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PlaceAthenaeum building, Belmont Terrace, Port Elizabeth
… declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 17 October 1980. The Grand Old Lady of the city, the …
EventQueen Elizabeth ascends to the throne
… On 17 November 1558 the British Queen, Queen Elizabeth I …
EventIvory Coast’s new prime minister, Daniel Kablan Duncan, takes office
… basis of his ethnicity, Outarra resigned from his post. On 17 December 1993, Daniel Kaplan Duncan became the prime …
EventThe Dutch Reformed Church decides that Afrikaans may be used alongside Dutch during services
The Afrikaans language has its origins in Dutch. It developed amongst Dutch-speaking settlers and slaves in South Africa in the 17th century, and has many…
PlaceCrossroads Township
… is situated in Cape Town in the Wynberg district, some 12 km east of Athlone in the Western Cape Province. … They left 60,000 people homeless between the 25…
Chapter 3 - The Cigarette-Makers Strikes and the First Workers Co-operative Society in South Africa, Cape Town 1906 - 1907
… cost of living in Cape Town was the highest in the Empire. 12 Although the working classes in Cape Town were faced with … which covered South Africa,…
ArticleWomen in the schizophrenic 1940s - World War II and its aftermath
… passes themselves) that were held in 1944. However, in 1949 the CYL introduced its Programme of Action , a new ANC …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Youth League (ANCYL)
… like boycotts, strikes and other defiance tactics. In 1949, the ANC adopted this programme, which represented a …
EventOrlando Pirates captain and goalkeeper, Senzo Meyiwa dies
… when they won a “Double Treble” in both 2010\11 and 2011\12, taking with them two MTN8 titles, two Absa Premiership …
EventHendrik Andries Hanekom, SA actor dies in the Strand, Cape Town
… Literature Museum. *Note: Some sources say he died on 12 January 1952 …
PlaceGardens Shul in Cape Town
The Cape Town Hebrew Congregation, which built the Great Synagogue, was founded in 1841. This makes it, after the Sydney Hebrew Congregation, the oldest Jewish…
Chapter 4 - The role of the Communist Party in the ANC by Richard Monroe
… the Congress and make it a strong and independent body." [17] Through the 1950s, CP leaders and members had an singly … South African Revolutionary , London,…
ArchiveWhere did all the masks go? by Dewald van Rensburg (22 May 2020)
… R1.1-billion for imported PPE as of 15 May. This included 12-million N95 masks and 38.2-million medical masks (as well … gouging since the beginning of the…
Chapter 13 - The public participation process
… Round Table on Democratic Constitutional Development, 17 July 1995. The stated sentiments of key role-players and … programmes was launched on 18 February…
ArticleStrong and Unnoticed: The Women of the UDF by Reid Arnold
… of 1988. In early 1988 the apartheid government banned ‘ 17 black anti-apartheid groups and the country's largest … union federation from any political…
EventANC’s chief representative in Swaziland, Stanley Mabizela, writes a letter to the ANC following a visit by Thabo Mbeki and Max Sisulu
… On 12 March, 1975, Stanley Mabizela the African National …
EventUnion of South Africa officially ceases to exist
… referendum supported him. This was also the first time in 12 years of government that the National Party (NP) was able …
A collection of articles, speeches and letter pertaining to Dr James Sebe Moroka
… on the tour of the Native Trust - The Friend Bloemfontein, 12 September 1951 (pdf) Letter from Dr James Moroka and …
The Clanwilliam Arts Project / Lantern Festival 2017
Back for the 17th year in a row! Magnet Theatre in patnership with The UCT Drama Department, The UCT College of Music and The Michaelis School of Fine Arts …
Addis Video Art Festival to Cape Town Hosted by ALMA MARTHA
… FRIDAY 17 February 2017 Screenings and a light shared meal from …
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Wynberg
… cruciform plan as the old structure. This was completed on 17 March 1899 at a cost of £4000. It was declared a National …
EventBeatles records are banned by the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), due to John Lennon’s previous ‘Jesus’ comments
… Des Lindberg (11; Die Gezoem van die Bye), A-Cads (17; Hungry for Love), and Four Jacks and a Jill (20; Jimmy …
EventFormer Vaal policeman Gerhardus Peens admits his role in the Boipatong Massacre
… the Vaal Triangle (now Gauteng) township of Boipatong on 17 June 1992 when several people were killed and others …
EventBeginning of the Waterberg Battle in the Herero Revolt
The German colonisation of Namibia, then German South West Africa, took place in 1884. The Herero, a pastoral and nomadic group, had begun to move into Namibia…
PlaceGraaff-Reinet Division
… on 26 August 1785 and its boundaries were proclaimed on 17 July 1786. However, over the next century these underwent …
PlaceSastri College, 1 Winterton Walk, Durban
… a National Monument under the National Monuments Act on 17 March 1989 . …
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Bloemfontein
… Wocker was commissioned to design a church at a cost of £17,500. The old building was demolished whilst services …
ArticleThe Cabinet Reshuffle of 2017
… debt-servicing costs seen at the R144-billion in the 2016/17 fiscal year. [4] The grounds on which the president made …
Prehistory of the Polokwane/Pietersburg area
Prehistory of Southern Africa Two places are of particular heritage interest in the Polokwane area: the BaKoni Malapa Museum south of the stadium and…
ArticleKora
The Korana or Kora were a nomadic Khoikhoi group that probably derived their name from a chief called Kora (or Gora), who was originally a leader of the…