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PlaceOld gaol, Seventh Avenue, Roodepoort
… The original building was apparently already in existence in 1890 when it was converted to use as a gaol for the mining … house on the corner of Goldman…
Document 2 - Letter from the Cape Labour Party to James Ramsay, 12 August 1908
… & disappointed that nothing seems to have been done in the matter of our appeal before your Parliament rose. You … the awful position the workers here are…
EventThe Republic of South Africa is established
… his plea for a republic. This was also the first time in 12 years of government that the National Party (NP) was able to gain a majority in parliament. Given…
EventThe UN orders Libya to hand over two suspects linked to the Lockerbie bombing
… and crew on board were killed, as were eleven people in the town of Lockerbie, where large sections of the plane … were considered to have been responsible…
EventCharles Darwin and the HMS Beagle reached the Galapagos Islands
… Darwin's experience in the Galapagos would be the principle inspiration for his … fundamentally changed the people think about the world in which they live…
EventSlavery is abolished at the Cape
… On 1 December 1834, slavery came to an end in the Cape Colony. The move to abolish slavery in the Colony came a year after the Slavery Abolition Bill of ……
EventWolraad Woltemade drowns at sea after saving 14 people from a sinking ship
… India ship, was anchored at the mouth of the Salt River in Table Bay. In the early hours of the morning, a storm that had been … and hit the jagged rocks of…
EventThe Directors of the Dutch East India Company propose Hout Bay to Jan van Riebeeck as a possible area to settle some Dutch families
… Europe's seafaring powers. Thus did Jan van Riebeek arrive in Table Bay (Cape Town) in 1652 to set up a refreshment station for the Dutch East … the…
EventSouth African artist Gerard Sekoto is born
… Jan Gerard Sekoto was born on 9 September 1913 in Botshabelo, a mission station established by the German missionaries amongst the Pedi community in the…
PlaceCradock Division
… Yethemba Local Municipality or District. It is situated in the Chris Hani District in the Eastern Cape Province. It is approximately 240km north ……
Bush Radio mourns, Professor William T. McClain (1923-2011)
… death. Professor McClain was originally from a small town in Indiana in the United States, and after his studies served as Deputy … of Indiana. His first…
Introduction
… The energies of South African Indians, mobilised in the 1890s against growing anti-Indianism in various parts of South Africa, were channelled into a … and…
PlaceThe Roman Catholic Church, Polokwane
… This was one of the earliest Churches established in Polokwane (then Pietersburg). Building began in 1895, and the church was completed in 1897. Prior to…
EventFormer Springbok captain Bobby Skinstad is born
… the youngest ever Springbok rugby captain, was born in Bulawayo, Rhodesia (Zimbabwe). Skinstad captained the Springboks in twelve tests. After a semi…
EventTrader and art collector Habib Rajab is born
… Habib Mohamed (A.M.) Rajab was born in Durban. He was a trader and collector of oriental art, remembered for his role in preventing the Grey Street complex…
EventExplorer Karl Gottlieb Mauch dies
… Mauch, allegedly the first person to discover gold in South Africa, died in poverty in Stuttgart, Germany. He made geologic and archaeological …
EventMalawi’s Kamuzu Banda losses election
… Dr. Hastings Kamuzu Banda since independence from Britain in 1964 concedes defeat to Bakili Muluzi in the country's first multi-party election. With 30 years…
EventRev. Robert Selby Taylor, Bishop of Grahamstown, is elected Archbishop of Cape Town and Metropolitan of the Province of South Africa.
… Rev. Robert Selby Taylor was born in the United Kingdom in 1909. His parents later sent him to New Zealand in the hope of broadening his experience. Taylor…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the National Day of Safety and Security Vosloorus, 15 October 1994
… of Safety and Security. The people of the East Rand, and in particular Katlehong, Thokoza and Vosloorus, have suffered … Projects, a priority within the RDP…
Address by the President of South Africa, Mr. Thabo Mbeki, at the Opening of Civil Society Forum of the WSSD, Johannesburg, 23 August 2002
… and Prosperity. We are especially moved that you are in this country, because in the past you stood side by side with us as we struggled together to defeat…
The South African Congress of Trade Unions
… African Congress of Trade Unions). All the unions there in Port Elizabeth took part in SACTU. I remember the Textile Workers' Union and the Food … I don't…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Intelligence Services Day 10th Anniversary Awards Ceremony and Inauguration of the Wall and Garden of Remembrance: Musanda, Tshwane: 24 November 2005
… and gentlemen: Thank you for inviting me to participate in this important celebration of a most historic occasion - … on the Wall of Remembrance and the…
Address to The 3rd Summit of The ACP Heads of State and Government Nadi, Fiji, 18 July 2002
… of State and Government under the theme - "ACP solidarity in a globalised world." This theme recognises two critical … One of these is the reality that the…
ArchiveSubbiah Moodley - "Voices Of Resistance" - University Of Durban Westville, Documentation Centre, Oral History Project , 2002
… about your days as a young child. The family you grew up in, your grandparents, your parents. Can you tell us a little bit about that, please. SM: Yes. I…
PlaceAmaLinde, West of King Williams Town
… of the Battle of Amalinda between Gaika and Ndlambe, in October 1818. The long standing rivalry between the senior … of Xhosaland, Ngqika, and his uncle,…
PlacePhilippi
… was established sometime before December 1896, and in August 1898 its name was changed to Philippi. Philippi is one of Cape Town’s Townships formed, in the…
PlaceRustenburg House, together with its Summer House, Main Road, Rondebosch.
… When the VoC granted land in Rondebosch to the first free Burghers, Governor Jan van … of this Land to be used as an Orchard by the Company. In February of…
EventThe Pondoland Revolts
… The Pondoland revolt in the Eastern Cape refered to the action taken by iKongo to … Bantu Authorities Act of 1951. During a protest gathering in the district…
The Trust Feed Massacre
… An incident occurred in December 1988 which shocked the nation and forever changed … community of Trust Feeds, a rural village near New Hanover in the Natal…
PlaceFrankfort
… farming town situated on the banks of the Wilge River in the Free State province of South Africa. The town was laid out in 1869 on the farm Roodepoort, and…