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EventNapoleon assembles his army near Aboukir, Egypt
… The First Battle of Aboukir was a decisive victory for the French and secured France's occupation of Eqypt. In June 1798 Napoleon's army departed France to…
PlaceWoodstock
… The Village of Papendorp lay some 2 km East of Cape Town , on the Main Road to Stellenbosch , later to … in 1781-84 , was registered in 1788 as security for…
PlaceThe Durban Centre for Photography
… , at the same time it was also the first public auction of photographic prints ever held in South Africa. This was to … , Rafs Mayet , Moses Khubisa, Jeeva…
ArchiveLetter from John Daniel, President, to University Principals and others
… Circular letter from John Daniels, President of NUSAS, reporting on the effect of the Commission of Enquiry into Improper Political Interference and the …
Chapter 6 - No more suppers for my comrades
… From the book: Le Rona Re Batho (An account of the 1982 Maseru Massacre) by Phyllis Naidoo, South Africa, … Not all the 30 South Africans killed were…
PlaceMowbray
… The village of Mowbray was established in about 1853 on the farm … an area more commonly known as Drie Koppen. This name was of Dutch origin, and was given…
PlaceThree Anchor Bay
… in Table Bay. Its name was first recorded in Dutch records of 1661, and probably refers to a defensive chain which … Three Anchor Bay, easily overlooked by…
PlaceCote D’Ivoire or Ivory Coast
… African traders who visited south Saharan states in search of gold. The powerful Sudanese empires dominate the history of the Ivory Coast. It was from these…
PlaceNZASM Station, George Norton Street, Krugersdorp
… richly decorated gable, was completed in 1896 and is one of the last surviving structures of the old Transvaal railway system. It was declared a … began in…
EventGeneral Barry Hertzog, former South African Prime Minister, dies
… in England, as well as degree in law at the University of Amsterdam. He became increasingly disillusioned by the treatment of Afrikaners by the British…
EventAbdul Samad Minty, anti apartheid activist, is born
… Between 1962 and 1995 he was the Honorary Secretary of the British Anti-Apartheid Movement. Minty played an … International Olympic Committee in 1963 for the…
EventMapungubwe is ‘discovered’
… The ancient city of Mapungubwe (meaning 'hill of the jackal') is an Iron Age archaeological site in the … years ago, Mapungubwe appears to have been the…
EventThe first family at the Cape moves into the fort
… the semi-completed fortress, the Fort de Goede Hoop (Fort of Good Hope). Here their son, Bernert Willemz, was born on 6 … was appointed on a five-year…
EventC. Lindenberg Letty, botanical artist, is born
… in the old Transvaal Province in 1895. She was the eldest of five children. At the outbreak of the South African War in 1899, the family moved to … Estcourt…
EventDr. Rhoodie is arrested
… Dr Eschel Rhoodie, former South African secretary of information, was initially tracked down by a journalist at … shortly after testifying before the…
EventReport on ANC detention camps is released
… Congress (ANC) released a report by an internal commission of inquiry (the Skweyiya Commission), appointed to … abuse allegations in ANC camps abroad. The…
EventNelson Mandela is free
… renamed Drakenstein Correctional Centre) on the outskirts of Paarl and was driven the 60 kms to Cape Town by African … Congress'(ANC) Rose Sonto along a…
EventThe Azanian People’s Liberation Army (APLA) disbands
… Liberation Army (APLA) was the underground military wing of the Pan African Congress (PAC). APLA was formed in the 1960s, after the banning of the PAC and…
Cutting Through The Mountain
… Cutting Through The Mountain is a collection of interviews with South Africans - most of them prominent and all of them Jewish - who fought against…
PlaceQuadrant House, 114-115 Victoria Embankment, Durban
… a naval college. McKinlay is considered to have been one of the most important motivators of what has become known as the " Berea Style ". It was … jewel, on…
EventPrime Minister Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa is killed in Nigeria’s first military coup
… Abubakar Tafawa Balewa was the first Prime Minister of Nigeria after it gained independence. He served his term … term was tumultuous due to tensions in the…
EventPolice open fire, killing 34 striking mine-workers at Marikana
… at the Lonmin platinum mine. This was the biggest incident of police brutality since the dawn of democracy and it revived memories of security-police…
PlaceCarmel, George
… post office was opened on the site during the latter half of 1905, it was realised that its name coincided with that of Langverwacht,in the division of…
EventBritain refuses Uganda’s request for independence
… Uganda is an east African country that had a number of kingdoms as well as political institutions by the 1800's. … 1879. East Africa soon developed into the…
PlaceElukhanyweni
… Elukhanyweni is a small settler village in the foothills of the Amatola Mountains, located some 50km from King William's Town, at the confluence of the Gxulu…
PlaceMalawi
… The Coastal and Marine Ecosystems of the Bijagós Archipelago – Omatí Minhô in Guinea-Bissau and the mountain range of southern Malawi have been added to the…
PlaceDarling, West Coast
… Tourism Folk from Darling, believe that peace and quiet of the foremost importance! A calm and peaceful Retreat from the stresses and strains of the hectic…
EventSteve Tshwete is born
… on 12 November. He spent his childhood in the village of Peelton, and later in King William's Town and East … the extra income. As he was growing up, the…
Artscape: Legacy Exhibition
… as a pastor to the exiled and destitute in the inner-city of Pretoria. It was during this time, that he became acutely aware of the difficulties and…
Appeal To Students by Nelson Mandela
… Dear Friends, I am writing this letter on the instructions of the All-in African National Action Council which was established in terms of a resolution…