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EventPresident F. W. de Klerk announced the opening of four hitherto Whites-only residential areas to mixed settlement
… included two districts in Johannesburg, one in Durban, and Cape Town's District Six, which had been a mixed-race … Design Annotator: Creative Co-Working,…
EventMandela is moved to Victor Verster prison
… a large warder's house to live in (with a swimming pool and a big garden) as well as a personal cook. …
EventPiet Retief is baptized in Drakenstein, Western Cape
… bitterly complaining about the abolishing of slavery and the free movement of freed slaves in the Cape. Also added …
9 Ships run ashore in Table Bay
… Nine ships were wrecked and 208 lives lost in Table Bay during a severe gale at the …
EventThird Pan African Parliament session begins in Midrand
… of parliament coincided with the launch a PAP website and also marked the first full year of operation since it was …
EventDon Mattera withdraws from public performances
… the Urban Voices Festival, South African poet, journalist and former gangster who turned community activist, Don …
EventGeneral Louis Botha dies
… General Louis Botha, soldier, statesman and first prime minister of the Union of South Africa, died …
EventAnti-apartheid activist, Beyers Naude is born
… member of the Broederbond. He was one of eight children and was raised in the heart of Afrikanerdom. Sources: Gastrow …
EventJames Sebe Moroka is born
… Dr James Sebe Moroka, medical doctor, landowner and politician who was elected president-general of the …
PlaceRiebeek Kasteel
… village of Riebeek Kasteel was established in about 1861, and was located at the foot of the Mountain of the same name. … village of Riebeek Kasteel was…
EventPresident Nelson Mandela announces his intentions to promote national unity
… National Unity (GNU). This was his part of nation building and reconciliation amongst political organisations. Click …
EventJani Allan, South African Journalist, is born
… herself as a columnist for the Sunday Times between 1979 and 1989. Her work as a journalist became so popular that she … 2013]| Ward Stephen (1992) The…
ArchiveLetter from Neville Curtis, NUSAS, to Dear Sir
… African Students towards planned Republic Day celebrations and giving the resolution taken by the National Council of …
ArchiveThis Council of the SACC calls upon all its member churches
… the auspices of the Ministers' Fraternal of Langa, Nyanga and Gugulethu. It is suggested that they should preach that …
EventVuyani Bungu wins IBF World Boxing Title
… (IBF) world title. The victory earned Bungu recognition and respect as he was playing second fiddle to his stablemate …
PlaceAlice, a Town near East London
… after Princess Alice, the 2nd daughter of Queen Victoria; and according to other sources by Sir Henry George Wakelyn …
PlaceAkasiapark, Residential Area for Civil Servants
… Residential area for civil servants, members of parliament and railway officials, laid out on part of Wingfield, a …
ArchiveWiehahn Commission: precis of speech
… November 1978. The speaker was critical of the Commission and considered that its recommendations would not serve to …
ArchiveStatement
… the armed struggle, undermining the frontline states and attempting to reduce the international isolation of …
ArchiveStatement issued by The Black Peoples Convention 11th July 1973
… committed to working with the oppressors of Black people and echoes Nationalist propaganda-type sentiments. …
ArchiveSouth Africa Advisory Committee Report, 10 February report to Secretary of State
… on South Africa, this commitee was charged to examine and recommend to the Secretary of State. …
President Jacob Zuma arrived in Tanzania
… in the negotiations that succeeded in bringing peace and stability to Burundi following the civil war in that …
ArchiveNational congress cultural day
… A2 litho poster; red, yellow and black; photo by Cedric Nunn of workers performing Sarmcol …
ArchiveStanding For The Truth
… for the prisoners; recovery of sight for the blind, and to release the oppressed. Luke 4:18 background text: evil …
PlaceUWC - Robben Island Mayibuye Archives
… relating to the struggle for freedom, or to Robben Island and imprisonment under Apartheid. …
EventColoured Labour Party strengthened its stance against apartheid
… Representative Council (CPRC). Unity talks were held and it was decided unequivocally to tell the government that …
New Khoisan name for Cape Town, 25 June 2012
… Cape Town - It may take some getting used and some Capetonians will probably have difficulty getting …
EventJomo Kenyatta is elected Prime Minister of Kenya
… years earlier, Kenyatta had been sentenced to hard labour and was restricted following his arrest in 1952 related to … (2003), Colonialism: An International,…
EventWalter Sisulu convicted of inciting protest
… to six years' imprisonment, but was released on bail and placed under a 24-hour house arrest. …
EventWalter Sisulu acts against Sophiatown forced removals
… of legislation was enacted, aimed at segregating Black and White residential areas. …