was the only son of Johannes and Miriam Kolo Zulu and was a…
PlaceRiebeek East
… 1840 the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) acquired a portion of the Farm; Mooi Meisiejie Fontein for the purpose of establishing a Kerkplaats. The village of…
PlaceNelspruit
… a World Cup Stadium. This stadium which was built for some of the 2010 world cup soccer matches and is currently used … structure has a striking and…
PlaceTanzania
… succeeded in driving the Portuguese from the area north of the Ruvuma River by the early 18th Century. They then … his capital to Zanzibar in 1841. European…
JANAM People’s Theatre Group Tour!
… for change. Street theatre can be a dynamic example of popular pedagogy and kindle interest in and enthusiasm for … with a colloquium, followed by a…
PlaceNederlandse Hervormde Kerkgebou, Pretoria
… founded on 8 and 9 September 1855 in Pretoria. It was one of the independent churches started by the ‘Voortrekkers’. … first church building (1857-1882) was…
PlaceCompany Gardens in Cape Town
… a large Public Park and Botanical Garden, set in the heart of Cape Town . This Garden features: a Rose Garden; Japanese … The Company's Garden is situated,…
De Klerk pays tribute to Mandela’s ‘unique contribution’
… Former president FW de Klerk says South Africa has lost one of its founding fathers and "greatest sons". Former president FW De Klerk said South Africa lost…
Nelson Mandela Sending Photographs
… and comments on them, and he marvels at the growth of grandchildren. They come with their mothers as infants in … you look well and it pleases me very much…
Press Conference by O. R. Tambo, Introducing Alexandre Moumbaris, Stephen Lee and Timothy Jenkin who Escaped from Prison in South Africa, Lusaka, 2 January 1980
… by their own ingenuity, defeating the sophistication of the enemy's structures, not only of repression but of detention. If I may begin with Alex Moumbaris,…
PlaceParsonage House Museum, Port Elizabeth
… in Port Elizabeth and was built by Rev Francis McClelland of the Church of England, who arrived in 1820 with the Irish party under … in Port Elizabeth where,…
PlaceNewington Road Victorian Houses, Port Elizabeth
… This row of late Victorian double-storey, semi-detached dwellings … on 15 July 1983. Newington Road is found in one of the most historic suburbs in central…
EventEgyptian President Anwar Sadat, Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and President Carter begin a Middle East peace conference at Camp David, Maryland
… The three heads of state met for 13 days of secret meetings at Camp Devid, the Presidential Retreat in the Catoctin Mountains of Maryland, about 100…
EventFree, compulsory education for Black children
… to White education. Moreover, there was growing shortage of schools in rural and township areas for Black education. The government had a policy of separate…
EventThe Dutch Reformed Church decides that Afrikaans may be used alongside Dutch during services
… many influences, including French and Malay. At the time of the Great Trek in the 1830's, various dialects of Afrikaans were believed to have existed,…
EventWilliam Brown becomes the first South African officer killed during World War I
… and September 1915 for service overseas. It was comprised of four battalions (or regiments) of infantry. The Brigade, numbering 160 officers and 5 648 … on 1…
EventBritish establish first ‘refugee’ camps during the South African War
… Anglo-Boer War) by a military notice. The initial aim of the establishment of these camps was to provide protection to the families of boers who had…
EventThe Trojan Horse Massacre
… particularly by students. On 15 October 1985, members of the security forces shot and killed three young people who were part of anti-government…