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EventThe National Party (Transvaal) is founded
… The Union of South Africa was established in 1910. Although South Africa was no longer a British … when the National Party (NP) was founded by JBM Hertzog in…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the High Diamond Council, Antwerp, Belgium: 15th November 2004
… be here this evening because at least I can deliver a plea in the name of millions of Africans throughout our continent, … by those from the rest of the…
Chapter 13. General Strike, 1932
… the employers' association before the agreement expired in the middle of August 1932, but these proved futile. The … was unrealistic to ask for this figure…
PlaceAnton van Wouw House, Museum- Pretoria
… finish is typical of the materials that Eaton liked to use in his designs and the house was designed to blend well with … funds to the University of Pretoria…
ArchiveThe Soul of a Nation
… of The Soul of a Nation - Constitution-Making in South Africa . We will Publish the entire book in the next two weeks. On 10 December 1996, the signatures on…
Address at the World Food Summit, 10 June 2002
… and distinguished delegates: This important meeting in Rome is a declaration of hope to the peoples of the world … slow, towards the achievement of the…
EventNyanga school Principal’s office burnt
… On 24 June 1976 the Principal's office in Hlengisi Primary, Nyanga, outside Cape Town is burnt down. … context of this is that on 16 June 1976 school…
EventDr Cedric Phatudi, Lebowa Chief Minister, dies
… Cedric Namedi Phatudi was born in ga-Mphahlele in 1912. Phatudi worked as an educator and educational … of the Inspectors’ Association of Bantu Education in…
Address by Deputy President Thabo Mbeki at the Opening of the 48th General Assembly of the World Medical Association (WMA) 25 October 1996
… strong advocates of Cape Town's bid for the Olympic Games in 2004. We are delighted that you chose South Africa as the … this year is the transformation that…
Address by President Nelson Mandela on Receiving and Honorary Doctorate from Harvard University Boston, 18 September 1998
… start to the visit than one which included being honoured in this way by one of the great educational institutions of … South African people as a whole. I…
Document 141 “Apartheid Spells Disaster”, Report of the Central Committee of the Communist Party to the Party’s National Conference, Johannesburg,6 to 8 January 1950,2y Freedom, New Series 15 December, 1949
… already a process of disillusionment is beginning to set in among the Europeans. Naturally, the Europeans cannot be … Judging by the results of a number of…
PlaceWynberg, Southern Suburbs
… Wynberg is certainly one of the most interesting Areas in Cape Town. It is home to one of the oldest Schools in the Country (Wynberg Boys), with its…
Remarks by the President of the African National Congress Comrade JG Zuma to Worker`s Day Durban, 1 May 2015
… SANCO, Comrades and friends This Workers Day takes place in the year when we celebrate sixty years since the adoption … come from a proud tradition of unity…
Speech by ANC President Jacob Zuma at the Oliver Tambo Institute of Leadership, 17 July 2008, Kawaweta, Uganda
… gentlemen, Good day to you all. Today is a significant day in our post-apartheid history, as we have finally been able … Wesizwe (MK) campsite. We are…
Address at the Mercosur Summit, Florianopolis, Brazil, 15 December 2000
… life depend on the leadership that we give at this time. In the many international forums that we all attend, we have … world to accept some of the burden of…
30. Potchefstroom traders: we please the poorest class of customers
… vigilante groups grew strong after 1902. Indian traders in outlying Transvaal towns were singled out for the … addressed to the High Commissioner, Lord…
PlaceNederlandse Hervormde Kerkgebou, Pretoria
… congregation was founded on 8 and 9 September 1855 in Pretoria. It was one of the independent churches started … The church was very small and not much…
PlaceAlexander Bay, Namaqualand
… Alexander Bay is way up the West Coast of the Northern Cape in South Africa . Virtually on the Border with Namibia , in a Region known simply as: 'Little…
PlaceHershel Memorial Obelisk, Claremont-Cape Town
… were raised by donations from the friends of the Herschels in Cape Town. The stone for the memorial was quarried at … Edinburgh, and shipped to the Cape,…
Down with Afrikaans - Oakes, D. (ed)(1988). Illustrated history of South Africa – The real story, Reader’s Digest story: Cape Town.
… accepted by both parties. The guidelines to be formulated in terms of the Report will be applied in dealing with members of all organisations, groupings or ……
PlaceFranschhoek, Western Cape
… , a Community of French Huguenots were granted land in this Valley by the Dutch Government of the Cape , after … fleeing their Homeland when Protestantism…
PlaceLutheran Church, Martin Melck House and Sexton House, Strand Street, Cape Town.
… The Lutheran Church in Strand Street in Cape Town is the oldest church building in South Africa, dating back to 1792. This unique group of … p/posts…
Book 2: The Impact and Limitations of Colonialism - Introduction
… it is equally important to highlight the various ways in which Africans shaped colonialism. This is not to deny the … operated between the seventeenth and…
EventJohn Kani was born on this day
… On this day Bonisile John Kani was born in New Brighton, in the Eastern Cape. He matriculated at Newell High School … love for theatre led him to work with…
PlaceCity Hall, Port Elizabeth
… 1974. The Port Elizabeth City Hall, which is located in Market Square, was built between 1858 and 1862. The attractive clock tower was only added in 1883…
PlaceKitson the Steam Train, Krugersdorp
… South African National Monument, yes on wheels, is resting in the Museum railway yard at SANRASM, Krugersdorp. This Kitson locomotive was, in 1983, the…
EventWell-known political activist and academic, Dr. Neville Alexander is born
… Neville Edward Alexander was born on 22 October, 1936 in Cradock, Eastern Cape. He went on to complete three university degrees in History and German at the…
EventA national congress, under auspices of the Dutch Reformed Church, meets to discuss the ‘poor White problem’
… problem' or the Armblankevraagstuk as it was referred to in Afrikaans, was a significant political issue in South Africa in the late 19th century and first…
EventNelson Mandela and Walter Sisulu on Robben Island 5 August 1982
… African National Congress (ANC) leader and first commander-in-chief of uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK), was marked by a call for his release by China. This was…
EventThomas William Bowler, prolific painter at the Cape, is born
… He arrived at the Cape with astronomer Thomas McClear in 1834 whom he worked for until his dismissal in 1835. After marrying Jane Elizabeth Hawthorne, he set…