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Ahmed Kathrada pays tribute to Nelson Mandela, 6 December 2013
… me to write this to you now, with the hour of your death still a fresh wound in our peoples’ hearts. We called … 1955. It is for these qualities that, in…
EventTreasures are discovered in the tomb of Tutankhamun
… less successful in this regard. The cause of Tutankhamun's death at the age of 19, is still unknown and there has been … no evidence has been found that…
PlaceKoopmans de Wet House, 35 Strand Street, Cape Town
… emigrated to South Africa after the Crimean War. After the death of Koopmans in 1880, the two sisters continued to live … , Brand, Reitz and Steyn amongst…
PlaceBoskop Village, Nature Reserve and Dam- near Potchefstroom
Boskop Dam and Nature Reserve is located in the Mooi River Valley 20 km North of the Town of Potchefstroom a short distance from the R501 Carletonville Road…
PlaceBallito, Dolphin Coast- KZN
In the heart of the Dolphin Coast lies Ballito, nestled between the sugar-cane fields of KwaZulu Natal's famous 'Green & Gold' and is flanked to the East by…
PlaceBarrydale, Cape Overberg
The little Town of Barrydale lies nestled at the foot of the beautiful Langeberge in the heart of the Tradouw Valley, close to where the Northern exit of the…
PlaceHawthornden-House, Herschell Walk, Wynberg
… from the Witwatersrand gold mines, lived there until his death in 1927. In 1978 Count Natale Labia, grandson of JB …
EventRobert McBride is born
… Magoo Bar incident, but was eventually reprieved from the death row and granted amnesty by the Truth and Reconciliation …
EventTrade unionist, Barend Erasmus dies
… Club. He died in Johannesburg in 1973. The cause of his death was not disclosed. …
EventJan de la Fontaine becomes Governor at the Cape
… Pieter Gijsbert Noodt succeeded him as governor until his death on 23 April 1729. Following this, De la Fontaine was …
EventProfessor Lydia van Niekerk is born
… the University of Stellenbosch, where she worked until her death on 2 November 1929. Van Niekerk was an important …
EventPrince Eugene Napoleon is killed during Anglo-Zulu War
… his fleeing horse tripped and fell and was speared to death. A memorial, now a historical monument, was erected to …
EventAdam Kok III is killed in an accident
… There is some controversy about the exact date of his death, as another source gives the date as 31 December 1875. …
EventOfficial inauguration of the Constitutional Court
… concerning the question of the constitutionality of the death penalty. The court spent its first few years in rented …
EventSouth African actor, Ken Gampu, dies in Vosloorus
… At the time of his death at the age of 74, Ken Gampu was a well known veteran …
ArticleNegotiations and the transition
… by a number of violent incidents that resulted in the death of several white people were carried by APLA operatives … on her head with a brick. She was…
EventPAC leader, David Sibeko shot dead in Dar-es-Salaam
… in the PAC in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania. At the time of his death, Sibeko was based New York. The death of Sibeko came as result of increasing hostility …
First National Consultative Conference: The Freedom Charter revolutionary programme of the ANC, 26 April 1969, Morogoro
… Bantu authorities, Territorial Authorities and other such bodies. These are all undemocratic institutions with little … to vote for and stand as a candidate…
BiographyTim Bruwer
… arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment. After his death from cancer in 1975 the authorities refused to release … influenced by Donald Wood s' book…
Move from Condemnation to Confrontation of Apartheid and Colonialism - Statement in Committee II of the International Conference of Experts for the Support of Victims of Colonialism and Apartheid in Southern Africa, Oslo by O. R. Tambo, 11 April 1973
… of these systems, and with those countries and bodies and agencies which support apartheid and Portuguese …
Time for ANC members to speak out when democracy is at stake by Denis Goldberg (Sunday Times), 17 April 2016
… of our democratic freedoms are the Chapter9 institutions; bodies empowered to interrogate government actions and offer …
ArchiveStatement announcing retirement, Nelson Mandela, 1 June 2004
… by these three highly functional and well organized bodies working in our name. I hope you will also get a clear …
Chapter 4 - The role of the Communist Party in the ANC by Richard Monroe
… in the national organisations, the trade unions and other bodies, and to help bring into being the Congress Alliance …
85. Charter for Change, 1981
… Council, South African Indian Council and local advisory bodies reinforce domination and exploitation by a minority …
PlaceMapungubwe Cultural Landscape, Joining South Africa with Zimbabwe and Botswana
… Twenty-three graves have been excavated from the site. The bodies in three of the graves were buried in the upright …
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Wellington East
… Wellington church where he continued his work until his death in 1917. He was buried in the church gardens. …
PlaceRuth Prowse School of Art
… With the death of Ruth Prowse in 1967, her Mansion Property “the …
EventTunisia: The self-emulation of Tarek el-Tayeb Mohamed Bouazizi sparks the Jasmin Revolution
… presidency, died in Ben Arous 14 days later. Bouazizi’s death, however, acted as a trigger for sparks the Jasmin …
ArchiveInterview with Duma Nokwe
… leadership positions in the exiled ANC until his early death in 1978 …
PlaceHouse Preller, Hartebeesport
… language. He occupied this house from 1935 until his death, and many of his later historical works were completed …