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EventFawcett Commission into Concentration Camps in South Africa
… by Millicent Fawcett in 1901, was established as a result of an outcry against the treatment of Afrikaners in concentration camps during the South African ……
PlaceFort Wiltshire
… erected by the British military during the frontier war of 1818-19, and was named in honour of Lt-Col Thomas Wiltshire of the 38th Regiment, who commanded…
EventSir Bartle Frere, the new British High Commissioner delivers an ultimatum to Cetshwayo the Zulu king to disband his army’
… Frere who was appointed in 1877 wanted to pursue the idea of creating a Confederation of all Southern African territories, with a view to being appointed…
PlacePhoenix Settlement and Gandhi Trail
… The Phoenix Settlement comprised of 100 acres of land and was purchased by Gandhiji in 1904. It was on this Settlement that Gandhi started his journey of…
PlaceRaadsaal, 95 St George’s Street, Bloemfontein
… left standing in Bloemfontein . It is an extension of the National Museum and functions to tell the fascinating story of the Free State and its establishment…
EventOlive Shisana was born on this day
… African academic, Dr Olive Shisana was born in the town of Pietersburg, South Africa, on the 27th of November 1950. [1] She holds a BA degree which she…
PlaceWits Art Museum
… Situated on the ground floor of University Corner in the heart of Braamfontein, The Wits Art Museum is one of Johannesburg’s foremost tourist attractions…
Zuma to grow ANC membership in tribute to Madiba, 17 July 2011
… As part of realising ANC stalwart Comrade Nelson Mandela`s dream and that of his organisation - taken as far back as 1942 - to grow the ANC membership to one…
PlaceMoletzie Bird Sanctuary
… Polokwane means:'place of safety' and is quite appropriate as it protects the Cape … non-breeding groups in Namibia and Southern Zimbabwe. One of the largest…
Known as Black Tuesday’, the New York Stock exchange collapsed sending economic shockwaves throughout the world and throwing the global economy into depression
… all their money and scores committing suicide. This set of the world wide depression of the 1930s, which at its worst saw one in three people … as well as…
EventDr Chris Barnard performs the world’s first human heart transplant
… . This extraordinary event which pushed the boundaries of science into the dawn of a new medical epoch took place inside Charles Saint Theatre at Groote…
EventSouth Africa relinquishes sovereignty over Walvis Bay
… "Whale Bay", is situated in Namibia, along the west coast of southern Africa, formerly the German colony of South- West Africa. According to archaeological…
Event18 mineworkers die in Carletonville
… On 29 July 1999, a team of AngloGold mineworkers at the Mponeng mine in Carletonville accidentally drilled into a pocket of flammable methane gas in the…
EventXhosa hero Maqoma dies on Robben Island
… Xhosa war hero and regent of the AmaNgqika (Gaika) Xhosa clan during the youth of Sandile, Maqoma (also spelled Makoma or Macoma), died on … ranging from…
ArchiveThe Final Prize: Family - chapter 1
… by Norman Levy I literally fell into politics at the age of fourteen, a happening that set my life on a path to … triggered the event was a cycle ride round…
ArchiveEnvironments
… Notice of an exhibition of work by architects and designers. Title in purple. Images of purple people on black and white background of images of …
EventEnglish ship “Caesar” with William Pearse on board bound for Bantam arrives
… sick, [blank] in number, to be allowed to be lodged by one of our burghers ... which was politely granted ..." [Journal] "... through the Blessing of the…
PlaceTable Bay
… Table Bay is a natural inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, overlooked by Cape Town and the … first European to explore the region in 1486. The region of the…
PlaceMcgregor Museum, Kimberley
… building where Cecil John Rhodes held up during the Siege of Kimberley from 1899 – 1900 . The fist curator of the museum was Ms Maria Wilman and in the forty…
PlaceGrey Institute/School, Port Elizabeth
… During the 1850s Sir George Grey, Governor of the Cape from 1854-61, played a leading role in the establishment of educational institutes throughout the…
EventGen. Jannie Geldenhuys announces that CCB will be disbanded
… the SA Defence Force (SADF) admitted to the existence of a secret unit called the Civil Cooperation Bureau (CCB), … De Klerk said in March 1990 that he had…
EventPresident Paul Kruger and Commandant General Louis Botha issue a proclamation in Pretoria
… which broke out on 9 October, 1899. The Burghers were part of the war as they would sometimes pass messages from one place to another, serving as a vital…
EventWomen lead Food Raid
… In the 1940s, as a result of the Second World War, the economy was in a dire state with … vulnerable. There were major food scarcities and the cost of living…
EventWomen lead Food Raid
… In the 1940s, as a result of the Second World War , the economy was in a dire state … vulnerable. There were major food scarcities and the cost of living…
PlacePeter Mokaba Stadium
… In preparation of the FIFA World Cup of 2010 , South Africa had to upgrade and build a variety of Stadiums, and as a result, some of the most impressive ……
EventLibya becomes independent
… achieve autonomy through the United Nations (UN) and one of the first former European possessions in Africa to gain independence. At the time of independence…
EventCecil John Rhodes is buried in the Matopos
… Empire-builder and former prime minister of the Cape Colony , Cecil John Rhodes , was buried in the … already ill on his return to Cape Town in the early…
Nelson Mandela Regrets, Nostalgia and Dreams:
… letters reflect the volumes that remain unsaid because of the censorship rules that prescribe and proscribe the thoughts of a prisoner. The one thing that he…
ArchiveAfricans in Cape Town: state policy and popular resistance, 1936-73
… Thesis presented for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of History in the University of Cape Town. The study focusses …
EventJakes Gerwel is born
… academic and politician, was born in the district of Somerset East, Eastern Cape. He has occupied various … and served inter alia as rector and vice…