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PlaceCross erected by Bartholomew Dias
… The original cross is currently housed in the Library of the University of the Witwatersrand, and was declared a National Monument … Site at Kwaaihoek,…
EventHelen Suzman condemns the Immorality Act in Parliament
… On 23 February 1962, a member of Progressive Party Helen Suzman condemned the Immorality … "peeping toms". Suzman made these statements in the House of…
EventMining Magnate Oppenheimer dies
… American Corporation, died in Johannesburg at the age of 77. Oppenheimer was credited with the creation of a cartel that eventually controlled the diamond…
EventANC makes demands changes to facilitate democratic elections
… first democratic elections. These are the resumption of multilateral talks in the form of the Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA), … a climate…
EventGoldstone Commission confirms SADF complicity in violence
… The Commission of Inquiry Regarding the Prevention of Public Violence and Intimidation (Goldstone Commission), … Richard Goldstone as chairman, released its…
EventThe Ncome Museum is opened
… The premier of KwaZulu-Natal, Mr L. Mtshali, welcomed guests at the opening of Ncome Museum, situated at the Ncome-Blood River Heritage … and Museum Complex…
EventDennis Brutus is born
… in Port Elizabeth. He studied law at both the University of the Witwatersrand and the University of Fort Hare. Brutus, who is of African, Italian and French…
EventWinnie Nomzamo Madikizela-Mandela is sentenced to six years
… On 14 May 1991, Winnie Nomzamo Mandela, the then-wife of Nelson Mandela was sentenced to six years in jail by a … Stegmann for her involvement in the…
EventTrevor Manuel, Minister in The Presidency: National Planning Commission, is born
… joined the Labour Party Youth in 1969 at the encouragement of his father. In 1983, he became one of the founding members of the United Democratic Front (UDF)…
PlaceRhodes
… The village of Rhodes lies on the banks of the Bell River at the foot of the Witteberge. It was laid out on the farm Tintern, and …
ArchiveThe migrant labour system
… The notion of migrant labour is based from a legal framework system that did not recognize 'homelands' or 'reserves' as part of the Union of South Africa,…
Nqutu, Kwa-Zulu Natal
… The name being of Zulu origin derived from 'insquthu'- meaning a flat-topped vessel, descriptive of a nearby hill from which the village takes its name. It…
ArchiveTerrorist Weapons 2
… A2 Full colour litho, photos of weapons; Text: Terrorist Weapons 2; Public Awareness Chart … groups. Each group usually has one or a combination of the above…
Mayibuye
… for many years as a small, underground newsletter, was one of three African National Congress publications alongside … Sizwe). Circulation was limited and…
EventUN committee is barred to enter SA
… A United Nations (UN) committee consisting of eight, with instructions to investigate conditions in the Mandated Territory of South Africa, was refused…
EventJudgement is handed down in a landmark case
… sought improvements in "influx control" or the freedom of movement of Black South Africans. These cases contributed to the gradual dismantling of apartheid…
EventWalter Sisulu, Raymond Mhlaba and Ahmed Kathrada address the public after 26 years
… After the release of Walter Sisulu, Raymond Mhlaba of the African National Congress (ANC) and Ahmed Kathrada of the Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) on 15…
EventPresident Thabo Mbeki sacks Deputy President Jacob Zuma.
… makes the announcement during a special joint sitting of the two houses of parliament, almost two weeks after Zuma was implicated in corruption during the…
EventPioneer tomato farmer Bertie van Zyl is buried in Mooketsi
… Bertie van Zyl (72), founder and owner of ZZ2, the biggest tomato growing operation in the country and one of the biggest in the world, was buried in…
EventPolitical activist and trade unionist James La Guma is born
… and trade unionist James Arnold (Jimmy) La Guma, member of the South African Communist Party (SACP) and president of the South African Coloured People's…
EventGeneral Lord Roberts marches on Pretoria
… In the middle of the South African War II (Anglo-Boer War II), General Lord … The War had started eight months earlier due to a number of interrelated…
Devout domesticity?
… Table of contents Acknowledgements Dedication Abstract … and Organisation in the Political Development of Indian South Africans, 1860 – 1979 3…
PlacePageview
… Fietas (as the place was popularly known) is one of the oldest communities in the Western suburbs of Johannesburg, and one of the first 'locations' (multi…
Funeral arrangements afoot for Mama Dideka Mhlaba, 20 January 2010
… afoot in the Eastern Cape in preparation for the funeral of African National Congress (ANC) veteran, Mama Dideka Mhlaba (85) - wife of the late Rivonia…
PlaceNoupoort
… Noupoort is a town in the Eastern Karoo region of South Africa. With the start of the Railways in Noupoort nearly all the personnel were … church was…
Zweli Mkhize slams Zuma in hard-hitting statement, 01 April 2017
… consultations which take place with senior officials of the ANC during such appointments and changes to the composition of the national executive, the…
ArchiveTransformer les epees en charrues
… White background. Artwork of yellow wheat growing out of a haystack of rifles. Artwork of half the world in blue with Africa and …
PlaceLuderitz, Namibia
… art-deco architecture and excursions to the ghost town of Kolmanskop. Luderitz in southern Namibia is isolated on a … Desert and has only one road in, yet,…
PlaceDie Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerkgebou in Du Toit Street, Pretoria
… founded on 8 and 9 September 1855 in Pretoria. It was one of the independent churches started by the ‘Voortrekkers’. … first church building (1857-1882) was…
PlaceOld Post Office, Fleming Street, Port Elizabeth
… as erf 5645, which includes the parking lot at the bottom of Military Road (formerly the Parade ground). It lies … Plans drawn up in 1897 show the original…