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PlaceCity Hall, Pretoria
… Pretoria is commonly known as Jaccaranda City, because of the purple flowered bush that flurishes there! It has … in South Africa, was built to celebrate the…
EventCôte d’Ivoire gains independence from France
… The more recent pre-colonial history of CÁ´te d’Ivoire can be traced to the 17th century, with the establishment of the kingdom of Gyaaman. The capital,…
EventKarel Schoeman, well known Afrikaans author, is born
… in 1956, obtained a BA in languages at the University of the Freestate in 1959, and He went on to study at the … Seminary in Pretoria. In 1961 he joined the…
EventChurch Council meets PW Botha over unrest
… A delegation of the South African Council of Churches (SACC) met with President P W Botha and other … calls by the church for urgent discussions on the…
EventThe first recognised AIDS cases are reported in the USA
… (Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia or PCP). This strain of pneumonia was found in patients with weakened immune systems. These were the first 'recognised' cases…
EventThe Angolan-Namibian peace plan is accepted
… The Angolan Civil War began in 1975, with the end of Portuguese colonial rule. This civil war was raged between … the Communist MPLA (Popular Movement for…
EventVerney Cameron is first European to cross equatorial Africa
… navy in 1857, taking part in the Abyssinian campaign of 1868 and in the suppression of the East African slave trade. In 1872 the Royal … also to explore on…
PlaceRooihuiskraal Battlefield, Pretoria
… This property forms part of the Rooihuiskraal Battlefield. where the Battle of Rooihuiskraal took place, on 12 February 1881 during the First War of…
PlaceLusikisiki near Port St. John's
… Route 61, just inland from the beautiful coastal villages of Port St Johns and Mbotyi, Lusikisiki is wild. The … and untamed, and time has virtually stood…
ArchiveBlack Art and Artists in South Africa
… who was residing at R740, Umlazi at the time and place of the interview. Please note that the times are for guidance … Early interest in art and needlework…
PlaceOld Magistrate’s Offices and Residence, Main Street, Simonstown
… next to Goede Hoop in Simon's Town and is located in City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. This museum depicts the history of the Simon’s Town…
PlaceKruger House Museum
… Situated at 60 Church Street, this was the home of President Paul Kruger. It was his personal property as the … in 1936, it was restored to its original form…
Address by ANC President, Nelson Mandela, to the International Solidarity Conference Johannesburg, 19 February 1993
… There are certain moments that capture the essence of life itself. Today is such a moment for me. For you are … five continents who kept hope alive. You took…
EventGerman Lieutenant-General Lothar von Trotha lands in Swakopmund, South West Africa
… the first genocides in the twentieth century. By the start of the twentieth century, the Herero people, among the original inhabitants of Namibia, found…
PlaceBantu Dramatic Society, Johannesburg
… artistic and intellectual sub-cultures to meet. The aim of the society was “to perform European drama from time to … operatic art”. In doing so, the society…
PlaceWaverly Road Memorial, Durban South
… on May 24, 1910, at 360 University Avenue, in memory of those who lost their lives in the Boer War . It was … British soldiers who died during the Wars and…
PlaceSt George’s Anglican Cathedral, Cape Town
… The Cathedral of St George the Martyr stands at the bottom of Parliament Street in Cape Town and was erected to provide a place of worship for English…
PlaceFunda Community College
… was founded in 1984 in Soweto, Gauteng with the support of private sector funding and built on land which was donated … closed its doors in the early 1980s,…
Nelson Mandela University presenting AEE REP qualification programme
… Nelson Mandela University will be hosting the Association of Energy Engineers (AEE) qualification programme the … approved training partner for the Southern…
Editorial on taxation, in November 10, 1884 [Extract]
… [Extract] What the effect of muzzling a race of people, used to settling differences and difficulties … enquire. We are concerned at present with the…
Interview with Archibald Gumede 29 July 1990
… POM When we were talking to one of the people yesterday in one of the townships, we talked to one 15 year old boy and I … him their only course that they…
PlaceBacksberg Wine Estate & Cellars
… history in South Africa starts back at the beginning of the last century when my grandfather arrived at the shores of Cape Town as a penniless political and…
PlaceStevenson Gallery, Woodstock-Cape Town
… The gallery, Stevenson, was founded in 2003 after two of its founding directors Michael Stevenson and Andrew da … emphasis on publications. This addressed…
PlaceRobben Island, Cape Town
… UNESCO World Heritage Site , is a must-do on the itinerary of any tourist to Cape Town . Forget palm trees and … elected president – Nelson Mandela – spent…
PlaceSuggested Gandhi Trail, Through Durban
… with the order, a White police officer pushed him out of the train, and his luggage was tossed out on to the … again, so I sat and shivered". He says he…
!U’S STORY - Photographs 1 - 8
… story Part 1: Our home is the Kalahari. We are the !Kung of Nyae Nyae. The Kalahari is a very big desert which takes up almost a third of southern Africa…
ArchiveThe Shop Steward
… Photo of front page of magazine - The Shop Steward. Volume 1.1 June-July 1992. Photo of John Gomomo. COSATU Logo. List of contents. Photo of worker at desk…
ArchiveDavid Goldblatt Revisits "On the Mines" by Jeffrey Ladd, 5 December 2012
… As the German publisher Gerhard Steidl prepares a series of books on the life work of David Goldblatt, Jeffrey Ladd spoke with the South African ……
EventMoses Madiba dies in Seshego, Limpopo
… Madiba, author, educationist and first Black chancellor of the University of the North, died in Seshego, Pietersburg (now Polokwane) district. He was a…
EventVan Wyk de Vries Commission submits its report to Parliament
… A second report by the Commission of Inquiry, under chairmanship of Justice Van Wyk de Vries, appointed in 1968 to investigate the activities of South Africa…