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PlaceBeaufort West, Cape Town
… A Town 573 km from Cape Town , established in 1818 on the Farm: ''Hooyvlakte'' . It is currently the name of one of the Suburbs in which a section of…
Address by President Mandela on receiving the freedom of Boksburg Boksburg, 26 June 1997
… embodies our country's past and its hopes for the future. In just over a century it has gone from a mining camp to … of white conservatism, it was also…
Address by President Nelson Mandela on the occasion of the 34th independence celebrations of the Republic of Uganda Kampala, 9 October 1996
… People of Uganda, It is a great honour to join you in celebrating the Independence Day of the Republic of … the role that the government and people of Uganda…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the Golden Doves of Peace Awards ceremony 7 June 1994
… makes life that much more bearable for ordinary people in strife-torn areas. We are meeting to pay tribute not simply to those in high office. But to humble…
Cape Town Launch of A to Z of Amazing South African Women
… NICOLSON Ambre Nicolson is a writer and editor who lives in Cape Town. Before and after obtaining degrees in English and journalism at Rhodes University, she…
Declaration by Oliver Tambo, Deputy President of the African National Congress of South Africa, and J.R.D. Chikerema, Vice-President of the Zimbabwe African People`s Union, 05 August 1967
… October 1967 Furious fighting has been and is taking place in various parts of Southern Rhodesia. From the thirteenth of … between freedom fighters and the…
PlaceBurkina Faso
… Burkina Faso is a small, poor, landlocked country in West Africa . It is bounded by Niger to the east, Mali to … Africa since 1896 until 1960. The first…
EventAngola becomes independent of Portuguese colonial rule
… Independence of Angola (UNITA) signed the Alvor agreement in January 1975. Due to political differences amongst the … of Angola paved way for other…
EventJuan de Jongh, the South African rugby player is born
… Juan Leon de Jongh was born in Paarl, Western Cape on 15 April 1988.[i] Juan is a … South African rugby player.[ii] His position of choice in “centre” in…
PlaceComoros
… The Comoros Archipelago African Islands are situated in the Western Indian Ocean . It is 3572.4 km from the … Cape Town, South Africa! The Comoros Nation…
EventFather Michael Lapsley, an Anglican priest, is injured by a letter-bomb
… Father Michael Lapsley was born in New Zealand on 2 June 1949. He was trained as an Anglican priest in Australia, where he joined a religious community, The …
27. Transvaal Indians respond to the 1895 arbitration decision
… de Villiers delivered his decision on Law 3 of as amended in 1886. With regard to this law, the British Government … the country 'sole and exclusive…
PlaceMohodi
… The area of Mohodi ga Manthatha or Mohodi in short was a settlement in the former homeland of Lebowa about 75 km north-west of … place is named after Chief…
The Gambia: 50 years of independence, 20 years of terror by Fatou Diagne (Pambazuka News), 17 March 2015
… the political opposition, businessmen, have all in turn suffered the woes of the regime: physical and … Jammeh and his political police. INFORMATION…
ArchiveLetter to Zuma by David Goldblatt (Mail and Guardian), 25 November 2011
… has decided to renounce a top South African award, in protest against the Protection of State Information Bill, … of Ikhamanga Silver, which I accepted with…
PlaceSammy Mark’s Residence, Zwartkoppies, Pretoria
… Bertha and their nine children. The Estate became a Museum in 1986 and the opulent life of the Marks family is remembered today, in this carefully preserved…
Address at the Opening of The XIII Summit Conference of the Non Aligned Movement 24 February 2003
… the generous hospitality accorded to us since our arrival in this beautiful city of Kuala Lumpur. I thank You, Mr Prime … for the warm and cordial welcome…
Call for Participants: Academy for African Urban Diversity
… refract broader geo-economic and political trends, often in innovative, anticipatory and unexpected ways. What new political orders and subjectivities are…
PlaceDarlington Dam- Lake Mentz
… 'Hawker' (an informal seller of goods). He had lost Cattle in an attack by the Boers during the Anglo-Boer War , was said to have started Darlington Farm in…
39. Second report of the Natal Indian Congress, 1899
… secretary. The second report of the Congress, written in October 1899, gives a rather detailed account of the … Gandhi, vol. 3, pp. 96-110. The first report…
57. The Agreement does not touch the root of anti-Asiaticism
… Pachai P. S. Aiyar, Leo R. Gopaul and 45 other Indians in Durban sent a 'manifesto' to the Prime Minister in March 1927. The document argued that the…
PlaceDefence Force HQ, Pretoria- Artillery Barracks
… Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek by Sir Theophilus Shepstone in 1877 led to the establishment of a military camp on the … the five thousand strong British force…
57. The Agreement does not touch the root cause of anti-Asiaticism
… P. S. Aiyar, Leo R. Gopaul and 45 other Indians in Durban sent a 'manifesto' to the Prime Minister in March 1927. The document argued that the settlement … …
PlaceSchweizer-Reneke
… will start here again. The Town has a History, steeped in bloody relations between the Afrikaners and the African … area. A written of history of Schweizer…
EventDr Joshua Nkomo African nationalist and guerrilla leader is born.
… started his primary education at Tjolotjo School.In 1941 he travelled to Durban, Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal) and … enrolled at Adams College at Amanzimtoti,…
EventElisabeth Eybers, South African poet, is born
… On 26 February 1915, Elisabeth Eybers was born in Klerksdorp, in the then western Transvaal. She moved to Amsterdam in 1966, and lived there until her death…
EventTogolese football player, Sheyi Emmanuel Adebayor is born
… footballer. He was born to parents of Yoruba descent in the city of Lomé. After a talent scout spotted him playing, he was taken to Metz, France, in 1999. He…
EventLouis Hayward, South African–American Actor dies.
… Louis Hayward was born in Johannesburg on 19 March 1909. He went to study in England where he met playwright Noel Coward who became his patron. He starred in…
EventTakudzwa Ngwenya, Zimbabwean-born American rugby player, is born
… Takudzwa Ngwenya was born in Harare, Zimbabwe on 22 July 1985. He played for the Mashonaland Club and for Vainona High School in his home country. He then…
PlaceMuizenberg and Marina da Gama
… The Village of Muizenberg was established by the Dutch in 1743 as a Military Post and is located in False Bay, on the road between Cape Town and Simon's Town…