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PlaceCity Hall and Francis Farewell Gardens, Durban
… 1975. Diagonally opposite - in West Street, corner of Gardiner Street - lies Durban's second National Monument … some 100 years ago, but it’s still the…
PlaceSlave Lodge, Cape Colony
… the 'Amersfoort', anchored at the Cape with a cargo of 174 Slaves. The Amersfoort's arrival in Table Bay, with … in its hold, firmly brought the Cape Colony…
PlaceGoedverwact
… Mission station of the Moravian Church on the Western slopes of the Piketberg, in the magisterial district of Piketberg. The farm was originally (1838)…
EventFormer anti-apartheid activist, Allan Boesak accuses ANC
… Dr Allan Boesak, former anti-apartheid activist, leader of the World Alliance of Churches and patron of the now disbanded United Democratic Front (UDF), was…
EventThe railway line between Durban and Pietermaritzburg is completed
… The construction of the railway line linking Durban and Pietermaritzburg was completed in 1880, the twentieth anniversary of railways in South Africa. The…
EventAlbertina Sisulu’s banning order is renewed
… On 31 July 1969 Albertina Sisulu, the wife of Walter Sisulu who was serving a life sentence Robben … order renewed for another five years after the expiry of…
EventStephen Gray, SA writer and academic, is born
… Born in Cape Town, Steven Gray is one of South Africa’s most prolific writers. He received an M.A. … Cambridge University, a M. Fine Arts from the University…
PlaceMadikwa Game Reserve, North West
… Many of the Farms described by writer Herman Charles Bosman in his … to imagine a leopard joining your siesta in the shade of a Withaak on the slopes of…
EventSouth African poet, writer and political activist, Mafika Pascal Gwala is born in Durban.
… Pascal Gwala was born on 5 October 1946 in Verulam, north of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. He is the second child of five children of his parents. He matriculated…
EventThe Berlin Airlift comes to an end
… The Berlin Airlift provided tons of supplies to war ravaged Berlin. Under the aid program … western Germany. The Soviets hoped to force the Allies out of…
EventGreat Trek Centenary Celebrations commence
… Boers leaving the Cape Colony and settling in the interior of South Africa. White settlement led to the establishment of the republics of Natalia, the Orange…
EventP.W. Botha becomes Prime Minister
… Party caucus elected Pieter Willem Botha, the Minister of Defence and leader of the National Party in the Cape Province as new Prime … was boosted by the…
EventTrojan Horse Massacre Memorial unveiled
… Horse Memorial was unveiled in Athlone as a remembrance of the three victims who were killed by the security police … to quell social unrest and protests in…
Entering Namibia without visas
… the territory comes under the direct responsibility of the United Nations. Until then, there was no question of anyone entering the territory without a…
PlaceRailway Station and Post Office, Point Road, Durban
… This building was erected in 1900 as part of a general upgrade by the Natal Railways. It replaced an … on 7 March 1986. The Point Railway Station, one of…
Inner-Party Bulletin
… Bulletin produced by the Central Committee of the SACP for internal distribution only. Issue covers probation, discipline and standards of conduct, report on…
EventNew Prime Minister P.W. Botha appoints cabinet ministers
… On becoming prime minister after the resignation of B.J. Vorster, P.W. Botha made some changes in the allocation of portfolios in his cabinet. He retained…
EventBotha announces third naval base
… P.W. Botha, the then Minister of Defence, announced the establishment of a third South African Naval Base to be located at Saldana Bay, about 128 kilometres…
My Spirit Is Not Banned - PART 3 by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner
… Not Banned by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner The start of a bad time The treason trial was the start of a very bad time. At that time they were after all…
PlaceBaxter Theatre, Rondebosch- Cape Town
… to the late Dr. W Duncan Baxter’s bequest for the purpose of building and establishing a theatre. Dr. Baxter made a generous donation to the University of…
PlaceThe Owl House
… Martins , an outsider or self-taught Artist and Owner of Owl House, turned her parents’ House and the yard into a … passed. Martins created the Owl House…
PlaceLowveld National Botanical Gardens
… The character of the Garden is shaped by the two main rivers that cut … Province. The Garden plays a critical role in conservation of rare and endangered…
PlaceIziko Museum's, Cape Town
… word meaning “hearth.” A hearth is the traditional centre of the home where families would get together to share their stories, just as Iziko is sharing the…
Document 13 - Sarah Mokone [Victor Wessels] “The T.A.R.C.”, Majority Rule : Some Notes. Chapter XIX
… an ad hoc Committee. The Anti-CAD and the Local Committee of the NEUM, opposed in principle to ad hoc committees and ad hoc campaigns which highlighted one…
PlaceGrey Street now Yusuf Dadoo Street, Durban-City Centre
… people are aware that Durban has the largest concentration of Indian people outside of India! Originally brought in during the 1860’s by the … started their…
ArchiveAfrican Communist, 1959 - 1994
… did not publicly announce its existence until the state of emergency was declared by the government after the police massacres of Sharpeville and Langa in…
The Mission: A Life for Freedom in South Africa by Denis Goldberg
… Emotional desert: Prison, 1963 to 1985 Chapter 10 Problems of imprisonment Chapter 11 The escape Chapter 12 Hangings Chapter 13 A negotiated release Chapter…
PlaceGeorge Division
… The district of George was originally part of the district of Swellendam, and was proclaimed a separate district on 23 …
PlaceOld Railway Station Museum, Uitenhage
… fretted timber details. Built on Market Street in the year of the opening of the railway from Port Elizabeth, it is reputed to be one of the oldest Railway…
EventAfrikaner nationalists rebel against a Union Jack in new South African flag
… to have a Union Jack (the British flag) in the centre of the national flag. The controversy followed the introduction of a bill to provide a national flag…