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EventCall for a stay-away in Black townships
… A stay-away by Black workers in the industrial areas of the Witwatersrand and the Vaal Triangle is called by Black … in rent and utility charges and over the…
EventNon military national service for objectors
… A Defence Amendment Bill provides for an alternative form of national service for conscientious objectors who oppose … to objectors motivated by political…
EventRight wing Wit Kommando bombs academic’s office
… The office of a member of Prime Minister P.W. Botha's team, responsible for drawing up plans for a Southern African Constellation of States, Professor Jan…
EventSA signs multilateral treaty on the civil liability for oil pollution damage
… was available to those who suffered damage as a result of oil spills, and to standardize international legislation regarding questions of liability. Oil…
EventFearon Fallows, first Astronomer Royal at the Cape, is born in England
… born in Cockermouth, Cumberland on 4 July 1789. The son of a weaver, he was brought up in the profession of hand-weaving. However, Fallows spent his spare…
EventTruck drivers strike in major cities
… over 35,000 workers, who were demanding a wage increase of 9 percent across the board and 10 percent for workers … traffic and creating chaos. Blood flowed…
EventA blaze destroys Wanderers Cricket Club
… started in the kitchen but soon spread. SA Eagle, insurer of the clubhouse, approached the Johannesburg City Council … admitted Johannesburg's response times…
EventWorld Red Cross and Red Crescent Day
… Dunant; a Swiss national, who witnessed the suffering of the wounded, dying, and displaced in a battle in Northern Italy. Among the notable successes of this…
EventTransvaal Anti-SAIC Committee decided to revive the old TIC
… At the annual congress of the Transvaal Anti-SAIC Committee held in Johannesburg, it … the South African constitution to create a new structure of Parliament…
EventFormer Springboks player, Naas Botha is born
… Hendrik Egnatius Botha was born on the 27 of February 1958 in Breyten, in the Eastern Transvaal (now … He schooled in Pretoria, where he participated in a…
EventANC stalwart, Albertina Sisulu dies in Johannesburg
… Sisulu died at her Linden home, Johannesburg at the age of 92. Often referred to as the ‘Mother of the Nation’, she was a nurse and one of the most important…
EventThe State Theatre in Pretoria opens
… The Japanese- influenced building is actually a complex of theatres. At the time of construction, it was the first of its kind in Southern Africa. The…
PlaceWhite Horse Stones, Naval Hill, Bloemfontein
… stones were laid during the South African War by members of the Wiltshire Regiment who were then Stationed at Naval Hill. An Area of 28 x 30 metres of land…
ArchiveBesoek van Mnr Clark aan Suid-Afrika en Suidwes-Afrika: 10-13 Junie 1981
… by Minister R F Botha and written mostly in Afrikaans, of the visit of Mr W P Clark of the United States of America, to South Africa and South …
ArchiveANC/UCT Position Paper proposals
… Report of a meeting between the ANC and the University of Cape Town on the education crisis. Includes handwritten … on a consultative meeting between the ANC…
PlaceElliot, Thembuland
… The Village of Slang Rivier was founded early in 1885, and in April 1894 … , a prominent Colonial administrator and Chief Magistrate of Transkie , which is…
EventFour Indian leaders are sentenced under Terrorism Act
… At the end of a lengthy trial in the Supreme Court in Pretoria, four Indian leaders are convicted of conspiracy under the Terrorism Act and sentenced to a…
EventHarold Cressy is born in Rorke’s Drift
… Harold Cressy , co-founder of the Teachers League of South Africa (TLSA), educationist and teacher, is born in … Drift, Kwazulu-Natal . He was the only Black…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
ANC statement on Zimbabwe, 26 May 2000
… position on Zimbabwe as per the discussions and decisions of its last National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting which … the route to follow in the…
Message from Oliver Tambo to the United Nations Special Committee against apartheid on its 20th anniversary, 02 April 1983
… Committee the most cordial fraternal greetings on occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the Special Committee. The Special Committee belongs to … in…
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…