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PlaceDrill Hall, Darling Street, Cape Town
… designed by James Tennant, of the Royal Engineers, and built by a Mr Kitsch, was inaugurated on 15 December 1885 …
Celebrating 50 years of the Freedom Charter - June 26 1955-June 26 2005
… Schadeberg, South Photos, SASPU National, Andrew Tshabangu and Omar Badsha. …
Yukon, Bezuidenhout Valley, Johannesburg
… exceptional merit portraying commerce, justice, industry and agriculture. It was declared a National Monument under …
PlacePoswohl Synagogue, Mooi Street, Johannesburg
… in Lithuania. Its cornerstone was laid on 24 August 1921 and today stands as a memorial to a community which no longer …
EventSouth African pop queen, Brenda Fassie, is born
… singing to her mother's accompaniment at a very young age, and at the age of five, she had tourists paying to hear her …
EventNgoako Abel Ramathlodi is born
… premier of the Northern Transvaal Province (now Limpopo) and current Africa National Congress (ANC) National Executive …
EventJan Volschenk, a well-known South African painter, dies
… landscape painter, whose works were mostly done in oil, and very occasionally in watercolour. He also produced some …
EventSA signs Nuclear Non
… the treaty included Britain, the Soviet Union, the USA and fifty-seven non-nuclear nations. The treaty was opened …
EventFormer Springbok rugby captain, Franscois Pienaar, is born
… was preceded as captain by the legendary Naas Botha, and succeeded by Gary Teichmann. …
EventTwelve people are killed in Daveyton
… Twelve people, including a police officer and two children, were killed in the eastern Rand township of …
EventChris Ntuli is stabbed to death
… United Democratic Front (UDF) activist and former detainee, Chris Ntuli, was stabbed to death in Kwa …
EventP.W. Botha petitioned to open all sports venues
… Pretoria, in February 1987, caused public indignation and resulted in the petition. …
EventThe ship São José is wrecked
… nearly 500 slaves on board. The ship was totally wrecked and about 200 slaves were drowned. Other sources mention that …
EventBotha pleads not guilty to contempt charges
… the subpoenas issued to him to appear before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, the body created to grant …
EventNew ANC National Working Committee is elected
… Mandela's services as an ex-officio member of both the NEC and NWC. …
EventUnion of South Africa is inaugurated
… four colonies: Cape Colony , Natal, Orange River Colony and the Transvaal. …
Event30 000 Blacks fight for Britain in Anglo-Boer War
… Anglo Boer War. Although theoretically both the Boer and the British sides were opposed to using armed Blacks in … BBC News, " Race and apartheid ", from …
EventCecil John Rhodes is forced to resign
… censured for his involvement in the infamous Jameson Raid and forced to resign by the British government. The raid …
PlaceBelvidere, Knysna
… to the development of his estate on the Knysna Lagoon, and to the construction of Belvidere House. The 1904 census …
EventPaul Kruger is sworn in as president of the Zuid
… belief in the destiny of the Afrikaner, his strong faith, and his obedience to his God characterized his life. On 9 May …
EventSpringboks wallop Scotland
… to Scotland was in 1969, when they lost 6-3 to their host and demonstrations marred the tour. During the 1994 game the …
EventSir James Liege Hulett dies in Durban, South Africa
… had a major influence in political, educational social and religious life in Natal. On 5 June 1928 Sir James Liege … oor 1000 jaar, Kaapstad: Human &…
EventPretoria’s first Black mayor
… to Mamelodi. He was the headmaster of Mamelodi High School and chairman of the South African Democratic Teachers Union …
EventKaiser Matanzima of Transkei announces his intention to retire from the Presidency
… in February 1982, to devote more time to traditional and family affairs. However, in 1986 Matanzima was forced by …
EventStudents protest at the University of Fort Hare
… Leaders like Oliver Tambo, Nelson Mandela, Robert Sobukhwe and many others followed this trend at the institution …
ArchiveLetter from R F Botha to The Honourable Alexander H Haig Jr, Secretary of State, United States of America
… the Federal Republic of Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States of America. Includes a letter from …
ArchiveLetter from Rev G Hawkes, to the Secretary, Van der Walt Commission of Inquiry into the Consolidation of the Ciskei
… (Anglican, Catholic, Congregational, Lutheran, Methodist and Presbyterian)in the Ciskei. The letter is an urgent …
Gandhiji’s vision of a free South Africa: A collection of articles by E.S. Reddy
… leave to posterity, that all the different races commingle and produce a civilisation that perhaps the world has not yet …
Post NEC & Lekgotla Briefing, 30 January 2017
… to a media briefing on the outomces of the NEC meeting and NEC Lekgotla held on the 25th to the 27th January 2017. …
PlaceAlverstone, a Railway Station near Drummond
… A Railway Station between Drummond and Botha's Hill. Takes its name from a flat-topped Hill …