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Document 24 - “Wreckers at Work”, (Editorial), Liberation. 18, April 1956
… there may be a so-called Right wing, Centre and Left wing in the Congress. To me it is a healthy sign in any organisation when people freely express their…
Statement of the Alliance Political Council, 13 October 2009
… its ordinary meeting yesterday, the 12th October 2009, in Johannesburg at Luthuli House, ANC Headquarters. The … of the alliance, and confirm that the…
Celebrating 62 years of struggle, 10 September 2006
… launched its 62nd Anniversary programme at a Gala Dinner in Midrand at the Gallagher Estate. The theme for this 62nd … decided that this 62nd Anniversary…
PlacePaul Kruger’s House, 60 Church Street West, Pretoria
… note. However it was spacious and well built, and remains in its original condition. Only the tall trees that formerly … been removed. The land was acquired…
43. Resolutions adopted at a mass meeting of the Natal Indian Patriotic Congress, 1909
… a view to amending section 20 of the Natal University Act, in that unlimited discretionary power is entrusted to … College. 2. That this mass meeting…
Pilanesberg Game Reserve
… the Public Holidays , or enjoy a Romantic Getaway in the unspoiled Wilderness. Situated in the ecologically rich, transition zone between the … , this vast…
Address at the opening of The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Durban 12 November 1999
… Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, are with us to participate in our proceedings. The significance we all attach to this … the large numbers of heads of…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the 150th anniversary of the Eastern Province Herald Port Elizabeth, 14 September 1995
… It is rarer still that this should be the case in these early days of our democracy, when the old still … Eastern Cape Herald represents Port Elizabeth's…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the 150th anniversary of the Eastern Province Herald Port Elizabeth, 14 September 1995
… It is rarer still that this should be the case in these early days of our democracy, when the old still … Eastern Cape Herald represents Port Elizabeth's…
EventSouth African Press Association is established
… (SAPA) was established as a non-governmental institution in 1938 by South Africa's major newspapers to facilitate the … It is a primary institution of…
EventOne person killed by bomb meant for Chris Hani
… An unnamed person was killed in a car bomb explosion at the home of Chris Hani, then Umkhonto We Sizwe (MK) commander in Lesotho. Eben Frederick Coetzee, a…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the opening ceremony of Telecom 95, the 7th World Telecommunications Forum and Exhibition Geneva, 3 October 1995
… Africa is deeply honoured by the invitation to take part in this opening ceremony of Telecom 95, the 7th World … and Exhibition. Your seventh forum is the…
Address at the AGM of the SADC Electoral Commissions Forum Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania 27 September, 1999
… of the challenge of good governance and stability. In most instances, these societies were multi-ethnic, … were a tiny minority. They were concentrated…
PlaceLebowa
… Sotho people. It became a semi-independent national state in 1972. The territory was fragmented into six separate areas … Minister during most of the 1980s…
PlaceThaba Tshwane or Voortrekkerhoogte
… Voortrekkerhoogte, is a military base (or military area) in Pretoria , South Africa. Founded around 1905 by the … It was renamed Voortrekkerhoogte (…
PlaceRaadsaal Building, Church Square, Pretoria
… with end gables and a front verandah, which remained in use until 1889, when it was demolished to make way for the … The design was drawn by Sytze Wierda, of…
EventNotorious Pirate, Captain William Kidd, is reportedly sighted off the coast of Cape Town
… Perhaps one of the most notorious pirates in history, Captain William Kidd, was thought to have become … while serving as an apprentice on board a pirate…
EventRoman Catholic Bishop Augustin Misago, cleared of genocide charges
… of charges against him regarding his alleged participation in the Rwandan genocide by a Court of Law in Rwanda. Bishop Misago was arrested on 14 April 1999…
Union Buildings, Pretoria
… Designed and built by Herbert Baker and completed in 1913, the Union Buildings houses the Administrative … overlooks the City . The Legislative seat of…
EventRudolph Lewis, South African road racing cyclist is born
… Rudolph Ludewyk “Okey” Lewis was born on 12 July 1887 in Pretoria.[i] Rudolph was South Africa’s second world class … He represented South Africa at the 1912…
EventGeraldine Fraser is born
… Geraldine Fraser was born on 24 August 1960, in Lansdowne, Cape Town, the daughter of a teacher and … South Africa to join the African National Congress (ANC…
EventThe Algerian War of Independence begins
… These attacks were fuelled by a broadcast made by FLN in Nasser’s Egypt, which called for Muslims in Algeria to join a national struggle for restoration of…
EventGerman South West Africa is put under South African administration
… hand encouraged Afrikaans speaking families to settle in the country, especially in the south.Since the late 1940s the South West Africa (SWA) … to the…
EventMahatma Gandhi is arrested for refusing to carry Apartheid pass
… 1908 Mahatma Gandhi was arrested for the first time in South Africa for refusing to carry an obligatory identity … card commonly known as the 'pass'. Gandhi…
FOREWORD: THEORETICAL DEBATES AND METHODOLOGICAL CONTROVERSIES
… UNDERSIGNED, pledge ourselves to Peace and Reconciliation in South African and agree to commit ourselves to the … 1. The Inkatha Freedom Party agrees to…
PlaceMolenvliet House, Molenvliet Street, Mowbray
… farm Coornhoop, which was granted to Thielman Hendricks in 1661. The subdivided piece of land was given to Francois Pieter de Necker in 1785. De Necker was…
PlaceBerg River
… up on either side of its banks. The Berg River rises in the Franschhoek and Drakenstein Mountains at an altitude … Berg River was first recorded by Bailiff…
Document 85 - E. R. Roux, “The Native Exploiters: A reply to ‘A. Z.”’, Umsebenzi,20 April 1935
… A. Z.'s article, "Is there a class of Native capitalists in South Africa," has been published, as it gives one an … the discussion on this question, a…
55. S.A.I.C. deputation sees the Minister of the Interior, 1925
… African Indian Congress met the Minister of the Interior in Pretoria on 16 November 1925. They opposed the Areas … the session of the South African Indian…
Addo Elephant Game Reserve, Port Elizabeth
… East of the Sunday's River and North of Port Elizabeth . In about 1931, about 680 ha. was enclosed to form the Addo … great weight! Elephants are herbivorous…