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… poster. Quotes from Marx, Cecil Rhodes and Lenin. Map of Africa showing the colonial partition. Artwork of high society dining. Artwork of unemployed protesting. Maybe part of series of folders …

… White poster with black lettering. Photo of Nicolas Boiki Majesty Tlhapi. Missing since 1986 in detention. Standing for the Truth Campaign. Image of a dove. Notice of meeting at 60 Boom Street, Newtown, Klerksdorp. List of …

… founded on 8 and 9 September 1855 in Pretoria. It was one of the independent churches started by the ‘Voortrekkers’. … first church building (1857-1882) was built on the corner of Visagie and Mark Streets (currently Paul Kruger Street). … was designed by architect Tom Claridge on a piece of land connected to Church Square. While it was being built …

… as erf 5645, which includes the parking lot at the bottom of Military Road (formerly the Parade ground). It lies … Plans drawn up in 1897 show the original appearance of the Police station and Post office additions completed … End in 1934 and the post office took over the vacated part of the building (Consolidated erf from 1938). The central …

… art-deco architecture and excursions to the ghost town of Kolmanskop. Luderitz in southern Namibia is isolated on a … Desert and has only one road in, yet, the harbour town of Luderitz has a quiet charm under cobalt blue skies. All … is so at odds with the extremely rocky Atlantic coastline of southern Namibia. There are a number of restaurants in …

… landmarks and the Rissik Street Post Office is one of them. Built in 1897, it’s among the city’s oldest … building oozing character and charm, it boasted a mix of architectural styles complemented by exquisite finishes. … was leased to the South African Post Office for a term of 99 years, but once the lease ended in 1996, the building …

… In the Year 2014, St Francis of Assisi Parish Church Celebrated its Bicentenary. The History of the first Anglican Church in Southern Africa, is … in a book published in March 2014 called 'The Six Saints of Simon's Town 1814-2014.  Written by Prof Boet Dommisse, …

… the West by Namibia , is where you will find a small group of the Khomani San a people who, until recently, were thought … by fences and country borders, yet these first people of the Kalahari still live a largely hunter-gatherer … inscribed as a World Heritage Site. This brings the number of South African World Heritage Sites to ten . They include: …

… the large surrounding farming district became the centre of attention during the Anglo Boer War. After it it fell … siege from October 1899 to March 1900. Set on the banks of the Klip River, and named after: 'Sir Harry Smith’s, … to the central and Northern Drakensberg , the peaks of which form an elegant backdrop to the town, particularly …

… Representatives of the United States, the Soviet Union, and Great Britain … a Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, which prohibited the testing of nuclear weapons in outer space, underwater, or in the … was hailed as an important first step toward the control of nuclear weapons. Discussions between the United States and …

… In one of the largest demonstrations staged in this country's history, 20 000 women of all races marched to Pretoria's Union Buildings on 9 August 1956, to present a petition against the carrying of passes by women to the prime minister, JG Strijdom. The …

… abdication on 12 December 1936. George who was the Duke of York and his wife Elizabeth the Duchess of York were crowned as King George VI. At the end of the World War II, King George who had become part of the … J. R. "A Spirit Undaunted: The Political Role of George VI" (London)|Berendien Lubbe, (2003),  Tourism …

… Long before the inception of apartheid "Coloured" people in South Africa occupied this … position was intensified during apartheid by the creation of a separate identity, reinforced by the various apartheid … laws that strived to keep racial groups apart. Some of these laws included the Mixed Marriages Act, the …

… World Health Day. This date commemorates the formation of the WHO in 1945. The WHO's Constitution came into effect … celebrated as World Health Day ever since. The purpose of World Health Day is to create awareness about health care … on emergency health care, and the safety and ability of health workers who treat emergency patients. An …

… On 11 January, 1903 Alan Steward Paton, author of Cry, the Beloved Country was born in Pietermaritzburg, … in 1918; he went further to study at the University of Natal, where he graduated with distinction in physics. … in 1936. In 1930 Paton joined the South African Institute of Race Relations. Paton wrote Cry, the Beloved Country, …

… The oldest of the independent homelands, Transkei, gained complete … independence as an autonomous republic under the policy of separate development. At its opening session the Transkei … in which all citizens had the franchise. The Republic of Transkei was not recognised beyond South African borders. …

… indoor collections, and the outdoor collection consists of many sculptures on permanent display. A mass of metal, made up of melted guns which were confiscated and destroyed at the …

… journalist and historian who championed the cause of the Afrikaans language. He occupied this house from 1935 until his death, and many of his later historical works were completed here. It was … legislation on 2 March 1973. At the same time, but as part of a separate Government Notice, three stone rondavels built …

… Klapperkop offers visitors panoramic views of Pretoria in all directions. Not only is it fast becoming a … and mountain biking destination, but with the introduction of game, you’re able to do a quick game drive for free, right here in the heart of Pretoria! Right at the top of the hill you will find Fort …

… Trial, up to that time the longest trial in the history of SA, started in Delmas, east of Pretoria. Twenty-two Transvaal United Democratic Front (UDF) leaders, including former premiers of the Free State and North West provinces, Mosiuoa "Terror" …

… The Chamber of Mines and the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) signed an agreement on wages and working conditions, averting the likelihood of damaging strikes in the coal and gold mining industries. … Keesing's Records of World Events, News Digest for September 1996, p …

… A major retrospective exhibition of Omar Badsha’s drawings, woodcuts and photographic essays … acknowledged as having crafted a new vocabulary and a way of seeing that challenged the established apartheid tropes. In the words of Professor Ari Sitas, “Badsha could do in one picture what …

… Ethiopia requested the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), predecessor of the African Union to stop Somali intervention in the … 1977. The Somali Army crossed the international border of Ethiopia into Ogaden Province without any resistance. The …

… Pope John Paul II began his first tour of Africa, including visits to Zaire (presently known as the Democratic Republic of Congo), Congo, Kenya, Ghana, Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso … visit he again established himself as a strong defender of human rights, workers rights and religious freedom. He …

… Barber was a remarkable woman with an extensive knowledge of natural history, especially botany and entomology and … with valuable information for his work On the Origin of Species (1859). She was elected to the Hungarian ornithological society and several of her papers were translated into Hungarian. As a natural …

… Samuel Alfred (Taffy) Long, heralded as one of South Africa's greatest working-class martyrs, was arrested after the defeat of Fordsburg during the Rand Revolt. Long was arrested for the murder of Alwyn Petrus Marais, a Fordsburg shopkeeper, and later …

… Rural Action Committee, established in 1983 as a project of the Black Sash, published this Newsletter with the intention of giving communities under threat of forced removal in the Transvaal province access to …

… Fietas (as the place was popularly known) is one of the oldest communities in the Western suburbs of Johannesburg, and one of the first 'locations' (multi-racial areas) established …

… Thesis has been submitted for the partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in the Department of History, University of Natal, …

… SOYA condemns the idea of the governments intention to transfer administrative control of the Medical School, Durban from the University of Natal to the Univdersity of South Africa, and further …