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PlaceAmandelboom, Town in Northern Cape
… stroll around Amandelboom, the so-called coloured township of Williston Village in the Upper Karoo, best you not be … Church services begin. Amandelboom was…
PlaceWynberg Park, Southern Suburbs
… In the heart of Cape Town lies the beautiful Wynberg Park! This spans over an area of 22 square kilometres and showcases some of the Western Cape Vegetation,…
EventBomb meant for Kangaroo Court judge, May Ledwaba kills sleeping William Ledwaba
… In evidence furnished before the Amnesty Commission of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, policemen Eric … revealed that May Ledwaba (Squish) had been…
EventThe Bondelswarts surrender to the German forces
… Germany's occupation of Namibia was accomplished through military conquest of the numerous groups in the region, with the Khoikhoi being … all her colonies,…
PlaceFort Wiltshire
… erected by the British military during the frontier war of 1818-19, and was named in honour of Lt-Col Thomas Wiltshire of the 38th Regiment, who commanded…
EventSir Bartle Frere, the new British High Commissioner delivers an ultimatum to Cetshwayo the Zulu king to disband his army’
… Frere who was appointed in 1877 wanted to pursue the idea of creating a Confederation of all Southern African territories, with a view to being appointed…
PlacePhoenix Settlement and Gandhi Trail
… The Phoenix Settlement comprised of 100 acres of land and was purchased by Gandhiji in 1904. It was on this Settlement that Gandhi started his journey of…
EventOlive Shisana was born on this day
… African academic, Dr Olive Shisana was born in the town of Pietersburg, South Africa, on the 27th of November 1950. [1] She holds a BA degree which she…
PlaceWits Art Museum
… Situated on the ground floor of University Corner in the heart of Braamfontein, The Wits Art Museum is one of Johannesburg’s foremost tourist attractions…
Zuma to grow ANC membership in tribute to Madiba, 17 July 2011
… As part of realising ANC stalwart Comrade Nelson Mandela`s dream and that of his organisation - taken as far back as 1942 - to grow the ANC membership to one…
SASPU National, 1980 - 1987
… SASPU National was one of two publications produced by the South African Students … SASPU Focus. A non-profit newspaper, about 25 000 copies of SASPU…
PlaceMoletzie Bird Sanctuary
… Polokwane means:'place of safety' and is quite appropriate as it protects the Cape … non-breeding groups in Namibia and Southern Zimbabwe. One of the largest…
Known as Black Tuesday’, the New York Stock exchange collapsed sending economic shockwaves throughout the world and throwing the global economy into depression
… all their money and scores committing suicide. This set of the world wide depression of the 1930s, which at its worst saw one in three people … as well as…
EventSA pledges support for a negotiated settlement in Rhodesia
… The South African government under leadership of Prime Minister John Vorster pledged support for the United States of America's (USA) efforts to bring about…
EventDr Chris Barnard performs the world’s first human heart transplant
… . This extraordinary event which pushed the boundaries of science into the dawn of a new medical epoch took place inside Charles Saint Theatre at Groote…
EventSouth Africa relinquishes sovereignty over Walvis Bay
… "Whale Bay", is situated in Namibia, along the west coast of southern Africa, formerly the German colony of South- West Africa. According to archaeological…
Event18 mineworkers die in Carletonville
… On 29 July 1999, a team of AngloGold mineworkers at the Mponeng mine in Carletonville accidentally drilled into a pocket of flammable methane gas in the…
EventPolitical activist, Professor ZK Matthews is born
… Matthews , was born in Kimberley in 1901, the son of Peter Motsielwa and Martha Mooketsi Matthews, a Tswana … a Cape voter and his cousin, Sol Plaatje, a…
EventXhosa hero Maqoma dies on Robben Island
… Xhosa war hero and regent of the AmaNgqika (Gaika) Xhosa clan during the youth of Sandile, Maqoma (also spelled Makoma or Macoma), died on … ranging from…
ArchiveThe Final Prize: Family - chapter 1
… by Norman Levy I literally fell into politics at the age of fourteen, a happening that set my life on a path to … triggered the event was a cycle ride round…
ArchiveEnvironments
… Notice of an exhibition of work by architects and designers. Title in purple. Images of purple people on black and white background of images of …
ANC statement on the Heritage Day, 24 September 2014
… As we celebrate this day let us do so with high regard of the developments that ushered a new democracy which has been the foundation of the new identity we…
EventEnglish ship “Caesar” with William Pearse on board bound for Bantam arrives
… sick, [blank] in number, to be allowed to be lodged by one of our burghers ... which was politely granted ..." [Journal] "... through the Blessing of the…
PlaceTable Bay
… Table Bay is a natural inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, overlooked by Cape Town and the … first European to explore the region in 1486. The region of the…
PlaceMcgregor Museum, Kimberley
… building where Cecil John Rhodes held up during the Siege of Kimberley from 1899 – 1900 . The fist curator of the museum was Ms Maria Wilman and in the forty…
PlaceGrey Institute/School, Port Elizabeth
… During the 1850s Sir George Grey, Governor of the Cape from 1854-61, played a leading role in the establishment of educational institutes throughout the…
EventRobert Sobukwe is sentenced to three years’ imprisonment
… Founding member and president of the Pan Africanist Congress , Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe , … was sentenced to three years' imprisonment for incitement of…
EventThe African National Congress is found guilty
… a report published by The Star on this date , the report of the Motsuenyane Commission, published the previous day, confirmed the findings of the previously…
EventMourners are shot at Ntuli’s funeral in Thokoza
… At least eighteen people were killed on the day of the funeral of Sam Ntuli, an African National Congress (ANC) member … During the funeral service, attended…
EventThe ANC Youth League is re-established at Orlando stadium in Soweto
… at Orlando stadium in Soweto after an absence of thirty years from the political arena in South Africa. The Youth League was effected through the…