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EventPiet Retief’s Great Trek manifesto is completed
… on 2 February 1937. To understand the mass emigration of the Afrikaans frontier farmers (Afrikaners) out of the Cape Colony it is important to look at the ……
EventTatamkhulu Afrika South African poet, writer and struggle activist dies
… died from the Asia flu leaving him orphaned at the age of two. He was then taken care of by friends and family before being given to a Methodist … he was…
EventThe first successful non-direct blood transfusion is carried out
… for longer storage times, which led to the establishment of blood banks. The first recorded attempt of a blood transfusion was described by the 15th-century …
Document 71 - Spartacus Club October Revolution Celebrations Oddfellows Hall, 70 Loop Street, Cape Town, 6 November 1937
… the Native Land Act has been passed, which drove thousands of Natives off European-owned farms where they had lived as … and Anna, make up their minds to go…
PlaceDorkay House (1952)
… Dorkay House, a building at the south end of Eloff Street in downtown Johannesburg, functioned as the headquarters for the Union of South African Artists,…
A Dialogue in Partnership with Kaya FM - MyConstitution Exhibition
… its pioneering approach to human rights - is the symbol of a remarkable negotiated transition, one that turned a … democracy. The Constitution is based on…
Christmas and New Year Message by O. R. Tambo, Distributed Illegally in South Africa, December 1973
… from the African National Congress on the occasion of Christmas and New Year. Let us make the festive season an … which the Vorsters can never destroy;…
Remember Soweto 16 June 1976
… to #RhodesMustFall?: The Soweto Uprising of 16 June 1976’, which will be held at UCL Institute of Education on 16 June. The event marks the 40th anniversary…
ArchiveThe ANCs first armed military operation: the
… A mini-thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in the Department of History, University of the …
PlaceMaloti-Drakensburg Park
… Maloti-Drakensberg Park is a transboundary site composed of the uKhahlamba Drakensberg National Park in South Africa … Cliffs, pillars and rock pools. The…
PlaceGeorge Harrison Park
… George Harrison and the history of Johannesburg are closely bound together: it was he who … On view are two original shafts and sweeping views of the city. …
PlaceSt Michael and All Angels Anglican Church, Boksburg
… Sir Herbert Baker church is near the South West corner of Boksburg lake. Replacing an earlier wood and iron … Street is still in use today by the Anglican…
EventAnti-apartheid activist, Norman Levy is born
… League (YCL) and, by 1946, in the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA). After the passing of the Suppression of Communism Act and the dissolution of the…
EventTwenty-four Africans from the Graaff-Reinet district appear in the Grahamstown Supreme Court on charges under the Sabotage Act
… obstructed, tampered or destroyed health or safety of the public, the maintenance of law and order, the supply of light, water, power, fuel ,or foodstuffs,…
EventCall for a stay-away in Black townships
… A stay-away by Black workers in the industrial areas of the Witwatersrand and the Vaal Triangle is called by Black … in rent and utility charges and over the…
EventGriffiths Mxenge is murdered
… assassinated and his body was severely mutilated in an act of barbaric brutality on 19 November 1981. His murderers used … into his death found that his…
EventRight wing Wit Kommando bombs academic’s office
… The office of a member of Prime Minister P.W. Botha's team, responsible for drawing up plans for a Southern African Constellation of States, Professor Jan…
EventSA signs multilateral treaty on the civil liability for oil pollution damage
… was available to those who suffered damage as a result of oil spills, and to standardize international legislation regarding questions of liability. Oil…
EventFearon Fallows, first Astronomer Royal at the Cape, is born in England
… born in Cockermouth, Cumberland on 4 July 1789. The son of a weaver, he was brought up in the profession of hand-weaving. However, Fallows spent his spare…
EventTruck drivers strike in major cities
… over 35,000 workers, who were demanding a wage increase of 9 percent across the board and 10 percent for workers … traffic and creating chaos. Blood flowed…
EventWorld Red Cross and Red Crescent Day
… Dunant; a Swiss national, who witnessed the suffering of the wounded, dying, and displaced in a battle in Northern Italy. Among the notable successes of this…
EventOrganisations forward applicants for amnesty to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
… to submit at least another sixty, including those of three of their Cabinet ministers. The Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) announced that at least 600 of its…
EventTransvaal Anti-SAIC Committee decided to revive the old TIC
… At the annual congress of the Transvaal Anti-SAIC Committee held in Johannesburg, it … the South African constitution to create a new structure of Parliament…
EventFormer Springboks player, Naas Botha is born
… Hendrik Egnatius Botha was born on the 27 of February 1958 in Breyten, in the Eastern Transvaal (now … He schooled in Pretoria, where he participated in a…
EventChris Hani, the SACP secretary-general, is assassinated
… (his clan name), was shot and killed in the driveway of his Boksburg home. Soon after, Janus Walus, a Polish … Clive Derby-Lewis, a Conservative Party (CP)…
EventANC stalwart, Albertina Sisulu dies in Johannesburg
… Sisulu died at her Linden home, Johannesburg at the age of 92. Often referred to as the ‘Mother of the Nation’, she was a nurse and one of the most important…
PlaceWhite Horse Stones, Naval Hill, Bloemfontein
… stones were laid during the South African War by members of the Wiltshire Regiment who were then Stationed at Naval Hill. An Area of 28 x 30 metres of land…
ArchiveANC/UCT Position Paper proposals
… Report of a meeting between the ANC and the University of Cape Town on the education crisis. Includes handwritten … on a consultative meeting between the ANC…
PlaceElliot, Thembuland
… The Village of Slang Rivier was founded early in 1885, and in April 1894 … , a prominent Colonial administrator and Chief Magistrate of Transkie , which is…
EventFour Indian leaders are sentenced under Terrorism Act
… At the end of a lengthy trial in the Supreme Court in Pretoria, four Indian leaders are convicted of conspiracy under the Terrorism Act and sentenced to a…