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EventFirst World Haemophilia Day
… Day was first celebrated in 1989 to increase awareness of haemophilia and to bring the needs of those affected by the disorder to the attention of the wider…
EventDigging for gold is officially authorised and fortune hunters flock to the Witwatersrand
… Digging for gold in the Witwatersrand (now city of Johannesburg and surroundings) was authorised in September 1886 and further accelerated the influx of…
Emissaries from Russia
… 1. I have received the response of Mr F. W de Klerk to a memorandum which I addressed to him on the 26th June 1992. I enclosed the statement of the Emergency…
PlaceGanesha Temple, Mt Edgecombe
… be the oldest surviving ‘solid’ temple in Africa and one of the finest examples of temple architecture in South Africa , the ' Ganesha Temple … vault, the…
EventAlbert Luthuli is elected as an ANC President
… and the well known writer and poet, Sol Plaatje, was one of its founding members. Formed in protest of the treatment of black South Africans, it became known…
EventMilitary service becomes compulsory for White South African men.
… young men, was passed on 9 June 1967 - with the support of the opposition. Conscription was instituted in South Africa in the form of 9 months of service for…
EventDr Robert Broom is born
… Broom was educated as a doctor, specializing in the field of midwifery, he was fascinated by the origin of mammals and used his medical profession to support…
EventCol. Muammar Gaddafi seizes power in Libya
… power in Libya after a coup d'etat. Gaddafi, the leader of the Free Unionist Officers movement, overthrew the monarchical rule of King Idris, who had ruled…
David Goldblatt: oblique apartheid look by Kenneth Baker, 5 December 2012
… Billy Monk," which opened at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art last weekend, will induce simmering discomfort in its viewers as its record of South…
Keeping a cool head amid flying bullets: A tribute to Juda Ngwenya by Joseph Oesi (City Press), 26 October 2016
… Your death has come way too soon; none of us could say, with a straight face, that we were prepared … we are ill prepared. Juda, I am sad and shocked to hear…
PlaceMarket Theatre
… by Mannie Manim and Barney Simon. Now based in the center of the Newtwon Cultural Precinct, The Market Theatre was … The Market Theatre won the bid for the…
PlaceMatjiesfontein
… fortification during The Anglo-Boer War, as headquarters of the Cape Command, refuge for Jamieson Raid reformers, and the venue of controversial war crimes…
EventA fishing trawler off the South African Coast catches a coelacanth
… two-year-old Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer was the curator of a small museum in the port town of East London, northeast of Cape Town, South Africa. She had an…
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ArchiveRobert Shell: A tribute By Martin Plaut, 05 February 2015
… Martin Plaut writes on the passing of the foremost scholar of slavery in the Cape Robert Shell: my friend Today I learnt … the news in an email. All day I…
PlaceAdderley Street, Cape Town
… 's main street, running from the foreshore to the foot of Government Avenue . In 1850, its name was changed to Adderley Street in honour of Charles B…
How I have cooperated with the Hawks by Pravin Gordhan (Times Live), 01 September 2016
… that he was not obliged to do so. He said in paragraph 3 of his answer that‚ “I wish to co-operate fully with any investigation of the Hawks into the…
PlaceMpumalanga
… Mpumalanga means ‘Place of the Rising Sun’ and is the name given to the new Province in Eastern Transvaal in 1993. It includes part of the old Transvaal and…
South Africa: Basic Education Hosts 2016 Inkosi Albert Luthuli Oral History Programme, 4 to 7 October
… Oral History Programme celebrates heroes and heroine of the liberation struggle The 2016 edition of the iNkosi Albert Luthuli Oral History programme is on…
PlaceBertrams, Johannesburg
… Bertrams characterises the down-to-earth, friendly appeal of this Country. There is an undeniably calm, inviting ambience, despite the high rate of…
PlaceSt Cyprian’s School, Gorge Road, Oranjezicht
… The Gateway and Walls of this property date from the end of the 18th Century and are situated on a portion of the Historic Nooitgedacht Estate, in…
PlaceBo-Kaap Museum
… Situated at the foot of Signal Hill, on the fringe of the city centre, and formerly known as the Malay Quarter , … and were brought from Malaysia, Indonesia…
PlaceGoshen
… with a green vertical stripe at the hoist also the colours of Imperial Germany - which I am sure worried the British … were sent in and declared Goshen (and…
ArchiveStudent international
… Paper presented at the 46th Annual Congress of the National Union of South African Students, 16 July 1970. Paper discusses the history of student…
PlaceRobben Island Museum
… to the 20th centuries, Robben Island served as a place of banishment, isolation and imprisonment. Today it is a … a poignant reminder to the newly democratic…
PlaceRhodes Memorial, Vredehoek- Table Mountain
… Situated on the Northern slope of Table Mountain is a must see Memorial too Cecil John … This vantage point not only allows a panoramic view of the Cape…
EventConnie Mulder announces banning off WCC officials from SA
… The Minister of the Interior, Connie Mulder, announces that senior officials of the World Council of Churches (WCC) have been banned from South Africa. Entry…
EventAngola, Cuba and South Africa allegedly signed a cease fire treaty
… South Africa agreed to a formal ceasefire. Under the terms of the ceasefire and later treaty, Cuba was to withdraw its … The treaty was signed on 22 December…
EventRashaad Staggie shot dead
… Gangsterism and Drugs (PAGAD), resulted in the killing of a highly suspected drug dealer, Rashaad Staggie, leader of the Hard Livings gang. Staggie was set…
PlaceLegogote Mountain Region, Mpumalanga
… Mountain 1 194m high, situated just South-East of eLundi and 12m North-East of White River. The name is said to be Swazi for "the large … National Botanical…