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EventCastro decides to send troops to Angola to fight South Africa
… The president of Cuba Fidel Castro decides to send Cuban troops to Angola in response to South Africa's invasion of the country. After attaining its…
EventThe Bisho Massacre occurs
… As many as 80,000 protesters gathered outside of Bisho, the capital city of Ciskei, and demanded an end to the military government of Brigadier Joshua Gqozo…
PlacePioneer Museum, Silverton Pretoria
… three hectare area to the Museum gives one a real sense of early farming Culture in South Africa, as one takes a … Wheat Grinding; Muzzle Loading and even…
Interview with Oliver Tambo by Le Monde, Addis Ababa, 08 June 1983
… [Addis Ababa - "Each time one of us dies, thousands of others say they will have to ensure that the death was not in vain". A few hours after the hanging of…
PlaceOnze Molen, Durbanville
… and continued to function as such until after the turn of the 20th century when its mechanism and top portion were … structure was converted to a horse mill…
ArchiveThoughts on Winnie Mandela by Enuga Reddy
… wrote an introduction to the book "Fatima Meer: Memories of Struggle," edited by Fatima's daughter Shamim, published … time I land at Durban Airport, I am…
ArchiveLetter from John Daniel, President, to SRC Presidents and others
… General circular letter from John Daniel, President of NUSAS, suggesting ways of commemorating the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Universal…
EventP.W. Botha offers to resign
… regarding his involvement in the Information Scandal of 1978, if his accusers could prove that either he, or a member of his Cabinet, was aware of activities…
Free Mandela
… Yellow, red, green, black and white poster. Artwork of face of Nelson Mandela. Artwork of map of Africa. Artwork of people protesting. Issued by the …
PlaceTokai Manor House, Tokai Road, Tokai.
… by Thibault. The gable is generally considered to be one of the earliest usages in the Cape of a rectangular pediment. The cost of building this house must…
Archive1987: CUSA: AZACTU
… Orange, black and white calendar for 1987. List of principles and policies of two organisations. List of unions affiliated to CUSA/AZACTU. List of Offices…
ArchiveFree Oscar Mpetha
… Yellow, red, black and white poster. Photograph of Oscar Mpetha behind bars. Artwork of fists raised at top of poster. Artwork of a fist breaking handcuffs…
PlaceBotshabelo
… Heinrich Grützner started work in the north eastern part of the South African Republic in 1860. There were … and founded the station at Botshabelo, which…
PlaceOld Stables, Oatlands, Simonstown
… was originally erected in the 18th century as a set of stables on the well-known Oaklands property. Shortly after the second British occupation of the Cape…
PlaceCasa Labia,198 Main Road, Muizenberg
… in a neo-Renaissance style with features reminiscent of a Venetian palazzo. The property was bought in 1939 by … September 1982. The Muizenberg Battle site…
PlaceCoornhoop Dovecot, Dixton Road, Mowbray
… who were expected to devote themselves to the planting of wheat for the new settlement. Their defence needs were met by the construction of a small…
PlaceJan De Waal House, 93 Bree Street, Cape Town
… in Amsterdam, arrived at the Cape in 1715 as an employee of the Dutch East India Company The erf on which this double … and adjoining warehouse in…
PlaceMuseum Africa
… converted into a modern building. A huge collection of objects, paintings and photographs has been collected since 1935, telling the story of South Africa…
EventNatal Indian Organisation delegation meets Premier Smuts
… held moderate views. Kajee, the former Secretary General of the South African Indian Congress (SAIC) had been replaced as President of the Natal Indian…
The Reunited National Party is founded by Malan and Hertzog
… and Smuts formed an alliance that culminated in the merger of the National Party (NP) and the South African Party (SAP), … The coalition received strong…
EventAllan Boesak’s plea for the acquittal on fraud charges is rejected and the case is postponed to the following year
… South. Boesak rose to prominence when he became the head of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches in 1982. He used this platform to speak out against the…
PlaceAddo Drift, Sunday's River in the Eastern Cape
… Addo Drift was the first convenient natural crossing of the Sunday's River to be encountered inland from the sea, … the Zondags River Inn, probably using the…
PlacePampierstad
… Help/Assistance) was established in the former homeland of Bophuthatswana in the late 1960's. It was located 31 km North-West of Jan Kempdorp and 12 km West…
PlaceAdams Mission, Kwa-Zulu Natal
… Settlement West of Amanzimtoti and South of Durban, in the Umlazi district. Established in 1836, it … a priest and he frequently preached to congregations of…
EventMacassar Gas Disaster (AECI stockpile catches fire)
… The Coloured residential area of Macassar, Western Cape, was swiftly evacuated after a … air. The South Eastern wind blew the gas in the direction of…
EventNational Arts Festival celebrates 37 years in Grahamstown
… since its inception in 1974. This annual event is one of the most important events in the South African cultural … Monument was officially opened. With the…
EventErfdeel farm in Orange Free State becomes SA’s richest gold deposit
… According to reports, no shares soared as rapidly as those of Free State Gold Areas, Ltd., the company which owned options on the 4,200-acre Erfdeel farm. A…
EventWW2: A German bomb fired off Algeria’s coast sinks British transport ship (HMT Rohna) carrying US soldiers.
… by the Royal Navy and had already carried thousands allied of troops to various war-zone destinations during World War … on board, including 195 crewmembers…
EventSir Benjamin D’Urban accepts the Mfengu as British subjects
… army, and slowly arrived in Xhosa territory over a period of time. By the 1830's, a centre of Mfengu settlement had been established around the … As a result…
EventThe 104mm field-gun known as ‘Long Cecil’ is test fired for the first time
… fired for the first time at Boer forces during the Siege of Kimberley. Rhodes, who had taken interest in the gun, was … along with eminent local figures and…